Bruce A. Hungate

35.8k citations

264 papers · 23.8k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 79

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.01%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Ecology top 0.05%
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Papers in

Soil Science 119
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 119
Ecology 131
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 77
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology 30
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology 29

Co-authors: Paul Dijkstra Kees Jan van Groenigen George W. Koch Yiqi Luo Christopher B. Field Egbert Schwartz Bert G. Drake Chris van Kessel
Journals: Global Change Biology (29 papers)Soil Biology and Biochemistry (23 papers)The ISME Journal (12 papers)Ecology (9 papers)Plant and Soil (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States China United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Bruce A. Hungate

259 papers receiving 23.2k citations

Hit Papers

11 papers align trajectories log scale

Life history strategies among soil bacteria—dichotomy for few, continuum for many 2023 · 94 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 The ISME Journal
2021 Nature
2020 Global Change Biology
2018 Science Advances
2017 Environmental Research Letters
2016 Science
2012 Nature
2011 Nature
2010 Global Change Biology
2004 BioScience
2003 Science

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All Works

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1	Digging deeper into microbial carbon use efficiency in soil: Perspectives from microbial growth and respiration G. E. Chivers, Ji Liu, Bruce A. Hungate, Pete Smith, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Yakov Kuzyakov, Karla Eduarda Silva Ferreira, Xi Chen	2025	0
2	Ecosystem consequences of a nitrogen-fixing proto-organelle Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jane C. Marks, Daniel E. Hurtado Salinas, Mitchell Guanzon, Antonina Iakimova, M. Yu. Tolstoy, Ty Samo, Peter Weber, Steven Thomas, Bruce A. Hungate, 宗彰益田, Monika Wulf, Victor O. Leshyk, Egbert Schwartz, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Mary E. Power	2025	0
3	Microbial central carbon metabolism in a tidal freshwater marsh and an upland mixed conifer soil under oxic and anoxic conditions Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·郁美田中, Paul Dijkstra, J. Patrick Megonigal, Bruce A. Hungate	2024	1
4	Rapid growth rate responses of terrestrial bacteria to field warming on the Antarctic Peninsula The ISME Journal ·Alicia M. Purcell, Paul Dijkstra, Bruce A. Hungate, 姚菊峰, Egbert Schwartz, Natasja van Gestel	2023	11
5	Long‐term elevated precipitation induces grassland soil carbon loss via microbe‐plant–soil interplay Global Change Biology ·O.F Ekpo, Xin Sun, Gülşah Koçak, Nona R. Chiariello, Kathryn M. Docherty, Christopher B. Field, Qun Gao, Jessica Gutknecht, Xue Guo, Genhe He, Bruce A. Hungate, Jiesi Lei, Audrey Niboyet, Xavier Le Roux, Zhou Jason Shi, Wensheng Shu, Mengting Yuan, Jizhong Zhou, Yunfeng Yang	2023	27
6	In situ diversity of metabolism and carbon use efficiency among soil bacteria Science Advances ·Weichao Wu, Paul Dijkstra, Bruce A. Hungate, Lingling Shi, Michaela A. Dippold	2022	21
7	Variation in genomic traits of microbial communities among ecosystems PubMed ·Peter F. Chuckran, Bruce A. Hungate, Egbert Schwartz, Paul Dijkstra	2021	16
8	Microbes on decomposing litter in streams: entering on the leaf or colonizing in the water? The ISME Journal ·Michaela Hayer, Adam S. Wymore, Bruce A. Hungate, Egbert Schwartz, Benjamin J. Koch, Jane C. Marks	2021	28
9	Taxon-specific microbial growth and mortality patterns reveal distinct temporal population responses to rewetting in a California grassland soil The ISME Journal ·Steven J. Blazewicz, Bruce A. Hungate, Benjamin J. Koch, Erin Nuccio, Ember M. Morrissey, Eoin Brodie, Egbert Schwartz, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Mary K. Firestone	2020	80
10	Predictive genomic traits for bacterial growth in culture versus actual growth in soil The ISME Journal ·Junhui Li, Rebecca L. Mau, Paul Dijkstra, Benjamin J. Koch, Egbert Schwartz, Xiao‐Jun Allen Liu, Ember M. Morrissey, Steven J. Blazewicz, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Bram WG Stone, Michaela Hayer, Bruce A. Hungate	2019	71
