Jerry M. Melillo

73.7k citations

308 papers · 51.5k indexed · 22 hit papers · h-index 112

Global and Planetary Change top 0.01%
Ecology top 0.01%
Soil Science top 0.01%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.02%
Atmospheric Science top 0.1%

Co-authors: John D. Aber Peter M. Vitousek Paul A. Steudler Jane Lubchenco Harold A. Mooney David W. Kicklighter Knute J. Nadelhoffer A. David McGuire
Topics: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (96 papers)Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (78 papers)Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (62 papers)
Cited by: Soil Science Global and Planetary Change Environmental Chemistry
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States Brazil China

In The Last Decade

Jerry M. Melillo

307 papers receiving 46.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems

1997 6.6k citations Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
Nitrogen and Lignin Control of Hardwood Leaf Litter Decomposition Dynamics

1982 2.1k citations Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
Nitrogen Saturation in Northern Forest Ecosystems

1989 1.9k citations Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
Global climate change and terrestrial net primary production

1993 1.5k citations Jerry M. Melillo, A. David McGuire et al. profile →
Soil Warming and Carbon-Cycle Feedbacks to the Climate System

2002 1.1k citations Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
Global agriculture and nitrous oxide emissions

2012 774 citations Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
Potential Net Primary Productivity in South America: Application of a Global Model

1991 694 citations Jerry M. Melillo, David W. Kicklighter et al. Ecological Applications profile →
Pattern and variation of C:N:P ratios in China’s soils: a synthesis of observational data

2009 691 citations Hanqin Tian, Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
Aboveground Production and N and P Cycling Along a Nitrogen Mineralization Gradient on Blackhawk Island, Wisconsin

1984 690 citations Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
Changes in the Carbon Content of Terrestrial Biota and Soils between 1860 and 1980: A Net Release of CO"2 to the Atmosphere

1983 668 citations Jerry M. Melillo, Berrien Moore et al. profile →
Thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration to elevated temperature

2008 654 citations Serita D. Frey, Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
Influence of nitrogen fertilization on methane uptake in temperate forest soils

1989 638 citations Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the Twentieth Century: Analyses of CO₂, climate and land use effects with four process‐based ecosystem models

2001 632 citations A. D. McGuire, Stephen Sitch et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
The temperature response of soil microbial efficiency and its feedback to climate

2013 618 citations Serita D. Frey, Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
Global Warming and Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis

2000 588 citations Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
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. profile →
A Comparative Analysis of Potential Nitrification and Nitrate Mobility in Forest Ecosystems

1982 577 citations Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
Carbon and nitrogen dynamics along the decay continuum: Plant litter to soil organic matter

1989 550 citations Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
Forest Litter Decomposition in Relation to Soil Nitrogen Dynamics and Litter Quality

1985 477 citations Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
Soil warming, carbon–nitrogen interactions, and forest carbon budgets

2011 447 citations Jerry M. Melillo, Andrew J. Burton et al. profile →
Ecosystem Alteation of Boreal Forest Streams by Beaver (Castor Canadensis)

1986 425 citations Robert J. Naiman, Jerry M. Melillo et al. profile →
Microbial diversity drives carbon use efficiency in a model soil

