Blanca Bernal

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Blanca Bernal is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Blanca Bernal has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Blanca Bernal's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (21 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (19 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers). Blanca Bernal is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (21 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (19 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers). Blanca Bernal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Tanzania. Blanca Bernal's co-authors include William J. Mitsch, Li Zhang, Amanda M. Nahlik, Christopher Anderson, María E. Hernández, Sven Erik Jørgensen, Hans Brix, Ülo Mander, Jorge A. Villa and Thomas J. Mozdzer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Blanca Bernal

30 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Wetlands, carbon, and climate change

2012 828 citations William J. Mitsch, Blanca Bernal et al. Landscape Ecology profile →
Ecosystem services of wetlands

2015 310 citations William J. Mitsch, Blanca Bernal et al. profile →

Peers

Blanca Bernal

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GPC

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EC

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Amanda M. Nahlik United States

Zhaolei Li China

M. Siobhan Fennessy United States

J. Kros Netherlands

Qichun Yang United States

María E. Hernández Mexico

Gerald Jurasinski Germany

Daniel S. Goll France

Stephan Glatzel Germany

Changchun Song China

Amanda M. Nahlik United States

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1.5k ×0.8

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909 ×1.0

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307 ×0.6

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433 ×1.0

EC

327 ×1.0

IME

Citations per year, relative to Blanca Bernal Blanca Bernal (= 1×) peers Amanda M. Nahlik

Countries citing papers authored by Blanca Bernal

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Blanca Bernal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Blanca Bernal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Blanca Bernal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Blanca Bernal based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Blanca Bernal. Blanca Bernal is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Martin, Jay F., Michael R. Brooker, Blanca Bernal, et al.. (2024). 29 years of carbon sequestration in two constructed riverine wetlands. Ecological Engineering. 210. 107435–107435.

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Shirima, Deo D., Philip J. Platts, Sarah Knight, et al.. (2022). A practice-led assessment of landscape restoration potential in a biodiversity hotspot. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1867). 20210070–20210070. 9 indexed citations

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Bernal, Blanca, Sung-Hyun Kim, & Thomas J. Mozdzer. (2022). Species shifts induce soil organic matter priming and changes in microbial communities. The Science of The Total Environment. 859(Pt 1). 159956–159956. 7 indexed citations

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Rivas, Marga L., et al.. (2022). The plastic pandemic: COVID-19 has accelerated plastic pollution, but there is a cure. The Science of The Total Environment. 847. 157555–157555. 30 indexed citations

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Bernal, Blanca, Sung‐Hyun Kim, & Thomas J. Mozdzer. (2022). Species Shifts Induce Soil Organic Matter Priming and Changes in Microbial Communities. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Crooks, Stephen, Ariana E. Sutton‐Grier, Tiffany G. Troxler, et al.. (2018). Coastal wetland management as a contribution to the US National Greenhouse Gas Inventory. Nature Climate Change. 8(12). 1109–1112. 75 indexed citations

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Bernal, Blanca, Lara T. Murray, & T. Pearson. (2018). Global carbon dioxide removal rates from forest landscape restoration activities. Carbon Balance and Management. 13(1). 22–22. 109 indexed citations

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Holmquist, James R., Lisamarie Windham‐Myers, Blanca Bernal, et al.. (2018). Uncertainty in United States coastal wetland greenhouse gas inventorying. Environmental Research Letters. 13(11). 115005–115005. 41 indexed citations

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Pearson, T., et al.. (2018). Remote assessment of extracted volumes and greenhouse gases from tropical timber harvest. Environmental Research Letters. 13(6). 65010–65010. 8 indexed citations

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Villa, Jorge A. & Blanca Bernal. (2017). Carbon sequestration in wetlands, from science to practice: An overview of the biogeochemical process, measurement methods, and policy framework. Ecological Engineering. 114. 115–128. 137 indexed citations

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Wirth, T. C., Nate Herold, Blanca Bernal, et al.. (2016). Inclusion of Coastal Wetlands within the Inventory of United States Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 2 indexed citations

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Bernal, Blanca, Christopher Anderson, & William J. Mitsch. (2016). Nitrogen Dynamics in Two Created Riparian Wetlands over Space and Time. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 22(1). 7 indexed citations

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Mitsch, William J., et al.. (2014). Sedimentation in created freshwater riverine wetlands: 15 years of succession and contrast of methods. Ecological Engineering. 72. 25–34. 24 indexed citations

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Bernal, Blanca & William J. Mitsch. (2013). Carbon Sequestration in Two Created Riverine Wetlands in the Midwestern United States. Journal of Environmental Quality. 42(4). 1236–1244. 43 indexed citations

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Mitsch, William J., Blanca Bernal, Amanda M. Nahlik, et al.. (2012). Wetlands, carbon, and climate change. Landscape Ecology. 28(4). 583–597. 828 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bernal, Blanca & William J. Mitsch. (2011). Comparing carbon sequestration in temperate freshwater wetland communities. Global Change Biology. 18(5). 1636–1647. 213 indexed citations

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Mitsch, William J., Amanda M. Nahlik, Piotr Wolski, et al.. (2009). Tropical wetlands: seasonal hydrologic pulsing, carbon sequestration, and methane emissions. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 18(5). 573–586. 172 indexed citations

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Bernal, Blanca. (2008). Carbon Pools And Profiles In Wetland Soils: The Effect Of Climate And Wetland Type. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 7 indexed citations

19.

Bernal, Blanca & William J. Mitsch. (2008). A comparison of soil carbon pools and profiles in wetlands in Costa Rica and Ohio. Ecological Engineering. 34(4). 311–323. 149 indexed citations

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Bernal, Blanca. (2008). Estimating carbon sequestration in a Great Lakes coastal wetland using radiometric dating. The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University). 2 indexed citations

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