11	Faster turnover of new soil carbon inputs under increased atmospheric CO ₂ Global Change Biology ·Kees Jan van Groenigen, Craig W. Osenberg, César Terrer, Yolima Carrillo, Feike A. Dijkstra, James E. Heath, Ming Nie, Elise Pendall, Richard P. Phillips, Bruce A. Hungate	2017	114
12	The economic value of grassland species for carbon storage Science Advances ·Bruce A. Hungate, Edward B. Barbier, Amy W. Ando, Gregory F. Fritz, Peter B. Reich, Natasja van Gestel, David Tilman, Johannes M. H. Knops, David U. Hooper, Bradley J. Butterfield, Bradley J. Cardinale	2017	70
13	Phylogenetic organization of bacterial activity The ISME Journal ·Ember M. Morrissey, Rebecca L. Mau, Egbert Schwartz, J. Gregory Caporaso, Paul Dijkstra, Natasja van Gestel, Benjamin J. Koch, Cindy M. Liu, Michaela Hayer, Theresa A. McHugh, Jane C. Marks, Lance B. Price, Bruce A. Hungate	2016	126
14	Penile Microbiota and Female Partner Bacterial Vaginosis in Rakai, Uganda mBio ·Cindy M. Liu, Bruce A. Hungate, Aaron A.R. Tobian, Jacques Ravel, Jessica L. Prodger, David Serwadda, Godfrey Kigozi, Ronald M. Galiwango, Fred Nalugoda, Paul Keim, Maria J. Wawer, Lance B. Price, Ronald H. Gray	2015	90
15	Faster Decomposition Under Increased Atmospheric CO ₂ Limits Soil Carbon Storage Science ·Kees Jan van Groenigen, Qi Xuan, Craig W. Osenberg, Yiqi Luo, Bruce A. Hungate	2014	257
16	Cumulative response of ecosystem carbon and nitrogen stocks to chronic CO ₂ exposure in a subtropical oak woodland New Phytologist ·Bruce A. Hungate, Paul Dijkstra, Zhuoting Wu, Benjamin D. Duval, Frank P. Day, Dale W. Johnson, J. Patrick Megonigal, Xiaofan Ye, Jay L. Garland	2013	34
17	Male Circumcision Significantly Reduces Prevalence and Load of Genital Anaerobic Bacteria mBio ·Cindy M. Liu, Bruce A. Hungate, Aaron A.R. Tobian, David Serwadda, Jacques Ravel, Richard Lester, Godfrey Kigozi, Maliha Aziz, Ronald M. Galiwango, Fred Nalugoda, Tania Contente‐Cuomo, Maria J. Wawer, Paul Keim, Ronald H. Gray, Lance B. Price	2013	115
18	The effects of 11 yr of CO ₂ enrichment on roots in a F lorida scrub‐oak ecosystem New Phytologist ·Frank P. Day, Charles Conte, Daniel B Stover, Xiaofan Ye, John R. Butnor, John J. Dilustro, Bruce A. Hungate, Paul Dijkstra, Benjamin D. Duval, Kamilia Samy, Bert G. Drake, C. Ross Hinkle	2013	41
19	Protecting climate with forests Environmental Research Letters ·Robert B. Jackson, James T. Randerson, Josep G. Canadell, Ray G. Anderson, Roni Avissar, Dennis Baldocchi, Gordon B. Bonan, Ken Caldeira, Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Christopher B. Field, Bruce A. Hungate, Estéban G. Jobbágy, Lara M. Kueppers, Marcelo D. Nosetto, Diane E. Pataki	2008	321
20	Altered soil microbial community at elevated CO ₂ leads to loss of soil carbon Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Karen M. Carney, Bruce A. Hungate, Bert G. Drake, J. Patrick Megonigal	2007	404

About Bruce A. Hungate

Bruce A. Hungate is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 264 papers that have together received 23.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (119 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (77 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (53 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (37 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (32 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (30 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (29 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (10.7k citations), Ecology (9.1k citations), Global and Planetary Change (7.5k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (3.5k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (2.5k citations). Bruce A. Hungate has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Paul Dijkstra, Kees Jan van Groenigen, George W. Koch, Yiqi Luo, Christopher B. Field, Egbert Schwartz, Bert G. Drake, Chris van Kessel, Zhuoting Wu and F. Stuart Chapin. Their work appears in journals such as Global Change Biology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, The ISME Journal, Ecology and Plant and Soil.

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