Firman E. Bear

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 517 citations indexed

About

Firman E. Bear is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Firman E. Bear has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 517 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Soil Science, 3 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Firman E. Bear's work include Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (3 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (2 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (2 papers). Firman E. Bear is often cited by papers focused on Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (3 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (2 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (2 papers). Firman E. Bear collaborates with scholars based in United States. Firman E. Bear's co-authors include S. J. TOTH, Harold J. Evans, E. R. Purvis, A. Clyde Hill, A. L. PRINCE and N.F. Shimp and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Soil Science Society of America Journal and Soil Science.

In The Last Decade

Firman E. Bear

28 papers receiving 407 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.

Chemistry of the Soil

1955 292 citations Firman E. Bear Soil Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Firman E. Bear United States	9	128	100	97	78	56	29	517
H. F. Perkins United States	15	165 1.3×	111 1.1×	62 0.6×	116 1.5×	72 1.3×	54	590
B Davey Australia	12	98 0.8×	128 1.3×	77 0.8×	96 1.2×	86 1.5×	31	496
E. Schlichting Germany	12	62 0.5×	129 1.3×	51 0.5×	50 0.6×	97 1.7×	58	511
RS Beckwith Australia	9	143 1.1×	106 1.1×	49 0.5×	88 1.1×	36 0.6×	13	397
M. D. Heilman United States	8	142 1.1×	87 0.9×	82 0.8×	251 3.2×	178 3.2×	25	712
H. P. W. Rostad Canada	11	113 0.9×	108 1.1×	276 2.8×	71 0.9×	46 0.8×	18	493
J. L. Pleysier Nigeria	10	91 0.7×	124 1.2×	99 1.0×	80 1.0×	68 1.2×	18	459
P. A. Schuppli Canada	10	43 0.3×	135 1.4×	117 1.2×	132 1.7×	51 0.9×	17	387
Wallace H. Fuller United States	15	162 1.3×	219 2.2×	235 2.4×	93 1.2×	83 1.5×	85	953
Ranbir Chhabra India	13	198 1.5×	222 2.2×	105 1.1×	77 1.0×	86 1.5×	33	641

Countries citing papers authored by Firman E. Bear

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Fields of papers citing papers by Firman E. Bear

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Firman E. Bear

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Bear, Firman E.. (1986). Earth: The stuff of life. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

2.

Bear, Firman E.. (1965). Soils in Relation to Crop Growth. 6 indexed citations

3.

Bear, Firman E.. (1963). A SCANDINAVIAN ISSUE OF SOIL SCIENCE. Soil Science. 95(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

4.

Bear, Firman E.. (1963). Ivan Vladimirovich Tiurin (1892–1962). Soil Science. 95(5). 293–293. 1 indexed citations

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Bear, Firman E.. (1963). A NEW SYSTEM OF SOIL CLASSIFICATION. Soil Science. 96(1). 1–1. 4 indexed citations

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Bear, Firman E.. (1962). SOIL-PLANT RESEARCH AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY. Soil Science. 93(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Bear, Firman E.. (1960). SYMPOSIUM ON BICARBONATES. Soil Science. 89(5). 241–241. 9 indexed citations

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Shimp, N.F., et al.. (1957). SPECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SOILS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS. Soil Science. 83(1). 51–64. 13 indexed citations

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Bear, Firman E.. (1957). CHELATES IN PLANT NUTRITION. Soil Science. 84(1). 1–1. 7 indexed citations

10.

Bear, Firman E.. (1956). MOLYBDENUM IN PLANT AND ANIMAL NUTRITION. Soil Science. 81(3). 159–159. 3 indexed citations

11.

Bear, Firman E.. (1956). Science and agriculture. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 261(1). 143–151. 8 indexed citations

12.

Bear, Firman E.. (1955). Chemistry of the Soil. Soil Science. 79(5). 407–407. 292 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bear, Firman E.. (1954). Trace Elements, Progress Report on Research with Particular Reference to New Jersey Soils. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2(5). 244–251. 6 indexed citations

14.

TOTH, S. J., et al.. (1953). ZINC STATUS OF NEW JERSEY SOILS. Soil Science. 76(2). 115–122. 12 indexed citations

15.

Bear, Firman E.. (1953). SODIUM SYMPOSIUM. Soil Science. 76(1). 1–1. 2 indexed citations

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TOTH, S. J., et al.. (1953). EFFECT OF CHLORIDE VERSUS SULFATE IONS ON NUTRIENT-ION ABSORPTION BY PLANTS. Soil Science. 76(3). 193–200. 14 indexed citations

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TOTH, S. J., et al.. (1953). NICKEL STATUS OF NEW JERSEY SOILS. Soil Science. 76(6). 421–430. 8 indexed citations

18.

TOTH, S. J., et al.. (1953). COPPER STATUS OF NEW JERSEY SOILS. Soil Science. 75(6). 433–442. 4 indexed citations

19.

Bear, Firman E.. (1952). The earth and the fulness thereof. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 254(1). 43–46. 1 indexed citations

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Bear, Firman E., A. L. PRINCE, & S. J. TOTH. (1952). Effect of Increasing Fertilizer Concentration on Exchangeable Cation Status of Soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 16(4). 327–330. 2 indexed citations

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