Jana E. Compton

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Jana E. Compton is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jana E. Compton has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 36 papers in Ecology and 29 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Jana E. Compton's work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (57 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (27 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (21 papers). Jana E. Compton is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (57 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (27 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (21 papers). Jana E. Compton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ghana and Canada. Jana E. Compton's co-authors include Richard D. Boone, Toby D. Hooker, Scott G. Leibowitz, John A. Harrison, D. J. Sobota, Tara L. Greaver, M. Robbins Church, Michael J. Pennino, Michelle L. McCrackin and Steven S. Perakis and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Ecology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Jana E. Compton

92 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Key ecological responses to nitrogen are altered by climate change

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jana E. Compton United States	36	1.9k	1.8k	1.8k	1.1k	921	98	5.2k
Mariet M. Hefting Netherlands	37	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	2.6k 1.4×	531 0.5×	739 0.8×	79	5.2k
David G. Tilman United States	4	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	959 1.0×	5	5.0k
Gregory B. Lawrence United States	36	1.1k 0.6×	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	1000 1.1×	97	5.0k
Xiaoli Cheng China	42	2.6k 1.4×	900 0.5×	3.2k 1.8×	677 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	154	6.0k
Albert Bleeker Netherlands	33	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	658 0.6×	867 0.9×	74	5.1k
N. Wrage Germany	32	3.2k 1.7×	2.0k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	349 0.3×	851 0.9×	187	7.0k
Stephen J. Del Grosso United States	40	3.4k 1.8×	2.0k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	387 0.4×	1.8k 1.9×	106	6.8k
Reinhard F. Hüttl Germany	38	1.5k 0.8×	637 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	876 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	200	4.6k
Matthew J. Helmers United States	49	2.5k 1.3×	2.4k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	368 0.3×	1.0k 1.1×	228	6.2k
Jianlin Shen China	35	3.0k 1.6×	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	436 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	115	6.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jana E. Compton

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Roon, David A., J. Ryan Bellmore, Joseph R. Benjamin, et al.. (2025). Linking Fire, Food Webs, and Fish in Stream Ecosystems. Ecosystems. 28(1). 1–1. 4 indexed citations

Kirk, Lily, et al.. (2025). Linking agricultural conservation to water quality outcomes in the United States at multiple scales: Do we have the information we need?. Journal of Environmental Quality. 54(6). 1653–1673.

Pennino, Michael J., et al.. (2024). Estimates of Lake Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Chlorophyll‐a Concentrations to Characterize Harmful Algal Bloom Risk Across the United States. Earth s Future. 12(8). e2024EF004493–e2024EF004493. 15 indexed citations

Compton, Jana E., et al.. (2023). Identifying lakes at risk of toxic cyanobacterial blooms using satellite imagery and field surveys across the United States. The Science of The Total Environment. 869. 161784–161784. 20 indexed citations

Leibowitz, Scott G., Ryan A. Hill, Irena F. Creed, et al.. (2023). National hydrologic connectivity classification links wetlands with stream water quality. Nature Water. 1(4). 370–380. 49 indexed citations

Galloway, James N., et al.. (2023). Footprints in Action: How UVA Is Managing Its Sustainability Stewardship. PubMed. 16(1). 48–63. 4 indexed citations

Sabo, Robert D., Brian Pickard, Jiajia Lin, et al.. (2023). Comparing Drivers of Spatial Variability in U.S. Lake and Stream Phosphorus Concentrations. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(8). 10 indexed citations

Brooks, J. Renée, Jana E. Compton, Jiajia Lin, et al.. (2021). δ15N of Chironomidae: An index of nitrogen sources and processing within watersheds for national aquatic monitoring programs. The Science of The Total Environment. 813. 151867–151867. 5 indexed citations

Sabo, Robert D., Christopher M. Clark, David A. Gibbs, et al.. (2021). Phosphorus Inventory for the Conterminous United States (2002–2012). Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 126(4). 1–21. 68 indexed citations

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Lin, Jiajia, Jana E. Compton, Chris M. Clark, et al.. (2020). Key Components and Contrasts in the Nitrogen Budget Across a U.S.‐Canadian Transboundary Watershed. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 125(9). 6 indexed citations

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Kanter, David, Wilfried Winiwarter, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, et al.. (2020). A framework for nitrogen futures in the shared socioeconomic pathways. Global Environmental Change. 61. 102029–102029. 49 indexed citations

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Sabo, Robert D., Christopher M. Clark, Jesse O. Bash, et al.. (2019). Decadal Shift in Nitrogen Inputs and Fluxes Across the Contiguous United States: 2002–2012. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 124(10). 3104–3124. 79 indexed citations

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Houlton, Benjamin Z., Maya Almaraz, Viney P. Aneja, et al.. (2019). A World of Cobenefits: Solving the Global Nitrogen Challenge. Earth s Future. 7(8). 865–872. 148 indexed citations

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Hooper, David U., Richard W. Sheibley, Jana E. Compton, et al.. (2019). Promise and problems of real-time nitrate monitoring for watershed N budgets. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Lin, Jiajia, Jana E. Compton, Scott G. Leibowitz, et al.. (2018). Seasonality of nitrogen balances in a Mediterranean climate watershed, Oregon, US. Biogeochemistry. 142(2). 247–264. 22 indexed citations

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Compton, Jana E., Allison M. Leach, Elizabeth A. Castner, & James N. Galloway. (2017). Assessing the Social and Environmental Costs of Institution Nitrogen Footprints. Sustainability The Journal of Record. 10(2). 114–122. 12 indexed citations

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Castner, Elizabeth A., et al.. (2017). Comparing Institution Nitrogen Footprints: Metrics for Assessing and Tracking Environmental Impact. Sustainability The Journal of Record. 10(2). 105–113. 6 indexed citations

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Castner, Elizabeth A., Allison M. Leach, Neil Leary, et al.. (2017). The Nitrogen Footprint Tool Network: A Multi-Institution Program To Reduce Nitrogen Pollution. Sustainability The Journal of Record. 10(2). 79–88. 22 indexed citations

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Sobota, D. J., Jana E. Compton, & John A. Harrison. (2011). Reactive Nitrogen in the United States: How Certain are We about Sources and Fluxes?. AGUFM. 2011. 2 indexed citations

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Perakis, Steven S., et al.. (2007). Non-Linear Nitrogen Cycling and Ecosystem Calcium Depletion Along a Temperate Forest Soil Nitrogen Gradient. AGUFM. 2007. 2 indexed citations

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