Chris Evans

24.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
379 papers, 16.5k citations indexed

About

Chris Evans is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Evans has authored 379 papers receiving a total of 16.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 165 papers in Ecology, 115 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 62 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Chris Evans's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (147 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (103 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (60 papers). Chris Evans is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (147 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (103 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (60 papers). Chris Evans collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Chris Evans's co-authors include Don Monteith, David Cooper, Chris Freeman, Nathalie Fenner, B. Reynolds, T. D. Davies, G. R. List, Joanna M. Clark, Jiřı́ Kopáček and J. C. Cowan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Chris Evans

364 papers receiving 15.7k citations

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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.

Dissolved organic carbon trends resulting from changes in atmospheric deposition chemistry

2007 1.4k citations Donald T. Monteith, John L. Stoddard et al. Nature profile →
Export of organic carbon from peat soils

2001 827 citations Chris Evans, Don Monteith et al. Nature profile →
Long-term increases in surface water dissolved organic carbon: Observations, possible causes and environmental impacts

2005 791 citations Chris Evans, Don Monteith et al. profile →
Critical review of the impacts of grazing intensity on soil organic carbon storage and other soil quality indicators in extensively managed grasslands

2017 353 citations David R. Chadwick, Davey L. Jones et al. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chris Evans United Kingdom	65	7.1k	5.8k	3.7k	2.8k	2.7k	379	16.5k
Elizabeth W. Boyer United States	46	5.3k 0.8×	8.1k 1.4×	3.9k 1.1×	2.6k 0.9×	5.6k 2.1×	128	17.1k
Kevin Bishop Sweden	70	4.2k 0.6×	5.1k 0.9×	2.5k 0.7×	3.6k 1.3×	5.8k 2.2×	319	14.8k
Hjalmar Laudon Sweden	75	7.0k 1.0×	7.4k 1.3×	4.5k 1.2×	4.8k 1.7×	7.3k 2.8×	387	20.2k
George R. Aiken United States	84	5.6k 0.8×	5.4k 0.9×	7.9k 2.2×	2.3k 0.8×	4.5k 1.7×	193	25.4k
Douglas G. Capone United States	63	9.4k 1.3×	3.7k 0.6×	9.1k 2.5×	2.4k 0.8×	634 0.2×	144	17.2k
Randy A. Dahlgren United States	73	3.8k 0.5×	4.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.3×	1.9k 0.7×	4.0k 1.5×	388	17.6k
Egbert Matzner Germany	52	5.7k 0.8×	5.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.3×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	155	15.3k
Karsten Kalbitz Germany	56	6.1k 0.9×	5.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	187	16.7k
Robert G. Wetzel United States	63	8.6k 1.2×	8.1k 1.4×	5.7k 1.6×	1.4k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	237	17.0k
Philippe Van Cappellen Canada	76	3.8k 0.5×	7.7k 1.3×	4.0k 1.1×	1.7k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	277	20.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Evans

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Dean, Joshua, Gemma Coxon, Jack B. Bishop, et al.. (2025). Old carbon routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems. Nature. 642(8066). 105–111. 9 indexed citations

Evans, Chris, Liz J. Shaw, Robert I. Griffiths, et al.. (2025). Acidity impacts on microbial diversity and litter decomposition for organic soils. Plant and Soil. 513(2). 2655–2672.

Evans, Chris, Sara Jütterström, Johanna Stadmark, et al.. (2024). Four decades of changing dissolved organic matter quality and stoichiometry in a Swedish forest stream. Biogeochemistry. 167(9). 1139–1157. 2 indexed citations

Liang, Xi, et al.. (2024). Small Stomates and Xylem Vessels Associated With Freeze Tolerance in Winter Barley. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 210(4). 1 indexed citations

Pickard, Amy, et al.. (2023). Peat Drainage Ditch Mapping from Aerial Imagery Using a Convolutional Neural Network. Remote Sensing. 15(2). 499–499. 7 indexed citations

Monteith, Donald T., Peter A. Henrys, Jakub Hruška, et al.. (2023). Long-term rise in riverine dissolved organic carbon concentration is predicted by electrolyte solubility theory. Science Advances. 9(3). eade3491–eade3491. 30 indexed citations

Evans, Chris, David J. Large, Stephanie Evers, et al.. (2023). Tropical peat surface oscillations are a function of peat condition at North Selangor peat swamp forest, Malaysia. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 11. 2 indexed citations

Jovani‐Sancho, A. Jonay, Patrick O’Reilly, Gusti Z. Anshari, et al.. (2023). CH₄ and N₂O emissions from smallholder agricultural systems on tropical peatlands in Southeast Asia. Global Change Biology. 29(15). 4279–4297. 12 indexed citations

Williamson, Jennifer, Chris Evans, Bryan M. Spears, et al.. (2023). Reviews and syntheses: Understanding the impacts of peatland catchment management on dissolved organic matter concentration and treatability. Biogeosciences. 20(18). 3751–3766. 4 indexed citations

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Wen, Yuan, Huadong Zang, Karina A. Marsden, et al.. (2021). Livestock-induced N2O emissions may limit the benefits of converting cropland to grazed grassland as a greenhouse gas mitigation strategy for agricultural peatlands. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 174. 105764–105764. 6 indexed citations

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Evans, Chris. (2020). Swansea Copper. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Blyth, Eleanor, Bridget A. Emmett, Chris Evans, et al.. (2019). Zones of influence for soil organic matter dynamics: A conceptual framework for data and models. Global Change Biology. 25(12). 3996–4007. 21 indexed citations

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Evans, Chris, Mike Peacock, Sophie M. Green, et al.. (2018). The impact of ditch blocking on fluvial carbon export from a UK blanket bog. Hydrological Processes. 32(13). 2141–2154. 14 indexed citations

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Peacock, Mike, Vincent Gauci, Andy J. Baird, et al.. (2018). The full carbon balance of a rewetted cropland fen and a conservation-managed fen. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 269. 1–12. 21 indexed citations

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Evans, Martin, et al.. (2016). Insights from 14C into C loss pathways in degraded peatlands. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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Oulehle, Filip, Jiřı́ Kopáček, Tomáš Chuman, et al.. (2016). Predicting sulphur and nitrogen deposition using a simple statistical method. Atmospheric Environment. 140. 456–468. 41 indexed citations

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Oulehle, Filip, Timothy G. J. Jones, Annette Burden, & Chris Evans. (2013). Soil-solution partitioning of DOC in acid organic soils: Results from a UK field acidification and alkalization experiment. EGUGA.

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Bromley, R. G., Annette Burden, Chris Evans, et al.. (2011). Freshwater umbrella - the effects of nitrogen deposition on freshwaters in the UK. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Vries, W. de, G.W.W. Wamelink, H. van Dobben, et al.. (2010). Use of dynamic soil–vegetation models to assess impacts of nitrogen deposition on plant species composition: an overview. Ecological Applications. 20(1). 60–79. 69 indexed citations

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Evans, Chris, et al.. (2009). Climate Change response in rural WA: Rural peoples attitudes to Climate Change. The role of government & scientists in adaption. Ecological Management & Restoration. 1. 2–7. 3 indexed citations

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