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Laura Gough

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
14066
World Ranking
3748
National Ranking
1312

Laura Gough 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 Laura Gough sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 112 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Laura Gough 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 Laura Gough sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Laura Gough is affiliated with Towson University in the United States and contributes primarily to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans several specialized areas including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, General Health Professions, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Themes central to their work focus on climate change and permafrost, geology and paleoclimatology research, as well as cryospheric studies and observations. They also investigate ecology and vegetation dynamics, indigenous studies related to ecology, fire effects on ecosystems, and landslides with associated hazards.

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Shallow soils are warmer under trees and tall shrubs across Arctic and Boreal ecosystems," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Determinants of community compositional change are equally affected by global change," 2021, Ecology Letters
  • "Herbivores in Arctic ecosystems: Effects of climate change and implications for carbon and nutrient cycling," 2022, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • "Herbivore absence can shift dry heath tundra from carbon source to sink during peak growing season," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Large and small herbivores have strong effects on tundra vegetation in Scandinavia and Alaska," 2021, Ecology and Evolution

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Laura Gough include Jennie R. McLaren, Kevin L. Griffin, Rebecca J. Rowe, Edward B. Rastetter, and Natalie T. Boelman.

Most of their papers have been published in journals such as Environmental Research Letters, Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, Ecology Letters, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, and Functional Ecology.

In addition to journal articles, Laura Gough has contributed to book publications through Virginia Tech Publishing eBooks, including the 2024 title "Fostering Communities of Transformation in STEM Higher Education: A Multi-institutional Collection of DEI Initiatives."

Best Publications

  • The Relationship Between Productivity and Species Richness

    R. B. Waide;M. R. Willig;C. F. Steiner;G. Mittelbach

  • WHAT IS THE OBSERVED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPECIES RICHNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY

    Gary G. Mittelbach;Christopher F. Steiner;Samuel M. Scheiner;Katherine L. Gross

  • Functional- and abundance-based mechanisms explain diversity loss due to N fertilization.

    Katharine N. Suding;Scott L. Collins;Laura Gough;Christopher Clark

  • Fertilization effects on species density and primary productivity in herbaceous plant communities

    Laura Gough;Craig W. Osenberg;Katherine L. Gross;Scott L. Collins

  • Ecosystem feedbacks and cascade processes: understanding their role in the responses of Arctic and alpine ecosystems to environmental change

    Philip A. Wookey;Rien Aerts;Richard D. Bardgett;Florence Baptist

  • Long-term warming restructures Arctic tundra without changing net soil carbon storage

    Seeta A. Sistla;John C. Moore;Rodney T. Simpson;Laura Gough

  • Environmental and plant community determinants of species loss following nitrogen enrichment.

    Chris M. Clark;Elsa E. Cleland;Scott L. Collins;Joseph E. Fargione

  • Species composition interacts with fertilizer to control long-term change in tundra productivity

    Gaius R. Shaver;M. Syndonia Bret-Harte;M. Syndonia Bret-Harte;Michael H. Jones;Jill Johnstone

  • Long‐term ecosystem level experiments at Toolik Lake, Alaska, and at Abisko, Northern Sweden: generalizations and differences in ecosystem and plant type responses to global change

    M. T. van Wijk;M. T. van Wijk;K. E. Clemmensen;G. R. Shaver;Mathew Williams

  • The relationship between species richness and community biomass: the importance of environmental variables.

    Laura Gough;James B. Grace;Katherine L. Taylor

  • Salt Tolerances and The Distribution of Fugitive Salt Marsh Plants

    Mark D. Bertness;Laura Gough;Scott W. Shumway

  • Patterns of species density and productivity at different spatial scales in herbaceous plant communities

    Katherine L. Gross;Michael R. Willig;Laura Gough;Richard Inouye

  • Vascular plant species richness in Alaskan arctic tundra: the importance of soil pH

    Laura Gough;Laura Gough;Gaius R. Shaver;Jenny Carroll;Dana L. Royer

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Frontiers of Ecology

    John N. Thompson;O. J. Reichman;Peter J. Morin;Gary A. Polis

  • Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed

    Kimberly J. Komatsu;Meghan L. Avolio;Nathan P. Lemoine;Forest Isbell

  • Litter decomposition in moist acidic and non-acidic tundra with different glacial histories.

    Sarah E. Hobbie;Laura Gough

  • Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities

    Kevin R. Wilcox;Andrew T. Tredennick;Sally E. Koerner;Emily Grman

  • Foliar and soil nutrients in tundra on glacial landscapes of contrasting ages in northern Alaska.

    Sarah E. Hobbie;Laura Gough

  • Herbivore effects on plant species density at varying productivity levels

    Laura Gough;James B. Grace

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Wingfield
John C. Wingfield University of California, Davis
Kevin L. Griffin
Kevin L. Griffin Columbia University
Gaius R. Shaver
Gaius R. Shaver Marine Biological Laboratory
Katherine L. Gross
Katherine L. Gross Michigan State University
Scott L. Collins
Scott L. Collins University of New Mexico
John C. Moore
John C. Moore Beijing Normal University
Edward B. Rastetter
Edward B. Rastetter Marine Biological Laboratory
Steven C. Pennings
Steven C. Pennings University of Houston
Elsa E. Cleland
Elsa E. Cleland University of California, San Diego
Sarah E. Hobbie
Sarah E. Hobbie University of Minnesota

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David A. Wardle

David A. Wardle

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Edward A. G. Schuur

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Carly J. Stevens

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Publications: 37

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