John D. Aber

51.1k citations

205 papers · 43.9k · 12 hit papers · h-index 101

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.01%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Environmental Chemistry top 0.05%
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Papers in

Soil Science 96
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 93
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques 3
Environmental Chemistry 11
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics 11

Co-authors: Jerry M. Melillo (60 shared papers)Knute J. Nadelhoffer (32 shared papers)Paul A. Steudler (20 shared papers)Robert Warren Howarth (3 shared papers)Alison H. Magill (21 shared papers)David G. Tilman (3 shared papers)Charles A. McClaugherty (7 shared papers)Pamela A. Matson (5 shared papers)
Journals: Ecological Applications (18 papers)BioScience (14 papers)Forest Ecology and Management (13 papers)Ecology (12 papers)Canadian Journal of Forest Research (10 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Kenya

In The Last Decade

John D. Aber

201 papers receiving 39.8k citations

John D. Aber's Hit Papers

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Reconciling Carbon-cycle Concepts, Terminology, and Methods 2006 · 986 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2006 Ecosystems
2003 BioScience
2003 Remote Sensing of Environment
2003 BioScience
2002 Science
1998 Ecological Applications
1998 BioScience
1997 Ecological Applications
1989 Nature
1989 BioScience
1984 Ecology
1982 Ecology

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1	HUMAN ALTERATION OF THE GLOBAL NITROGEN CYCLE: SOURCES AND CONSEQUENCES Ecological Applications ·Peter M. Vitousek, John D. Aber, Robert Warren Howarth, Gene E. Likens, Pamela A. Matson, David W. Schindler, William H. Schlesinger, David G. Tilman Hit paper breakdown →	1997	4543
2	The Nitrogen Cascade BioScience ·James N. Galloway, John D. Aber, Jan Willem Erisman, Sybil P. Seitzinger, Robert Warren Howarth, Ellis B. Cowling, Bernard Jack Cosby Hit paper breakdown →	2003	2379
3	Nitrogen and Lignin Control of Hardwood Leaf Litter Decomposition Dynamics Ecology ·Jerry M. Melillo, John D. Aber +1 other Hit paper breakdown →	1982	2301
4	Nitrogen Saturation in Northern Forest Ecosystems BioScience ·John D. Aber, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Paul A. Steudler, Jerry M. Melillo Hit paper breakdown →	1989	2064
5	Nitrogen Saturation in Temperate Forest Ecosystems BioScience ·John D. Aber, William H. McDowell, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Alison H. Magill, Glenn M. Berntson, Mark Kamakea, Steven G. McNulty, William S. Currie Hit paper breakdown →	1998	1648
6	Soil Warming and Carbon-Cycle Feedbacks to the Climate System Science ·Jerry M. Melillo, Paul A. Steudler, John D. Aber, Kathleen M. Newkirk, Heidi Lux, Francis P. Bowles, Christina E. Catricala, A. Magill Hit paper breakdown →	2002	1188
7	The Importance of Land-Use Legacies to Ecology and Conservation BioScience ·David R. Foster, Frederick J. Swanson, John D. Aber, Ingrid C. Burke, Nicholas V. L. Brokaw, David G. Tilman, Alan K. Knapp Hit paper breakdown →	2003	1001
8	Reconciling Carbon-cycle Concepts, Terminology, and Methods Ecosystems ·F. Stuart Chapin, George M. Woodwell, James T. Randerson, Edward B. Rastetter, Gary M. Lovett, Dennis Baldocchi, Deborah A. Clark, Mark E. Harmon Hit paper breakdown →	2006	986
9	Satellite-based modeling of gross primary production in an evergreen needleleaf forest Remote Sensing of Environment ·Xiangming Xiao, David Y. Hollinger, John D. Aber, Mike Goltz, Eric A. Davidson, Qingyuan Zhang, Berrien Moore Hit paper breakdown →	2003	780
10	Aboveground Production and N and P Cycling Along a Nitrogen Mineralization Gradient on Blackhawk Island, Wisconsin Ecology ·John Pastor, John D. Aber, Charles A. McClaugherty, Jerry M. Melillo Hit paper breakdown →	1984	743
11	Influence of nitrogen fertilization on methane uptake in temperate forest soils Nature ·Paul A. Steudler, Richard D. Bowden, Jerry M. Melillo, John D. Aber Hit paper breakdown →	1989	685
12	NITROGEN EXCESS IN NORTH AMERICAN ECOSYSTEMS: PREDISPOSING FACTORS, ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES, AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES Ecological Applications ·Mark E. Fenn, Mark A. Poth, John D. Aber, Jill S. Baron, Bernard T. Bormann, Dale Walden Johnson, A. Dennis Lemly, Steven G. McNulty Hit paper breakdown →	1998	677
13	Carbon and nitrogen dynamics along the decay continuum: Plant litter to soil organic matter Springer eBooks ·Jerry M. Melillo, John D. Aber, Arthur E. Linkins, Andrea Ricca, Brian Fry, Knute J. Nadelhoffer	1989	600
14	Carbon and nitrogen dynamics along the decay continuum: Plant litter to soil organic matter Plant and Soil ·Jerry M. Melillo, John D. Aber, Arthur E. Linkins, Andrea Ricca, Brian Fry, Knute J. Nadelhoffer	1989	575
15	Is Nitrogen Deposition Altering the Nitrogen Status of Northeastern Forests? BioScience ·John D. Aber, Christine L. Goodale, Scott V. Ollinger, Marie-Louise Smith, Alison H. Magill, Mary E. Martin, Richard A. Hallett, John L. Stoddard	2003	571
16	A generalized, lumped-parameter model of photosynthesis, evapotranspiration and net primary production in temperate and boreal forest ecosystems Oecologia ·John D. Aber, C. Anthony Federer	1992	504
17	Forest Litter Decomposition in Relation to Soil Nitrogen Dynamics and Litter Quality Ecology ·Charles A. McClaugherty, John Pastor, John D. Aber, Jerry M. Melillo	1985	498
18	A process‐oriented model of N 2 O and NO emissions from forest soils: 1. Model development Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Changsheng Li, John D. Aber, Claus Florian Stange, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, H. Papen	2000	496
19	The Role of Fine Roots in the Organic Matter and Nitrogen Budgets of Two Forested Ecosystems Ecology ·Charles A. McClaugherty, John D. Aber, Jerry M. Melillo	1982	491
20	Technical Report: Human Alteration of the Global Nitrogen Cycle: Sources and Consequences Ecological Applications ·Peter M. Vitousek, John D. Aber, Robert Warren Howarth, Gene E. Likens, Pamela A. Matson, David W. Schindler, William H. Schlesinger, David G. Tilman	1997	483

About John D. Aber

John D. Aber is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 205 papers that have together received 43.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (93 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (17 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (11 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (10 papers), Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (6 papers), Forest ecology and management (5 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (4 papers) and Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (16.1k citations), Environmental Chemistry (3.2k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.0k citations), Ecology (4.0k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (3.1k citations). John D. Aber has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Kenya. Frequent co-authors include Jerry M. Melillo, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Paul A. Steudler, Robert Warren Howarth, Alison H. Magill, David G. Tilman, Charles A. McClaugherty, Pamela A. Matson, Gene E. Likens and Peter M. Vitousek. Their work appears in journals such as Ecological Applications, BioScience, Forest Ecology and Management, Ecology and Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

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