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D-Index
34
Citations
13218
World Ranking
7480
National Ranking
2511

Sarah C. Elmendorf 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 Sarah C. Elmendorf sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 83 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sarah C. Elmendorf 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 Sarah C. Elmendorf sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 34 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sarah C. Elmendorf is affiliated with the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with notable attention to Atmospheric Science, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology among subfields. Their work engages deeply with topics such as climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, species distribution and climate change, geology and paleoclimatology research, tree-ring climate responses, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and plant and animal studies.

Elmendorf has contributed to several recent scientific publications. These include:

  • Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems, 2022, Arctic Science
  • Experimental warming differentially affects vegetative and reproductive phenology of tundra plants, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A review of open top chamber (OTC) performance across the ITEX Network, 2022, Arctic Science

Their frequent coauthors reveal a collaborative research network that includes Robert D. Hollister, Katharine N. Suding, Isla H. Myers-Smith, Anne D. Bjorkman, and Christian Rixen.

Elmendorf frequently publishes in several prominent scientific venues such as Arctic Science, Ecology Letters, Nature Communications, Global Change Biology, and New Phytologist. Specifically, they have multiple publications in Arctic Science and Ecology Letters, with two publications each in Nature Communications, Global Change Biology, and New Phytologist.

Best Publications

  • Shrub expansion in tundra ecosystems: dynamics, impacts and research priorities

    Isla H Myers-Smith;Isla H Myers-Smith;Bruce C Forbes;Martin Wilmking;Martin Hallinger

  • Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time.

    Sarah C. Elmendorf;Gregory H. R. Henry;Robert D. Hollister;Robert G. Bjork

  • Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming.

    Sarah C. Elmendorf;Gregory H.R. Henry;Robert D. Hollister;Robert G. Björk

  • The spatial spread of invasions: new developments in theory and evidence

    Alan Hastings;Kim Cuddington;Kendi F. Davies;Christopher J. Dugaw

  • RAPID EVOLUTION OF AN INVASIVE PLANT

    John L. Maron;Montserrat Vilà;Riccardo Bommarco;Sarah Elmendorf

  • Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic

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

  • Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

    Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Pieter S. A. Beck;Martin Wilmking

  • Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over time

    Mark Vellend;Lander Baeten;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf

  • Invasion in a heterogeneous world: resistance, coexistence or hostile takeover?

    Brett A. Melbourne;Howard V. Cornell;Kendi F. Davies;Christopher J. Dugaw

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • Experiment, monitoring, and gradient methods used to infer climate change effects on plant communities yield consistent patterns

    Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Gregory H. R. Henry;Robert D. Hollister;Anna Maria Fosaa

  • Greater temperature sensitivity of plant phenology at colder sites: implications for convergence across northern latitudes

    Janet Prevéy;Mark Vellend;Nadja Rüger;Robert D. Hollister

  • AN INTRODUCED PREDATOR ALTERS ALEUTIAN ISLAND PLANT COMMUNITIES BY THWARTING NUTRIENT SUBSIDIES

    John L. Maron;James A. Estes;Donald A. Croll;Eric M. Danner

  • Towards global data products of Essential Biodiversity Variables on species traits

    W. Daniel Kissling;Ramona Walls;Anne Bowser;Matthew O. Jones

  • Increasing phenological asynchrony between spring green-up and arrival of migratory birds

    Stephen J. Mayor;Robert P. Guralnick;Morgan W. Tingley;Javier Otegui

  • Contrasting effects of warming and increased snowfall on Arctic tundra plant phenology over the past two decades.

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Alison L. Beamish;Mark Vellend

  • Phenological response of tundra plants to background climate variation tested using the International Tundra Experiment

    S F Oberbauer;S C Elmendorf;T G Troxler;R D Hollister

  • CONTRASTING PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE IN THE NATIVE AND INTRODUCED RANGE OF HYPERICUM PERFORATUM

    John L. Maron;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Montserrat Vilà

  • Estimates of local biodiversity change over time stand up to scrutiny.

    Mark Vellend;Maria Dornelas;Lander Baeten;Robin Beauséjour

Frequent Co-Authors

Isla H. Myers-Smith
Isla H. Myers-Smith University of Edinburgh
Anne D. Bjorkman
Anne D. Bjorkman University of Gothenburg
Christian Rixen
Christian Rixen Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Robert D. Hollister
Robert D. Hollister Grand Valley State University
Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir
Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir University of Iceland
Ulf Molau
Ulf Molau University of Gothenburg
Esther Lévesque
Esther Lévesque Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Gregory H. R. Henry
Gregory H. R. Henry University of British Columbia
Steven F. Oberbauer
Steven F. Oberbauer Florida International University
Sonja Wipf
Sonja Wipf Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

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