Donald J. Herman

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
35 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Donald J. Herman is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald J. Herman has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Soil Science, 15 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Donald J. Herman's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (18 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (8 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (7 papers). Donald J. Herman is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (18 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (8 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (7 papers). Donald J. Herman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Donald J. Herman's co-authors include Mary K. Firestone, Erin Nuccio, Ian Wren, Christine V. Hawkes, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Whendee L. Silver, Angela Hodge, Steven J. Blazewicz, Peter Weber and Jeffrey A. Bird and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Ecology and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Donald J. Herman

35 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Abundance of microbial genes associated with nitrogen cycling as indices of biogeochemical process rates across a vegetation gradient in Alaska

2012 370 citations Dorthe Groth Petersen, Steven J. Blazewicz et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →
Rhizosphere priming effects on soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization

2014 319 citations Biao Zhu, Jessica Gutknecht et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
Routes to roots: direct evidence of water transport by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to host plants

2022 170 citations Anne Kakouridis, Megan Kan et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donald J. Herman United States	23	1.6k	1.5k	1.5k	540	468	35	3.6k
Susan J. Grayston United Kingdom	23	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	514 1.0×	426 0.9×	40	3.4k
Nathalie Fromin France	32	1.2k 0.8×	968 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	421 0.8×	401 0.9×	56	3.0k
Ann C. Kennedy United States	34	2.2k 1.4×	2.3k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	536 1.0×	465 1.0×	86	4.8k
Peter D. Stahl United States	35	1.8k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	472 0.9×	275 0.6×	101	3.6k
Rhae A. Drijber United States	36	2.4k 1.6×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	736 1.4×	334 0.7×	94	4.1k
Katharina Keiblinger Austria	27	2.7k 1.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	792 1.5×	498 1.1×	90	4.4k
Franz Buegger Germany	33	2.2k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	781 1.4×	239 0.5×	91	3.9k
Eric Paterson United Kingdom	38	2.8k 1.8×	2.3k 1.5×	1.6k 1.0×	619 1.1×	375 0.8×	95	4.6k
Jean Charles Munch Germany	39	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	709 1.3×	588 1.3×	94	4.3k
Frank Rasche Germany	28	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	350 0.6×	445 1.0×	118	3.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kakouridis, Anne, Megan Kan, Stefania Mambelli, et al.. (2022). Routes to roots: direct evidence of water transport by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to host plants. New Phytologist. 236(1). 210–221. 170 indexed citations breakdown →

Pett‐Ridge, Jennifer, Donald J. Herman, Thea Whitman, et al.. (2021). Root Carbon Interaction with Soil Minerals Is Dynamic, Leaving a Legacy of Microbially Derived Residues. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(19). 13345–13355. 22 indexed citations

Estera‐Molina, Katerina, Mengting Yuan, Donald J. Herman, et al.. (2021). Belowground allocation and dynamics of recently fixed plant carbon in a California annual grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 165. 108519–108519. 30 indexed citations

Starr, Evan, Shengjing Shi, Steven J. Blazewicz, et al.. (2018). Stable isotope informed genome-resolved metagenomics reveals that Saccharibacteria utilize microbially-processed plant-derived carbon. Microbiome. 6(1). 122–122. 103 indexed citations

Zhu, Biao, et al.. (2014). Rhizosphere priming effects on soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 76. 183–192. 319 indexed citations breakdown →

Emeterio, Leticia San, Rosa M. Canals, & Donald J. Herman. (2014). Combined effects of labile and recalcitrant carbon on short‐term availability of nitrogen in intensified arable soil. European Journal of Soil Science. 65(3). 377–385. 11 indexed citations

Farrer, Emily C., et al.. (2013). Nitrogen deposition, plant carbon allocation, and soil microbes: Changing interactions due to enrichment. American Journal of Botany. 100(7). 1458–1470. 45 indexed citations

Ceja-Navarro, Javier A., Nhu Nguyen, Ulaş Karaöz, et al.. (2013). Compartmentalized microbial composition, oxygen gradients and nitrogen fixation in the gut ofOdontotaenius disjunctus. The ISME Journal. 8(1). 6–18. 72 indexed citations

Petersen, Dorthe Groth, Steven J. Blazewicz, Mary K. Firestone, et al.. (2012). Abundance of microbial genes associated with nitrogen cycling as indices of biogeochemical process rates across a vegetation gradient in Alaska. Environmental Microbiology. 14(4). 993–1008. 370 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nuccio, Erin, Angela Hodge, J. Pett-Ridge, et al.. (2012). An arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus modifies the soil microbial community and nitrogen cycling during litter decomposition. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 6 indexed citations

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Sudderth, Erika A., Samuel B. St. Clair, Sarah Placella, et al.. (2012). Annual grassland resource pools and fluxes: sensitivity to precipitation and dry periods on two contrasting soils. Ecosphere. 3(8). 1–24. 5 indexed citations

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Brodie, Eoin, Dominique C. Joyner, Boris Faybishenko, et al.. (2011). Microbial community response to addition of polylactate compounds to stimulate hexavalent chromium reduction in groundwater. Chemosphere. 85(4). 660–665. 46 indexed citations

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Bird, Jeffrey A., Donald J. Herman, & Mary K. Firestone. (2010). Rhizosphere priming of soil organic matter by bacterial groups in a grassland soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43(4). 718–725. 193 indexed citations

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Hawkes, Christine V., Ian Wren, Donald J. Herman, & Mary K. Firestone. (2005). Plant invasion alters nitrogen cycling by modifying the soil nitrifying community. Ecology Letters. 8(9). 976–985. 415 indexed citations

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Canals, Rosa M., Valerie T. Eviner, Donald J. Herman, & F. Stuart Chapin. (2005). Plant Colonizers Shape Early N-dynamics in Gopher-mounds. Plant and Soil. 276(1-2). 327–334. 8 indexed citations

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Silver, Whendee L., Donald J. Herman, & Mary K. Firestone. (2001). Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium in Upland Tropical Forest Soils. Ecology. 82(9). 2410–2410. 7 indexed citations

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Herman, Donald J., P. D. Brooks, Muhammad Ashraf, F. Azam, & R. L. Mulvaney. (1995). Evaluation of methods for nitrogen‐15 analysis of inorganic nitrogen in soil extracts. II. Diffusion methods. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 26(11-12). 1675–1685. 44 indexed citations

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Herman, Donald J. & P. W. Rundel. (1989). Nitrogen Isotope Fractionation in Burned and Unburned Chaparral Soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 53(4). 1229–1236. 42 indexed citations

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Sharifi, M. Rasoul, Frederick C. Meinzer, Erik T. Nilsen, et al.. (1988). Effect of Manipulation of Water and Nitrogen Supplies on the Quantitative Phenology of Larrea tridentata (Creosote Bush) in the Sonoran Desert of California. American Journal of Botany. 75(8). 1163–1163. 19 indexed citations

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Herman, Donald J., et al.. (1964). The use of a computer to evaluate computers. 383–383. 11 indexed citations

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