Anil Somenahally

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Anil Somenahally is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Anil Somenahally has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Soil Science, 12 papers in Plant Science and 11 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Anil Somenahally's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (19 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (6 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (5 papers). Anil Somenahally is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (19 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (6 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (5 papers). Anil Somenahally collaborates with scholars based in United States, Tunisia and Belgium. Anil Somenahally's co-authors include Dwayne A. Elias, Mircea Podar, Steven D. Brown, Cynthia C. Gilmour, Alexander Johs, Richard A. Hurt, Andrew M. Graham, Kathryn L. Bailey, Anthony V. Palumbo and Craig C. Brandt and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Anil Somenahally

37 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Mercury Methylation by Novel Microorganisms from New Envi... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2015 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Mercury Methylation by Novel Microorganisms from New Environments
    2013 588 citations Cynthia C. Gilmour, Mircea Podar et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  2. Global prevalence and distribution of genes and microorganisms involved in mercury methylation
    2015 359 citations Mircea Podar, Cynthia C. Gilmour et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anil Somenahally United States 14 1.1k 442 430 225 211 41 1.6k
Donald A. Graetz United States 21 340 0.3× 183 0.4× 562 1.3× 324 1.4× 374 1.8× 37 1.5k
Jacek Kozdrój Poland 19 348 0.3× 227 0.5× 577 1.3× 84 0.4× 235 1.1× 41 1.3k
Hui Gao China 18 275 0.2× 135 0.3× 412 1.0× 92 0.4× 157 0.7× 51 1.3k
Sofi Jonsson Sweden 18 1.0k 0.9× 424 1.0× 377 0.9× 67 0.3× 53 0.3× 46 1.4k
Pei-Qin Peng China 18 272 0.2× 208 0.5× 861 2.0× 252 1.1× 425 2.0× 54 1.5k
Aleksandra Ukalska‐Jaruga Poland 18 292 0.3× 152 0.3× 394 0.9× 74 0.3× 252 1.2× 48 894
A. M. Chaudri United Kingdom 22 406 0.4× 246 0.6× 1.1k 2.5× 180 0.8× 429 2.0× 38 1.8k
Rıdvan Kızılkaya Türkiye 22 292 0.3× 99 0.2× 603 1.4× 109 0.5× 585 2.8× 93 1.5k
M. Bischoff United States 12 164 0.1× 296 0.7× 253 0.6× 143 0.6× 304 1.4× 15 861
Matthew D. Taylor New Zealand 19 136 0.1× 308 0.7× 466 1.1× 240 1.1× 451 2.1× 48 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anil Somenahally

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Somenahally, Anil, et al.. (2025). Temporal adjustment approach for high-resolution continental scale modeling of soil organic carbon. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 6483–6483. 2 indexed citations
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Dhamu, Vikram Narayanan, et al.. (2025). SODS: Soil Health On-Demand Sensors—A Multi Parameter Field Study with Temporal Monitoring. Sensors. 25(11). 3505–3505.
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Dhamu, Vikram Narayanan, Anil Somenahally, Anirban Paul, Sriram Muthukumar, & Shalini Prasad. (2024). Characterization of an In-Situ Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) via a Smart-Electrochemical Sensing Approach. Sensors. 24(4). 1153–1153. 5 indexed citations
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Rajan, Nithya, et al.. (2024). Cover crops in organic cotton influence greenhouse gas emissions and soil microclimate. Agronomy Journal. 117(1). 4 indexed citations
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Somenahally, Anil, et al.. (2024). Long-Term Grazing and Nitrogen Management Impacted Methane Emission Potential and Soil Microbial Community in Grazing Pastures. Environment & Health. 3(1). 68–78. 1 indexed citations
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Sarker, Tushar C., et al.. (2024). Assessing organic carbon sequestration in soil aggregates for building high quality carbon stocks in improved grazing lands. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 380. 109403–109403. 1 indexed citations
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Rajan, Nithya, et al.. (2024). Greenhouse gas emissions during decomposition of cover crops and poultry litter with simulated tillage in 90‐day soil incubations. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 88(5). 1870–1890. 6 indexed citations
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Silva‐Olaya, Adriana M., et al.. (2024). Restoring soil multifunctionality through forest regeneration in abandoned Amazon pasturelands. Restoration Ecology. 33(3). 1 indexed citations
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Somenahally, Anil, et al.. (2023). Response of soil microbial Communities, inorganic and organic soil carbon pools in arid saline soils to alternative land use practices. Ecological Indicators. 150. 110227–110227. 21 indexed citations
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Somenahally, Anil, Qingwu Xue, Moez Jebara, et al.. (2022). Date palm waste compost promotes plant growth and nutrient transporter genes expression in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). South African Journal of Botany. 149. 247–257. 17 indexed citations
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Silva‐Olaya, Adriana M., et al.. (2021). Soil enzyme responses to land use change in the tropical rainforest of the Colombian Amazon region. PLoS ONE. 16(8). e0255669–e0255669. 23 indexed citations
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Somenahally, Anil, Richard H. Loeppert, Jizhong Zhou, & Terry J. Gentry. (2021). Niche Differentiation of Arsenic-Transforming Microbial Groups in the Rice Rhizosphere Compartments as Impacted by Water Management and Soil-Arsenic Concentrations. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 736751–736751. 5 indexed citations
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Somenahally, Anil, et al.. (2020). Root-mycorrhizae interactions contributed to organic carbon density in the sandy soil profiles of adapted grazing lands. Applied Soil Ecology. 154. 103656–103656. 12 indexed citations
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Morgan, Cristine L.S., et al.. (2020). Cowpeas as a summer cover crop for forage rye. Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment. 3(1). 4 indexed citations
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Long, Charles R., et al.. (2020). Challenges and Potentials for Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration in Forage and Grazing Systems. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 73(6). 786–795. 20 indexed citations
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Christensen, Geoff A., Caitlin M. Gionfriddo, Andrew J. King, et al.. (2019). Determining the Reliability of Measuring Mercury Cycling Gene Abundance with Correlations with Mercury and Methylmercury Concentrations. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(15). 8649–8663. 75 indexed citations
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Somenahally, Anil, et al.. (2018). Microbial communities in soil profile are more responsive to legacy effects of wheat-cover crop rotations than tillage systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 123. 126–135. 73 indexed citations

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