David E. Rothstein

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

David E. Rothstein is a scholar working on Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, David E. Rothstein has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Soil Science, 24 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in David E. Rothstein's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (26 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (11 papers) and Forest ecology and management (10 papers). David E. Rothstein is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (26 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (11 papers) and Forest ecology and management (10 papers). David E. Rothstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Czechia. David E. Rothstein's co-authors include David S. Wilcove, Elizabeth Losos, Donald R. Zak, Stephen D. LeDuc, Emily E. Scott, Zhanna Yermakov, Peter M. Vitousek, Breana L. Simmons, Randall J. Schaetzl and Kurt S. Pregitzer and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

David E. Rothstein

47 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Quantifying Threats to Imperiled Species in the United St... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Quantifying Threats to Imperiled Species in the United States
    1998 2.3k citations David E. Rothstein et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David E. Rothstein United States 23 1.8k 1.5k 1.0k 783 711 48 3.8k
Kristin L. Matulich United States 7 2.0k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 974 0.9× 621 0.8× 682 1.0× 7 4.1k
Chris Stoate United Kingdom 24 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 857 0.8× 579 0.7× 803 1.1× 69 3.6k
Carlos Augusto Klink Brazil 20 1.4k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 1.5k 1.4× 748 1.0× 1.1k 1.6× 25 4.2k
John N. Griffin United Kingdom 33 2.2k 1.3× 1.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.3× 497 0.6× 880 1.2× 80 4.4k
Joel R. Brown United States 36 2.5k 1.4× 2.0k 1.3× 1.7k 1.6× 762 1.0× 659 0.9× 115 5.1k
Andrew S. MacDougall Canada 29 1.6k 0.9× 2.3k 1.5× 813 0.8× 947 1.2× 1.3k 1.8× 76 3.6k
Jennifer Firn Australia 26 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 924 0.9× 907 1.2× 660 0.9× 83 3.5k
Martin Schütz Switzerland 26 1.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 523 0.5× 740 0.9× 516 0.7× 71 2.8k
Jacqueline E. Mohan United States 24 2.1k 1.2× 1.8k 1.2× 2.1k 2.0× 1.3k 1.7× 748 1.1× 44 5.1k
Jane A. Catford Australia 29 1.9k 1.1× 2.3k 1.5× 940 0.9× 911 1.2× 1.2k 1.8× 80 4.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David E. Rothstein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David E. Rothstein

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All Works

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Rothstein, David E., et al.. (2023). Nitrate and Ammonium Deposition in the Midwestern Fragmented Forest. Forests. 14(3). 512–512.
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Santos, Fernanda, Sasha Wagner, David E. Rothstein, Rudolf Jaffé, & Jessica Miesel. (2017). Impact of a Historical Fire Event on Pyrogenic Carbon Stocks and Dissolved Pyrogenic Carbon in Spodosols in Northern Michigan. Frontiers in Earth Science. 5. 20 indexed citations
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Mladenoff, David J., Ritvik Sahajpal, Christopher P. Johnson, & David E. Rothstein. (2016). Recent Land Use Change to Agriculture in the U.S. Lake States: Impacts on Cellulosic Biomass Potential and Natural Lands. PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0148566–e0148566. 20 indexed citations
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Schaetzl, Randall J., et al.. (2015). Pulses of Podzolization: The Relative Importance of Spring Snowmelt, Summer Storms, and Fall Rains on Spodosol Development. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 79(1). 117–131. 30 indexed citations
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LeDuc, Stephen D., Erik A. Lilleskov, Thomas R. Horton, & David E. Rothstein. (2012). Ectomycorrhizal fungal succession coincides with shifts in organic nitrogen availability and canopy closure in post-wildfire jack pine forests. Oecologia. 172(1). 257–269. 43 indexed citations
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Scott, Emily E. & David E. Rothstein. (2011). Amino acid uptake by temperate tree species characteristic of low- and high-fertility habitats. Oecologia. 167(2). 547–557. 25 indexed citations
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LeDuc, Stephen D. & David E. Rothstein. (2010). Plant‐available organic and mineral nitrogen shift in dominance with forest stand age. Ecology. 91(3). 708–720. 50 indexed citations
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Rothstein, David E.. (2010). Effects of amino-acid chemistry and soil properties on the behavior of free amino acids in acidic forest soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 42(10). 1743–1750. 57 indexed citations
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Kobe, Richard K., et al.. (2010). Soil calcium, nitrogen, and water are correlated with aboveground net primary production in northern hardwood forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 260(5). 723–733. 45 indexed citations
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Zhao, Shuqing, Shuguang Liu, Runsheng Yin, et al.. (2009). Quantifying Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics in the Jinsha Watershed, Upper Yangtze, China from 1975 to 2000. Environmental Management. 45(3). 466–475. 15 indexed citations
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Rothstein, David E.. (2009). Soil amino-acid availability across a temperate-forest fertility gradient. Biogeochemistry. 92(3). 201–215. 55 indexed citations
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Yermakov, Zhanna & David E. Rothstein. (2006). Changes in soil carbon and nitrogen cycling along a 72-year wildfire chronosequence in Michigan jack pine forests. Oecologia. 149(4). 690–700. 57 indexed citations
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Rothstein, David E. & Bert M. Cregg. (2005). Effects of nitrogen form on nutrient uptake and physiology of Fraser fir (Abies fraseri). Forest Ecology and Management. 219(1). 69–80. 46 indexed citations
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Rothstein, David E., Donald R. Zak, & Kurt S. Pregitzer. (1996). Nitrate deposition in northern hardwood forests and the nitrogen metabolism of Acer saccharum marsh. Oecologia. 108(2). 338–344. 42 indexed citations
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Rothstein, David E.. (1995). Nitrate deposition in northern hardwood forests and the N metabolism of Acer saccharum marsh. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 1 indexed citations
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Burger, Joanna, Katharine C. Parsons, Thomas J. Benson, et al.. (1992). Heavy metal and selenium levels in young cattle egrets from nesting colonies in the northeastern United States, Puerto Rico, and Egypt. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 23(4). 435–9. 49 indexed citations

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