Charles T. Driscoll

45.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
564 papers, 34.0k citations indexed

About

Charles T. Driscoll is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles T. Driscoll has authored 564 papers receiving a total of 34.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 223 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 137 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 130 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Charles T. Driscoll's work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (172 papers), Mercury impact and mitigation studies (114 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (79 papers). Charles T. Driscoll is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (172 papers), Mercury impact and mitigation studies (114 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (79 papers). Charles T. Driscoll collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Charles T. Driscoll's co-authors include Gene E. Likens, Timothy J. Fahey, Peter M. Groffman, Robert P. Mason, Myron J. Mitchell, Janet P. Hardy, Carl L. Schofield, D. C. Buso, N. van Breemen and Jan Mulder and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Charles T. Driscoll

543 papers receiving 31.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Mercury as a Global Pollutant: Sources, Pathways, and Effects

2013 1.9k citations Charles T. Driscoll et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Long-Term Effects of Acid Rain: Response and Recovery of a Forest Ecosystem

1996 923 citations Gene E. Likens, Charles T. Driscoll et al. profile →
Acidic Deposition in the Northeastern United States: Sources and Inputs, Ecosystem Effects, and Management Strategies

2001 842 citations Charles T. Driscoll, Gregory B. Lawrence et al. profile →
Effect of aluminium speciation on fish in dilute acidified waters

1980 652 citations Charles T. Driscoll et al. profile →
A Procedure for the Fractionation of Aqueous Aluminum in Dilute Acidic Waters

1984 607 citations Charles T. Driscoll profile →
Acidification and alkalinization of soils

1983 527 citations Charles T. Driscoll et al. profile →
Colder soils in a warmer world: A snow manipulation study in a northern hardwood forest ecosystem

2001 516 citations Peter M. Groffman, Charles T. Driscoll et al. Biogeochemistry profile →
Acidic deposition and internal proton sources in acidification of soils and waters

1984 438 citations Charles T. Driscoll et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Charles T. Driscoll United States	92	10.7k	9.2k	8.9k	5.7k	5.6k	564	34.0k
James N. Galloway United States	89	10.7k 1.0×	3.6k 0.4×	11.2k 1.3×	4.7k 0.8×	4.2k 0.7×	313	44.4k
Sybil P. Seitzinger United States	74	12.9k 1.2×	2.6k 0.3×	9.5k 1.1×	5.5k 1.0×	3.5k 0.6×	127	34.0k
Peter M. Groffman United States	101	12.9k 1.2×	3.0k 0.3×	14.3k 1.6×	8.1k 1.4×	3.3k 0.6×	466	38.1k
Gene E. Likens United States	118	18.6k 1.7×	3.0k 0.3×	20.1k 2.3×	10.9k 1.9×	4.8k 0.8×	452	54.9k
Robert W. Howarth United States	83	18.7k 1.7×	1.5k 0.2×	16.8k 1.9×	8.9k 1.6×	4.0k 0.7×	208	49.6k
George R. Aiken United States	84	5.4k 0.5×	8.5k 0.9×	5.6k 0.6×	4.5k 0.8×	5.4k 0.9×	193	25.4k
Johannes Lehmann United States	106	7.1k 0.7×	2.6k 0.3×	10.8k 1.2×	5.8k 1.0×	10.0k 1.8×	390	66.5k
Jan Willem Erisman Netherlands	63	5.7k 0.5×	2.4k 0.3×	6.6k 0.7×	1.8k 0.3×	2.0k 0.3×	296	27.8k
Diane M. McKnight United States	78	7.5k 0.7×	2.8k 0.3×	8.6k 1.0×	4.9k 0.9×	2.8k 0.5×	309	23.0k
Thorsten Dittmar Germany	80	5.9k 0.5×	3.5k 0.4×	13.6k 1.5×	1.6k 0.3×	2.7k 0.5×	278	29.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles T. Driscoll

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Jane, Stephen F., Mario Montesdeoca, Patrick McHale, et al.. (2025). Soil Mercury Accumulation Delays Fish Recovery from Atmospheric Deposition Declines. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(25). 12656–12666.

