Eric Slessarev

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 922 citations indexed

About

Eric Slessarev is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Slessarev has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 922 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Ecology, 12 papers in Soil Science and 8 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Eric Slessarev's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (8 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers). Eric Slessarev is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (8 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers). Eric Slessarev collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and South Korea. Eric Slessarev's co-authors include Oliver A. Chadwick, Yang Lin, N. Bingham, Yongjiu Dai, Jennifer E. Johnson, J. Schimel, Joshua P. Schimel, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Erin Nuccio and Peter M. Homyak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Ecology and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Eric Slessarev

21 papers receiving 908 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.

Water balance creates a threshold in soil pH at the global scale

2016 426 citations Eric Slessarev, Yang Lin et al. Nature profile →
Emergent temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon driven by mineral associations

2024 56 citations Katerina Georgiou, Charles D. Koven et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric Slessarev United States	14	506	308	190	131	130	22	922
Eric Verrecchia Switzerland	11	666 1.3×	352 1.1×	157 0.8×	133 1.0×	83 0.6×	23	1.1k
Ke Jin China	15	486 1.0×	246 0.8×	204 1.1×	110 0.8×	180 1.4×	47	925
Shengli Guo China	17	598 1.2×	318 1.0×	213 1.1×	64 0.5×	104 0.8×	65	938
Angélica Casanova‐Katny Chile	13	466 0.9×	464 1.5×	125 0.7×	166 1.3×	118 0.9×	32	948
Alix Vidal Germany	13	726 1.4×	425 1.4×	239 1.3×	93 0.7×	88 0.7×	31	1.1k
A. Peyton Smith United States	13	527 1.0×	385 1.3×	168 0.9×	77 0.6×	126 1.0×	23	950
Luping Ye China	12	444 0.9×	401 1.3×	137 0.7×	64 0.5×	114 0.9×	21	825
Guangyu Zhu China	18	883 1.7×	491 1.6×	244 1.3×	68 0.5×	179 1.4×	29	1.3k
Nina Hinko‐Najera Australia	13	407 0.8×	269 0.9×	224 1.2×	94 0.7×	277 2.1×	20	842

Countries citing papers authored by Eric Slessarev

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eric Slessarev

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Slessarev

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

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Min, Kyungjin, Erin Nuccio, Eric Slessarev, et al.. (2025). Deep-rooted perennials alter microbial respiration and chemical composition of carbon in density fractions along soil depth profiles. Geoderma. 455. 117202–117202. 2 indexed citations

Timmermann, Tania, Christopher M. Yip, Yun‐Ya Yang, et al.. (2025). Harnessing Microbes to Weather Native Silicates in Agricultural Soils for Scalable Carbon Dioxide Removal. Global Change Biology. 31(5). e70216–e70216. 3 indexed citations

Georgiou, Katerina, Charles D. Koven, William R. Wieder, et al.. (2024). Emergent temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon driven by mineral associations. Nature Geoscience. 17(3). 205–212. 56 indexed citations breakdown →

Sokol, Noah W., Eric Slessarev, Radomir Schmidt, et al.. (2024). Reduced accrual of mineral-associated organic matter after two years of enhanced rock weathering in cropland soils, though no net losses of soil organic carbon. Biogeochemistry. 167(8). 989–1005. 11 indexed citations

Slessarev, Eric, Boris Faybishenko, Dipankar Dwivedi, et al.. (2024). Application of the DRASTIC Model to Assess the Vulnerability of Groundwater Contamination Near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. ACS ES&T Water. 5(1). 366–376.

Sokol, Noah W., Megan M. Foley, Steven J. Blazewicz, et al.. (2024). The path from root input to mineral-associated soil carbon is dictated by habitat-specific microbial traits and soil moisture. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 193. 109367–109367. 21 indexed citations

Slessarev, Eric, Allegra Mayer, Courtland Kelly, et al.. (2022). Initial soil organic carbon stocks govern changes in soil carbon: Reality or artifact?. Global Change Biology. 29(5). 1239–1247. 44 indexed citations

Slessarev, Eric, Oliver A. Chadwick, Noah W. Sokol, Erin Nuccio, & Jennifer Pett‐Ridge. (2021). Rock weathering controls the potential for soil carbon storage at a continental scale. Biogeochemistry. 157(1). 1–13. 52 indexed citations

Homyak, Peter M., et al.. (2021). Amino acids dominate diffusive nitrogen fluxes across soil depths in acidic tussock tundra. New Phytologist. 231(6). 2162–2173. 15 indexed citations

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Bingham, N., Eric Slessarev, Peter M. Homyak, & Oliver A. Chadwick. (2021). Rock-Sourced Nitrogen in Semi-Arid, Shale-Derived California Soils. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 4. 2 indexed citations

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Oerter, Erik, Eric Slessarev, Ate Visser, et al.. (2021). Hydraulic redistribution by deeply rooted grasses and its ecohydrologic implications in the southern Great Plains of North America. Hydrological Processes. 35(9). 7 indexed citations

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Min, Kyungjin, Eric Slessarev, Megan Kan, et al.. (2021). Active microbial biomass decreases, but microbial growth potential remains similar across soil depth profiles under deeply-vs. shallow-rooted plants. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 162. 108401–108401. 27 indexed citations

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Slessarev, Eric, Erin Nuccio, Karis J. McFarlane, et al.. (2020). Quantifying the effects of switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) on deep organic C stocks using natural abundance ¹⁴ C in three marginal soils. GCB Bioenergy. 12(10). 834–847. 33 indexed citations

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Visioni, Daniele, Eric Slessarev, Douglas G. MacMartin, et al.. (2020). What goes up must come down: impacts of deposition in a sulfate geoengineering scenario. Environmental Research Letters. 15(9). 94063–94063. 27 indexed citations

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Oono, Ryoko, et al.. (2020). Species diversity of fungal endophytes across a stress gradient for plants. New Phytologist. 228(1). 210–225. 33 indexed citations

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Slessarev, Eric, Yang Lin, Peter M. Homyak, et al.. (2020). Cellular and extracellular C contributions to respiration after wetting dry soil. Biogeochemistry. 147(3). 307–324. 43 indexed citations

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Slessarev, Eric & Joshua P. Schimel. (2020). Partitioning sources of CO2 emission after soil wetting using high-resolution observations and minimal models. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 143. 107753–107753. 26 indexed citations

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Slessarev, Eric, Xue Feng, N. Bingham, & Oliver A. Chadwick. (2019). Landscape Age as a Major Control on the Geography of Soil Weathering. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 33(12). 1513–1531. 9 indexed citations

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Lin, Yang, et al.. (2018). Long-term Nutrient Fertilization Increased Soil Carbon Storage in California Grasslands. Ecosystems. 22(4). 754–766. 14 indexed citations

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Slessarev, Eric, Yang Lin, N. Bingham, et al.. (2016). Water balance creates a threshold in soil pH at the global scale. Nature. 540(7634). 567–569. 426 indexed citations breakdown →

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