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![Andrew D Richardson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/73/859202.jpg)
Ecosystem ecology
Physiological ecology
Forest ecology
Global change
Phenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,364
27,172
0.529
![Edward Ted Schuur](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/86/859204.jpg)
Climate Science
Ecosystem Ecology
Biogeochemistry & Carbon
Permafrost & Arctic
Radiocarbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,649
25,661
0.550
![Talima Pearson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/af/859212.jpg)
Pathogen genetics
epidemiology and evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,625
19,127
0.777
![Jason Sahl](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/56/828933.jpg)
Infectious disease genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,851
14,211
0.510
![Neil S Cobb](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f2/859181.jpg)
Biodiversity
climate change
environmental stress
gradients
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,540
8,837
0.452
![Thomas G Whitham](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/24/828968.jpg)
Ecology
Ecological Genetics
Plant Insect Interactions
Community Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,612
6,921
0.234
![Paul Beier](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6b/860985.jpg)
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,315
6,520
0.377
![Christopher E Doughty](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/08/859215.jpg)
Ecosystem Ecology
Ecoinformatics
Tropical Forests
Megafauna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,611
6,352
0.661
![George Koch](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/98/853547.jpg)
Ecology
global change biology
physiological ecology
biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,544
6,342
0.436
![Kiona Ogle](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/80/850065.jpg)
ecological synthesis & modeling
desert ecology
Bayesian statistics
plant physiological & ecosystem ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,641
6,024
0.566
![Lifen Jiang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/de/859230.jpg)
Ecosystem Ecology
Global Change Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,182
5,478
0.763
![Catherine Gehring](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,815
5,323
0.415
![Paul Dijkstra](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/83/853550.jpg)
soil C and N cycling
stable isotopes
metabolic processes
extreme environments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,508
5,174
0.492
![David M Wagner](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b7/828970.jpg)
Plague
Tularemia
Melioidosis
Disease Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,182
4,885
0.401
![Peter Price](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9c/844007.jpg)
Ecology
Evolution Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,206
4,610
0.148
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Rebecca L Mau](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6a/853551.jpg)
Soil Microbial Ecology
Protist ecology
Stable Isotope Probing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,879
4,480
0.762
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Jason T Ladner](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/da/843434.jpg)
Highly multiplexed serology
Genomics
Population Genetics
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,922
4,405
0.636
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Brad Butterfield](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/61/859194.jpg)
Ecology
Evolution
Global Change Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,533
4,304
0.778
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Yung Ho Ophelia Wang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d9/860511.jpg)
Nature-based solutions
nature or biodiversity credits
spatial planning
GIS
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,797
3,886
0.670
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Stan L Lindstedt](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ac/841379.jpg)
Muscle physiology
Scaling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,061
3,402
0.282
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Benjamin J Koch](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3c/853549.jpg)
data science
ecology
public health
statistics
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,706
2,965
0.800
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Andrew J Sánchez Meador](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/80/852392.jpg)
Ecological restoration
Forest biometrics
Spatial and temporal analysis
Vegetation dynamics
Remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,500
2,918
0.834
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![C Loren Buck](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/cc/828891.jpg)
metabolism
hibernation
endocrinology
chronobiology
endocrine disruption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,391
2,839
0.527
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Thode Ae](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Fire Ecology
Fire Science
Restoration Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,664
2,656
0.569
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Jane C Marks](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e1/828971.jpg)
Conservation
Aquatic Ecology
Ecosystem Science
Restoration
Dam Removal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,985
2,582
0.431
Andrew D Richardson
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,364
27,172
0.529
Ecosystem ecology
Physiological ecology
Forest ecology
Global change
Phenology
Edward Ted Schuur
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,649
25,661
0.550
Climate Science
Ecosystem Ecology
Biogeochemistry & Carbon
Permafrost & Arctic
Radiocarbon
Talima Pearson
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,625
19,127
0.777
Pathogen genetics
epidemiology and evolution
Jason Sahl
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,851
14,211
0.510
Neil S Cobb
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,540
8,837
0.452
Biodiversity
climate change
environmental stress
gradients
Thomas G Whitham
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,612
6,921
0.234
Ecology
Ecological Genetics
Plant Insect Interactions
Community Genetics
Paul Beier
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,315
6,520
0.377
Christopher E Doughty
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,611
6,352
0.661
Ecosystem Ecology
Ecoinformatics
Tropical Forests
Megafauna
George Koch
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,544
6,342
0.436
Ecology
global change biology
physiological ecology
biophysics
Kiona Ogle
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,641
6,024
0.566
ecological synthesis & modeling
desert ecology
Bayesian statistics
plant physiological & ecosystem ecology
Lifen Jiang
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,182
5,478
0.763
Ecosystem Ecology
Global Change Ecology
Catherine Gehring
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,815
5,323
0.415
Paul Dijkstra
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,508
5,174
0.492
soil C and N cycling
stable isotopes
metabolic processes
extreme environments
David M Wagner
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,182
4,885
0.401
Plague
Tularemia
Melioidosis
Disease Ecology
Peter Price
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,206
4,610
0.148
Rebecca L Mau
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,879
4,480
0.762
Soil Microbial Ecology
Protist ecology
Stable Isotope Probing
Jason T Ladner
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,922
4,405
0.636
Highly multiplexed serology
Genomics
Population Genetics
Phylogenetics
Brad Butterfield
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,533
4,304
0.778
Ecology
Evolution
Global Change Biology
Yung Ho Ophelia Wang
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,797
3,886
0.670
Nature-based solutions
nature or biodiversity credits
spatial planning
GIS
remote sensing
Stan L Lindstedt
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,061
3,402
0.282
Benjamin J Koch
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,706
2,965
0.800
data science
ecology
public health
statistics
bioinformatics
Andrew J Sánchez Meador
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,500
2,918
0.834
Ecological restoration
Forest biometrics
Spatial and temporal analysis
Vegetation dynamics
Remote sensing
C Loren Buck
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,391
2,839
0.527
metabolism
hibernation
endocrinology
chronobiology
endocrine disruption
Thode Ae
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,664
2,656
0.569
Fire Ecology
Fire Science
Restoration Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Jane C Marks
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,985
2,582
0.431
Conservation
Aquatic Ecology
Ecosystem Science
Restoration
Dam Removal