Benjamin W. Abbott

9.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Benjamin W. Abbott is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin W. Abbott has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Atmospheric Science, 30 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 23 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin W. Abbott's work include Climate change and permafrost (36 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (32 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (24 papers). Benjamin W. Abbott is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (36 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (32 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (24 papers). Benjamin W. Abbott collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Benjamin W. Abbott's co-authors include Edward A. G. Schuur, Jeremy B. Jones, Gilles Pinay, William B. Bowden, J. R. Larouche, Florentina Moatar, Camille Minaudo, David Olefeldt, Jay P. Zarnetske and Katey Walter Anthony and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin W. Abbott

86 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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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.

Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw

2020 576 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Benjamin W. Abbott et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release

2019 285 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Benjamin W. Abbott et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin W. Abbott United States	37	2.7k	1.6k	1.1k	1.1k	648	87	4.9k
Jeremy B. Jones United States	38	1.7k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	629 1.0×	71	4.4k
James O. Sickman United States	29	1.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	610 0.6×	927 1.4×	69	4.2k
Aldo Marchetto Italy	36	1.8k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.5×	525 0.5×	535 0.8×	125	4.3k
Dale M. Robertson United States	36	1.2k 0.4×	2.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	1.9k 1.7×	757 1.2×	128	4.7k
Emily M. Elliott United States	26	1.4k 0.5×	798 0.5×	776 0.7×	603 0.6×	811 1.3×	56	2.9k
Mats Öquist Sweden	35	1.6k 0.6×	880 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	450 0.4×	1.1k 1.7×	65	3.6k
Daoxian Yuan China	36	2.2k 0.8×	704 0.5×	899 0.8×	617 0.6×	542 0.8×	175	5.1k
Jason B. Fellman United States	29	1.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.8×	733 0.7×	567 0.9×	71	4.8k
Nobuhito Ohte Japan	38	695 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.8×	160	4.3k
L. D. Hinzman United States	49	6.8k 2.5×	744 0.5×	1.6k 1.4×	827 0.8×	1.4k 2.1×	131	8.2k

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Aanderud, Zachary T., Michelle A. Baker, Benjamin W. Abbott, et al.. (2025). Nutrient limitation and seasonality associated with phytoplankton communities and cyanotoxin production in a large, hypereutrophic lake. Harmful Algae. 143. 102809–102809. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Guanqin, Yunfeng Peng, Leiyi Chen, et al.. (2024). Enhanced response of soil respiration to experimental warming upon thermokarst formation. Nature Geoscience. 17(6). 532–538. 17 indexed citations

Abbott, Benjamin W., Pete Smith, Sayedeh Sara Sayedi, et al.. (2023). Accelerating the Renewable Energy Revolution to Get Back to the Holocene. Earth s Future. 11(9). 11 indexed citations

Jankowski, Kathi Jo, Paul Julian, Adam S. Wymore, et al.. (2023). Long‐Term Changes in Concentration and Yield of Riverine Dissolved Silicon From the Poles to the Tropics. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(9). 6 indexed citations

Fullerton, Aimee H., Flavia Tromboni, Arial J. Shogren, et al.. (2023). The Music of Rivers: The Mathematics of Waves Reveals Global Structure and Drivers of Streamflow Regime. Water Resources Research. 59(7). 7 indexed citations

Yang, Guibiao, Benjamin W. Abbott, David Olefeldt, et al.. (2023). Characteristics of methane emissions from alpine thermokarst lakes on the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3121–3121. 44 indexed citations

Lee, Raymond M., et al.. (2023). The meanings of the Critical Zone. Anthropocene. 42. 100377–100377. 9 indexed citations

Krause, Stefan, Benjamin W. Abbott, Viktor Baranov, et al.. (2022). Organizational Principles of Hyporheic Exchange Flow and Biogeochemical Cycling in River Networks Across Scales. Water Resources Research. 58(3). 39 indexed citations

Hannah, David M., Benjamin W. Abbott, Kieran Khamis, et al.. (2022). Illuminating the ‘invisible water crisis’ to address global water pollution challenges. Hydrological Processes. 36(3). 33 indexed citations

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Abbott, Benjamin W., Adrian V. Rocha, Arial J. Shogren, et al.. (2021). Tundra wildfire triggers sustained lateral nutrient loss in Alaskan Arctic. Global Change Biology. 27(7). 1408–1430. 28 indexed citations

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Frei, Rebecca J., A. J. Norris, Gregory T. Carling, et al.. (2021). Megafire affects stream sediment flux and dissolved organic matter reactivity, but land use dominates nutrient dynamics in semiarid watersheds. PLoS ONE. 16(9). e0257733–e0257733. 11 indexed citations

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Frei, Rebecca J., et al.. (2021). Limited progress in nutrient pollution in the U.S. caused by spatially persistent nutrient sources. PLoS ONE. 16(11). e0258952–e0258952. 26 indexed citations

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Mony, Cendrine, et al.. (2020). Artificial Intelligence Accidentally Learned Ecology through Video Games. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 35(7). 557–560. 3 indexed citations

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Estop‐Aragonés, Cristian, David Olefeldt, Benjamin W. Abbott, et al.. (2020). Assessing the Potential for Mobilization of Old Soil Carbon After Permafrost Thaw: A Synthesis of ¹⁴C Measurements From the Northern Permafrost Region. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 34(9). 53 indexed citations

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Voigt, Carolina, Maija E. Marushchak, Benjamin W. Abbott, et al.. (2020). Nitrous oxide emissions from permafrost-affected soils. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 1(8). 420–434. 116 indexed citations

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Wen, Hang, Julia Perdrial, Benjamin W. Abbott, et al.. (2020). Temperature controls production but hydrology regulates export of dissolved organic carbon at the catchment scale. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 24(2). 945–966. 91 indexed citations

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Marçais, Jean, Thierry Labasque, Benjamin W. Abbott, et al.. (2018). Dating groundwater with dissolved silica and CFC concentrations in crystalline aquifers. The Science of The Total Environment. 636. 260–272. 46 indexed citations

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Mu, Cuicui, Benjamin W. Abbott, Qian Zhao, et al.. (2017). Permafrost collapse shifts alpine tundra to a carbon source but reduces N₂O and CH₄ release on the northern Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(17). 8945–8952. 84 indexed citations

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Abbott, Benjamin W.. (2016). Thomas Kirk’s Students’ Flora of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 47(1). 112–117. 1 indexed citations

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Maamar, Sarah Ben, Luc Aquilina, Achim Quaiser, et al.. (2015). Groundwater Isolation Governs Chemistry and Microbial Community Structure along Hydrologic Flowpaths. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 1457–1457. 102 indexed citations

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