Joann K. Whalen

13.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
314 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Joann K. Whalen is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Joann K. Whalen has authored 314 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 183 papers in Soil Science, 89 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 82 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Joann K. Whalen's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (168 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (77 papers) and Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (36 papers). Joann K. Whalen is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (168 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (77 papers) and Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology (36 papers). Joann K. Whalen collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Joann K. Whalen's co-authors include Shamim Gul, Chi Chang, Ben W. Thomas, Robert W. Parmelee, Luís Sampedro, George W. Clayton, William H. Hendershot, Philippe Rochette, You Jiao and Nikita S. Eriksen‐Hamel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Joann K. Whalen

296 papers receiving 9.1k 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.

Physico-chemical properties and microbial responses in biochar-amended soils: Mechanisms and future directions

2015 1.0k citations Shamim Gul, Joann K. Whalen et al. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment profile →
Biochemical cycling of nitrogen and phosphorus in biochar-amended soils

2016 398 citations Shamim Gul, Joann K. Whalen Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
Harmful cyanobacteria-diatom/dinoflagellate blooms and their cyanotoxins in freshwaters: A nonnegligible chronic health and ecological hazard

2023 77 citations Joann K. Whalen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joann K. Whalen Canada	49	5.2k	2.4k	2.0k	1.9k	1.2k	314	9.5k
Minggang Xu China	54	5.2k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	763 0.6×	152	8.3k
Jianwen Zou China	51	4.9k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	184	9.2k
Zhengqin Xiong China	50	4.9k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	637 0.5×	133	7.3k
Lars Stoumann Jensen Denmark	53	5.0k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	652 0.5×	245	9.9k
Xiaoyuan Yan China	60	6.4k 1.2×	3.3k 1.4×	3.8k 1.9×	2.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	189	13.6k
Sylvie Recous France	46	5.5k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	2.1k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	698 0.6×	131	7.8k
Stefaan De Neve Belgium	51	4.9k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	481 0.4×	227	8.1k
Jiafa Luo New Zealand	54	5.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	2.9k 1.4×	2.6k 1.3×	564 0.5×	252	8.9k
Weixin Ding China	54	5.2k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	2.8k 1.5×	530 0.4×	149	7.8k
Richard P. Dick United States	55	6.6k 1.3×	3.8k 1.6×	2.2k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	793 0.7×	189	11.8k

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Jin, Shi, Haihe Gao, Yu Liu, et al.. (2025). Optimizing water and fertilizer management reduces carbon and water footprints for winter wheat production in China. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 100185–100185.

Daigh, Aaron Lee M., Samira H. Daroub, Peter Kyveryga, et al.. (2025). The value and broader impacts of agricultural and environmental scientific meetings. Agricultural & Environmental Letters. 10(1).

Whalen, Joann K. & Shamim Gul. (2025). Managing soil health for resilient crop production. Nature Food. 6(6). 535–536. 1 indexed citations

Wen, Xinya, Jie Lu, Jun Zou, et al.. (2025). Maize genotypes foster distinctive bacterial and fungal communities in the rhizosphere. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 382. 109505–109505. 1 indexed citations

Fan, Yuchuan, Changquan Wang, Yiran Li, et al.. (2025). Decadal manure substitution reshapes microbial communities to drive plant and microbial carbon accumulation in soil carbon fractions. Geoderma. 463. 117581–117581.

Hou, Lijun, Joann K. Whalen, & Philippe Constant. (2025). Ecological traits of high-affinity hydrogen-oxidizing soil bacteria involved in the hydrogen cycle. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 207. 109831–109831.

Zhang, Yanyan, Sung Vo Duy, Joann K. Whalen, Gabriel Munoz, & Sébastien Sauvé. (2024). Risk quick sketch: Soil captured most anatoxin-a and microcystin-RR rather than cylindrospermopsin and microcystin-LA/-LY. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175418–175418.

Hou, Lijun, Philippe Constant, & Joann K. Whalen. (2024). Spatial heterogeneity of high-affinity H2 oxidation activity in agricultural soil profile. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 202. 109703–109703. 1 indexed citations

Li, Gen, Ting Liu, Huixin Li, et al.. (2024). Metabolites limiting predator growth wane with prey biodiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(52). e2410210121–e2410210121. 4 indexed citations

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Husk, Barry, et al.. (2024). Phosphorus removal from agricultural tile drainage effluent with activated alumina in novel adsorption reactors. Journal of Environmental Quality. 53(2). 220–231. 3 indexed citations

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Chikhaoui, Mohamed, et al.. (2023). No-tillage and agroforestry decrease sediment loss from a hilly landscape in northern Morocco. CATENA. 223. 106951–106951. 12 indexed citations

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Tian, Tian, Joann K. Whalen, & Pierre Dutilleul. (2023). Macroaggregates persist during wetting-drying cycles after glucose addition to a mineral soil. Applied Soil Ecology. 189. 104916–104916. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, Ward, Brian Grant, G.W. Price, et al.. (2022). Greenhouse gas emissions following biosolids application to farmland: Estimates from the DeNitrification and DeComposition model. The Science of The Total Environment. 823. 153695–153695. 13 indexed citations

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Martin‐Guay, Marc‐Olivier, Michaël Belluau, Benoît Côté, et al.. (2022). Tree identity and diversity directly affect soil moisture and temperature but not soil carbon ten years after planting. Ecology and Evolution. 12(1). e8509–e8509. 14 indexed citations

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Whalen, Joann K., et al.. (2020). Fall-applied manure with cover crop did not increase nitrous oxide emissions during spring freeze-thaw periods. Applied Soil Ecology. 158. 103786–103786. 14 indexed citations

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Husk, Barry, et al.. (2016). Reducing nitrogen contamination from agricultural subsurface drainage with denitrification bioreactors and controlled drainage. Biosystems Engineering. 153. 52–62. 29 indexed citations

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Gul, Shamim, et al.. (2015). Physico-chemical properties and microbial responses in biochar-amended soils: Mechanisms and future directions. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 206. 46–59. 1014 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jiao, You, William H. Hendershot, & Joann K. Whalen. (2004). Agricultural Practices Influence Dissolved Nutrients Leaching through Intact Soil Cores. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 68(6). 2058–2068. 45 indexed citations

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Whalen, Joann K., et al.. (2003). Soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in modified rangeland communities. Journal of Range Management. 56(6). 1 indexed citations

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Whalen, Joann K.. (1998). Effects of earthworms on nitrogen flux and transformations in agroecosystems /. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 4 indexed citations

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