Kate Lajtha

16.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
161 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Kate Lajtha is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kate Lajtha has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Soil Science, 75 papers in Ecology and 65 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kate Lajtha's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (89 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (63 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (54 papers). Kate Lajtha is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (89 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (63 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (54 papers). Kate Lajtha collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Hungary. Kate Lajtha's co-authors include Richard D. Bowden, Susan E. Crow, Marc G. Kramer, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Christopher W. Swanston, William H. Schlesinger, Bruce A. Caldwell, Robert B. Jackson, Phillip Sollins and Gustaf Hugelius and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Ecology and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Kate Lajtha

152 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

Regional nitrogen budgets and riverine N & P fluxes for the drainages to the North Atlantic Ocean: Natural and human influences

1996 1.1k citations Kate Lajtha et al. Biogeochemistry profile →
The Ecology of Soil Carbon: Pools, Vulnerabilities, and Biotic and Abiotic Controls

2017 809 citations Kate Lajtha, Susan E. Crow et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Changes in tree biomass and soil carbon pools of oak ecosystems along a climate gradient in a Central European region 2025 ·Plant and Soil ·(unknown), Imre Berki, Kate Lajtha, Áron Béni, Norbert Móricz, Gábor Várbíró, Balázs Madarász, Tamás L. Horváth, Katalin Juhos, Zsolt Kotroczó	0
2	Deciphering the Complex Interactions between Litter Inputs and Microbial Responses in Modulating Long-Term Soil Organic Matter Dynamics 2025 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Meiling Man, Laura Castañeda‐Gómez, (unknown), (unknown), Christine Martineau, Rajshree Ghosh Biswas, Melissa A. Knorr, Serita D. Frey, Marc W. Cadotte, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Kate Lajtha, André J. Simpson, Myrna J. Simpson	0
3	Ecological properties uniquely dictate molecular-level soil organic matter composition in a temperate forest in Central Europe with variation in litter deposition 2025 ·Environmental Science Processes & Impacts ·(unknown), (unknown), István Fekete, Zsolt Kotroczó, Kate Lajtha, Myrna J. Simpson	1
4	The Executive Order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” is Dangerous for America 2025 ·AGU Advances ·M. E. Wysession, Lisa M. Beal, Graziella Caprarelli, K. K. Caylor, Georgia Destouni, J. E. Dixon, Qingyun Duan, S. A. Hauck, Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Kate Lajtha, Noé Lugaz, Alberto Montanari, Thanh H. Nguyen, Julia K. Parrish, Ann V. Rowan, Isaac R. Santos, Taylor Schildgen, Alexandre Schubnel, (unknown), Marguerite A. Xenopoulos	0
5	Commitment to Advance Excellence and Inclusion in the Earth and Space Sciences Scholarly Publications 2025 ·AGU Advances ·Marguerite A. Xenopoulos, Lisa M. Beal, Graziella Caprarelli, K. K. Caylor, Georgia Destouni, Qingyun Duan, S. A. Hauck, Matthew Huber, Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Kate Lajtha, Noé Lugaz, Alberto Montanari, Thanh H. Nguyen, Julia K. Parrish, Ann V. Rowan, Isaac R. Santos, Alexandre Schubnel, M. E. Wysession	0
6	Changes in litter and nitrogen deposition differentially alter forest soil organic matter biogeochemistry 2024 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Kate Lajtha, Myrna J. Simpson	4
7	Soil organic matter molecular composition with long‐term detrital alterations is controlled by site‐specific forest properties 2022 ·Global Change Biology ·Laura Castañeda‐Gómez, Kate Lajtha, Richard D. Bowden, (unknown), Juan Jia, Xiaojuan Feng, Myrna J. Simpson	17
8	Predicting habitat suitability for Amynthas spp. in the United States: a retrospective analysis using citizen science data from iNaturalist 2022 ·Biological Invasions ·(unknown), Samuel S. Chan, Kate Lajtha	8
9	Twenty years of litter manipulation reveals that above-ground litter quantity and quality controls soil organic matter molecular composition 2022 ·Biogeochemistry ·Meiling Man, Derek Pierson, Ricky Y. T. Chiu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kate Lajtha, Myrna J. Simpson	24
10	Soil organic carbon is not just for soil scientists: measurement recommendations for diverse practitioners 2021 ·Ecological Applications ·Sharon Billings, Kate Lajtha, Avni Malhotra, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Marie‐Anne de Graaff, Stevan Earl, Jennifer M. Fraterrigo, Katerina Georgiou, A. Stuart Grandy, Sarah E. Hobbie, (unknown), Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Derek Pierson, Craig Rasmussen, Whendee L. Silver, Benjamin N. Sulman, Samantha R. Weintraub, William R. Wieder	36
11	Chlorination of soil-derived dissolved organic matter: Long term nitrogen deposition does not increase terrestrial precursors of toxic disinfection byproducts 2020 ·Water Research ·Liping Li, Wanling Huang, Mengting Yang, Yan Liu, Richard D. Bowden, Myrna J. Simpson, Kate Lajtha, Liqiao Tian, Junjian Wang	27
12	Long-Term Nitrogen Addition Alters the Composition of Soil-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter 2019 ·ACS Earth and Space Chemistry ·Junjian Wang, Yina Liu, Richard D. Bowden, Kate Lajtha, André J. Simpson, Wanling Huang, Myrna J. Simpson	35
13	Long-term nitrogen addition suppresses microbial degradation, enhances soil carbon storage, and alters the molecular composition of soil organic matter 2019 ·Biogeochemistry ·Junjian Wang, Richard D. Bowden, Kate Lajtha, (unknown), (unknown), Myrna J. Simpson	88
14	The detrital input and removal treatment (DIRT) network: Insights into soil carbon stabilization 2018 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Kate Lajtha, Richard D. Bowden, Susan E. Crow, István Fekete, Zsolt Kotroczó, Alain F. Plante, Myrna J. Simpson, Knute J. Nadelhoffer	119
15	Molecular-level changes in soil organic matter composition after 10 years of litter, root and nitrogen manipulation in a temperate forest 2018 ·Biogeochemistry ·(unknown), Serita D. Frey, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, James M. LeMoine, Kate Lajtha, Myrna J. Simpson	23
16	Long-term litter manipulation alters soil organic matter turnover in a temperate deciduous forest 2017 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Junjian Wang, Oliva Pisani, (unknown), (unknown), Richard D. Bowden, Kate Lajtha, André J. Simpson, Myrna J. Simpson	46
17	Soil Carbon Change During Fifty Years of Old-Field Forest Development 2010 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Megan L. Mobley, Paul R. Heine, Sharon Billings, Kate Lajtha, Marc G. Kramer, D. Richter	1
18	The Effect of Climate Change on Soil Organic Matter Decomposition 2007 ·Acta silvatica & lignaria Hungarica ·János Tóth, Kate Lajtha, Zsolt Kotroczó, (unknown), Bruce A. Caldwell, Richard D. Bowden, Mária Papp	30
19	Nitrogen Addition as a Result of Long-Term Root Removal Affects Soil Organic Matter Dynamics 2004 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Susan E. Crow, Kate Lajtha	1
20	Application of a {sup 15}N tracer to simulate and track the fate of atmospherically-deposited N in the coastal forests of the Waquoit Bay watershed, Cape Cod, MA 1995 ·Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America ·Brad Seely, Kate Lajtha	1

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