Gene E. Likens

75.1k total citations · 25 hit papers
452 papers, 54.9k citations indexed

About

Gene E. Likens is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gene E. Likens has authored 452 papers receiving a total of 54.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 133 papers in Ecology and 110 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Gene E. Likens's work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (128 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (60 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (59 papers). Gene E. Likens is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (128 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (60 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (59 papers). Gene E. Likens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Gene E. Likens's co-authors include Franz–Josef Bormann, Charles T. Driscoll, Robert G. Wetzel, David B. Lindenmayer, Robert W. Howarth, James N. Galloway, Noye M. Johnson, John D. Aber, Robert S. Pierce and William H. Schlesinger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gene E. Likens

445 papers receiving 48.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

HUMAN ALTERATION OF THE GLOBAL NITROGEN CYCLE: SOURCES AND CONSEQUENCES

1997 4.2k citations Gene E. Likens et al. profile →
Controlling Eutrophication: Nitrogen and Phosphorus

2009 3.1k citations Gene E. Likens et al. profile →
Pattern and Process in a Forested Ecosystem

1979 1.6k citations Franz–Josef Bormann, Gene E. Likens profile →
Limnological Analyses

2000 1.2k citations Gene E. Likens et al. profile →
Limnological Analyses

1991 1.2k citations Gene E. Likens et al. profile →
Energy Flow in Bear Brook, New Hampshire: An Integrative Approach to Stream Ecosystem Metabolism

1973 1.1k citations Gene E. Likens et al. profile →
Long-Term Effects of Acid Rain: Response and Recovery of a Forest Ecosystem

1996 923 citations Gene E. Likens, Charles T. Driscoll et al. profile →
Effects of Forest Cutting and Herbicide Treatment on Nutrient Budgets in the Hubbard Brook Watershed‐Ecosystem

1970 901 citations Gene E. Likens, Franz–Josef Bormann et al. profile →
Acidic Deposition in the Northeastern United States: Sources and Inputs, Ecosystem Effects, and Management Strategies

2001 842 citations Charles T. Driscoll, Gene E. Likens et al. profile →
Increased salinization of fresh water in the northeastern United States

2005 739 citations Sujay S. Kaushal, Peter M. Groffman et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Biogeochemistry of a Forested Ecosystem

1977 717 citations Gene E. Likens, Franz–Josef Bormann et al. profile →
The composition of precipitation in remote areas of the world

1982 607 citations Gene E. Likens et al. profile →
Adaptive monitoring: a new paradigm for long-term research and monitoring

2009 569 citations David B. Lindenmayer, Gene E. Likens profile →
Origin, Composition, and Flux of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Hubbard Brook Valley

1988 539 citations William H. McDowell, Gene E. Likens profile →
Importance of Organic Debris Dams in the Structure and Function of Stream Ecosystems

1980 526 citations Gene E. Likens et al. profile →
The science and application of ecological monitoring

2010 510 citations David B. Lindenmayer, Gene E. Likens profile →
Rising stream and river temperatures in the United States

2010 495 citations Sujay S. Kaushal, Gene E. Likens et al. profile →
Nutrient Release From Decomposing Leaf and Branch Litter in the Hubbard Brook Forest, New Hampshire

1973 491 citations Gene E. Likens, Franz–Josef Bormann et al. profile →
Acid Rain: A Serious Regional Environmental Problem

1974 475 citations Gene E. Likens, Franz–Josef Bormann profile →
Long-Term Studies in Ecology

1989 453 citations Gene E. Likens profile →
The Biota and the World Carbon Budget

1978 418 citations Gene E. Likens et al. profile →
Mountaintop Mining Consequences

2010 418 citations Emily S. Bernhardt, Gene E. Likens et al. profile →
Freshwater salinization syndrome on a continental scale

2018 416 citations Sujay S. Kaushal, Gene E. Likens et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Value of long‐term ecological studies

2012 401 citations David B. Lindenmayer, Gene E. Likens et al. profile →
A Working Model for the Variation in Stream Water Chemistry at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire

