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D-Index
42
Citations
9368
World Ranking
5470
National Ranking
1870

Heather R. McCarthy 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 Heather R. McCarthy sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 76 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Heather R. McCarthy 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 Heather R. McCarthy sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Heather R. McCarthy is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Small Animals, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their scholarly work encompasses a diverse set of topics related to ecological and agricultural systems. Key topics include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Animal Health and Immunology, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Forest Ecology and Management, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Heather R. McCarthy has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications. Recent papers include:

  • "Assessing impacts of climate change on selected foundation species and ecosystem services in the South-Central USA," 2023, published in Ecosphere
  • "Effects of supplementing colostrum beyond the first day of life on growth and health parameters of preweaning Holstein heifers," 2023, published in Journal of Dairy Science
  • "The response of coarse root biomass to long-term CO2 enrichment and nitrogen application in a maturing Pinus taeda stand with a large broadleaved component," 2021, published in Global Change Biology
  • "A comparison of moderate and high spatial resolution satellite data for modeling gross primary production and transpiration of native prairie, alfalfa, and winter wheat," 2023, published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "Simple and Innovative Methods to Estimate Gross Primary Production and Transpiration of Crops: A Review," 2023, published in Studies in big data

Frequent collaborators in their research include Ram Oren, Lucy Schroeder, Laura Ostrowsky, Cathleen Lapadat, and Andrew L. Hipp. These coauthors have worked with McCarthy on multiple occasions, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts within their scientific community.

Heather R. McCarthy has published several works in prominent scientific journals, with repeated contributions especially in the Journal of Dairy Science. Other common venues for their research include Ecosphere, Global Change Biology, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, and Studies in big data.

Best Publications

  • Soil fertility limits carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems in a CO 2 -enriched atmosphere

    Ram Oren;David S Ellsworth;David S Ellsworth;Kurt H Johnsen;Nathan C. Phillips

  • Forest response to elevated CO2 is conserved across a broad range of productivity.

    Richard J. Norby;Evan H. DeLucia;Birgit Gielen;Carlo Calfapietra

  • Increases in the flux of carbon belowground stimulate nitrogen uptake and sustain the long‐term enhancement of forest productivity under elevated CO2

    John E. Drake;Anne Gallet-Budynek;Anne Gallet-Budynek;Kirsten S. Hofmockel;Emily S. Bernhardt

  • Evaluation of 11 terrestrial carbon–nitrogen cycle models against observations from two temperate Free‐Air CO2 Enrichment studies

    Soenke Zaehle;Belinda E. Medlyn;Martin G. De Kauwe;Anthony P. Walker

  • Using ecosystem experiments to improve vegetation models

    Belinda E Medlyn;Belinda E Medlyn;Sonke Zaehle;Martin G De Kauwe;Anthony P Walker

  • Re-assessment of plant carbon dynamics at the Duke free-air CO 2 enrichment site: interactions of atmospheric [CO 2 ] with nitrogen and water availability over stand development

    Heather R. McCarthy;Heather R. McCarthy;Ram Oren;Kurt H. Johnsen;Anne Gallet‐Budynek

  • Elevated CO2 increases tree‐level intrinsic water use efficiency: insights from carbon and oxygen isotope analyses in tree rings across three forest FACE sites

    Giovanna Battipaglia;Giovanna Battipaglia;Matthias Saurer;Paolo Cherubini;Carlo Calfapietra

  • Transpiration of urban forests in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

    Diane E. Pataki;Heather R. McCarthy;Elizaveta Litvak;Stephanie Pincetl

  • PROGRESSIVE NITROGEN LIMITATION OF ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES UNDER ELEVATED CO2 IN A WARM-TEMPERATE FOREST

    Adrien C. Finzi;David J.P. Moore;Evan H. DeLucia;John Lichter

  • Where does the carbon go? A model-data intercomparison of vegetation carbon allocation and turnover processes at two temperate forest free-air CO2 enrichment sites.

    Martin G. De Kauwe;Belinda E. Medlyn;Sönke Zaehle;Anthony P. Walker

  • Separating the effects of climate and vegetation on evapotranspiration along a successional chronosequence in the southeastern US

    Paul C. Stoy;Gabriel G. Katul;Mario B. S. Siqueira;Jehn-Yih Juang

  • Estimating the uncertainty in annual net ecosystem carbon exchange: spatial variation in turbulent fluxes and sampling errors in eddy‐covariance measurements

    Ram Oren;Cheng-I. Hsieh;Cheng-I. Hsieh;Paul C. Stoy;John Albertson

  • Variability in net ecosystem exchange from hourly to inter-annual time scales at adjacent pine and hardwood forests: a wavelet analysis.

    Paul C. Stoy;Gabriel G. Katul;Mario B. S. Siqueira;Jehn-Yih Juang

  • Aboveground sink strength in forests controls the allocation of carbon below ground and its (CO 2 )-induced enhancement

    Sari Palmroth;Ram Oren;Heather R. McCarthy;Kurt H. Johnsen

  • Variable conductivity and embolism in roots and branches of four contrasting tree species and their impacts on whole-plant hydraulic performance under future atmospheric CO2 concentration

    Jean-Christophe Domec;Karina Schäfer;Ram Oren;Hyun S. Kim

  • Contrasting responses to drought of forest floor CO 2 efflux in a Loblolly pine plantation and a nearby Oak-Hickory forest

    S. Palmroth;S. Palmroth;Chris A. Maier;Heather R. McCarthy;A. C. Oishi

  • Canopy and physiological controls of GPP during drought and heat wave

    Yao Zhang;Xiangming Xiao;Xiangming Xiao;Sha Zhou;Sha Zhou;Philippe Ciais

  • Temporal dynamics and spatial variability in the enhancement of canopy leaf area under elevated atmospheric CO

    Heather R McCarthy;Ram Oren;Adrien C Finzi;David S Ellsworth

  • Understanding preferences for tree attributes: the relative effects of socio-economic and local environmental factors

    Meghan L. Avolio;Diane E. Pataki;Stephanie Pincetl;Thomas W. Gillespie

  • Comprehensive ecosystem model-data synthesis using multiple data sets at two temperate forest free-air CO2 enrichment experiments: Model performance at ambient CO2 concentration

    Anthony P. Walker;Anthony P. Walker;Paul J. Hanson;Martin G. De Kauwe;Belinda E. Medlyn

  • Interaction of ice storms and management practices on current carbon sequestration in forests with potential mitigation under future CO2 atmosphere

    Heather R. McCarthy;Ram Oren;Hyun-Seok Kim;Kurt H. Johnsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Ram Oren
Ram Oren Duke University
Sari Palmroth
Sari Palmroth Duke University
Diane E. Pataki
Diane E. Pataki Arizona State University
Gabriel G. Katul
Gabriel G. Katul Duke University
Paul C. Stoy
Paul C. Stoy University of Wisconsin–Madison
Adrien C. Finzi
Adrien C. Finzi Boston University
Mario B. S. Siqueira
Mario B. S. Siqueira Duke University
Yiqi Luo
Yiqi Luo Cornell University
Jean-Christophe Domec
Jean-Christophe Domec Bordeaux Sciences Agro
Kurt H. Johnsen
Kurt H. Johnsen US Forest Service

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