Christopher W. Swanston

8.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Christopher W. Swanston is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher W. Swanston has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Soil Science, 43 papers in Ecology and 36 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Christopher W. Swanston's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (45 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (26 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (19 papers). Christopher W. Swanston is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (45 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (26 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (19 papers). Christopher W. Swanston collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Christopher W. Swanston's co-authors include L. E. Nave, Peter S. Curtis, Eric D. Vance, Phillip Sollins, Kate Lajtha, Marc G. Kramer, T. R. Filley, Richard D. Bowden, Susan E. Crow and Bruce A. Caldwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Christopher W. Swanston

84 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Harvest impacts on soil carbon storage in temperate forests

2010 479 citations L. E. Nave, Eric D. Vance et al. profile →
Moisture-driven divergence in mineral-associated soil carbon persistence

2023 75 citations Katherine Heckman, Angela R. Possinger et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher W. Swanston United States	37	3.2k	2.1k	2.0k	1.1k	1.1k	85	5.6k
E. Marín-Spiotta United States	28	3.4k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	861 0.7×	832 0.8×	63	6.0k
Carlos A. Sierra Germany	31	2.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	595 0.6×	119	4.9k
Robert Jandl Austria	31	2.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	447 0.4×	95	4.3k
Daniel Markewitz United States	34	2.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	724 0.7×	104	4.3k
Richard D. Bowden United States	36	4.3k 1.3×	2.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	862 0.8×	1.7k 1.6×	56	6.2k
Randall K. Kolka United States	45	1.5k 0.5×	3.0k 1.4×	2.0k 1.0×	862 0.8×	755 0.7×	231	6.7k
Christopher Neill United States	46	2.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	139	6.4k
Jens‐Arne Subke United Kingdom	25	3.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	662 0.6×	623 0.6×	61	4.7k
Marife D. Corre Germany	40	2.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	783 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	96	4.6k
Chengjun Ji China	38	2.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	523 0.5×	95	5.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nagel, Linda M., Maria K. Janowiak, Peter W. Clark, et al.. (2025). Ten Years of Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change: An Applied, Coproduced Experimental Framework. BioScience. 76(2). 157–170.

Nave, L. E., Grant M. Domke, Scott M. Holub, et al.. (2025). Land use change and forest management affect soil carbon stocks in the central hardwoods, U.S.. Geoderma Regional. 40. e00930–e00930. 1 indexed citations

Nave, L. E., Grant M. Domke, Scott M. Holub, et al.. (2024). Land use change and forest management effects on soil carbon stocks in the Northeast U.S.. Carbon Balance and Management. 19(1). 5–5. 17 indexed citations

Heckman, Katherine, Angela R. Possinger, Brian D. Badgley, et al.. (2023). Moisture-driven divergence in mineral-associated soil carbon persistence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(7). e2210044120–e2210044120. 75 indexed citations breakdown →

Thode, Andrea E., Michael R. Gallagher, William T. Flatley, et al.. (2022). Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Managing Fire in a Changing Climate. Climate. 10(4). 58–58. 29 indexed citations

Possinger, Angela R., Katherine Heckman, Adrian C. Gallo, et al.. (2022). Lignin and fungal abundance modify manganese effects on soil organic carbon persistence at the continental scale. Geoderma. 425. 116070–116070. 8 indexed citations

Possinger, Angela R., Adrian C. Gallo, J. A. Hatten, et al.. (2021). Climate Effects on Subsoil Carbon Loss Mediated by Soil Chemistry. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(23). 16224–16235. 24 indexed citations

Magee, Madeline R., Catherine L. Hein, Jake R. Walsh, et al.. (2019). Scientific advances and adaptation strategies for Wisconsin lakes facing climate change. Lake and Reservoir Management. 35(4). 364–381. 30 indexed citations

Ontl, Todd, Maria K. Janowiak, Christopher W. Swanston, et al.. (2019). Forest Management for Carbon Sequestration and Climate Adaptation. Journal of Forestry. 118(1). 86–101. 136 indexed citations

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Ontl, Todd, Christopher W. Swanston, Leslie A. Brandt, et al.. (2017). Adaptation pathways: ecoregion and land ownership influences on climate adaptation decision-making in forest management. Climatic Change. 146(1-2). 75–88. 36 indexed citations

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Iverson, Louis R., Frank R. Thompson, Stephen N. Matthews, et al.. (2016). Multi-model comparison on the effects of climate change on tree species in the eastern U.S.: results from an enhanced niche model and process-based ecosystem and landscape models. Landscape Ecology. 32(7). 1327–1346. 51 indexed citations

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Lawrence, C. R., et al.. (2015). Ironing out the details of soil organic matter cycling: The unique role of Fe-bearing minerals in regulating organic matter transformation in soils. AGUFM. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Heckman, Katherine, John L. Campbell, Heath Powers, B. E. Law, & Christopher W. Swanston. (2013). The Influence of Fire on the Radiocarbon Signature and Character of Soil Organic Matter in the Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon, USA. Fire Ecology. 9(2). 40–56. 17 indexed citations

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Nave, L. E., Eric D. Vance, Christopher W. Swanston, & Peter S. Curtis. (2011). Fire effects on temperate forest soil C and N storage. Ecological Applications. 21(4). 1189–1201. 185 indexed citations

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Virto, Iñigo, Christophe Moni, Christopher W. Swanston, & Claire Chenu. (2010). Turnover of intra- and extra-aggregate organic matter at the silt-size scale. Geoderma. 156(1-2). 1–10. 49 indexed citations

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Fröberg, Mats, Paul J. Hanson, Susan Trumbore, Christopher W. Swanston, & D. E. Todd. (2009). Flux of carbon from 14C-enriched leaf litter throughout a forest soil mesocosm. Geoderma. 149(3-4). 181–188. 35 indexed citations

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Sollins, Phillip, Christopher W. Swanston, & Marc G. Kramer. (2007). Stabilization and destabilization of soil organic matter—a new focus. Biogeochemistry. 85(1). 1–7. 81 indexed citations

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Fröberg, Mats, P. M. Jardine, Paul J. Hanson, et al.. (2007). Low Dissolved Organic Carbon Input from Fresh Litter to Deep Mineral Soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 71(2). 347–354. 78 indexed citations

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Swanston, Christopher W. & David D. Myrold. (1998). Evaluation of the stem injection technique and subsequent15 N partitioning in red alder crowns. Plant and Soil. 198(1). 63–69. 14 indexed citations

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Swanston, Christopher W. & David D. Myrold. (1997). Incorporation of nitrogen from decomposing red alder leaves into plants and soil of a recent clearcut in Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 27(9). 1496–1502. 34 indexed citations

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