Francis P. Bowles

4.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
14 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Francis P. Bowles is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis P. Bowles has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Soil Science and 5 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Francis P. Bowles's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (11 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (4 papers). Francis P. Bowles is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (11 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (4 papers). Francis P. Bowles collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Puerto Rico. Francis P. Bowles's co-authors include Jerry M. Melillo, Paul A. Steudler, John D. Aber, Heidi Lux, A. Magill, Christina E. Catricala, Toby Ahrens, William T. Peterjohn, Melissa A. Knorr and M. Bernard and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Francis P. Bowles

14 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Soil Warming and Carbon-Cycle Feedbacks to the Climate Sy... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2017 2011 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Soil Warming and Carbon-Cycle Feedbacks to the Climate System
    2002 1.1k citations Jerry M. Melillo, Paul A. Steudler et al. Science profile →
  2. Long-term pattern and magnitude of soil carbon feedback to the climate system in a warming world
    2017 579 citations Jerry M. Melillo, Serita D. Frey et al. Science profile →
  3. Soil warming, carbon–nitrogen interactions, and forest carbon budgets
    2011 447 citations Jerry M. Melillo, Sarah Butler et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francis P. Bowles United States 13 1.7k 1.3k 1.2k 829 587 14 3.1k
Andreas Schindlbacher Austria 26 1.9k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 589 0.7× 645 1.1× 56 3.1k
Jeffrey A. Andrews United States 12 1.5k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 833 0.7× 527 0.6× 588 1.0× 12 2.6k
Guangmin Cao China 35 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 1.7k 1.4× 1.1k 1.3× 611 1.0× 102 3.8k
Sharon Billings United States 37 2.2k 1.3× 1.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.3× 716 0.9× 843 1.4× 105 3.8k
Hua Ouyang China 36 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 814 1.0× 578 1.0× 97 3.1k
Xiaofeng Chang China 28 1.8k 1.1× 693 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 511 0.6× 332 0.6× 53 2.8k
Caiyun Luo China 29 1.4k 0.8× 971 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 789 1.0× 556 0.9× 105 3.1k
Iain P. Hartley United Kingdom 32 2.2k 1.3× 1.1k 0.8× 2.0k 1.6× 1.4k 1.7× 932 1.6× 94 4.5k
Roser Matamala United States 28 1.7k 1.0× 2.0k 1.6× 1.1k 0.9× 754 0.9× 1.5k 2.5× 54 3.8k
Jorge Curiel Yuste Spain 30 2.0k 1.2× 2.1k 1.6× 1.1k 0.9× 638 0.8× 897 1.5× 75 4.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francis P. Bowles

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francis P. Bowles

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Rademacher, Tim, Patrick Fonti, James M. LeMoine, et al.. (2022). Insights into source/sink controls on wood formation and photosynthesis from a stem chilling experiment in mature red maple. New Phytologist. 236(4). 1296–1309. 15 indexed citations
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Xiong, Decheng, Zhijie Yang, Guangshui Chen, et al.. (2018). Interactive effects of warming and nitrogen addition on fine root dynamics of a young subtropical plantation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 123. 180–189. 51 indexed citations
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Templer, Pamela H., Andrew B. Reinmann, Rebecca Sanders‐DeMott, et al.. (2017). Climate Change Across Seasons Experiment (CCASE): A new method for simulating future climate in seasonally snow-covered ecosystems. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0171928–e0171928. 37 indexed citations
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Melillo, Jerry M., Serita D. Frey, Kristen M. DeAngelis, et al.. (2017). Long-term pattern and magnitude of soil carbon feedback to the climate system in a warming world. Science. 358(6359). 101–105. 579 indexed citations breakdown →
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Butler, Sarah, Jerry M. Melillo, Jennifer E. Johnson, et al.. (2011). Soil warming alters nitrogen cycling in a New England forest: implications for ecosystem function and structure. Oecologia. 168(3). 819–828. 148 indexed citations
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Pelini, Shannon L., Francis P. Bowles, Aaron M. Ellison, et al.. (2011). Heating up the forest: open‐top chamber warming manipulation of arthropod communities at Harvard and Duke Forests. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 2(5). 534–540. 61 indexed citations
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Melillo, Jerry M., Sarah Butler, Jennifer E. Johnson, et al.. (2011). Soil warming, carbon–nitrogen interactions, and forest carbon budgets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(23). 9508–9512. 447 indexed citations breakdown →
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Melillo, Jerry M., Paul A. Steudler, John D. Aber, et al.. (2002). Soil Warming and Carbon-Cycle Feedbacks to the Climate System. Science. 298(5601). 2173–2176. 1084 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hartley, Anne E., et al.. (1999). Plant Performance and Soil Nitrogen Mineralization in Response to Simulated Climate Change in Subarctic Dwarf Shrub Heath. Oikos. 86(2). 331–331. 128 indexed citations
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McHale, Patrick, Myron J. Mitchell, & Francis P. Bowles. (1998). Soil warming in a northern hardwood forest: trace gas fluxes and leaf litter decomposition. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 28(9). 1365–1372. 91 indexed citations
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McHale, Patrick, Myron J. Mitchell, & Francis P. Bowles. (1998). Soil warming in a northern hardwood forest: trace gas fluxes and leaf litter decomposition. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 28(9). 1365–1372. 13 indexed citations
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McHale, Patrick, Myron J. Mitchell, Dudley J. Raynal, & Francis P. Bowles. (1996). Increasing soil temperature in a northern hardwood forest: effects on elemental dynamics and primary productivity. 214. 9 indexed citations
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Peterjohn, William T., et al.. (1994). Responses of Trace Gas Fluxes and N Availability to Experimentally Elevated Soil Temperatures. Ecological Applications. 4(3). 617–625. 311 indexed citations
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Peterjohn, William T., Jerry M. Melillo, Francis P. Bowles, & Paul A. Steudler. (1993). Soil warming and trace gas fluxes: experimental design and preliminary flux results. Oecologia. 93(1). 18–24. 118 indexed citations

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