K. L. Bocock

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 990 citations indexed

About

K. L. Bocock is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, K. L. Bocock has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 990 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Plant Science, 3 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 3 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in K. L. Bocock's work include Climate change and permafrost (3 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (3 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (2 papers). K. L. Bocock is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (3 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (3 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (2 papers). K. L. Bocock collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. K. L. Bocock's co-authors include A. F. Harrison, Otto Graff, J. E. Satchell, O. W. Heal, J. S. Waid, J. Adamson, J. N. R. Jeffers, Daniel Lindley, M. Hornung and J. Gordon Blower and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Ecology and Journal of Animal Ecology.

In The Last Decade

K. L. Bocock

15 papers receiving 772 citations

Hit Papers

The disappearance of leaf litter under different woodland... 1957 2026 1980 2003 1957 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. The disappearance of leaf litter under different woodland conditions
    1957 282 citations K. L. Bocock et al. Plant and Soil profile →

Peers

K. L. Bocock
M. Witkamp United States
A. I. Breymeyer Poland
B. Berg United States
Sten Struwe Denmark
P. J. Kalisz United States
L. W. Parker United States
Håkan Staaf Sweden
Gody Spycher United States
Lewis F. Ohmann United States
J. C. Carlyle Australia
M. Witkamp United States
K. L. Bocock
Citations per year, relative to K. L. Bocock K. L. Bocock (= 1×) peers M. Witkamp

Countries citing papers authored by K. L. Bocock

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. L. Bocock

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. L. Bocock

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Bocock, K. L. & J. K. Adamson. (1982). Soil temperature in a deciduous woodland in north-west England. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 1 indexed citations
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Bocock, K. L., et al.. (1982). Variation in soil temperature with microrelief and soil depth in a newly planted forest. Journal of Soil Science. 33(1). 55–62. 2 indexed citations
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Harrison, A. F. & K. L. Bocock. (1981). Estimation of Soil Bulk-Density from Loss-on-Ignition Values. Journal of Applied Ecology. 18(3). 919–919. 64 indexed citations
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Bocock, K. L.. (1981). Radionuclides in terrestrial ecosystems; a review of their distribution and movement. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 1 indexed citations
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Bocock, K. L., et al.. (1977). The sucrose inversion method of measuring temperature and its applications. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 4 indexed citations
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Bocock, K. L., et al.. (1977). Estimating woodland soil temperature from air temperature and other climatic variables. Agricultural Meteorology. 18(5). 351–372. 24 indexed citations
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Bocock, K. L.. (1973). The collection of soil temperature data in intensive studies of ecosystems. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 2 indexed citations
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Bocock, K. L., John W. Heath, & J. Gordon Blower. (1973). Some observations on the biology of the millipedeGeoglomeris jurassicaVerhoeff, 1915. Journal of Natural History. 7(6). 691–697. 4 indexed citations
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Bocock, K. L., Otto Graff, & J. E. Satchell. (1968). Progress in Soil Biology. Journal of Animal Ecology. 37(3). 725–725. 78 indexed citations
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Bocock, K. L., et al.. (1966). Studies on the Decomposition of the Faecal Pellets of a Millipede (Glomeris Marginata (Villers)). Journal of Ecology. 54(3). 755–755. 65 indexed citations
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Bocock, K. L.. (1963). Changes in the Amount of Nitrogen in Decomposing Leaf Litter of Sessile Oak (Quercus Petraea). Journal of Ecology. 51(3). 555–555. 85 indexed citations
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Bocock, K. L., et al.. (1960). CHANGES IN LEAF LITTER WHEN PLACED ON THE SURFACE OF SOILS WITH CONTRASTING HUMUS TYPES. Journal of Soil Science. 11(1). 1–9. 99 indexed citations
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Bocock, K. L., et al.. (1960). CHANGES IN LEAF LITTER WHEN PLACED ON THE SURFACE OF SOILS WITH CONTRASTING HUMUS TYPES. Journal of Soil Science. 11(1). 10–19. 155 indexed citations
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Bocock, K. L., et al.. (1957). The disappearance of leaf litter under different woodland conditions. Plant and Soil. 9(2). 179–185. 282 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bocock, K. L., et al.. (1956). A Simple Spinning Joint for a Rotary Film Evaporator. Nature. 177(4505). 439–439. 2 indexed citations

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