David James

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

David James is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, David James has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Soil Science, 30 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 29 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in David James's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (29 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (28 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (28 papers). David James is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (29 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (28 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (28 papers). David James collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand. David James's co-authors include Mark D. Tomer, Sarah Porter, Cynthia A. Cambardella, Thomas M. Isenhart, Matthew J. Helmers, Michael R. Burkart, Douglas L. Karlen, Jill Kostel, Thomas B. Moorman and Eileen L. McLellan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Ecology and Soil Science Society of America Journal.

In The Last Decade

David James

87 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

  1. Prairie strips improve biodiversity and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services from corn–soybean croplands
    2017 253 citations Lisa A. Schulte, Jarad Niemi 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
David James United States 24 714 585 528 412 294 104 1.8k
Ryan Blair United States 4 1.2k 1.7× 426 0.7× 184 0.3× 599 1.5× 390 1.3× 7 2.0k
Michael McNair United States 4 1.2k 1.7× 426 0.7× 183 0.3× 618 1.5× 470 1.6× 6 2.1k
Véronique Souchère France 18 1.2k 1.7× 794 1.4× 181 0.3× 798 1.9× 447 1.5× 40 2.0k
Ernesto F. Viglizzo Argentina 21 397 0.6× 197 0.3× 311 0.6× 457 1.1× 847 2.9× 49 1.8k
Richard J George Australia 23 291 0.4× 333 0.6× 177 0.3× 323 0.8× 331 1.1× 80 1.8k
Daire Ó hUallacháin Ireland 21 306 0.4× 360 0.6× 342 0.6× 416 1.0× 219 0.7× 72 1.2k
Deane Wang United States 16 317 0.4× 163 0.3× 280 0.5× 289 0.7× 309 1.1× 36 1.2k
Jiangling Zhu China 26 644 0.9× 185 0.3× 201 0.4× 610 1.5× 799 2.7× 66 2.2k
P. R. Poulton United Kingdom 21 1.3k 1.8× 66 0.1× 644 1.2× 617 1.5× 258 0.9× 75 1.8k
Amanuel Zenebe Ethiopia 25 957 1.3× 575 1.0× 64 0.1× 533 1.3× 1.1k 3.6× 99 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by David James

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Fields of papers citing papers by David James

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David James. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David James. The network helps show where David James may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David James

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David James. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David James 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 David James. David James 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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James, David, et al.. (2022). The Red Letter at the Music Hall.
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Wang, Chunmei, et al.. (2021). Grid order prediction of ephemeral gully head cut position: Regional scale application. CATENA. 200. 105158–105158. 9 indexed citations
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Sadler, E. J., Jean L. Steiner, Jerry L. Hatfield, et al.. (2020). STEWARDS: A decade of increasing the impact of Agricultural Research Service watershed research programs. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 75(3). 4 indexed citations
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Baffaut, Claire, Allen L. Thompson, Alison Davis, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of the Soil Vulnerability Index for artificially drained cropland across eight Conservation Effects Assessment Project watersheds. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 75(1). 28–41. 6 indexed citations
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Munsat, T., Murthy S. Gudipati, M. Horányi, et al.. (2018). On the Genesis and Detectability of Organic Chemistry in Hypervelocity Impact Ice Spectra. LPICo. 2018(2326). 2670. 1 indexed citations
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Schulte, Lisa A., Jarad Niemi, Matthew J. Helmers, et al.. (2017). Prairie strips improve biodiversity and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services from corn–soybean croplands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(42). 11247–11252. 253 indexed citations breakdown →
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James, David. (2017). Practical Necessity and Sociability. Kant’s Influence on Hegel’s Theory of Civil Society. Hegel-Jahrbuch. 2017(1). 341–346. 1 indexed citations
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Tomer, Mark D., Sarah Porter, David James, et al.. (2015). Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework: 1. Developing Multipractice Watershed Planning Scenarios and Assessing Nutrient Reduction Potential. Journal of Environmental Quality. 44(3). 754–767. 71 indexed citations
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Logsdon, S. D. & David James. (2014). Closed Depression Topography Harps Soil, Revisited. 55(2). 1–7. 5 indexed citations
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Harrison, Neil & David James. (2012). The impact of the pursuit of ASDAN’s Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE) on GCSE attainment. UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol). 31(9). 953–8. 2 indexed citations
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Tomer, Mark D., William G. Crumpton, Ronald L. Bingner, Jill Kostel, & David James. (2012). Estimating nitrate load reductions from placing constructed wetlands in a HUC-12 watershed using LiDAR data. Ecological Engineering. 56. 69–78. 46 indexed citations
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James, David. (2011). The Legacies of Modernism: Historicising Postwar and Contemporary Fiction. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Tomer, Mark D., et al.. (2008). Assessment of the Iowa River's South Fork watershed: Part 2. Conservation practices. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 63(6). 371–379. 48 indexed citations
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Tomer, Mark D., Cynthia A. Cambardella, David James, & Thomas B. Moorman. (2006). Surface‐Soil Properties and Water Contents across Two Watersheds with Contrasting Tillage Histories. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 70(2). 620–630. 22 indexed citations
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James, David. (2003). A Short Take on Teaching Creative Writing: A Leap of Faith. 9(2). 65. 1 indexed citations
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James, David. (2003). "A boy stepped out': Migrancy, visuality, and the mapping of masculinities in later fiction of Ian McEwan. Textual Practice. 17(1). 81–100. 4 indexed citations
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James, David. (2002). Will Testing Solve Our Schools' Problems?.. ˜The œJournal of college admissions. 1 indexed citations
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Manning, Anthony, et al.. (2000). Landing Period Designator Visual Helicopter Recovery Aide; Theory and Real-Time Application. 3 indexed citations
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Battcock, Gregory, Peter Wollen, Kathy Acker, et al.. (1989). Andy Warhol : Film Factory. British Film Institute eBooks. 10 indexed citations

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