Catherine Preece

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Catherine Preece is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine Preece has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Plant Science, 14 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Catherine Preece's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (10 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (9 papers) and Bryophyte Studies and Records (8 papers). Catherine Preece is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (10 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (9 papers) and Bryophyte Studies and Records (8 papers). Catherine Preece collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Belgium and United Kingdom. Catherine Preece's co-authors include Josep Peñuelas, Jitender Giri, Poonam Panchal, Jordi Sardans, Otmar Urban, Michal Oravec, Albert Gargallo‐Garriga, Erik Verbruggen, Lei Liu and James T. Weedon and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Scientific Reports and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Catherine Preece

40 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Root exudate metabolomes change under drought and show limited capacity for recovery

2018 267 citations Albert Gargallo‐Garriga, Catherine Preece et al. Scientific Reports profile →
Soil carbon sequestration by root exudates

2022 245 citations Poonam Panchal, Catherine Preece et al. Trends in Plant Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Catherine Preece Spain	19	879	572	451	220	201	40	1.6k
Jixun Guo China	25	930 1.1×	682 1.2×	521 1.2×	326 1.5×	216 1.1×	99	1.8k
Mengguang Han China	18	774 0.9×	925 1.6×	426 0.9×	193 0.9×	115 0.6×	29	1.6k
Yangquanwei Zhong China	25	826 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	671 1.5×	377 1.7×	160 0.8×	50	2.0k
Jenny Kao‐Kniffin United States	22	838 1.0×	427 0.7×	507 1.1×	121 0.6×	118 0.6×	59	1.6k
Daowei Zhou China	20	588 0.7×	601 1.1×	322 0.7×	190 0.9×	211 1.0×	105	1.6k
Kurt A. Smemo United States	23	647 0.7×	474 0.8×	601 1.3×	314 1.4×	163 0.8×	36	1.6k
Xueyong Pang China	20	497 0.6×	881 1.5×	489 1.1×	300 1.4×	112 0.6×	72	1.4k
Julien Roy Germany	17	700 0.8×	502 0.9×	647 1.4×	175 0.8×	259 1.3×	33	1.7k
Marianne Koranda Austria	12	828 0.9×	1.1k 2.0×	890 2.0×	157 0.7×	184 0.9×	16	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Catherine Preece

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Yáñez‐Serrano, Ana María, Jordi Corbera, Miguel Portillo‐Estrada, et al.. (2024). Drivers of biogenic volatile organic compound emissions in hygrophytic bryophytes. The Science of The Total Environment. 946. 174293–174293. 1 indexed citations

Domene, Xavier, et al.. (2024). Relationship among Soil Biophysicochemical Properties, Agricultural Practices and Climate Factors Influencing Soil Phosphatase Activity in Agricultural Land. Agriculture. 14(2). 288–288. 19 indexed citations

Yang, Kaijun, Joan Llusià, Catherine Preece, Yu Pei Tan, & Josep Peñuelas. (2024). Exchange of volatile organic compounds between the atmosphere and the soil. Plant and Soil. 501(1-2). 509–535. 6 indexed citations

Domene, Xavier, et al.. (2024). Effect of climate, crop, and management on soil phosphatase activity in croplands: A global investigation and relationships with crop yield. European Journal of Agronomy. 161. 127358–127358. 5 indexed citations

Preece, Catherine, Kaijun Yang, Joan Llusià, et al.. (2023). Combined effects of drought and simulated pathogen attack on root exudation rates of tomatoes. Plant and Soil. 497(1-2). 629–645. 5 indexed citations

Fernández‐Martínez, Marcos, José Barquín, Núria Bonada‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬, et al.. (2023). Mediterranean springs: Keystone ecosystems and biodiversity refugia threatened by global change. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e16997–e16997. 11 indexed citations

Sardans, Jordi, Hans Lambers, Catherine Preece, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei, & Josep Peñuelas. (2023). Role of mycorrhizas and root exudates in plant uptake of soil nutrients (calcium, iron, magnesium, and potassium): has the puzzle been completely solved?. The Plant Journal. 114(6). 1227–1242. 43 indexed citations

Yang, Kaijun, Joan Llusià, Catherine Preece, et al.. (2023). Impacts of seasonality, drought, nitrogen fertilization, and litter on soil fluxes of biogenic volatile organic compounds in a Mediterranean forest. The Science of The Total Environment. 906. 167354–167354. 6 indexed citations

Panchal, Poonam, Catherine Preece, Josep Peñuelas, & Jitender Giri. (2022). Soil carbon sequestration by root exudates. Trends in Plant Science. 27(8). 749–757. 245 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fernández‐Martínez, Marcos, Catherine Preece, Jordi Corbera, et al.. (2021). Nutrients control reproductive traits of hygrophytic bryophytes. Freshwater Biology. 66(7). 1436–1446. 3 indexed citations

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Fernández‐Martínez, Marcos, Catherine Preece, Jordi Corbera, et al.. (2021). Bryophyte C:N:P stoichiometry, biogeochemical niches and elementome plasticity driven by environment and coexistence. Ecology Letters. 24(7). 1375–1386. 38 indexed citations

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Preece, Catherine, Gerard Farré‐Armengol, & Josep Peñuelas. (2020). Drought is a stronger driver of soil respiration and microbial communities than nitrogen or phosphorus addition in two Mediterranean tree species. The Science of The Total Environment. 735. 139554–139554. 26 indexed citations

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Preece, Catherine & Josep Peñuelas. (2019). A Return to the Wild: Root Exudates and Food Security. Trends in Plant Science. 25(1). 14–21. 107 indexed citations

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Bes, M. Teresa, Jordi Corbera, Ferran Sayol, et al.. (2018). On the influence of water conductivity, pH and climate on bryophyte assemblages in Catalan semi-natural springs. Journal of Bryology. 40(2). 149–158. 12 indexed citations

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Gargallo‐Garriga, Albert, Catherine Preece, Jordi Sardans, et al.. (2018). Root exudate metabolomes change under drought and show limited capacity for recovery. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12696–12696. 267 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wallace, Michael, Glynis Jones, Michael Charles, et al.. (2018). Re-analysis of archaeobotanical remains from pre- and early agricultural sites provides no evidence for a narrowing of the wild plant food spectrum during the origins of agriculture in southwest Asia. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 28(4). 449–463. 26 indexed citations

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Sayol, Ferran, et al.. (2017). El nitrat de les fonts del Lluçanès: efectes sobre les comunitats de briòfits (molses i hepàtiques). RACO (Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert) (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya). 513–532. 1 indexed citations

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Corbera, Jordi, et al.. (2017). Efecte de les variables ambientals i hidrològiques sobre la riquesa i distribució dels briòfits fontinals a la Catalunya oriental. Estudis Romànics (Institut d'Estudis Catalans). 121–134. 1 indexed citations

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Bokhorst, Stef, Jarle W. Bjerke, Hans Tømmervik, Catherine Preece, & Gareth K. Phoenix. (2012). Ecosystem Response to Climatic Change: The Importance of the Cold Season. AMBIO. 41(S3). 246–255. 52 indexed citations

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Preece, Catherine, Terry V. Callaghan, & Gareth K. Phoenix. (2012). Impacts of winter icing events on the growth, phenology and physiology of sub‐arctic dwarf shrubs. Physiologia Plantarum. 146(4). 460–472. 25 indexed citations

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