James A. Bradley

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

James A. Bradley is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Bradley has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Ecology, 17 papers in Atmospheric Science and 13 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in James A. Bradley's work include Polar Research and Ecology (19 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (14 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (13 papers). James A. Bradley is often cited by papers focused on Polar Research and Ecology (19 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (14 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (13 papers). James A. Bradley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. James A. Bradley's co-authors include Douglas E. LaRowe, Alexandre M. Anesio, Jan P. Amend, Joy Singarayer, Sandra Arndt, Liane G. Benning, Nagissa Mahmoudi, Emily R. Estes, Ewa Burwicz and William D. Orsi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

James A. Bradley

34 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Long-term organic carbon preservation enhanced by iron and manganese
    2023 108 citations Oliver Moore, Clare Woulds et al. Nature profile →

Peers

James A. Bradley
Hyoun Soo Lim South Korea
Liang Dong China
Alexander B. Michaud United States
Jinlei Yu China
Bente Aa. Lomstein Denmark
Trista J. Vick‐Majors United States
Anne D. Jungblut United Kingdom
Ana Isabel López‐Archilla Spain
Estelle Couradeau United States
Sizhong Yang China
Hyoun Soo Lim South Korea
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James A. Bradley

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

All Works

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Bradley, James A., et al.. (2025). Svalbard winter warming is reaching melting point. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6409–6409.
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Ricci, Francesco, Sean K. Bay, Philipp A. Nauer, et al.. (2025). Metabolically flexible microorganisms rapidly establish glacial foreland ecosystems. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11634–11634.
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Kuras, O., Paul Wilkinson, Philip Meldrum, et al.. (2024). Characterization of a Deglaciated Sediment Chronosequence in the High Arctic Using Near‐Surface Geoelectrical Monitoring Methods. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 35(2). 157–171. 2 indexed citations
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Makowska, Nicoletta, et al.. (2024). Arctic plasmidome analysis reveals distinct relationships among associated antimicrobial resistance genes and virulence genes along anthropogenic gradients. Global Change Biology. 30(5). e17293–e17293. 11 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Steven K., et al.. (2024). Principal role of fungi in soil carbon stabilization during early pedogenesis in the high Arctic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(28). e2402689121–e2402689121. 11 indexed citations
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Giovannelli, Donato, James A. Bradley, J. Maarten de Moor, et al.. (2024). Greenland 2022 GHOST project: Sampling Greenland geothermal springs - expedition report. Open Research Europe. 4. 77–77.
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Bradley, James A., et al.. (2024). Pediatric Ambulatory Surgery: What’s New, What’s Controversial. Current anesthesiology reports. 14(2). 255–262.
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Moore, Oliver, Clare Woulds, James A. Bradley, et al.. (2023). Long-term organic carbon preservation enhanced by iron and manganese. Nature. 621(7978). 312–317. 108 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bradley, James A., Matthias Winkel, Stefanie Lutz, et al.. (2022). Active and dormant microorganisms on glacier surfaces. Geobiology. 21(2). 244–261. 26 indexed citations
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Bradley, James A., et al.. (2022). Transfer efficiency of organic carbon in marine sediments. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7297–7297. 23 indexed citations
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Bay, Sean K., Xiyang Dong, James A. Bradley, et al.. (2021). Trace gas oxidizers are widespread and active members of soil microbial communities. Nature Microbiology. 6(2). 246–256. 127 indexed citations
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Bradley, James A., Sandra Arndt, Jan P. Amend, et al.. (2020). Widespread energy limitation to life in global subseafloor sediments. Science Advances. 6(32). eaba0697–eaba0697. 72 indexed citations
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Bradley, James A., Jan P. Amend, & Douglas E. LaRowe. (2018). Necromass as a Limited Source of Energy for Microorganisms in Marine Sediments. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 123(2). 577–590. 43 indexed citations
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Bradley, James A., Blake W. Stamps, Bradley S. Stevenson, et al.. (2017). Carbonate-rich dendrolitic cones: insights into a modern analog for incipient microbialite formation, Little Hot Creek, Long Valley Caldera, California. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 3(1). 32–32. 20 indexed citations
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Bradley, James A., Sandra Arndt, Marie Šabacká, et al.. (2016). Microbial dynamics in a High Arctic glacier forefield: a combined field,laboratory, and modelling approach. Biogeosciences. 13(19). 5677–5696. 45 indexed citations
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Bradley, James A., Alexandre M. Anesio, Joy Singarayer, Michael R. Heath, & Sandra Arndt. (2015). SHIMMER (1.0): a novel mathematical model for microbial and biogeochemical dynamics in glacier forefield ecosystems. Geoscientific model development. 8(10). 3441–3470. 8 indexed citations
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Bradley, James A., et al.. (1967). Ice‐Cored Moraines and Ice Diapirs, Lake Miers, Victoria Land, Antarctica. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 10(2). 599–623. 9 indexed citations

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