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D-Index
60
Citations
14831
World Ranking
2277
National Ranking
815

Steven C. Pennings 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 Steven C. Pennings sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 176 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steven C. Pennings 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 Steven C. Pennings sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Steven C. Pennings is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States and has contributed extensively to environmental science, with a strong focus on ecology and coastal ecosystem dynamics.

Their research primarily addresses the dynamics and interactions within coastal wetland ecosystems, often involving marine and coastal plant biology and plant and animal studies. Important areas of interest also include isotope analysis in ecology, aeolian processes and effects, and plant and fungal species descriptions.

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Anna R. Armitage
  • John S. Kominoski
  • Wenwen Liu
  • Merryl Alber
  • Christopher Craft

Steven C. Pennings has published extensively in several journals, with the most common venues being:

  • Ecology
  • Ecosphere
  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Functional Ecology

Some recent notable papers authored or co-authored by them are:

  • Effects of mangrove cover on coastal erosion during a hurricane in Texas, USA, 2021, Ecology
  • Effects of mangrove encroachment on tidal wetland plant, nekton, and bird communities in the Western Gulf of Mexico, 2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Other relevant recent publications related to their research environment include:

  • A Research Framework to Integrate Cross-Ecosystem Responses to Tropical Cyclones, 2020, BioScience
  • Climate and geographic adaptation drive latitudinal clines in biomass of a widespread saltmarsh plant in its native and introduced ranges, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Lessons from the invasion of Spartina alterniflora in coastal China, 2022, Ecology

Steven C. Pennings has contributed to the literature beyond articles, including book publications. One example is The Long Term Growth Model, published by World Bank eBooks in 2022.

Their work falls mostly within the main field of environmental science, with research distributed across subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Oceanography

Best Publications

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

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

  • Forecasting the effects of accelerated sea‐level rise on tidal marsh ecosystem services

    Christopher Craft;Jonathan Clough;Jeff Ehman;Samantha Joye

  • Salt Marsh Plant Zonation: The Relative Importance of Competition and Physical Factors

    Steven C. Pennings;Ragan M. Callaway

  • PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY AND INTERACTIONS AMONG PLANTS

    Ragan M. Callaway;Steven C. Pennings;Christina L. Richards

  • Plant zonation in low‐latitude salt marshes: disentangling the roles of flooding, salinity and competition

    Steven C. Pennings;Mary-Bestor Grant;Mary-Bestor Grant;Mark D. Bertness;Mark D. Bertness

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

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

  • Epiphyte host preferences and host traits: mechanisms for species-specific interactions

    Ragan M. Callaway;Kurt O. Reinhart;Georgianne W. Moore;Darrin J. Moore

  • LINKING BIOGEOGRAPHY AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY: LATITUDINAL VARIATION IN PLANT–HERBIVORE INTERACTION STRENGTH

    Steven C. Pennings;Brian R. Silliman

  • Economic development and coastal ecosystem change in China

    Qiang He;Mark D. Bertness;John F. Bruno;Bo Li

  • Parasitic plants: parallels and contrasts with herbivores.

    Steven C. Pennings;Ragan M. Callaway

  • 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

  • THE ADVANTAGES OF CLONAL INTEGRATION UNDER DIFFERENT ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS: A COMMUNITY-WIDE TEST

    Steven C. Pennings;Ragan M. Callaway

  • Impact of a parasitic plant on the structure and dynamics of salt marsh vegetation

    Steven C. Pennings;Ragan M. Callaway

  • GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS AMONG SALT MARSH PLANTS

    Steven C. Pennings;Elizabeth R. Selig;Letise T. Houser;Mark D. Bertness

  • Latitudinal variation in herbivore pressure in Atlantic Coast salt marshes

    Steven C. Pennings;Chuan-Kai Ho;Cristiano S. Salgado;Kazimierz Więski

  • Selectivity and Growth of the Generalist Herbivore Dolabella Auricularia Feeding Upon Complementary Resources

    Steven C. Pennings;Masatomo T. Nadeau;Valerie J. Paul

  • LATITUDINAL DIFFERENCES IN PLANT PALATABILITY IN ATLANTIC COAST SALT MARSHES

    Steven C. Pennings;Erin L. Siska;Mark D. Bertness

  • Effect of Plant Toughness, Calcification, and Chemistry on Herbivory by Dolabella Auricularia

    Steven C. Pennings;Valerie J. Paul

  • Do individual plant species show predictable responses to nitrogen addition across multiple experiments

    Steven C. Pennings;Chris M. Clark;Elsa E. Cleland;Scott L. Collins

  • Feeding preferences of a generalist salt-marsh crab: relative importance of multiple plant traits

    Steven C. Pennings;Thomas H. Carefoot;Erin L. Siska;Margo E. Chase

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Zimmer
Martin Zimmer University of Bremen
Valerie J. Paul
Valerie J. Paul Smithsonian Institution
Ragan M. Callaway
Ragan M. Callaway University of Montana
Scott L. Collins
Scott L. Collins University of New Mexico
Katherine L. Gross
Katherine L. Gross Michigan State University
Laura Gough
Laura Gough Towson University
Mark D. Bertness
Mark D. Bertness Brown University
Elsa E. Cleland
Elsa E. Cleland University of California, San Diego
John S. Kominoski
John S. Kominoski Florida International University
Christopher Craft
Christopher Craft Indiana University

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