Jonathan R. Leake

15.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
141 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Jonathan R. Leake is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan R. Leake has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Plant Science, 44 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 39 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Jonathan R. Leake's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (58 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (35 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (19 papers). Jonathan R. Leake is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (58 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (35 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (19 papers). Jonathan R. Leake collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Jonathan R. Leake's co-authors include D. J. Read, David Johnson, David J. Beerling, Jill L. Edmondson, Kevin J. Gaston, Zoe G. Davies, Duncan D. Cameron, D. J. READ, Steven A. Banwart and Gareth K. Phoenix and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan R. Leake

139 papers receiving 10.7k 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.

The biology of myco‐heterotrophic (‘saprophytic’) plants

1994 547 citations Jonathan R. Leake New Phytologist profile →
Mapping an urban ecosystem service: quantifying above‐ground carbon storage at a city‐wide scale

2011 406 citations Jill L. Edmondson, Jonathan R. Leake et al. profile →
Farming with crops and rocks to address global climate, food and soil security

2018 299 citations David J. Beerling, Jonathan R. Leake et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan R. Leake United Kingdom	63	6.1k	3.0k	2.4k	2.0k	1.7k	141	11.1k
Gerlinde B. De Deyn Netherlands	43	4.4k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	4.9k 2.0×	2.8k 1.4×	2.7k 1.5×	115	10.6k
Evan H. DeLucia United States	74	8.3k 1.4×	2.1k 0.7×	3.1k 1.3×	2.8k 1.4×	3.2k 1.8×	259	17.5k
L. Brussaard Netherlands	57	3.9k 0.6×	3.4k 1.2×	7.8k 3.2×	3.9k 1.9×	1.6k 0.9×	180	13.8k
Edith B. Allen United States	50	4.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	2.7k 1.4×	3.6k 2.1×	147	8.7k
Shuijin Hu United States	65	5.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.4×	6.8k 2.8×	3.6k 1.8×	1.3k 0.8×	228	13.1k
Roger D. Finlay Sweden	62	10.7k 1.7×	2.6k 0.9×	4.0k 1.6×	2.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	143	14.8k
M. J. Swift United Kingdom	30	2.9k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	4.3k 1.8×	3.1k 1.6×	2.1k 1.2×	67	11.1k
Liesje Mommer Netherlands	53	6.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	3.6k 1.5×	2.2k 1.1×	3.8k 2.2×	103	11.5k
Susan E. Hartley United Kingdom	54	6.1k 1.0×	3.4k 1.1×	723 0.3×	2.6k 1.3×	2.4k 1.4×	196	11.6k
Nick Ostle United Kingdom	60	4.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	5.9k 2.4×	7.6k 3.8×	1.6k 0.9×	175	14.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan R. Leake

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Hipperson, Helen, Gavin J. Horsburgh, Martin Lappage, et al.. (2025). Environmental DNA is more effective than hand sorting in evaluating earthworm biodiversity recovery under regenerative agriculture. The Science of The Total Environment. 968. 178793–178793. 1 indexed citations

Chapman, Pippa J., et al.. (2025). Consistent soil organic carbon accumulation under hedges driven by increase in light particulate organic matter. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 382. 109471–109471.

Berthon, Katherine, Coline C. Jaworski, Peter Jackson, et al.. (2024). Measuring the transition to regenerative agriculture in the UK with a co-designed experiment: design, methods and expected outcomes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 25007–25007. 2 indexed citations

Read, D. J., et al.. (2024). Photosynthate transfer from an autotrophic orchid to conspecific heterotrophic protocorms through a common mycorrhizal network. New Phytologist. 243(1). 398–406. 8 indexed citations

Jaworski, Coline C., Anna Krzywoszynska, Jonathan R. Leake, & Lynn V. Dicks. (2023). Sustainable soil management in the United Kingdom : A survey of current practices and how they relate to the principles of regenerative agriculture. Soil Use and Management. 40(1). 19 indexed citations

Ali, Mustafa, et al.. (2023). Sustainability assessment of peri-urban organic horticulture — A case study in the United Kingdom. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 29(3). 456–468. 1 indexed citations

Turner, Anthony, Richard Grayson, Joseph Holden, et al.. (2021). Soil quality regeneration by grass-clover leys in arable rotations compared to permanent grassland: Effects on wheat yield and resilience to drought and flooding. Soil and Tillage Research. 212. 105037–105037. 28 indexed citations

Prendergast‐Miller, Miranda T., David T. Jones, Susannah Bird, et al.. (2021). Arable fields as potential reservoirs of biodiversity: Earthworm populations increase in new leys. The Science of The Total Environment. 789. 147880–147880. 24 indexed citations

Kelland, Mike, Peter Wade, Lyla L. Taylor, et al.. (2020). Increased yield and CO₂ sequestration potential with the C₄ cereal Sorghum bicolor cultivated in basaltic rock dust‐amended agricultural soil. Global Change Biology. 26(6). 3658–3676. 169 indexed citations

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Edmondson, Jill L., Dylan Z. Childs, Miriam C. Dobson, et al.. (2019). Feeding a city – Leicester as a case study of the importance of allotments for horticultural production in the UK. The Science of The Total Environment. 705. 135930–135930. 58 indexed citations

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Field, Katie J., William R. Rimington, Martin I. Bidartondo, et al.. (2014). First evidence of mutualism between ancient plant lineages ( H aplomitriopsida liverworts) and M ucoromycotina fungi and its response to simulated P alaeozoic changes in atmospheric CO ₂. New Phytologist. 205(2). 743–756. 121 indexed citations

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Schmalenberger, Achim, et al.. (2009). Mineralogy controls oxalic acid release in mycorrhiza weathering. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 2 indexed citations

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Leake, Jonathan R., et al.. (2009). Health benefits of 'grow your own' food in urban areas: implications for contaminated land risk assessment and risk management?. Environmental Health. 8(Suppl 1). S6–S6. 66 indexed citations

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Taylor, Lyla L., et al.. (2009). Mycorrhizal evolution, biological weathering and the long-term carbon cycle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 1 indexed citations

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Leake, Jonathan R., et al.. (2009). Hydroxyapatite weathering by pine mycorrhizas-The role of oxalic acid.. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 73(13). 732–732. 3 indexed citations

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Arróniz‐Crespo, María, Jonathan R. Leake, Peter Horton, & Gareth K. Phoenix. (2008). Bryophyte physiological responses to, and recovery from, long‐term nitrogen deposition and phosphorus fertilisation in acidic grassland. New Phytologist. 180(4). 864–874. 94 indexed citations

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Cameron, Duncan D., Irene Johnson, D. J. Read, & Jonathan R. Leake. (2008). Giving and receiving: measuring the carbon cost of mycorrhizas in the green orchid, Goodyera repens. New Phytologist. 180(1). 176–184. 139 indexed citations

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Leake, Jonathan R., et al.. (2001). Rates and quantities of carbon flux to ectomycorrhizal mycelium following 14C pulse labeling of Pinus sylvestris seedlings: effects of litter patches and interaction with a wood-decomposer fungus. Tree Physiology. 21(2-3). 71–82. 122 indexed citations

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Leake, Jonathan R.. (2001). Is diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi important for ecosystem function?. New Phytologist. 152(1). 1–3. 46 indexed citations

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Leake, Jonathan R. & William H. Miles. (1996). Phosphodiesterase as mycorrhizal P sources. New Phytologist. 132(3). 435–443. 58 indexed citations

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