Jonathan A. O’Donnell

7.6k citations

62 papers · 5.8k · 4 hit papers · h-index 34

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Atmospheric Science top 0.5%
- Climate change and permafrost
Soil Science top 2%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 49
- Climate change and permafrost 47
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 4
Ecology 11
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology 5
- Ecology and biodiversity studies 3

Co-authors: J. W. Harden (17 shared papers)Edward A. G. Schuur (5 shared papers)Mikhail Kanevskiy (8 shared papers)Mark Torre Jorgenson (6 shared papers)Chien‐Lu Ping (3 shared papers)Gustaf Hugelius (3 shared papers)Peter Kuhry (3 shared papers)Charles D. Koven (3 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences (6 papers)Environmental Research Letters (5 papers)Global Change Biology (4 papers)Global Biogeochemical Cycles (4 papers)Ecosystems (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Sweden

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Jonathan A. O’Donnell

61 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Jonathan A. O’Donnell's Hit Papers

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Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink 2020 · 302 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2020 Nature Climate Change
2016 Nature Climate Change
2014 Biogeosciences
2010 Canadian Journal of Forest Research

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1	Estimated stocks of circumpolar permafrost carbon with quantified uncertainty ranges and identified data gaps Biogeosciences ·Gustaf Hugelius, Jens Strauß, Sebastian Zubrzycki, J. W. Harden, Edward A. G. Schuur, Chien‐Lu Ping, Lutz Schirrmeister, Guido Grosse Hit paper breakdown →	2014	1288
2	Resilience and vulnerability of permafrost to climate changeThis article is one of a selection of papers from The Dynamics of Change in Alaska’s Boreal Forests: Resilience and Vulnerability in Response to Climate Warming. Canadian Journal of Forest Research ·Mark Torre Jorgenson, V. E. Romanovsky, J. W. Harden, Yuri Shur, Jonathan A. O’Donnell, Edward A. G. Schuur, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Sergei S. Marchenko Hit paper breakdown →	2010	475
3	Potential carbon emissions dominated by carbon dioxide from thawed permafrost soils Nature Climate Change ·Christina Schädel, Martin Karl‐Friedrich Bader, Edward A. G. Schuur, Christina Biasi, Rosvel Bracho, Petr Čapek, Sarah De Baets, Kateřina Diáková Hit paper breakdown →	2016	326
4	Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink Nature Climate Change ·Julie Loisel, Angela V. Gallego-Sala, Matthew J. Amesbury, Gabriel Magnan, Gusti Z. Anshari, David W. Beilman, Juan C. Benavides, Jerome Blewett Hit paper breakdown →	2020	302
5	Expert assessment of vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate change Climatic Change ·Edward A. G. Schuur, Benjamin W. Abbott, William Breck Bowden, Victor Brovkin, Philip Camill, Josep G. Canadell, Jeffrey P. Chanton, F. Stuart Chapin	2013	260
6	Field information links permafrost carbon to physical vulnerabilities of thawing Geophysical Research Letters ·J. W. Harden, Charles D. Koven, Chien‐Lu Ping, Gustaf Hugelius, Anthony David McGuire, Phillip Camill, Torre Jorgenson, Peter Kuhry	2012	256
7	Reorganization of vegetation, hydrology and soil carbon after permafrost degradation across heterogeneous boreal landscapes Environmental Research Letters ·Mark Torre Jorgenson, J. W. Harden, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Jonathan A. O’Donnell, Kimberly P. Wickland, S. A. Ewing, Kristen Manies, Qianlai Zhuang	2013	204
8	Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions Biogeosciences ·Michael Mark Loranty, Benjamin W. Abbott, Daan Blok, Thomas Alexander Douglas, Howard E. Epstein, Bruce C. Forbes, Benjamin M. Jones, Alexander Kholodov	2018	190
9	The Effects of Permafrost Thaw on Soil Hydrologic, Thermal, and Carbon Dynamics in an Alaskan Peatland Ecosystems ·Jonathan A. O’Donnell, Mark Torre Jorgenson, J. W. Harden, A. DAVID McGUIRE, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Kimberly P. Wickland	2011	170
