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D-Index
73
Citations
27672
World Ranking
1161
National Ranking
430

David W. Kicklighter publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David W. Kicklighter sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 209 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

David W. Kicklighter D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David W. Kicklighter sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Overview

David W. Kicklighter is a researcher affiliated with the Marine Biological Laboratory in the United States. Their work spans across Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science, and Ecology.

The core topics of Kicklighter's research include:

  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

They have contributed to numerous publications that address complex environmental and ecological systems, focusing on interactions between climate change and ecosystem processes. Notable recent papers include:

  • Uncertainty analysis of vegetation distribution in the northern high latitudes during the 21st century with a dynamic vegetation model: Uncertainty Analysis of Vegetation Distribution, 2024, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Incorporating dynamic crop growth processes and management practices into a terrestrial biosphere model for simulating crop production in the United States: Toward a unified modeling framework, 2022, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • N and P constrain C in ecosystems under climate change: Role of nutrient redistribution, accumulation, and stoichiometry, 2022, Ecological Applications
  • Net greenhouse gas balance in U.S. croplands: How can soils be part of the climate solution?, 2023, Global Change Biology
  • Applying the framework to study climate-induced extremes on food, energy, and water systems (C-FEWS): The role of engineered and natural infrastructures, technology, and environmental management in the United States Northeast and Midwest, 2023, Frontiers in Environmental Science

Frequently publishing in venues such as Frontiers in Environmental Science, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Ecological Applications, Global Change Biology, and UNC Libraries, Kicklighter's research integrates multidisciplinary approaches to address environmental challenges.

The scientist has collaborated extensively with peers, notably including:

  • Jerry M. Melillo
  • Atul K. Jain
  • Mengye Chen
  • Tzu-Shun Lin
  • Yongfa You

These collaborations have resulted in multiple joint publications, indicating active involvement in research networks focused on ecosystem dynamics, climate impacts, and biogeochemical cycles.

Best Publications

  • Global climate change and terrestrial net primary production

    Jerry M. Melillo;A. David McGuire;David W. Kicklighter;Berrien I.I.I. Moore

  • The carbon cycle and atmospheric CO2

    IC Prentice;GD Farquhar;Mjr Fasham;ML Goulden

  • Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): overview and key results

    Wolfgang Cramer;D. Kicklighter;Alberte Bondeau;Berrien Moore

  • MEASURING NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN FORESTS: CONCEPTS AND FIELD METHODS

    Deborah A. Clark;Sandra Brown;David W. Kicklighter;Jeffrey Q. Chambers

  • Potential Net Primary Productivity in South America: Application of a Global Model

    James W. Raich;E. B. Rastetter;J. M. Melillo;D. W. Kicklighter

  • Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the Twentieth Century: Analyses of CO2, climate and land use effects with four process‐based ecosystem models

    A.D. McGuire;S. Sitch;Joy S. Clein;R. Dargaville

  • NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN TROPICAL FORESTS: AN EVALUATION AND SYNTHESIS OF EXISTING FIELD DATA

    Deborah A. Clark;Sandra Brown;David W. Kicklighter;Jeffrey Q. Chambers

  • Contribution of increasing CO2 and climate to carbon storage by ecosystems in the United States

    David S. Schimel;Jerry M. Melillo;Hanqin Tian;A. D. McGuire

  • Indirect emissions from biofuels: how important?

    Jerry M. Melillo;John M. Reilly;David W. Kicklighter;Angelo C. Gurgel;Angelo C. Gurgel

  • Effect of interannual climate variability on carbon storage in Amazonian ecosystems

    Hanqin Tian;Jerry M. Melillo;David W. Kicklighter;A. David McGuire

  • Interactions between carbon and nitrogen dynamics in estimating net primary productivity for potential vegetation in North America

    A. D. McGuire;J. M. Melillo;L. A. Joyce;D. W. Kicklighter

  • Multi-gas assessment of the Kyoto Protocol

    John M. Reilly;Ronald G. Prinn;Jochen. Harnisch;Jean. Fitzmaurice

  • BELOWGROUND CONSEQUENCES OF VEGETATION CHANGE AND THEIR TREATMENT IN MODELS

    R. B. Jackson;H. J. Schenk;H. J. Schenk;E. G. Jobbágy;J. Canadell

  • Below-ground process responses to elevated CO2 and temperature: a discussion of observations, measurement methods, and models

    Elise Pendall;Scott Bridgham;Paul J. Hanson;Bruce Hungate

  • Methane fluxes between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere at northern high latitudes during the past century: A retrospective analysis with a process-based biogeochemistry model

    Q. Zhuang;J. M. Melillo;D. W. Kicklighter;R. G. Prinn

  • Predicting the effects of climate change on water yield and forest production in the northeastern United States

    J. D. Aber;S. V. Ollinger;C. A. Federer;Peter B Reich

  • Importance of recent shifts in soil thermal dynamics on growing season length, productivity, and carbon sequestration in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystems

    E. Euskirchen;A. D. McGuire;David W. Kicklighter;Q. Zhuang

  • Uncertainty Analysis of Climate Change and Policy Response

    Mort David. Webster;Chris Eliot. Forest;John M. Reilly;Mustafa H.M. Babiker

  • Consequences of Considering Carbon–Nitrogen Interactions on the Feedbacks between Climate and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle

    Andrei P. Sokolov;David W. Kicklighter;Jerry M. Melillo;Benjamin S. Felzer

  • Probabilistic forecast for twenty-first-century climate based on uncertainties in emissions (without policy) and climate parameters.

    A. P. Sokolov;P. H. Stone;C. E. Forest;R. Prinn

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry M. Melillo
Jerry M. Melillo Marine Biological Laboratory
Qianlai Zhuang
Qianlai Zhuang Purdue University West Lafayette
A. D. McGuire
A. D. McGuire University of Alaska Fairbanks
A. David McGuire
A. David McGuire University of Alaska Fairbanks
Hanqin Tian
Hanqin Tian Auburn University

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