A. Stuart Grandy

19.6k total citations · 10 hit papers
129 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

A. Stuart Grandy is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Stuart Grandy has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Soil Science, 57 papers in Ecology and 35 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in A. Stuart Grandy's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (105 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (33 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (29 papers). A. Stuart Grandy is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (105 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (33 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (29 papers). A. Stuart Grandy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. A. Stuart Grandy's co-authors include Serita D. Frey, Cynthia M. Kallenbach, G. Philip Robertson, Marshall D. McDaniel, Lisa K. Tiemann, Kyle Wickings, Jason C. Neff, Michael Weintraub, William R. Wieder and Zachary L. Rinkes and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

A. Stuart Grandy

127 papers receiving 13.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Direct evidence for microbial-derived soil organic matter formation and its ecophysiological controls

2016 1.2k citations Cynthia M. Kallenbach, Serita D. Frey et al. Nature Communications profile →
Optimization of hydrolytic and oxidative enzyme methods for ecosystem studies

2011 960 citations A. Stuart Grandy et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
Does agricultural crop diversity enhance soil microbial biomass and organic matter dynamics? A meta‐analysis

2013 595 citations Lisa K. Tiemann, A. Stuart Grandy et al. Ecological Applications profile →
Long-term pattern and magnitude of soil carbon feedback to the climate system in a warming world

2017 579 citations Serita D. Frey, Kristen M. DeAngelis et al. profile →
Crop rotational diversity enhances belowground communities and functions in an agroecosystem

2015 541 citations Lisa K. Tiemann, A. Stuart Grandy et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Permanganate Oxidizable Carbon Reflects a Processed Soil Fraction that is Sensitive to Management

2012 502 citations Steve W. Culman, A. Stuart Grandy et al. profile →
Long-Term Evidence Shows that Crop-Rotation Diversification Increases Agricultural Resilience to Adverse Growing Conditions in North America

2020 333 citations Timothy M. Bowles, Maria Mooshammer et al. profile →
Microbial carbon use efficiency: accounting for population, community, and ecosystem-scale controls over the fate of metabolized organic matter

2016 295 citations Kevin M. Geyer, Emily Kyker‐Snowman et al. Biogeochemistry profile →
Clarifying the evidence for microbial‐ and plant‐derived soil organic matter, and the path toward a more quantitative understanding

2022 238 citations Emily D. Whalen, A. Stuart Grandy et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Fast-decaying plant litter enhances soil carbon in temperate forests but not through microbial physiological traits

2022 206 citations Matthew E. Craig, Kevin M. Geyer et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Stuart Grandy United States	56	9.9k	5.5k	3.6k	3.0k	1.9k	129	14.1k
William R. Horwáth United States	58	8.2k 0.8×	3.8k 0.7×	3.8k 1.1×	3.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	266	14.4k
Rainer Georg Joergensen Germany	60	13.2k 1.3×	6.0k 1.1×	5.3k 1.5×	3.6k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	289	18.0k
Cornélia Rumpel France	64	11.8k 1.2×	5.7k 1.0×	2.7k 0.8×	3.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	259	18.0k
Claire Chenu France	61	10.3k 1.0×	4.2k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	2.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	163	14.3k
Еvgenia Blagodatskaya Germany	56	9.5k 1.0×	5.3k 1.0×	4.1k 1.1×	2.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	179	13.3k
Sophie Zechmeister‐Boltenstern Austria	53	8.9k 0.9×	6.2k 1.1×	3.1k 0.9×	3.4k 1.1×	818 0.4×	157	14.1k
Eric D. Vance United States	25	10.2k 1.0×	4.0k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	46	13.7k
Serita D. Frey United States	56	12.4k 1.2×	8.4k 1.5×	4.5k 1.3×	3.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	139	17.7k
Zucong Cai China	50	7.0k 0.7×	4.1k 0.7×	4.8k 1.3×	3.9k 1.3×	915 0.5×	246	13.8k
Richard T. Conant United States	49	10.7k 1.1×	5.9k 1.1×	2.1k 0.6×	3.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	103	15.7k

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Georgiou, Katerina, Denis A. Angers, M. Francesca Cotrufo, et al.. (2025). Soil Carbon Saturation: What Do We Really Know?. Global Change Biology. 31(5). e70197–e70197. 14 indexed citations

Jilling, Andrea, A. Stuart Grandy, Amanda B. Daly, et al.. (2025). Evidence for the existence and ecological relevance of fast-cycling mineral-associated organic matter. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 1 indexed citations

Grandy, A. Stuart, et al.. (2025). Organic amendments tighten nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils: a meta-analysis on gross nitrogen flux. Frontiers in Agronomy. 7. 3 indexed citations

Malhotra, Avni, Samantha R. Weintraub, Katerina Georgiou, et al.. (2025). Fine root and soil carbon stocks are positively related in grasslands but not in forests. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 497–497.