10	A new data set for estimating organic carbon storage to 3 m depth in soils of the northern circumpolar permafrost region Earth system science data ·Gustaf Hugelius, C. Tarnocai, J. G. Bockheim, P. Camill, Bo Elberling, Guido Grosse, J. W. Harden, K. Johnson	2013	166
11	The Effect of Moisture Content on the Thermal Conductivity of Moss and Organic Soil Horizons From Black Spruce Ecosystems in Interior Alaska Soil Science ·Jonathan A. O’Donnell, V. E. Romanovsky, J. W. Harden, Anthony David McGuire	2009	147
12	Dissolved organic matter composition of winter flow in the Yukon River basin: Implications of permafrost thaw and increased groundwater discharge Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Jonathan A. O’Donnell, George R. Aiken, Michelle Ann Walvoord, Kenna D. Butler	2012	117
13	The effect of fire and permafrost interactions on soil carbon accumulation in an upland black spruce ecosystem of interior Alaska: implications for post-thaw carbon loss Global Change Biology ·Jonathan A. O’Donnell, J. W. Harden, Anthony David McGuire, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Xiaomei Xu	2010	112
14	Effects of permafrost aggradation on peat properties as determined from a pan‐Arctic synthesis of plant macrofossils Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Claire Clark Treat, Miriam C. Jones, Philip Camill, Angela V. Gallego-Sala, Michelle Garneau, J. W. Harden, Gustaf Hugelius, Eric S. Klein	2015	108
15	Soil carbon distribution in Alaska in relation to soil-forming factors Geoderma ·Kristofer D Johnson, J. W. Harden, A. DAVID McGUIRE, Norman B. Bliss, James G. Bockheim, Mark Clark, Teresa Nettleton Hollingsworth, Mark Torre Jorgenson	2011	106
16	Rapid carbon loss and slow recovery following permafrost thaw in boreal peatlands Global Change Biology ·Miriam C. Jones, J. W. Harden, Jonathan A. O’Donnell, Kristen Manies, Torre Jorgenson, Claire Clark Treat, S. A. Ewing	2016	95
17	The Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD) Earth system science data ·David Olefeldt, Mikael Hovemyr, McKenzie A. Kuhn, David Bastviken, T. J. Bohn, John Connolly, Patrick Crill, Eugenie Susanne Euskirchen	2021	95
18	DOM composition and transformation in boreal forest soils: The effects of temperature and organic‐horizon decomposition state Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Jonathan A. O’Donnell, George R. Aiken, Kenna D. Butler, François Guillemette, David C. Podgorski, Robert G. M. Spencer	2016	94
19	Source water controls on the character and origin of dissolved organic matter in streams of the Yukon River basin, Alaska Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Jonathan A. O’Donnell, George R. Aiken, Evan S. Kane, Jeremy B. Jones	2010	87
20	Cryostratigraphy and Permafrost Evolution in the Lacustrine Lowlands of West‐Central Alaska Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Mikhail Kanevskiy, Torre Jorgenson, Yuri L. Shur, Jonathan A. O’Donnell, J. W. Harden, Qianlai Zhuang, Daniel Fortier	2014	73

About Jonathan A. O’Donnell

Jonathan A. O’Donnell is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Soil Science and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 62 papers that have together received 5.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate change and permafrost (47 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (6 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (5 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (4 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (4 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (4 papers) and Ecology and biodiversity studies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (3.8k citations), Soil Science (764 citations), Ecology (1k citations), Global and Planetary Change (704 citations) and Environmental Chemistry (215 citations). Jonathan A. O’Donnell has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include J. W. Harden, Edward A. G. Schuur, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Mark Torre Jorgenson, Chien‐Lu Ping, Gustaf Hugelius, Peter Kuhry, Charles D. Koven, George R. Aiken and V. E. Romanovsky. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, Environmental Research Letters, Global Change Biology, Global Biogeochemical Cycles and Ecosystems.

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