Steven C. Pennings

12.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
165 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Steven C. Pennings is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven C. Pennings has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Ecology, 61 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 46 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Steven C. Pennings's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (93 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (59 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (37 papers). Steven C. Pennings is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (93 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (59 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (37 papers). Steven C. Pennings collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Steven C. Pennings's co-authors include Ragan M. Callaway, Ragan M. Callaway, Christina L. Richards, Valerie J. Paul, Mark D. Bertness, Laura Gough, Katharine N. Suding, Katherine L. Gross, Elsa E. Cleland and Scott L. Collins and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Steven C. Pennings

161 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Functional- and abundance-based mechanisms explain diversity loss due to N fertilization

2005 816 citations Katharine N. Suding, Scott L. Collins et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY AND INTERACTIONS AMONG PLANTS

2003 607 citations Steven C. Pennings, Christina L. Richards et al. Ecology profile →
Salt Marsh Plant Zonation: The Relative Importance of Competition and Physical Factors

1992 473 citations Steven C. Pennings et al. Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven C. Pennings United States	50	4.9k	3.1k	2.4k	2.2k	1.8k	165	9.0k
Dennis F. Whigham United States	58	5.5k 1.1×	4.0k 1.3×	3.3k 1.4×	3.8k 1.7×	844 0.5×	242	11.4k
Daniel S. Gruner United States	27	3.6k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	61	7.8k
A. J. Davy United Kingdom	44	2.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	2.8k 1.2×	744 0.4×	129	6.5k
Kaj Sand‐Jensen Denmark	71	8.9k 1.8×	2.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	2.5k 1.1×	7.5k 4.2×	261	15.5k
Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta Italy	46	1.9k 0.4×	2.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	600 0.3×	183	5.4k
Paul A. Keddy Canada	64	6.7k 1.3×	8.2k 2.6×	4.5k 1.9×	4.1k 1.8×	687 0.4×	136	13.1k
R.H.G. Jongman United Kingdom	11	2.8k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	632 0.4×	37	6.4k
Michael G. Barbour United States	35	3.3k 0.7×	4.2k 1.4×	2.5k 1.1×	3.2k 1.4×	482 0.3×	101	8.9k
Laura A. Meyerson United States	40	3.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	518 0.3×	111	5.8k
Richard Michalet France	44	2.5k 0.5×	6.2k 2.0×	3.8k 1.6×	2.8k 1.3×	325 0.2×	147	9.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven C. Pennings

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Zhou, Haichao, et al.. (2025). Trait-environment interactions mediate the encroachment of an exotic tree in coastal wetland transition zones. Journal of Plant Ecology.

Smith, Rachel S., Steven C. Pennings, Merryl Alber, Christopher Craft, & James E. Byers. (2024). The resistance of Georgia coastal marshes to hurricanes. Ecosphere. 15(4). 3 indexed citations

Guo, Hongyu, et al.. (2024). Variance reflects resilience to disturbance along a stress gradient: Experimental evidence from coastal marshes. Ecology. 105(3). e4241–e4241. 1 indexed citations

Kominoski, John S., et al.. (2021). Buried hurricane legacies: increased nutrient limitation and decreased root biomass in coastal wetlands. Ecosphere. 12(8). 8 indexed citations

Guo, Hongyu, et al.. (2021). Competition and abiotic stress affect the size of mangroves near their geographic range limit. Journal of Plant Ecology. 15(1). 129–140. 2 indexed citations

Pennings, Steven C., et al.. (2021). Drivers of litter mass loss and faunal composition of detritus patches change over time. Ecology and Evolution. 11(14). 9642–9651. 4 indexed citations

Laws, Angela, et al.. (2020). Crazy ants craving calcium: macronutrients and micronutrients can limit and stress an invaded grassland brown food web. Ecology. 102(2). e03263–e03263. 7 indexed citations

Pennings, Steven C., et al.. (2019). Biotic homogenization of wetland nematode communities by exotic Spartina alterniflora in China. Ecology. 100(4). e02596–e02596. 40 indexed citations

León, Arturo S., et al.. (2018). Dynamic Management of Water Storage for Flood Control in a Wetland System: A Case Study in Texas. Water. 10(3). 325–325. 18 indexed citations

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Prather, Chelse M., et al.. (2018). Seeking salt: herbivorous prairie insects can be co‐limited by macronutrients and sodium. Ecology Letters. 21(10). 1467–1476. 40 indexed citations

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Laws, Angela, Chelse M. Prather, David H. Branson, & Steven C. Pennings. (2018). Effects of grasshoppers on prairies: Herbivore composition matters more than richness in three grassland ecosystems. Journal of Animal Ecology. 87(6). 1727–1737. 9 indexed citations

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Prather, Chelse M., et al.. (2017). Woody structure facilitates invasion of woody plants by providing perches for birds. Ecology and Evolution. 7(19). 8032–8039. 13 indexed citations

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Zengel, Scott, Clay L. Montague, Steven C. Pennings, et al.. (2015). Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Salt Marsh Periwinkles (Littoraria irrorata). Environmental Science & Technology. 50(2). 643–652. 47 indexed citations

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Ho, Chuan‐Kai & Steven C. Pennings. (2013). Preference and Performance in Plant–Herbivore Interactions across Latitude–A Study in U.S. Atlantic Salt Marshes. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e59829–e59829. 20 indexed citations

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Pennings, Steven C., et al.. (2010). Diet mixing in a parasitic plant: adaptation or constraint?. Plant Ecology. 212(1). 69–77. 6 indexed citations

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Ho, Chuan‐Kai & Steven C. Pennings. (2008). CONSEQUENCES OF OMNIVORY FOR TROPHIC INTERACTIONS ON A SALT MARSH SHRUB. Ecology. 89(6). 1714–1722. 26 indexed citations

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Pennings, Steven C., et al.. (2008). Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) Species Composition and Size Across Latitude in Atlantic Coast Salt Marshes. Estuaries and Coasts. 31(2). 335–343. 18 indexed citations

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Suding, Katharine N., Scott L. Collins, Laura Gough, et al.. (2005). Functional- and abundance-based mechanisms explain diversity loss due to N fertilization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(12). 4387–4392. 816 indexed citations breakdown →

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Richards, Christina L., Steven C. Pennings, & Lisa A. Donovan. (2005). Habitat range and phenotypic variation in salt marsh plants. Plant Ecology. 176(2). 263–273. 97 indexed citations

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Zimmer, Martin, et al.. (2002). Cellulose digestion and phenol oxidation in coastal isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda). Marine Biology. 140(6). 1207–1213. 48 indexed citations

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