John Downing

35.2k total citations · 11 hit papers
199 papers, 22.4k citations indexed

About

John Downing is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, John Downing has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 22.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 65 papers in Ecology and 50 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in John Downing's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (51 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (42 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (41 papers). John Downing is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (51 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (42 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (41 papers). John Downing collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. John Downing's co-authors include David Tilman, Edward McCauley, Lars J. Tranvik, Yves T. Prairie, Carlos M. Duarte, N. F. Caraco, Jack J. Middelburg, J. J. Cole, Pirkko Kortelainen and Susan B. Watson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

John Downing

186 papers receiving 20.7k citations

Hit Papers

Plumbing the Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Inlan... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2007 1994 2006 2011 1996 1000 2.0k 3.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Downing United States 68 10.0k 9.6k 7.8k 5.8k 5.4k 199 22.4k
David W. Schindler Canada 52 7.5k 0.7× 8.3k 0.9× 4.1k 0.5× 3.6k 0.6× 3.1k 0.6× 124 20.3k
Michael L. Pace United States 81 14.3k 1.4× 8.5k 0.9× 11.1k 1.4× 6.8k 1.2× 6.2k 1.2× 246 24.9k
Dag O. Hessen Norway 61 7.4k 0.7× 7.4k 0.8× 6.8k 0.9× 3.3k 0.6× 2.3k 0.4× 290 15.9k
Brian Moss United Kingdom 61 8.3k 0.8× 9.7k 1.0× 4.7k 0.6× 3.7k 0.7× 1.5k 0.3× 211 16.4k
William H. McDowell United States 77 10.6k 1.1× 12.3k 1.3× 6.0k 0.8× 5.4k 0.9× 5.4k 1.0× 283 26.9k
R. Eugene Turner United States 70 8.5k 0.8× 5.3k 0.6× 9.0k 1.1× 2.0k 0.3× 4.5k 0.8× 236 19.6k
John P. Smol Canada 86 15.9k 1.6× 10.6k 1.1× 6.4k 0.8× 4.4k 0.8× 2.6k 0.5× 692 33.0k
James J. Elser United States 91 16.6k 1.7× 13.7k 1.4× 8.9k 1.1× 10.4k 1.8× 6.0k 1.1× 307 39.9k
Margaret A. Palmer United States 79 12.5k 1.3× 3.3k 0.3× 2.2k 0.3× 7.6k 1.3× 5.9k 1.1× 188 21.4k
Helmut Hillebrand Germany 68 12.4k 1.2× 6.5k 0.7× 7.6k 1.0× 8.4k 1.5× 4.3k 0.8× 224 24.4k

Countries citing papers authored by John Downing

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Downing

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Downing

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Downing, John. (2024). What's hot and what's not in the aquatic sciences—Understanding and improving news coverage. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 9(6). 674–682.
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Downing, John, Stephen Polasky, Sheila M. Olmstead, & Stephen C. Newbold. (2021). Protecting local water quality has global benefits. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2709–2709. 88 indexed citations
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DelSontro, Tonya, Jake J. Beaulieu, & John Downing. (2018). Greenhouse gas emissions from lakes and impoundments: Upscaling in the face of global change. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 3(3). 64–75. 378 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morales‐Williams, Ana M., Alan D. Wanamaker, & John Downing. (2017). Cyanobacterial carbon concentrating mechanisms facilitate sustained CO 2 depletion in eutrophic lakes. Biogeosciences. 14(11). 2865–2875. 31 indexed citations
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Morales‐Williams, Ana M., Alan D. Wanamaker, & John Downing. (2016). Carbon concentrating mechanisms maintain bloom biomass and CO 2 depletion in eutrophic lake ecosystems. 1 indexed citations
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Kluijver, Anna de, Petra L Schoon, John Downing, Stefan Schouten, & Jack J. Middelburg. (2014). Stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of lakes along a trophic gradient. Biogeosciences. 11(22). 6265–6276. 39 indexed citations
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Duarte, Carlos M., Yves T. Prairie, Carlos Montes, et al.. (2008). CO2 emissions from saline lakes: A global estimate of a surprisingly large flux. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(G4). 162 indexed citations
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Cole, J. J., Yves T. Prairie, N. F. Caraco, et al.. (2007). Plumbing the Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Inland Waters into the Terrestrial Carbon Budget. Ecosystems. 10(1). 172–185. 3009 indexed citations breakdown →
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Herriges, Joseph A., et al.. (2005). The Role of Water Quality Perceptions in Modeling Lake Recreation Demand. Staff General Research Papers Archive. 10 indexed citations
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Sampson, R. Neil, Mike Apps, Sally Brown, et al.. (1993). Terrestrial biospheric carbon fluxes: Quantification of sinks and sources of CO2. Workshop statement. Bad Harzburg, Germany, 1-3 March 1993. Jukuri (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)). 7 indexed citations
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Downing, John, et al.. (1984). An Australian Program for Improving High School Reading in Content Areas.. The Journal of Reading. 28(3). 4 indexed citations
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Downing, John. (1976). The Bullock Commission's Judgment of i.t.a.. The Reading Teacher. 2 indexed citations
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Downing, John. (1976). The Reading Instruction Register.. Language Arts. 12 indexed citations
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Downing, John. (1975). What is Decoding. The Reading Teacher. 2 indexed citations
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Downing, John. (1973). Is Literacy Acquisition Easier in Some Languages Than in Others. Visible Language. 3 indexed citations
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Downing, John. (1973). Comparative reading : cross-national studies of behavior and processes in reading and writing. Macmillan eBooks. 84 indexed citations
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Downing, John. (1972). i. t. a.'s Effectiveness in the Prevention and Treatment of Disabilities in Reading and Writing.. 1 indexed citations
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Downing, John. (1970). A Psycholinguistic Theory for i. t. a.. Elementary English. 1 indexed citations
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Downing, John & Cyril Burt. (1965). The initial teaching alphabet : explained and illustrated. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 6 indexed citations
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Downing, John & Cyril Burt. (1962). To be or not to be : the new augmented Roman alphabet explained and illustrated. Cassell eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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