John M. Blair

16.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
160 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

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John M. Blair is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, John M. Blair has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 66 papers in Ecology and 49 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in John M. Blair's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (61 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (47 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (44 papers). John M. Blair is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (61 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (47 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (44 papers). John M. Blair collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and South Africa. John M. Blair's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

John M. Blair

155 papers receiving 10.4k citations

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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.

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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John M. Blair United States	54	5.1k	4.9k	4.2k	3.2k	2.1k	160	11.1k
Timothy R. Seastedt United States	54	4.4k 0.9×	4.7k 0.9×	3.5k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	174	10.9k
Mercedes Bustamante Brazil	52	3.4k 0.7×	4.1k 0.8×	5.1k 1.2×	3.5k 1.1×	2.4k 1.1×	156	12.5k
David A. Wedin United States	40	7.1k 1.4×	5.0k 1.0×	4.0k 1.0×	4.0k 1.3×	4.0k 1.9×	85	14.4k
Martı́n Oesterheld Argentina	41	5.9k 1.2×	6.1k 1.2×	4.2k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	103	13.1k
Ingrid C. Burke United States	61	4.8k 0.9×	6.0k 1.2×	4.9k 1.2×	5.7k 1.8×	2.0k 0.9×	154	13.5k
Laura Huenneke United States	26	7.2k 1.4×	6.3k 1.3×	4.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.5×	2.5k 1.2×	50	13.4k
Heikki Setälä Finland	52	6.0k 1.2×	6.0k 1.2×	4.4k 1.1×	4.7k 1.5×	5.0k 2.3×	186	18.1k
Forest Isbell United States	51	6.6k 1.3×	4.6k 0.9×	4.4k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	2.5k 1.2×	99	13.0k
John J. Ewel United States	35	6.0k 1.2×	4.5k 0.9×	3.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.4×	2.0k 0.9×	61	11.9k
Katherine L. Gross United States	51	6.4k 1.3×	4.6k 0.9×	2.7k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	3.8k 1.8×	100	12.5k

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McKane, Robert B., Brad Barnhart, Allen Brookes, et al.. (2025). Estimation of flint hills tallgrass prairie productivity and fuel loads: a model-based synthesis and extrapolation of experimental data. Landscape Ecology. 40(2). 1–27. 1 indexed citations

Todd, T. C., John M. Blair, & Mac A. Callaham. (2025). Nematode communities respond more to N enrichment than to plant community changes over decades in tallgrass prairie. Applied Soil Ecology. 210. 106096–106096.

Rocci, Katherine S., Michael I. Bird, John M. Blair, et al.. (2023). Thirty years of increased precipitation modifies soil organic matter fractions but not bulk soil carbon and nitrogen in a mesic grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 185. 109145–109145. 15 indexed citations

Ratajczak, Zak, Scott L. Collins, John M. Blair, et al.. (2022). Reintroducing bison results in long-running and resilient increases in grassland diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(36). e2210433119–e2210433119. 53 indexed citations

Dodds, Walter K., et al.. (2021). Assessing transport and retention of nitrate and other materials through the riparian zone and stream channel with simulated precipitation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13(3). 757–766. 2 indexed citations

Collins, Scott L., et al.. (2021). Fire frequency, state change and hysteresis in tallgrass prairie. Ecology Letters. 24(4). 636–647. 3 indexed citations

Nippert, Jesse B., et al.. (2020). Three Decades of Divergent Land Use and Plant Community Change Alters Soil C and N Content in Tallgrass Prairie. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 125(8). 18 indexed citations

Baer, Sara G., et al.. (2017). Effects of Grazing and Fire Frequency on Floristic Quality and its Relationship to Indicators of Soil Quality in Tallgrass Prairie. Environmental Management. 60(6). 1062–1075. 16 indexed citations

Blair, John M., et al.. (2015). Developing the Methodology to Investigate the Thermal Comfort of the Elderly for Sustainable Living in Hot-Humid Thailand. 1 indexed citations

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Koerner, Sally E., Scott L. Collins, John M. Blair, Alan K. Knapp, & Melinda D. Smith. (2013). Rainfall variability has minimal effects on grassland recovery from repeated grazing. Journal of Vegetation Science. 25(1). 36–44. 32 indexed citations

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Coolon, Joseph D., Kenneth L. Jones, T. C. Todd, John M. Blair, & Michael A. Herman. (2013). Long-Term Nitrogen Amendment Alters the Diversity and Assemblage of Soil Bacterial Communities in Tallgrass Prairie. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e67884–e67884. 85 indexed citations

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Knapp, Alan K., David L. Hoover, John M. Blair, et al.. (2012). A test of two mechanisms proposed to optimize grassland aboveground primary productivity in response to grazing. Journal of Plant Ecology. 5(4). 357–365. 66 indexed citations

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Carter, Daniel L. & John M. Blair. (2012). High richness and dense seeding enhance grassland restoration establishment but have little effect on drought response. Ecological Applications. 22(4). 1308–1319. 69 indexed citations

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Fay, Philip A., et al.. (2011). Relative effects of precipitation variability and warming on grassland ecosystem function. 4 indexed citations

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Fay, Philip A., et al.. (2011). Relative effects of precipitation variability and warming on tallgrass prairie ecosystem function. Biogeosciences. 8(10). 3053–3068. 138 indexed citations

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Knapp, Alan K., et al.. (2008). Contingenet Productivity Responses to More Extreme Rainfall Regimes Across a Grassland Biome. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Jones, Kenneth L., et al.. (2006). Molecular approach for assessing responses of microbial‐feeding nematodes to burning and chronic nitrogen enrichment in a native grassland. Molecular Ecology. 15(9). 2601–2609. 21 indexed citations

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Baer, Sara G., John M. Blair, Scott L. Collins, & Alan K. Knapp. (2004). Plant community responses to resource availability and heterogeneity during restoration. Oecologia. 139(4). 617–629. 149 indexed citations

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Blair, John M., Matthew C. Fisher, Deo Prasad, et al.. (2003). Affordability and sustainability outcomes of 'greenfield' suburban development and master planned communities„a case study approach using triple bottom line assessment. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 19 indexed citations

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Fay, Philip A., Jonathan D. Carlisle, Alan K. Knapp, John M. Blair, & Scott L. Collins. (2003). Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns in a C 4 -dominated grassland. Oecologia. 137(2). 245–251. 378 indexed citations

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