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D-Index
99
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39474
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287
National Ranking
120

James S. Clark 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 James S. Clark sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 278 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James S. Clark 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 James S. Clark sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 99 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

James S. Clark is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics of James S. Clark's work encompass:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James S. Clark include:

  • Jennifer J. Swenson
  • Tong Qiu
  • Benoît Courbaud
  • Georges Künstler
  • C. Lane Scher

The scientist has contributed to various publication venues, notably:

  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by James S. Clark include:

  • "Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world," 2020, Science
  • "On the Interpretations of Joint Modeling in Community Ecology," 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Is there tree senescence? The fecundity evidence," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "North American tree migration paced by climate in the West, lagging in the East," 2022, Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)

James S. Clark was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming

    Thomas W. Crowther;Katherine E.O. Todd-Brown;Clara W. Rowe;William R. Wieder

  • Sensitivity studies for third-generation gravitational wave observatories

    S. Hild;M. Abernathy;F. Acernese;P. Amaro-Seoane

  • Ecological forecasts: an emerging imperative.

    James S. Clark;Steven R. Carpenter;Mary Barber;Scott Collins

  • Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world

    Nate G. McDowell;Craig D. Allen;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Brian H. Aukema

  • Seed Dispersal Near and Far: Patterns Across Temperate and Tropical Forests

    James S. Clark;Miles Silman;Ruth Kern;Eric Macklin

  • Why environmental scientists are becoming Bayesians

    James S. Clark

  • Why trees migrate so fast: confronting theory with dispersal biology and the paleorecord.

    James S. Clark

  • Particle motion and the theory of charcoal analysis: Source area, transport, deposition, and sampling

    James S. Clark

  • Reid's Paradox of Rapid Plant Migration Dispersal theory and interpretation of paleoecological records

    James S. Clark;Chris Fastie;George Hurtt;Stephen T. Jackson

  • Failure to migrate: lack of tree range expansion in response to climate change

    Kai Zhu;Christopher W. Woodall;James S. Clark

  • STAGES AND SPATIAL SCALES OF RECRUITMENT LIMITATION IN SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN FORESTS

    James S. Clark;Eric Macklin;Leslie Wood

  • MOLECULAR INDICATORS OF TREE MIGRATION CAPACITY UNDER RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE

    Jason S. McLachlan;James S. Clark;Paul S. Manos

  • Accounting for uncertainty in ecological analysis: the strengths and limitations of hierarchical statistical modeling

    Noel Cressie;Catherine A. Calder;James S. Clark;Jay M. Ver Hoef

  • Effects of climate and atmospheric CO2 partial pressure on the global distribution of C4 grasses: present, past, and future

    G. James Collatz;Joseph A. Berry;James S. Clark

  • Interpreting recruitment limitation in forests.

    J. S. Clark;B. Beckage;P. Camill;B. Cleveland

  • The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States.

    James S. Clark;Louis Iverson;Christopher W. Woodall;Craig D. Allen

  • FIRE AND CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE LAST 750 YR IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA

    James S. Clark

  • Individuals and the Variation Needed for High Species Diversity in Forest Trees

    James S. Clark

  • Models for Ecological Data: An Introduction

    James Samuel Clark

  • Understanding movement data and movement processes: current and emerging directions

    Robert S. Schick;Scott R. Loarie;Fernando Colchero;Benjamin D. Best

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan E. Gelfand
Alan E. Gelfand Duke University
Michael C. Dietze
Michael C. Dietze Boston University
Inés Ibáñez
Inés Ibáñez University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Shannon L. LaDeau
Shannon L. LaDeau Duke University
Laura Cadonati
Laura Cadonati Georgia Institute of Technology
Alberto Vecchio
Alberto Vecchio University of Birmingham
Brian Beckage
Brian Beckage University of Vermont
William H. Schlesinger
William H. Schlesinger Duke University
Pankaj K. Agarwal
Pankaj K. Agarwal Duke University
Nelson Christensen
Nelson Christensen Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur

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