Gerson, Jacqueline R., Axel Berky, Charles T. Driscoll, et al.. (2024). Diet choices determine mercury exposure risks for people living in gold mining regions of Peru. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 35001–35001. 1 indexed citations

Scholz, Christopher A., et al.. (2023). Shallow Sediment as a Phosphorus Reservoir in an Oligotrophic Lake. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(4). 6 indexed citations

Contosta, Alexandra R., John J. Battles, John L. Campbell, et al.. (2023). Early warning signals of changing resilience in the biogeochemistry and biology of a northern hardwood forest. Environmental Research Letters. 18(9). 94052–94052. 2 indexed citations

Groffman, Peter M., et al.. (2023). Surprising relationships between soil pH and microbial biomass and activity in a northern hardwood forest. Biogeochemistry. 163(3). 265–277. 22 indexed citations

Groffman, Peter M., et al.. (2023). Accelerated soil nitrogen cycling in response to a whole ecosystem acid rain mitigation experiment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 189. 109286–109286. 1 indexed citations

Johnson, Chris E., John J. Battles, John L. Campbell, et al.. (2021). Simulation of the effects of forest harvesting under changing climate to inform long-term sustainable forest management using a biogeochemical model. The Science of The Total Environment. 767. 144881–144881. 11 indexed citations

Driscoll, Charles T., Timothy J. Sullivan, Todd C. McDonnell, et al.. (2020). The response of streams to changes in atmospheric deposition of sulfur and nitrogen in the Adirondack Mountains. Final Report. 1 indexed citations

Driscoll, Charles T., et al.. (2020). Total and methylmercury concentrations in ground and surface waters in natural and restored freshwater wetlands in northern New York. Ecotoxicology. 29(10). 1602–1613. 6 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jun, Zhangwei Wang, Xiaoshan Zhang, Charles T. Driscoll, & Che‐Jen Lin. (2020). Soil–atmosphere exchange flux of total gaseous mercury (TGM) at subtropical and temperate forest catchments. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(24). 16117–16133. 12 indexed citations

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Driscoll, Charles T., et al.. (2018). The Responses of Stream Ecosystems to Future Scenarios of Atmospheric Deposition Derived from Changing Land-use-related Emission and Projected Future Meteorological Conditions. AGUFM. 2018.

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Mao, Huiting, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of CMAQ Coupled With a State‐of‐the‐Art Mercury Chemical Mechanism (CMAQ‐newHg‐Br). Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 10(3). 668–690. 21 indexed citations

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Driscoll, Charles T., et al.. (2018). Long‐term and seasonal hydrologic performance of an extensive green roof. Hydrological Processes. 32(16). 2471–2482. 34 indexed citations

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Gerson, Jacqueline R., Charles T. Driscoll, Jason D. Demers, et al.. (2017). Deposition of mercury in forests across a montane elevation gradient: Elevational and seasonal patterns in methylmercury inputs and production. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 122(8). 1922–1939. 47 indexed citations

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Yang, Ying‐Fei, Ruth D. Yanai, Charles T. Driscoll, & Mario Montesdeoca. (2014). The Importance of Measuring Mercury in Wood. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Bushey, Joseph T., Charles T. Driscoll, M. J. Mitchell, Pranesh Selvendiran, & Mario Montesdeoca. (2007). Mercury Transport Following Storm Events from a Northern Forest Landscape. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 2 indexed citations

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Demers, Jason D., Joseph B. Yavitt, & Charles T. Driscoll. (2004). Mercury Retention in Wetlands and Potential Long-Term Export to Surface Waters of the Adirondack Region, New York.. AGUSM. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Driscoll, Charles T., et al.. (2001). Chemical and Biological Control of Mercury Cycling in Upland, Wetland and Lake Ecosystems in the Adirondack Region of New York. AGUSM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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McAvoy, Drew C. & Charles T. Driscoll. (1989). The chemical response following base application to Little Simon Pond, New York State. Journal of Water Pollution Control Federation. 61. 1552–1563. 3 indexed citations

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Driscoll, Charles T., Gene E. Likens, Lars O. Hedin, et al.. (1989). Changes in the chemistry of surface waters [2] (multiple letters). Environmental Science & Technology. 23(9).

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