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D-Index
80
Citations
30742
World Ranking
820
National Ranking
298

Merritt R. Turetsky 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 Merritt R. Turetsky sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 264 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Merritt R. Turetsky 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 Merritt R. Turetsky sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Merritt R. Turetsky is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong emphasis on atmospheric science and ecology. Their work intersects with critical areas such as global and planetary change, plant science, and nature and landscape conservation.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Peatlands and wetlands ecology
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research

Turetsky has contributed to a number of recent scholarly publications, demonstrating active participation in advancing knowledge on permafrost and carbon cycle feedbacks. Selected papers include:

  • "Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerable to permafrost thaw," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Permafrost carbon emissions in a changing Arctic," 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Climate change, ecosystems and abrupt change: science priorities," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Permafrost and Climate Change: Carbon Cycle Feedbacks From the Warming Arctic," 2022, Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Frequent co-authors with whom Turetsky has collaborated include:

  • Jennifer L. Baltzer
  • David Olefeldt
  • Jill F. Johnstone
  • Nicola J. Day
  • Xanthe J. Walker

Many of Turetsky's research outputs are published in prominent venues such as:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

This profile reflects a research career focused on understanding ecological transformations and carbon dynamics in cold regions, crucial for broader environmental and climatic studies.

Best Publications

  • Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback

    E. A. G. Schuur;A. D. McGuire;C. Schädel;C. Schädel;Guido Grosse

  • Impacts of climate change on fire activity and fire management in the circumboreal forest

    Mike Flannigan;Brian Stocks;Merritt Turetsky;Mike Wotton

  • Recent changes in the fire regime across the North American boreal region—Spatial and temporal patterns of burning across Canada and Alaska

    Eric S. Kasischke;Merritt R. Turetsky

  • Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Merritt R. Turetsky;Benjamin W. Abbott;Miriam C. Jones;Katey Walter Anthony

  • Global vulnerability of peatlands to fire and carbon loss

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Brian Benscoter;Susan Page;Guillermo Rein

  • The Role of Bryophytes in Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling

    Merritt R. Turetsky

  • Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerable to permafrost thaw.

    Gustaf Hugelius;Gustaf Hugelius;Julie Loisel;Sarah Chadburn;Robert B. Jackson

  • A Database and Synthesis of Northern Peatland Soil Properties and Holocene Carbon and Nitrogen Accumulation

    Julie Loisel;Zicheng Yu;David W. Beilman;Philip Camill

  • Multi-omics of permafrost, active layer and thermokarst bog soil microbiomes

    Jenni Hultman;Jenni Hultman;Mark P. Waldrop;Rachel Mackelprang;Rachel Mackelprang;Maude David

  • A synthesis of methane emissions from 71 northern, temperate, and subtropical wetlands

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Agnieszka Kotowska;Jill Bubier;Nancy B. Dise

  • Circumpolar distribution and carbon storage of thermokarst landscapes

    D. Olefeldt;S. Goswami;Guido Grosse;D. Hayes

  • Recent acceleration of biomass burning and carbon losses in Alaskan forests and peatlands

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Evan S. Kane;Jennifer W. Harden;Roger D. Ottmar

  • Effects of soil rewetting and thawing on soil gas fluxes: a review of current literature and suggestions for future research

    Dong-Gill Kim;Rodrigo Vargas;Rodrigo Vargas;Benjamin Bond-Lamberty;Merritt Turetsky

  • Vulnerability of high-latitude soil organic carbon in North America to disturbance

    Guido Grosse;Jennifer W. Harden;Merritt Turetsky;A. David McGuire

  • Increasing wildfires threaten historic carbon sink of boreal forest soils

    Xanthe J. Walker;Jennifer L. Baltzer;Steven G. Cumming;Nicola J. Day

  • Abundance of microbial genes associated with nitrogen cycling as indices of biogeochemical process rates across a vegetation gradient in Alaska

    Dorthe Groth Petersen;Steven J. Blazewicz;Mary Firestone;Donald J. Herman

  • The resilience and functional role of moss in boreal and arctic ecosystems.

    Merritt R Turetsky;B Bond-Lamberty;E Euskirchen;Julie Talbot;Julie Talbot

  • Alaska's changing fire regime--implications for the vulnerability of its boreal forests

    Eric S. KasischkeE.S. Kasischke;David L. VerbylaD.L. Verbyla;T. Scott RuppT.S. Rupp;A. David McGuireA.D. McGuire

  • Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Benjamin W. Abbott;Miriam C. Jones;Katey Walter Anthony

  • Potential carbon emissions dominated by carbon dioxide from thawed permafrost soils

    Christina Schädel;Martin K.-F. Bader;Edward A.G. Schuur;Christina Biasi

  • Expert assessment of vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate change

    E. A. G. Schuur;B. W. Abbott;W. B. Bowden;V. Brovkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Evan S. Kane
Evan S. Kane Michigan Technological University
Jill F. Johnstone
Jill F. Johnstone University of Saskatchewan
Jennifer W. Harden
Jennifer W. Harden United States Geological Survey
Michelle C. Mack
Michelle C. Mack Northern Arizona University
Edward A. G. Schuur
Edward A. G. Schuur Northern Arizona University
Jennifer L. Baltzer
Jennifer L. Baltzer Wilfrid Laurier University
A. D. McGuire
A. D. McGuire University of Alaska Fairbanks
David Olefeldt
David Olefeldt University of Alberta
Eric S. Kasischke
Eric S. Kasischke University of Maryland, College Park
Mark P. Waldrop
Mark P. Waldrop United States Geological Survey

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