Whalen, Emily D., A. Stuart Grandy, Kevin M. Geyer, Eric W. Morrison, & Serita D. Frey. (2024). Microbial trait multifunctionality drives soil organic matter formation potential. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10209–10209. 32 indexed citations

Grandy, A. Stuart, et al.. (2024). Elevated atmospheric CO₂ drives decreases in stable soil organic carbon in arid ecosystems: Evidence from a physical fractionation and organic compound analysis. Global Change Biology. 30(2). e17175–e17175. 3 indexed citations

Antunes, Pedro M., et al.. (2023). Trait‐based assembly of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities determines soil carbon formation and retention. New Phytologist. 239(1). 311–324. 48 indexed citations

Rocci, Katherine S., Cory C. Cleveland, Katerina Georgiou, et al.. (2023). Aligning theoretical and empirical representations of soil carbon-to-nitrogen stoichiometry with process-based terrestrial biogeochemistry models. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 189. 109272–109272. 14 indexed citations

Whalen, Emily D., A. Stuart Grandy, Noah W. Sokol, et al.. (2022). Clarifying the evidence for microbial‐ and plant‐derived soil organic matter, and the path toward a more quantitative understanding. Global Change Biology. 28(24). 7167–7185. 238 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mooshammer, Maria, A. Stuart Grandy, Francisco Calderón Sánchez, et al.. (2022). Microbial feedbacks on soil organic matter dynamics underlying the legacy effect of diversified cropping systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 167. 108584–108584. 34 indexed citations

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Daly, Amanda B., Andrea Jilling, Timothy M. Bowles, et al.. (2021). A holistic framework integrating plant-microbe-mineral regulation of soil bioavailable nitrogen. Biogeochemistry. 154(2). 211–229. 122 indexed citations

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Billings, Sharon, Kate Lajtha, Avni Malhotra, et al.. (2021). Soil organic carbon is not just for soil scientists: measurement recommendations for diverse practitioners. Ecological Applications. 31(3). e02290–e02290. 36 indexed citations

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Kyker‐Snowman, Emily, Danica Lombardozzi, Gordon B. Bonan, et al.. (2021). Increasing the spatial and temporal impact of ecological research: A roadmap for integrating a novel terrestrial process into an Earth system model. Global Change Biology. 28(2). 665–684. 33 indexed citations

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DeAngelis, Kristen M., Grace Pold, Priyanka Chowdhury, et al.. (2017). Mechanisms of microbial destabilization of soil C shifts over decades of warming. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Kallenbach, Cynthia M., Serita D. Frey, & A. Stuart Grandy. (2016). Direct evidence for microbial-derived soil organic matter formation and its ecophysiological controls. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13630–13630. 1218 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tiemann, Lisa K., A. Stuart Grandy, & Joel Hartter. (2014). Impacts of land use and Ugandan farmer's cultural and economic status on soil organic matter and soil fertility. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 14931. 1 indexed citations

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Phillips, Richard P., Ina C. Meier, Emily S. Bernhardt, et al.. (2012). Roots and fungi accelerate carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO ₂. Ecology Letters. 15(9). 1042–1049. 248 indexed citations

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Leff, Jonathan, William R. Wieder, Philip G. Taylor, et al.. (2012). Experimental litterfall manipulation drives large and rapid changes in soil carbon cycling in a wet tropical forest. Global Change Biology. 18(9). 2969–2979. 154 indexed citations

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Marín-Spiotta, E., Carsten W. Mueller, Aaron F. Diefendorf, et al.. (2012). Stabilization of ancient organic matter in deep buried paleosols. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Barger, Nichole N., A. Stuart Grandy, & null null. (2010). Implementing Active Learning Strategies: Tales from Two New Life Science Professors at Research Universities. Academic Leadership The Online Journal. 1 indexed citations

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