Caroline M. Preston

11.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
159 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

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Caroline M. Preston is a scholar working on Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Caroline M. Preston has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Soil Science, 31 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 30 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Caroline M. Preston's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (69 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (30 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (19 papers). Caroline M. Preston is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (69 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (30 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (19 papers). Caroline M. Preston collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Caroline M. Preston's co-authors include Michael W. Schmidt, J. A. Trofymow, Barbara J. Cade‐Menun, Klaus Lorenz, M. Schnitzer, Brian G. Sayer, Klaas G.J. Nierop, Cristina Santín, Stefan H. Doerr and Cindy E. Prescott and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Caroline M. Preston

159 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

Black (pyrogenic) carbon: a synthesis of current knowledge and uncertainties with special consideration of boreal regions

2006 557 citations Caroline M. Preston, Michael W. Schmidt Biogeosciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Caroline M. Preston Canada	54	3.8k	2.4k	1.8k	1.6k	1.3k	159	9.3k
Phillip Sollins United States	43	4.8k 1.3×	3.1k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	2.3k 1.8×	85	8.5k
N. van Breemen Netherlands	53	3.6k 0.9×	3.8k 1.6×	1.4k 0.8×	3.5k 2.1×	3.3k 2.6×	159	12.0k
D. W. Hopkins United Kingdom	50	4.3k 1.1×	4.0k 1.7×	841 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	203	10.0k
Wolfgang Wilcke Germany	58	2.3k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	253	11.5k
Daniel P. Rasse Norway	37	6.0k 1.6×	3.4k 1.4×	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	82	9.5k
Myrna J. Simpson Canada	57	4.3k 1.1×	3.3k 1.4×	993 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.5×	263	11.6k
David D. Myrold United States	52	5.2k 1.4×	4.6k 1.9×	772 0.4×	3.0k 1.9×	2.6k 2.1×	155	10.3k
Samuel Abiven Switzerland	37	5.7k 1.5×	2.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	92	9.2k
T. R. Filley United States	45	2.8k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	664 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	130	7.3k
Wolfgang Zech Germany	60	8.6k 2.2×	3.0k 1.3×	1.9k 1.0×	2.8k 1.7×	2.6k 2.0×	266	17.5k

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Smyth, C., B. D. Titus, J. A. Trofymow, et al.. (2016). Patterns of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics in decomposing wood blocks in Canadian forests. Plant and Soil. 409(1-2). 459–477. 26 indexed citations

Santín, Cristina, Stefan H. Doerr, & Caroline M. Preston. (2014). Carbon sequestration from boreal wildfires via Pyrogenic Carbon production. EGUGA. 2398. 1 indexed citations

Preston, Caroline M., et al.. (2011). Characteristics of wood wastes in British Columbia and their potential suitability as soil amendments and seedling growth media. Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 91(1). 95–106. 3 indexed citations

Kaal, Joeri, Klaas G.J. Nierop, Peter Kraal, & Caroline M. Preston. (2010). Pyrolysis-GC/MS of charred purified condensed tannin: towards identification of tannin-derived black carbon in environmental samples. EGUGA. 1875. 1 indexed citations

Joanisse, Gilles, Robert L. Bradley, Caroline M. Preston, & Gary D. Bending. (2008). Sequestration of soil nitrogen as tannin–protein complexes may improve the competitive ability of sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia) relative to black spruce (Picea mariana). New Phytologist. 181(1). 187–198. 67 indexed citations

Preston, Caroline M. & Michael W. Schmidt. (2006). Black (pyrogenic) carbon: a synthesis of current knowledge and uncertainties with special consideration of boreal regions. Biogeosciences. 3(4). 397–420. 557 indexed citations breakdown →

Lorenz, Klaus, Caroline M. Preston, & Ellen Kandeler. (2005). Soil organic matter in urban soils: Estimation of elemental carbon by thermal oxidation and characterization of organic matter by solid-state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Geoderma. 130(3-4). 312–323. 72 indexed citations

Preston, Caroline M., et al.. (2004). Chemical and Carbon-13 Cross-Polarization Magic-Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Characterization of Logyard Fines from British Columbia. Journal of Environmental Quality. 33(2). 767–767. 3 indexed citations

Kraus, Tamara E. C., Zhiwei Yu, Caroline M. Preston, Randy A. Dahlgren, & Robert J. Zasoski. (2003). Linking Chemical Reactivity and Protein Precipitation to Structural Characteristics of Foliar Tannins. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 29(3). 703–730. 145 indexed citations

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Lorenz, Klaus, Caroline M. Preston, & Karl‐Heinz Feger. (2001). Long-term effects of liming on microbial biomass and activity and soil organic matter quality (13C CPMAS NMR) in organic horizons of Norway spruce forests in Southern Germany. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 164(5). 555–555. 11 indexed citations

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Bradley, Robert L., Brian Titus, Caroline M. Preston, & Jennifer Bennett. (2000). Improvement of nutritional site quality 13 years after single application of fertiliser N and P on regenerating cedar-hemlock cutovers on northern Vancouver Island, B.C.. Plant and Soil. 223(1-2). 197–208. 27 indexed citations

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McCracken, John A., et al.. (1999). Effects of wheat variety and bushel weight on dietary AME concentration and on performance of broilers from 7 to 28 d. British Poultry Science. 40(sup001). 35–36. 1 indexed citations

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Preston, Caroline M.. (1999). Optical Emission Analysis of ¹⁵N: Pressure Effects and Identification of NO and Gaydon—Herman N₂ Bands in the Discharge. Applied Spectroscopy. 53(12). 1628–1637. 3 indexed citations

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Preston, Caroline M.. (1995). Humus Chemistry, Genesis, Composition and Reactions. Soil Science. 159(5). 356–356. 358 indexed citations

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Chang, Scott X., G. F. Weetman, & Caroline M. Preston. (1995). Soil microbial biomass and microbial and mineralizable N in a clear-cut chronosequence on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 25(10). 1595–1607. 55 indexed citations

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Fox, C. A., Caroline M. Preston, & Colin A. Fyfe. (1994). Micromorphological and ¹³C NMR characterization of a Humic, Lignic, and Histic Folisol from British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 74(1). 1–15. 20 indexed citations

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Schnitzer, M., et al.. (1987). Characteristics of a termite fungus comb studied by chemical and spectroscopic methods. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 19(3). 227–230. 5 indexed citations

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Preston, Caroline M., Robert L. Dudley, Colin A. Fyfe, & Shivani Mathur. (1984). Effects of variations in contact times and copper contents in a 13C CPMAS NMR study of samples of four organic soils. Geoderma. 33(3). 245–253. 38 indexed citations

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Preston, Caroline M. & John A. Ripmeester. (1982). Application of solution and solid-state 13 C NMR to four organic soils, their humic acids, fulvic acids, humins and hydrolysis residues.. 27(4). 99–105. 34 indexed citations

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Hall, L. D. & Caroline M. Preston. (1973). Two, novel applications of fourier transform spectroscopy. Carbohydrate Research. 27(1). 286–288. 6 indexed citations

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