David T. Lightle

873 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 563 citations indexed

About

David T. Lightle is a scholar working on Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David T. Lightle has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 563 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Soil Science, 2 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 2 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in David T. Lightle's work include Bioenergy crop production and management (2 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (2 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (2 papers). David T. Lightle is often cited by papers focused on Bioenergy crop production and management (2 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (2 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (2 papers). David T. Lightle collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. David T. Lightle's co-authors include Douglas L. Karlen, Jane M. F. Johnson, W. W. Wilhelm, Craig S. T. Daughtry, John E. Morrison, Francisco J. Arriaga, J. M. Novak, John M. Baker, Tyson E. Ochsner and Brian J. Wienhold and has published in prestigious journals such as Agronomy Journal, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation and BioEnergy Research.

In The Last Decade

David T. Lightle

6 papers receiving 515 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.

Corn Stover to Sustain Soil Organic Carbon Further Constrains Biomass Supply

2007 402 citations W. W. Wilhelm, Jane M. F. Johnson et al. Agronomy Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David T. Lightle United States	4	303	263	216	89	89	6	563
David J. Muth United States	14	337 1.1×	170 0.6×	328 1.5×	64 0.7×	81 0.9×	26	657
Ronald J. Gehl United States	13	258 0.9×	193 0.7×	113 0.5×	39 0.4×	64 0.7×	20	529
Inga Liaudanskienė Lithuania	12	158 0.5×	165 0.6×	103 0.5×	77 0.9×	22 0.2×	29	417
Ernie Marx United States	8	119 0.4×	186 0.7×	62 0.3×	109 1.2×	52 0.6×	8	404
J. Šlepetys Lithuania	14	144 0.5×	162 0.6×	88 0.4×	93 1.0×	20 0.2×	41	487
Curtis D. Jones United States	15	111 0.4×	105 0.4×	83 0.4×	163 1.8×	101 1.1×	26	496
Rüdiger Graß Germany	14	273 0.9×	77 0.3×	121 0.6×	116 1.3×	44 0.5×	30	514
Ulrich Thumm Germany	10	142 0.5×	162 0.6×	116 0.5×	119 1.3×	17 0.2×	27	402
Martin Gauder Germany	9	270 0.9×	73 0.3×	230 1.1×	44 0.5×	20 0.2×	13	399
Danutė Karčauskienė Lithuania	12	162 0.5×	170 0.6×	99 0.5×	59 0.7×	13 0.1×	56	483

Countries citing papers authored by David T. Lightle

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Fields of papers citing papers by David T. Lightle

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David T. Lightle. 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 T. Lightle. The network helps show where David T. Lightle may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David T. Lightle

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David T. Lightle. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David T. Lightle 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 T. Lightle. David T. Lightle is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Johnson, Jane M. F., Douglas L. Karlen, Garold L. Gresham, et al.. (2014). Vertical Distribution of Structural Components in Corn Stover. Agriculture. 4(4). 274–287. 3 indexed citations

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Johnson, Jane M. F., W. W. Wilhelm, Douglas L. Karlen, et al.. (2010). Nutrient Removal as a Function of Corn Stover Cutting Height and Cob Harvest. BioEnergy Research. 3(4). 342–352. 60 indexed citations

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Dabney, S. M., D Vieira, Daniel C. Yoder, et al.. (2010). Modeling runoff and erosion from construction sites in 2-D with RUSLE2.. 2 indexed citations

4.

Wilhelm, W. W., Jane M. F. Johnson, Douglas L. Karlen, & David T. Lightle. (2007). Corn Stover to Sustain Soil Organic Carbon Further Constrains Biomass Supply. Agronomy Journal. 99(6). 1665–1667. 402 indexed citations breakdown →

5.

Norfleet, M. L., et al.. (2002). INTERPRETING THE SOIL CONDITIONING INDEX. 192–196. 13 indexed citations

6.

Morrison, John E., et al.. (1993). Residue measurement techniques. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 48(6). 478–483. 83 indexed citations

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