1969 323 citations Gene E. Likens, Franz–Josef Bormann et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Forest recovery after deforestation is fueled by mineral weathering at the expense of ecosystem buffering capacity 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Emily S. Bernhardt, Emma J. Rosi, Christopher T. Solomon, John L. Campbell, Charles T. Driscoll, Mark B. Green, Gene E. Likens, William H. McDowell	0
2	Early warning signals of changing resilience in the biogeochemistry and biology of a northern hardwood forest 2023 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Alexandra R. Contosta, John J. Battles, John L. Campbell, Charles T. Driscoll, Sarah Garlick, Richard T. Holmes, Gene E. Likens, Nicholas L. Rodenhouse, Shannon Rogers, Pamela H. Templer, Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur, Peter M. Groffman	2
3	Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Atmospheric Deposition of Dissolved Organic Carbon 2022 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Daniel Liptzin, Jens Boy, John L. Campbell, Nicholas Clarke, Jean‐Paul Laclau, Roberto Godoy, Sherri L. Johnson, Klaus Kaiser, Gene E. Likens, Gunilla Pihl Karlsson, Daniel Markewitz, Michela Rogora, Stephen D. Sebestyen, James B. Shanley, Elena Vanguelova, Arne Verstraeten, Wolfgang Wilcke, Fred Worrall, William H. McDowell	12
4	The interactions among fire, logging, and climate change have sprung a landscape trap in Victoria’s montane ash forests 2022 ·Plant Ecology ·David B. Lindenmayer, Elle Bowd, (unknown), Gene E. Likens	17
5	Freshwater Salinization Syndrome: Causes, Consequences, and Management 2018 ·AGUFM ·Sujay S. Kaushal, Gene E. Likens, Michael L. Pace, Shahan Haq, (unknown), Joseph G. Galella, (unknown), Tanya M. Doody, Barret M. Wessel, Pirkko Kortelainen, Antti Räike, (unknown), Ryan M. Utz, Norbert A. Jaworski	0
6	Young runoff fractions control streamwater age and solute concentration dynamics 2017 ·Hydrological Processes ·Paolo Benettin, Scott W. Bailey, Andrea Rinaldo, Gene E. Likens, K. J. McGuire, Gianluca Botter	48
7	Natural and anthropogenic drivers of calcium depletion in a northern forest during the last millennium 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Bérangère Leys, Gene E. Likens, Chris E. Johnson, Joseph M. Craine, Brice Lacroix, Kendra K. McLauchlan	23
8	Biogeochemistry of beetle-killed forests: Explaining a weak nitrate response 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Charles C. Rhoades, James H. McCutchan, (unknown), David W. Clow, (unknown), Jennifer S. Briggs, John D. Stednick, Thomas T. Veblen, (unknown), Gene E. Likens, William M. Lewis	75
9	Increased river alkalinization in the Eastern U.S 2013 ·Figshare ·Sujay S. Kaushal, Gene E. Likens, Ryan M. Utz, Michael L. Pace, M. Grese, (unknown)	66
10	Principles and practices for biodiversity conservation and restoration forestry: a 30 year case study on the Victorian montane ash forests and the critically endangered Leadbeater's Possum 2013 ·Australian Zoologist ·David B. Lindenmayer, David Blair, Lachlan McBurney, Sam C. Banks, John Stein, Richard J. Hobbs, Gene E. Likens, Jerry F. Franklin	27
11	River ecosystem ecology : a global perspective : a derivative of Encyclopedia of inland waters 2010 ·Academic Press eBooks ·Gene E. Likens	5
12	Linking movement behaviour to dispersal and divergence in plethodontid salamanders 2008 ·Molecular Ecology ·Winsor H. Lowe, Mark A. McPeek, Gene E. Likens, Bradley J. Cosentino	32
13	Changes in nitrogen cycling during the past century in a northern hardwood forest 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kendra K. McLauchlan, Joseph M. Craine, W. Wyatt Oswald, Peter R. Leavitt, Gene E. Likens	107
14	Increased salinization of fresh water in the northeastern United States breakdown → 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sujay S. Kaushal, Peter M. Groffman, Gene E. Likens, Kenneth T. Belt, William P. Stack, Victoria R. Kelly, Lawrence E. Band, Gary T. Fisher	739
15	What Is Acid Rain 2004 ·Science and Children ·Gene E. Likens	3
16	The Science of Nature, the Nature of Science: Long-Term Ecological Studies at Hubbard Brook 1999 ·Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society: Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge ·Gene E. Likens	12
17	Humans as components of ecosystems : the ecology of subtle human effects and populated areas 1993 ·Springer eBooks ·Mark J. McDonnell, Steward T. A. Pickett, Gene E. Likens, William Cronon	198
18	Some consequences of long term human impacts on ecosystems 1991 ·Revista chilena de historia natural ·Gene E. Likens	8
19	Changes in the chemistry of surface waters [2] (multiple letters) 1989 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Charles T. Driscoll, Gene E. Likens, Lars O. Hedin, Franz–Josef Bormann, George R. Holdren, M. Robbins Church	0
20	A Program to Coordinate Environmental Research 1971 ·(unknown), Paul M. Hohenberg, Gene E. Likens, Walter R. Lynn, Dorothy Nelkin, Mark Nelkin	2

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