2020 365 citations Luiz A. Domeignoz‐Horta, Grace Pold et al. Nature Communications profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Substrate availability and not thermal acclimation controls microbial temperature sensitivity response to long‐term warming 2022 ·Global Change Biology ·Luiz A. Domeignoz‐Horta,Grace Pold,(unknown),David Sebag,Éric P. Verrecchia,Trent R. Northen,Katherine Louie,Emiley A. Eloe‐Fadrosh,Christa Pennacchio,Melissa A. Knorr,Serita D. Frey,Jerry M. Melillo,Kristen M. DeAngelis	45
2	Disruption of the global nitrogen cycle: A grand challenge for the twenty-first century 2021 ·AMBIO ·Jerry M. Melillo	27
3	Nitrogen Cycle Patterns During Forest Regrowth in an African Miombo woodland Landscape 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Marc Mayes,Jerry M. Melillo,Christopher Neill,Cheryl Palm,J. F. Mustard,Gerson Nyadzi	4
4	Soil Warming Accelerates Biogeochemical Silica Cycling in a Temperate Forest 2019 ·Frontiers in Plant Science ·(unknown),Jianwu Tang,Jerry M. Melillo,W.J. Werner,A. C. Kurtz,Robinson W. Fulweiler,Joanna C. Carey	13
5	Future nitrogen availability and its effect on carbon sequestration in Northern Eurasia 2019 ·Nature Communications ·David W. Kicklighter,Jerry M. Melillo,Erwan Monier,Andrei Sokolov,Qianlai Zhuang	69
6	Two decades of warming increases diversity of a potentially lignolytic bacterial community 2015 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Grace Pold,Jerry M. Melillo,Kristen M. DeAngelis	73
7	Historical carbon emissions and uptake from the agricultural frontier of the Brazilian Amazon 2010 ·Ecological Applications ·Gillian L. Galford,Jerry M. Melillo,David W. Kicklighter,John F. Mustard,Timothy W. Cronin,Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri	42
8	Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States: A State of Knowledge Report from the U.S. Global Change Research Program 2009 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Thomas R. Karl,Jerry M. Melillo,Thomas C. Peterson,Susan Joy Hassol	94
9	Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States: Highlights 2009 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Thomas R. Karl,Jerry M. Melillo,Thomas C. Peterson,Susan Joy Hassol	8
10	Adjustment of Forest Ecosystem Root Respiration as Temperature Warms 2008 ·Journal of Integrative Plant Biology ·Andrew J. Burton,Jerry M. Melillo,Serita D. Frey	39
11	The vulnerability of carbon storage in boreal North America during the 21st Century to increases in wildfire activity 2007 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·M. S. Balshi,A. David McGuire,Paul Duffy,Mike Flannigan,Jake R. Walsh,D. W. Kicklighter,Jerry M. Melillo	1
12	The role of historical fire disturbance in the carbon dynamics of the pan-boreal region: A process-based analysis 2006 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·M. S. Balshi,A. David McGuire,Qianlai Zhuang,Jerry M. Melillo,David W. Kicklighter,Eric S. Kasischke,Christian Wirth,Mike Flannigan,J. W. Harden,J. S. Clein,(unknown),(unknown),Werner A. Kurz,Mike Apps,А. Shvidenko	5
13	Assessment of soil property spatial variation in an Amazon pasture: basis for selecting an agronomic experimental area 2004 ·Geoderma ·Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri,Martial Bernoux,Vincent Chaplot,Boris Volkoff,R. L. Victória,Jerry M. Melillo,Keith Paustian	63
14	Interactions of the major biogeochemical cycles : global change and human impacts 2003 ·Jerry M. Melillo,Christopher B. Field,Bedřich Moldan	24
15	The effects of CO2, climate and land-use on terrestrial carbon balance, 1920-1992: An analysis with four process-based ecosystem models 2001 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·A. D. McGuire,Stephen Sitch,J. S. Clein,Roger Dargaville,G. Esser,Jonathan A. Foley,Martin Heimann,Fortunat Joos,Jed O. Kaplan,David W. Kicklighter,Ronny Meier,Jerry M. Melillo,Berrien Moore,I. Colin Prentice,Navin Ramankutty,Tim G. Reichenau,Annette L. Schloss,Hanqin Tian,Larry J. Williams,Uwe Wittenberg	6
16	Transient climate change and net ecosystem production of the terrestrial biosphere 1998 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Xiangming Xiao,Jerry M. Melillo,David W. Kicklighter,A. D. McGuire,Ronald G. Prinn,(unknown),Peter H. Stone,Andrei Sokolov	67
17	National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the United States 1998 ·OpenSIUC (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) ·(unknown),Michael C. MacCracken,Jerry M. Melillo,Anthony C. Janetos	4
18	Asian change in the context of global climate change : impact of natural and anthropogenic changes in Asia on global biogeochemistry 1998 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·James M. Galloway,Jerry M. Melillo	7
19	Effects on ecosystems 1992 ·Pages ·Jerry M. Melillo,Terry V. Callaghan,F. I. Woodward,Enéas Salati,(unknown)	1
20	Nitrogen budget of a subarctic stream altered by beaver (Castor canadensis) 1984 ·Oecologia ·Robert J. Naiman,Jerry M. Melillo	121

About Jerry M. Melillo

Jerry M. Melillo is a scholar working on Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 308 papers that have together received 51.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (96 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (78 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (62 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (17.5k citations), Global and Planetary Change (21.3k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (8.0k citations). Jerry M. Melillo has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Brazil and China. Frequent co-authors include John D. Aber, Peter M. Vitousek, Paul A. Steudler, Jane Lubchenco, Harold A. Mooney, David W. Kicklighter, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, A. David McGuire, Berrien Moore and John F. Muratore. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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