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.
The Nitrogen Cascade
20032.2k citationsJames N. Galloway, Jan Willem Erisman et al.profile →
Reactive Nitrogen and The World: 200 Years of Change
20021.0k citationsJames N. Galloway, Ellis B. CowlingAMBIOprofile →
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ellis B. Cowling
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ellis B. Cowling
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Schütt, Peter & Ellis B. Cowling. (1985). Waldsterben, a general decline of forests in central Europe: symptoms, development and possible causes.. Plant Disease. 69(7). 548–558.194 indexed citations
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Cowling, Ellis B.. (1983). Discovering the causes, consequences, and implications of acid rain and atmospheric deposition. TAPPI Journal. 66(9). 43–46.
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Cowling, Ellis B.. (1982). Acid Rain: An Emerging Ecological and Public Policy Issue. 5. 23.1 indexed citations
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Horsfall, James G. & Ellis B. Cowling. (1979). How pathogens induce disease. Academic Press eBooks.6 indexed citations
Cowling, Ellis B., et al.. (1969). Role of nitrogen in wood deterioration. VII. Physiological adaptation of wood-destroying and other fungi to substrates deficient in nitrogen. Phytopathology. 59(4).67 indexed citations
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Cowling, Ellis B., et al.. (1965). Role of pinosylvins and borax in control of Fomes annosus by stump treatments.. Phytopathology. 55(12). 1341–1346.2 indexed citations
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Cowling, Ellis B., et al.. (1965). Comparative resistance of coniferous root wood and stem wood to decay by isolates of Fomes annosus.. Phytopathology. 55(12). 1347–1353.23 indexed citations
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Kelman, A. & Ellis B. Cowling. (1965). Cellulase of Pseudomonas sonalacearum in relation to pathogenesis. Phytopathology. 55(2). 148–155.27 indexed citations
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Cowling, Ellis B. & A. Kelman. (1964). Influence of temperature on growth of Fomes annosus isolateS.. Phytopathology. 54(4). 373–378.18 indexed citations
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Cowling, Ellis B. & Irving B. Sachs. (1960). Detection of brown rot with osmium tetroxide stain.. Forest Products Journal. 10(11).2 indexed citations
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Cowling, Ellis B.. (1960). Methods for chemical analysis of decayed wood.. Madison, Wis. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory eBooks. 53(2177). 40–54.11 indexed citations
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Cowling, Ellis B.. (1958). A review of literature on the enzymatic degradation of cellulose and wood. Madison, Wis. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory eBooks.4 indexed citations
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