John M. Blair

16.9k citations

160 papers · 11.1k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 54

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.1%
Ecology top 0.2%
Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
Soil Science top 0.1%
Plant Science top 1%

Co-authors: Alan K. Knapp Scott L. Collins John M. Briggs Philip A. Fay Jonathan D. Carlisle Sara G. Baer James K. McCarron Melinda D. Smith
Topics: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (61 papers)Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (47 papers)Rangeland and Wildlife Management (44 papers)
Cited by: Nature and Landscape Conservation Soil Science Global and Planetary Change
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesSHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Partner nations: United States Australia South Africa

In The Last Decade

John M. Blair

155 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Rainfall Variability, Carbon Cycling, and Plant Species Diversity in a Mesic Grassland

2002 957 citations Alan K. Knapp, Philip A. Fay et al. profile →
Modulation of Diversity by Grazing and Mowing in Native Tallgrass Prairie

1998 818 citations Scott L. Collins, Alan K. Knapp et al. profile →
The Keystone Role of Bison in North American Tallgrass Prairie

1999 639 citations Alan K. Knapp, John M. Blair et al. profile →
An Ecosystem in Transition: Causes and Consequences of the Conversion of Mesic Grassland to Shrubland

2005 583 citations John M. Briggs, Alan K. Knapp et al. profile →

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Estimation of flint hills tallgrass prairie productivity and fuel loads: a model-based synthesis and extrapolation of experimental data 2025 ·Landscape Ecology ·Robert B. McKane,(unknown),Brad Barnhart,Allen Brookes,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),John M. Blair,Douglas G. Goodin,Loretta C. Johnson,Adam M. Skibbe,Marc Stieglitz,Feifei Pan,(unknown)	1
2	Nematode communities respond more to N enrichment than to plant community changes over decades in tallgrass prairie 2025 ·Applied Soil Ecology ·T. C. Todd,John M. Blair,Mac A. Callaham	0
3	Thirty years of increased precipitation modifies soil organic matter fractions but not bulk soil carbon and nitrogen in a mesic grassland 2023 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Katherine S. Rocci,Michael I. Bird,John M. Blair,Alan K. Knapp,Chao Liang,M. Francesca Cotrufo	15
4	Reintroducing bison results in long-running and resilient increases in grassland diversity 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zak Ratajczak,Scott L. Collins,John M. Blair,Sally E. Koerner,Allison M. Louthan,Melinda D. Smith,(unknown),Jesse B. Nippert	53
5	Assessing transport and retention of nitrate and other materials through the riparian zone and stream channel with simulated precipitation 2021 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Walter K. Dodds,(unknown),(unknown),Jessica R. Corman,John M. Blair	2
6	Fire frequency, state change and hysteresis in tallgrass prairie 2021 ·Ecology Letters ·Scott L. Collins,Jesse B. Nippert,John M. Blair,John M. Briggs,(unknown),(unknown)	3
7	Three Decades of Divergent Land Use and Plant Community Change Alters Soil C and N Content in Tallgrass Prairie 2020 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·(unknown),Jesse B. Nippert,John M. Blair	18
8	Effects of Grazing and Fire Frequency on Floristic Quality and its Relationship to Indicators of Soil Quality in Tallgrass Prairie 2017 ·Environmental Management ·(unknown),Sara G. Baer,John M. Blair	16
9	Developing the Methodology to Investigate the Thermal Comfort of the Elderly for Sustainable Living in Hot-Humid Thailand 2015 ·(unknown),John M. Blair,Paul Osmond,Deo Prasad	1
10	Rainfall variability has minimal effects on grassland recovery from repeated grazing 2013 ·Journal of Vegetation Science ·Sally E. Koerner,Scott L. Collins,John M. Blair,Alan K. Knapp,Melinda D. Smith	32
11	Long-Term Nitrogen Amendment Alters the Diversity and Assemblage of Soil Bacterial Communities in Tallgrass Prairie 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Joseph D. Coolon,Kenneth L. Jones,T. C. Todd,John M. Blair,Michael A. Herman	85
12	A test of two mechanisms proposed to optimize grassland aboveground primary productivity in response to grazing 2012 ·Journal of Plant Ecology ·Alan K. Knapp,David L. Hoover,John M. Blair,(unknown),Deron E. Burkepile,(unknown),Scott L. Collins,Richard W.S. Fynn,Kevin Kirkman,Melinda D. Smith,Danielle M. Blake,Navashni Govender,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	66
13	High richness and dense seeding enhance grassland restoration establishment but have little effect on drought response 2012 ·Ecological Applications ·Daniel L. Carter,John M. Blair	69
14	Relative effects of precipitation variability and warming on grassland ecosystem function 2011 ·Philip A. Fay,John M. Blair,Melinda D. Smith,Jesse B. Nippert,(unknown),Alan K. Knapp	4
15	Relative effects of precipitation variability and warming on tallgrass prairie ecosystem function 2011 ·Biogeosciences ·Philip A. Fay,John M. Blair,Melinda D. Smith,Jesse B. Nippert,(unknown),Alan K. Knapp	138
16	Contingenet Productivity Responses to More Extreme Rainfall Regimes Across a Grassland Biome 2008 ·AGUFM ·(unknown),Alan K. Knapp,Scott L. Collins,John M. Blair,E. F. Kelly	1
17	Molecular approach for assessing responses of microbial‐feeding nematodes to burning and chronic nitrogen enrichment in a native grassland 2006 ·Molecular Ecology ·Kenneth L. Jones,T. C. Todd,(unknown),Joseph D. Coolon,John M. Blair,Michael A. Herman	21
18	Plant community responses to resource availability and heterogeneity during restoration 2004 ·Oecologia ·Sara G. Baer,John M. Blair,Scott L. Collins,Alan K. Knapp	149
19	Affordability and sustainability outcomes of 'greenfield' suburban development and master planned communities„a case study approach using triple bottom line assessment 2003 ·Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) ·John M. Blair,Matthew C. Fisher,Deo Prasad,Bruce Judd,Veronica Soebarto,Richard Hyde,Robert B. Zehner	19
20	Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns in a C 4 -dominated grassland 2003 ·Oecologia ·Philip A. Fay,Jonathan D. Carlisle,Alan K. Knapp,John M. Blair,Scott L. Collins	378

About John M. Blair

John M. Blair is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science and Forestry, having authored 160 papers that have together received 11.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (61 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (47 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (44 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (5.1k citations), Soil Science (3.2k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (4.2k citations). John M. Blair has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and South Africa. Frequent co-authors include Alan K. Knapp, Scott L. Collins, John M. Briggs, Philip A. Fay, Jonathan D. Carlisle, Sara G. Baer, James K. McCarron, Melinda D. Smith, Michelle S. Lett and Loretta C. Johnson. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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