Becky A. Ball

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Becky A. Ball is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Becky A. Ball has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ecology, 14 papers in Soil Science and 12 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Becky A. Ball's work include Polar Research and Ecology (16 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (14 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers). Becky A. Ball is often cited by papers focused on Polar Research and Ecology (16 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (14 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers). Becky A. Ball collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Becky A. Ball's co-authors include Uffe N. Nielsen, Mark A. Bradford, Ross A. Virginia, Mark D. Hunter, Yolima Carrillo, John S. Kominoski, Marirosa Molina, Diana H. Wall, J. Barrett and David C. Coleman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Becky A. Ball

40 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Impacts of altered precipitation regimes on soil communities and biogeochemistry in arid and semi‐arid ecosystems

2014 438 citations Uffe N. Nielsen, Becky A. Ball profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Becky A. Ball United States	17	836	640	373	261	240	42	1.5k
Jorge Durán Spain	23	627 0.8×	651 1.0×	286 0.8×	383 1.5×	172 0.7×	62	1.4k
Amy E. Miller United States	19	839 1.0×	598 0.9×	463 1.2×	355 1.4×	271 1.1×	25	1.7k
Ika Djukic Austria	17	553 0.7×	724 1.1×	193 0.5×	179 0.7×	107 0.4×	32	1.2k
Simon Oakley United Kingdom	19	811 1.0×	870 1.4×	509 1.4×	348 1.3×	243 1.0×	33	1.9k
Jichuang Duan China	17	843 1.0×	787 1.2×	340 0.9×	505 1.9×	157 0.7×	23	1.7k
Lidong Mo Switzerland	11	780 0.9×	487 0.8×	301 0.8×	576 2.2×	197 0.8×	20	1.7k
Lili Jiang China	20	579 0.7×	563 0.9×	236 0.6×	249 1.0×	153 0.6×	63	1.1k
Gregory S. Newman United States	13	632 0.8×	732 1.1×	460 1.2×	523 2.0×	205 0.9×	17	1.6k
Konstantin Gavazov Switzerland	19	615 0.7×	538 0.8×	188 0.5×	244 0.9×	148 0.6×	34	1.3k
Helen Quirk United Kingdom	16	766 0.9×	950 1.5×	493 1.3×	243 0.9×	310 1.3×	20	1.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Klein, Robert R. & Becky A. Ball. (2024). Soil resources vs. physicochemical soil properties as drivers of abundance and diversity of low Arctic soil mesofauna communities. Polar Biology. 47(6). 617–627.

Ball, Becky A., et al.. (2023). Soil microbial responses to simulated climate change across polar ecosystems. The Science of The Total Environment. 909. 168556–168556. 3 indexed citations

Ball, Becky A., Peter Convey, Kelli L. Feeser, Uffe N. Nielsen, & David Van Horn. (2023). Habitat severity characteristics structure soil communities at regional and local spatial scales along the Antarctica Peninsula. Antarctic Science. 35(2). 103–119. 7 indexed citations

Ball, Becky A., et al.. (2023). Soil biogeochemical responses to multiple co-occurring forms of human-induced environmental change. Oecologia. 201(4). 1109–1121. 2 indexed citations

Ball, Becky A., Lynn M. Christenson, & Kyle Wickings. (2022). A Cross-System Analysis of Litter Chemical Dynamics Throughout Decomposition. Ecosystems. 25(8). 1792–1808. 7 indexed citations

Ball, Becky A., et al.. (2022). Mesofauna community influences litter chemical trajectories during early-stage litter decay. Pedobiologia. 95. 150844–150844. 1 indexed citations

Rowe, Helen I., et al.. (2021). Restoring closed trails in the Sonoran Desert: interactions of seed timing, seed source, and ripping. Restoration Ecology. 30(2). 3 indexed citations

Ball, Becky A., Peter Convey, Kelli L. Feeser, Uffe N. Nielsen, & David J. Horn. (2021). Environmental harshness mediates the relationship between aboveground and belowground communities in Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 164. 108493–108493. 14 indexed citations

Ball, Becky A., et al.. (2021). The structural and nutrient chemistry during early-stage decomposition and desiccation of cacti in the Sonoran Desert. Journal of Arid Environments. 195. 104636–104636. 6 indexed citations

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Dietrich, Suzanne W., et al.. (2020). Using formative assessment for improving pedagogy. ACM Inroads. 11(4). 27–34. 3 indexed citations

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Wlostowski, A. N., Byron J. Adams, Becky A. Ball, et al.. (2019). The Hydroecology of an Ephemeral Wetland in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 124(12). 3814–3830. 5 indexed citations

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Aanderud, Zachary T., Becky A. Ball, Diana H. Wall, et al.. (2018). Stoichiometric Shifts in Soil C:N:P Promote Bacterial Taxa Dominance, Maintain Biodiversity, and Deconstruct Community Assemblages. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1401–1401. 67 indexed citations

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Ball, Becky A. & Ross A. Virginia. (2014). Microbial biomass and respiration responses to nitrogen fertilization in a polar desert. Polar Biology. 37(4). 573–585. 27 indexed citations

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Carrillo, Yolima, Becky A. Ball, Michael S. Strickland, & Mark A. Bradford. (2012). Legacies of plant litter on carbon and nitrogen dynamics and the role of the soil community. Pedobiologia. 55(4). 185–192. 22 indexed citations

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Ball, Becky A. & Ross A. Virginia. (2012). Meltwater seep patches increase heterogeneity of soil geochemistry and therefore habitat suitability. Geoderma. 189-190. 652–660. 18 indexed citations

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Magalhães, Catarina, Mark I. Stevens, S. Craig Cary, et al.. (2012). At Limits of Life: Multidisciplinary Insights Reveal Environmental Constraints on Biotic Diversity in Continental Antarctica. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e44578–e44578. 55 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Uffe N., David Wall, Byron J. Adams, et al.. (2012). The ecology of pulse events: insights from an extreme climatic event in a polar desert ecosystem. Ecosphere. 3(2). 1–15. 47 indexed citations

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Ball, Becky A., John S. Kominoski, Heather E. Adams, et al.. (2010). Direct and Terrestrial Vegetation-mediated Effects of Environmental Change on Aquatic Ecosystem Processes. BioScience. 60(8). 590–601. 26 indexed citations

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Kominoski, John S., Catherine M. Pringle, & Becky A. Ball. (2008). Invasive woolly adelgid appears to drive seasonal hemlock and carcass inputs to a detritus-based stream. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 30(1). 109–112. 6 indexed citations

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Kominoski, John S., Catherine M. Pringle, Becky A. Ball, et al.. (2007). NONADDITIVE EFFECTS OF LEAF LITTER SPECIES DIVERSITY ON BREAKDOWN DYNAMICS IN A DETRITUS-BASED STREAM. Ecology. 88(5). 1167–1176. 125 indexed citations

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