Diane M. McKnight

33.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
309 papers, 23.0k citations indexed

About

Diane M. McKnight is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Diane M. McKnight has authored 309 papers receiving a total of 23.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Ecology, 128 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 80 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Diane M. McKnight's work include Polar Research and Ecology (99 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (76 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (62 papers). Diane M. McKnight is often cited by papers focused on Polar Research and Ecology (99 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (76 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (62 papers). Diane M. McKnight collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Czechia. Diane M. McKnight's co-authors include Rose M. Cory, Kenneth E. Bencala, Elizabeth W. Boyer, Peter T. Doran, George R. Aiken, Thomas Kulbe, Dale T. Andersen, Paul Westerhoff, George M. Hornberger and Robert L. Runkel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Diane M. McKnight

304 papers receiving 21.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Spectrofluorometric characterization of dissolved organic matter for indication of precursor organic material and aromaticity
    2001 2.5k citations Diane M. McKnight, Peter T. Doran et al. profile →
  2. Fluorescence Spectroscopy Reveals Ubiquitous Presence of Oxidized and Reduced Quinones in Dissolved Organic Matter
    2005 1.4k citations Rose M. Cory, Diane M. McKnight profile →
  3. WATER IN A CHANGING WORLD
    2001 810 citations Diane M. McKnight et al. profile →
  4. Quinone Moieties Act as Electron Acceptors in the Reduction of Humic Substances by Humics-Reducing Microorganisms
    1998 684 citations Diane M. McKnight et al. profile →
  5. Isolation of hydrophilic organic acids from water using nonionic macroporous resins
    1992 558 citations Diane M. McKnight et al. Organic Geochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Diane M. McKnight United States 78 8.6k 7.5k 7.1k 4.9k 4.8k 309 23.0k
Sybil P. Seitzinger United States 74 9.5k 1.1× 12.9k 1.7× 8.0k 1.1× 5.5k 1.1× 5.7k 1.2× 127 34.0k
Lars J. Tranvik Sweden 84 12.6k 1.5× 10.5k 1.4× 15.6k 2.2× 4.0k 0.8× 4.4k 0.9× 216 28.9k
George R. Aiken United States 84 5.6k 0.7× 5.4k 0.7× 7.9k 1.1× 4.5k 0.9× 4.1k 0.9× 193 25.4k
James N. Galloway United States 89 11.2k 1.3× 10.7k 1.4× 5.1k 0.7× 4.7k 1.0× 10.9k 2.3× 313 44.4k
William H. McDowell United States 77 10.6k 1.2× 12.3k 1.6× 6.0k 0.8× 7.1k 1.5× 3.4k 0.7× 283 26.9k
Thorsten Dittmar Germany 80 13.6k 1.6× 5.9k 0.8× 12.0k 1.7× 1.6k 0.3× 5.9k 1.2× 278 29.2k
Elizabeth W. Boyer United States 46 5.3k 0.6× 8.1k 1.1× 3.9k 0.5× 5.6k 1.1× 2.2k 0.5× 128 17.1k
David W. Schindler Canada 52 7.5k 0.9× 8.3k 1.1× 4.1k 0.6× 3.0k 0.6× 1.8k 0.4× 124 20.3k
Philippe Van Cappellen Canada 76 3.8k 0.4× 7.7k 1.0× 4.0k 0.6× 2.7k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 277 20.7k
Patrick G. Hatcher United States 93 7.0k 0.8× 3.3k 0.4× 6.4k 0.9× 1.5k 0.3× 4.4k 0.9× 398 26.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Diane M. McKnight

