J. Schimel

4.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
16 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

J. Schimel is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Schimel has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in J. Schimel's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (5 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (4 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (3 papers). J. Schimel is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (5 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (4 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (3 papers). J. Schimel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. J. Schimel's co-authors include Oliver A. Chadwick, Peter M. Groffman, J. M. Welker, G. J. Michaelson, Steven F. Oberbauer, Matthew Sturm, Glen E. Liston, J. T. Fahnestock, V. E. Romanovsky and N. Bingham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Remote Sensing of Environment and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

J. Schimel

15 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Winter Biological Processes Could Help Convert Arctic Tundra to Shrubland

2005 573 citations Matthew Sturm, J. Schimel et al. BioScience profile →
The impacts of climate change on ecosystem structure and function

2013 465 citations Nancy B. Grimm, F. Stuart Chapin et al. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment profile →
Water balance creates a threshold in soil pH at the global scale

2016 426 citations Eric Slessarev, Yang Lin et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Schimel United States	12	1.0k	805	779	644	303	16	2.5k
Hua Ouyang China	36	1.3k 1.3×	814 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	1.0k 1.6×	491 1.6×	97	3.1k
Zhenxi Shen China	30	1.1k 1.0×	777 1.0×	810 1.0×	858 1.3×	549 1.8×	75	2.5k
Robert B. McKane United States	22	924 0.9×	611 0.8×	623 0.8×	743 1.2×	686 2.3×	39	2.3k
Anwar Mohammat China	18	1.2k 1.2×	537 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.8×	644 2.1×	32	2.7k
Gang Fu China	30	1.2k 1.2×	662 0.8×	951 1.2×	752 1.2×	441 1.5×	107	2.5k
Mary C. Scholes South Africa	29	771 0.7×	734 0.9×	621 0.8×	1.2k 1.8×	493 1.6×	90	2.7k
Heidi Steltzer United States	23	970 0.9×	640 0.8×	704 0.9×	774 1.2×	710 2.3×	34	2.6k
Francis P. Bowles United States	13	1.2k 1.2×	829 1.0×	1.7k 2.2×	1.3k 2.0×	437 1.4×	14	3.1k
Teng‐Chiu Lin Taiwan	31	824 0.8×	523 0.6×	657 0.8×	1.0k 1.6×	657 2.2×	101	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by J. Schimel

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Schimel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by J. Schimel. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by J. Schimel. The network helps show where J. Schimel may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Schimel

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

All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

Xu, Xiaofeng, Nannan Wang, David A. Lipson, et al.. (2020). Microbial macroecology: In search of mechanisms governing microbial biogeographic patterns. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29(11). 1870–1886. 64 indexed citations

Abramoff, Rose, Xiaofeng Xu, Melannie D. Hartman, et al.. (2017). The Millennial model: in search of measurable pools and transformations for modeling soil carbon in the new century. Biogeochemistry. 137(1-2). 51–71. 158 indexed citations

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 →

Weathers, Kathleen C., Peter M. Groffman, Emily S. Bernhardt, et al.. (2016). Frontiers in Ecosystem Ecology from a Community Perspective: The Future is Boundless and Bright. Ecosystems. 19(5). 753–770. 32 indexed citations

Melillo, J. M., John D. Aber, Paul A. Steudler, & J. Schimel. (2016). Denitrification Potentials in a Successional Sequence of Northern Hardwood Forest Stands.

Grimm, Nancy B., F. Stuart Chapin, Britta Bierwagen, et al.. (2013). The impacts of climate change on ecosystem structure and function. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 11(9). 474–482. 465 indexed citations breakdown →

Collins, Scott L., et al.. (2013). ESA and Scientific Publishing—Past, Present, and Pathways to the Future. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 94(1). 4–11. 1 indexed citations

Brooks, P. D., Paul Grogan, Pamela H. Templer, et al.. (2011). Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Snow‐Covered Environments. Geography Compass. 5(9). 682–699. 188 indexed citations

Pendall, Elise, Lindsey E. Rustad, & J. Schimel. (2008). Towards a predictive understanding of belowground process responses to climate change: have we moved any closer?. Functional Ecology. 22(6). 937–940. 35 indexed citations

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Numata, Izaya, et al.. (2007). Characterization of pasture biophysical properties and the impact of grazing intensity using remotely sensed data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 109(3). 314–327. 126 indexed citations

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Numata, Izaya, David L. Roberts, Oliver A. Chadwick, et al.. (2007). Evaluation of hyperspectral data for pasture estimate in the Brazilian Amazon using field and imaging spectrometers. Remote Sensing of Environment. 112(4). 1569–1583. 83 indexed citations

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Welker, J. M., R. S. Sletten, B. Hallet, et al.. (2006). Biocomplexity in the High Arctic: Linearity's, interactions and hidden secrets in surface processes. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Miller, Amy E. Stevens, J. Schimel, T. Meixner, James O. Sickman, & John M. Mélack. (2005). Episodic rewetting enhances carbon and nitrogen release from chaparral soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 37(12). 2195–2204. 295 indexed citations

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Sturm, Matthew, J. Schimel, G. J. Michaelson, et al.. (2005). Winter Biological Processes Could Help Convert Arctic Tundra to Shrubland. BioScience. 55(1). 17–17. 573 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bardgett, Richard D., J. M. Anderson, Valerie M. Behan‐Pelletier, et al.. (2001). The Influence of Soil Biodiversity on Hydrological Pathways and the Transfer of Materials between Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems. Ecosystems. 4(5). 421–429. 62 indexed citations

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Tatum, Charles M., et al.. (1980). Facile new synthesis and purification of 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate from folic acid. Analytical Biochemistry. 103(1). 255–257. 8 indexed citations

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