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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
55
Citations
12118
World Ranking
2963
National Ranking
330

Gareth K. Phoenix publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 148 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Gareth K. Phoenix 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 Gareth K. Phoenix sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Gareth K. Phoenix is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research spans various domains within Earth and Planetary Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science, with particular focus on Atmospheric Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Soil Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics. The scientist has contributed substantially to topics such as climate change and permafrost, peatlands and wetlands ecology, cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, geology and paleoclimatology research, and tree-ring climate responses.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Gareth K. Phoenix are:

  • Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic (2020), published in Nature Climate Change
  • Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems (2022), published in Arctic Science
  • The hidden potential of urban horticulture (2020), published in Nature Food
  • Buffering effects of soil seed banks on plant community composition in response to land use and climate (2020), published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Shallow soils are warmer under trees and tall shrubs across Arctic and Boreal ecosystems (2020), published in Environmental Research Letters

Frequent collaborative partners in research include:

  • Jarle W. Bjerke
  • Howard E. Epstein
  • Hans Tømmervik
  • Logan T. Berner
  • Uma S. Bhatt

Gareth K. Phoenix has published regularly in scientific journals with multiple articles appearing in:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (6 publications)
  • Global Change Biology (4 publications)
  • Environmental Research Letters (3 publications)
  • AMBIO (2 publications)
  • Nature Climate Change (1 publication)

The main fields of study and their respective publication counts reflect a significant engagement with atmospheric and ecological sciences. The overlapping focus on climate dynamics, cryospheric changes, and soil science highlights a multidisciplinary approach to understanding environmental processes, particularly in Arctic and alpine regions.

Best Publications

  • Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic

    Isla H. Myers-Smith;Jeffrey T. Kerby;Gareth K. Phoenix;Jarle W. Bjerke

  • Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in World Biodiversity Hotspots: the Need for a Greater Global Perspective in Assessing N Deposition Impacts

    Gareth K. Phoenix;W. Kevin Hicks;Steve Cinderby;Johan C. I. Kuylenstierna

  • Impacts of parasitic plants on natural communities.

    Malcolm C. Press;Gareth K. Phoenix

  • Global change and arctic ecosystems: is lichen decline a function of increases in vascular plant biomass?

    J. H.C. Cornelissen;J. H.C. Cornelissen;T. V. Callaghan;J. M. Alatalo;A. Michelsen

  • Impacts of atmospheric nitrogen deposition: responses of multiple plant and soil parameters across contrasting ecosystems in long‐term field experiments

    Gareth K. Phoenix;Bridget A. Emmett;Andrea J. Britton;Simon J. M. Caporn

  • Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity

    Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Rob W. Brooker;Bradley J. Butterfield;Bradley J. Cook

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • Winter warming events damage sub-Arctic vegetation: consistent evidence from an experimental manipulation and a natural event

    Stef F. Bokhorst;Jarle W. Bjerke;Hans Tømmervik;Terry V. Callaghan;Terry V. Callaghan

  • Arctic browning: extreme events and trends reversing arctic greening

    Gareth K. Phoenix;Jarle W. Bjerke

  • A potential loss of carbon associated with greater plant growth in the European Arctic

    Iain P Hartley;Iain P Hartley;Mark H Garnett;Martin Sommerkorn;David William Hopkins;David William Hopkins

  • Multiple Effects of Changes in Arctic Snow Cover

    Terry V. Callaghan;Margareta Johansson;Ross D. Brown;Pavel Ya Groisman

  • Impacts of extreme winter warming in the sub-Arctic : growing season responses of dwarf shrub heathland

    S. Bokhorst;J. W. Bjerke;F. W. Bowles;J. Melillo

  • Base cation depletion, eutrophication and acidification of species-rich grasslands in response to long-term simulated nitrogen deposition

    Paul Horswill;Odhran O'Sullivan;Gareth K. Phoenix;John A. Lee

  • Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions

    Michael M. Loranty;Benjamin W. Abbott;Daan Blok;Thomas A. Douglas

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Extreme winter warming events more negatively impact small rather than large soil fauna: shift in community composition explained by traits not taxa.

    S.F. Bokhorst;S.F. Bokhorst;G.K. Phoenix;J.W. Bjerke;T.V. Callaghan;T.V. Callaghan

  • The influence of vegetation and soil characteristics on active‐layer thickness of permafrost soils in boreal forest

    James P. Fisher;Cristian Estop‐Aragonés;Aaron Thierry;Dan J. Charman

  • Impacts of multiple extreme winter warming events on sub‐Arctic heathland: phenology, reproduction, growth, and CO2 flux responses

    S. Bokhorst;Jarle W. Bjerke;L.E. Street;Terry V. Callaghan;Terry V. Callaghan

  • Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments

    B. J. Butterfield;L. A. Cavieres;R. M. Callaway;B. J. Cook

  • Ecosystem change and stability over multiple decades in the Swedish subarctic: complex processes and multiple drivers.

    Terry V. Callaghan;Terry V. Callaghan;Christer Jonasson;Tomas Thierfelder;Zhenlin Yang;Zhenlin Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry V. Callaghan
Terry V. Callaghan University of Sheffield
Jarle W. Bjerke
Jarle W. Bjerke Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Stef Bokhorst
Stef Bokhorst Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Iain P. Hartley
Iain P. Hartley University of Exeter
Mathew Williams
Mathew Williams University of Edinburgh
Hans Tømmervik
Hans Tømmervik Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Julian B. Murton
Julian B. Murton University of Sussex
Dan J. Charman
Dan J. Charman University of Exeter
Dylan Gwynn-Jones
Dylan Gwynn-Jones Aberystwyth University
Jonathan R. Leake
Jonathan R. Leake University of Sheffield

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Christian Schöb

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Donatella Zona

Donatella Zona

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