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All Works

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Jankowski, Kathi Jo, Joanna C. Carey, Diane M. McKnight, et al.. (2024). Climate, Hydrology, and Nutrients Control the Seasonality of Si Concentrations in Rivers. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 129(9). 4 indexed citations
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Jankowski, Kathi Jo, Joanna C. Carey, William H. McDowell, et al.. (2024). Establishing fluvial silicon regimes and their stability across the Northern Hemisphere. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 9(3). 237–246. 4 indexed citations
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Manning, Andrew H., et al.. (2024). Climate‐Driven Increases in Stream Metal Concentrations in Mineralized Watersheds Throughout the Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA. Water Resources Research. 60(4). 11 indexed citations
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Jankowski, Kathi Jo, Paul Julian, Adam S. Wymore, et al.. (2023). Long‐Term Changes in Concentration and Yield of Riverine Dissolved Silicon From the Poles to the Tropics. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(9). 6 indexed citations
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Runkel, Robert L., et al.. (2023). To Remediate or Not? Source Identification in an Acid Mine Drainage Stream, Warden Gulch, Colorado. Mine Water and the Environment. 42(3). 383–398. 2 indexed citations
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Gaiser, Evelyn E., John S. Kominoski, Diane M. McKnight, et al.. (2022). Long‐term ecological research and the COVID‐19 anthropause: A window to understanding social–ecological disturbance. Ecosphere. 13(4). e4019–e4019. 5 indexed citations
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Welch, Susan A., Kathleen A. Welch, Alia L. Khan, et al.. (2020). Geochemistry of aeolian material from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Insights into Southern Hemisphere dust sources. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 547. 116460–116460. 9 indexed citations
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Khan, Alia L., Heidi M. Dierssen, Joshua P. Schwarz, et al.. (2017). Impacts of coal dust from an active mine on the spectral reflectance of Arctic surface snow in Svalbard, Norway. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(3). 1767–1778. 26 indexed citations
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Gooseff, M. N., et al.. (2016). Stream biogeochemical and suspended sediment responses to permafrost degradation in stream banks in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Biogeosciences. 13(6). 1723–1732. 14 indexed citations
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McKnight, Diane M., et al.. (2015). Transport of dissolved organic matter from the hillslope to the stream: using fluorescence spectroscopy to identify changing sources during snowmelt. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 5219. 2 indexed citations
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Gooseff, M. N., Byron J. Adams, J. Barrett, et al.. (2015). The Past as a Window to the Future - What Does Long Term Research in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica Tell Us About the Trajectory of Polar Ecosystems?. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 2 indexed citations
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D’Andrilli, Juliana, Christine M. Foreman, Alan G. Marshall, & Diane M. McKnight. (2013). Characterization of IHSS Pony Lake fulvic acid dissolved organic matter by electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry and fluorescence spectroscopy. Organic Geochemistry. 65. 19–28. 119 indexed citations
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Miller, Matthew P. & Diane M. McKnight. (2012). Limnology of the Green Lakes Valley: phytoplankton ecology and dissolved organic matter biogeochemistry at a long-term ecological research site. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 8(5-6). 689–702. 19 indexed citations
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Khan, Alia L. & Diane M. McKnight. (2010). Evaluation of the Relationship Between Dissolved Organic Material, Chlorophyll-A and Algal Species in Lakes and Drinking Water Reservoirs Throughout the State of Colorado. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Cory, Rose M., Matthew P. Miller, Diane M. McKnight, Jennifer J. Guerard, & Penney L. Miller. (2010). Effect of instrument‐specific response on the analysis of fulvic acid fluorescence spectra. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 8(2). 67–78. 268 indexed citations
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Koch, Joshua C., Robert G. Striegl, Robert L. Runkel, S. A. Ewing, & Diane M. McKnight. (2010). Seasonality in water, carbon, and nitrogen fluxes from an upland boreal catchment underlain by continuous permafrost. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Dieser, Markus, Christine M. Foreman, Diane M. McKnight, Penney L. Miller, & Yu‐Ping Chin. (2006). Microbial Metabolic Activity and Bioavailability of Dissolved Organic Matter Under the Impact of Intense UV Radiation in Pony Lake, Antarctica. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations
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McKnight, Diane M., M. N. Gooseff, & Cathy M. Tate. (2001). Relict Stream Channels in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Ecological Legacies Controlling Response to Climate. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 1 indexed citations
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McKnight, Diane M., et al.. (1994). McMurdo LTER: streamflow measurements in Taylor Valley. 29(5). 230–232. 2 indexed citations

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