D. Sleep

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

D. Sleep is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Sleep has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Atmospheric Science and 10 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in D. Sleep's work include Isotope Analysis in Ecology (13 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (10 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers). D. Sleep is often cited by papers focused on Isotope Analysis in Ecology (13 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (10 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers). D. Sleep collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Germany. D. Sleep's co-authors include Nick Ostle, Roger I. Jones, Jonathan Grey, P. Ineson, Chris Freeman, Nathalie Fenner, B. Reynolds, Hojeong Kang, Maurice A. Lock and Steven A. Hughes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

D. Sleep

30 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Export of dissolved organic carbon from peatlands under e... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2017 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Export of dissolved organic carbon from peatlands under elevated carbon dioxide levels
    2004 538 citations Chris Freeman, Nathalie Fenner et al. Nature profile →
  2. Country-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on honey bees and wild bees
    2017 532 citations Ben A. Woodcock, James M. Bullock et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. Sleep United Kingdom 18 1.2k 574 522 507 451 30 2.3k
Darren Sleep United Kingdom 21 1.1k 0.9× 334 0.6× 225 0.4× 307 0.6× 447 1.0× 60 2.3k
Dean R. Dobberfuhl United States 10 1.3k 1.1× 376 0.7× 153 0.3× 395 0.8× 735 1.6× 15 2.6k
Reinhard Langel Germany 26 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 2.0× 445 0.9× 787 1.6× 84 0.2× 33 2.4k
Micael Jonsson Sweden 29 1.4k 1.2× 420 0.7× 459 0.9× 294 0.6× 411 0.9× 68 3.7k
Fujio Hyodo Japan 28 863 0.7× 665 1.2× 279 0.5× 182 0.4× 133 0.3× 93 1.8k
Shucun Sun China 30 1.0k 0.9× 1.1k 1.9× 271 0.5× 312 0.6× 154 0.3× 148 3.1k
Brian D. Kloeppel United States 12 1.2k 1.0× 370 0.6× 402 0.8× 135 0.3× 144 0.3× 12 2.6k
I. Tanya Handa Canada 27 1.1k 0.9× 520 0.9× 451 0.9× 988 1.9× 289 0.6× 58 3.1k
Samantha Chapman United States 22 1.1k 1.0× 274 0.5× 343 0.7× 699 1.4× 128 0.3× 50 2.1k
Tom L. Dudley United States 27 1.7k 1.4× 302 0.5× 610 1.2× 178 0.4× 238 0.5× 73 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by D. Sleep

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. Sleep

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Sleep

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of D. Sleep. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of D. Sleep based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with D. Sleep. D. Sleep is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Woodcock, Ben A., James M. Bullock, Richard F. Shore, et al.. (2017). Country-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on honey bees and wild bees. Science. 356(6345). 1393–1395. 532 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rowland, A. P., Colin Neal, B. Reynolds, et al.. (2011). The biogeochemistry of arsenic in a remote UK upland site: trends in rainfall and runoff, and comparisons with urban rivers. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 13(5). 1255–1255. 12 indexed citations
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Rowland, A. P., Colin Neal, B. Reynolds, et al.. (2011). Manganese in the upper Severn mid-Wales. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 14(1). 155–164. 3 indexed citations
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Bradford, Mark A., George M. Tordoff, H. I. J. Black, et al.. (2007). Carbon dynamics in a model grassland with functionally different soil communities. Functional Ecology. 21(4). 690–697. 30 indexed citations
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Ineson, P., et al.. (2006). Using δ15N values to characterise the nitrogen nutrient pathways from intensive animal units. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 20(19). 2858–2864. 9 indexed citations
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Ostle, Nick, María J.I. Briones, P. Ineson, et al.. (2006). Isotopic detection of recent photosynthate carbon flow into grassland rhizosphere fauna. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 39(3). 768–777. 96 indexed citations
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Jones, Helen, et al.. (2005). Sampling systems for isotope‐ratio mass spectrometry of atmospheric ammonia. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 20(2). 81–88. 14 indexed citations
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Ineson, P., et al.. (2005). Heathland vegetation as a bio-monitor for nitrogen deposition and source attribution using δ15N values. Atmospheric Environment. 40(3). 498–507. 39 indexed citations
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Cole, L. J., Philip L. Staddon, D. Sleep, & Richard D. Bardgett. (2004). Soil animals influence microbial abundance, but not plant–microbial competition for soil organic nitrogen. Functional Ecology. 18(5). 631–640. 43 indexed citations
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Ineson, P., W. Kevin Hicks, Helen E. Jones, et al.. (2004). Correlating the Spatial Distribution of Atmospheric Ammonia with ?15N Values at an Ammonia Release Site. Water Air and Soil Pollution Focus. 4(6). 219–228. 9 indexed citations
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Fenner, Nathalie, Nick Ostle, Chris Freeman, D. Sleep, & B. Reynolds. (2004). Peatland carbon efflux partitioning reveals that Sphagnum photosynthate contributes to the DOC pool. Plant and Soil. 259(1-2). 345–354. 63 indexed citations
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Freeman, Chris, Nathalie Fenner, Nick Ostle, et al.. (2004). Export of dissolved organic carbon from peatlands under elevated carbon dioxide levels. Nature. 430(6996). 195–198. 538 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ostle, Nick, Andrew S. Whiteley, Mark Bailey, et al.. (2003). Active microbial RNA turnover in a grassland soil estimated using a 13CO2 spike. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 35(7). 877–885. 104 indexed citations
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Ostle, Nick, P. Ineson, D. Benham, & D. Sleep. (2000). Carbon assimilation and turnover in grassland vegetation using anin situ13CO2 pulse labelling system. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 14(15). 1345–1350. 103 indexed citations
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Grey, Jonathan, Roger I. Jones, & D. Sleep. (2000). Stable isotope analysis of the origins of zooplankton carbon in lakes of differing trophic state. Oecologia. 123(2). 232–240. 100 indexed citations
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Briones, María J.I., P. Ineson, & D. Sleep. (1999). Use of δ13C to determine food selection in collembolan species. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 31(6). 937–940. 45 indexed citations
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Briones, María J.I., Roland Bol, D. Sleep, & Luís Sampedro. (1999). Isotopic ecology of earthworms under grassland and arable cropping systems. Pedobiologia. 43(6). 675–683. 14 indexed citations
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Jones, Roger I., Jonathan Grey, D. Sleep, & Лаури Арвола. (1999). Stable Isotope Analysis of Zooplankton Carbon Nutrition in Humic Lakes. Oikos. 86(1). 97–97. 129 indexed citations
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Emmett, Bridget A., O. Janne Kjønaas, Per Gundersen, et al.. (1998). Natural abundance of 15N in forests across a nitrogen deposition gradient. Forest Ecology and Management. 101(1-3). 9–18. 155 indexed citations
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