Katherine Heckman

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Katherine Heckman is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Katherine Heckman has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Ecology, 29 papers in Soil Science and 19 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Katherine Heckman's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (29 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (21 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (19 papers). Katherine Heckman is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (29 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (21 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (19 papers). Katherine Heckman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Katherine Heckman's co-authors include Craig Rasmussen, C. R. Lawrence, Marco Keiluweit, William R. Wieder, E. Marín-Spiotta, Alain F. Plante, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Rota Wagai, Susan E. Crow and Carlos A. Sierra and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Katherine Heckman

58 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Beyond clay: towards an improved set of variables for predicting soil organic matter content

2018 542 citations Katherine Heckman, Marco Keiluweit et al. Biogeochemistry profile →
Moisture-driven divergence in mineral-associated soil carbon persistence

2023 75 citations Katherine Heckman, Angela R. Possinger et al. profile →

Peers

Katherine Heckman

ECOLO

GPC

Luise Giani Germany

Kazem Zamanian Germany

Yasuhito Shirato Japan

C. Kramer Germany

Eleonora Bonifacio Italy

Wenjuan Huang China

Ines Merbach Germany

Livia Urbanski Germany

Gerrit Angst Czechia

Stéphanie Grand Switzerland

Luise Giani Germany

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ECOLO

284 ×0.9

311 ×1.1

192 ×0.8

GPC

Citations per year, relative to Katherine Heckman Katherine Heckman (= 1×) peers Luise Giani

Countries citing papers authored by Katherine Heckman

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Katherine Heckman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katherine Heckman

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Döetterl, Sebastian, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Katherine Heckman, et al.. (2025). A landscape-scale view of soil organic matter dynamics. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 6(1). 67–81. 13 indexed citations

Jilling, Andrea, A. Stuart Grandy, Amanda B. Daly, et al.. (2025). Evidence for the existence and ecological relevance of fast-cycling mineral-associated organic matter. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 1 indexed citations

See, Craig R., et al.. (2025). Long‐term nitrogen fertilization inhibits carbon and nitrogen loss during late‐stage fungal necromass decomposition depending on necromass chemistry. Journal of Ecology. 113(9). 2401–2413.

Worrall, Fred, Gareth D. Clay, Katherine Heckman, et al.. (2024). The formation of peat—Decreasing density with depth in UK peats. Soil Use and Management. 40(4).

Beidler, Katilyn V., et al.. (2024). Fungi rather than bacteria drive early mass loss from fungal necromass regardless of particle size. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 16(3). e13280–e13280. 8 indexed citations

Garrett, Loretta G., et al.. (2024). Lifting the Profile of Deep Forest Soil Carbon. Soil Systems. 8(4). 105–105. 4 indexed citations

Hribljan, John A., et al.. (2023). Elevation and temperature are strong predictors of long-term carbon accumulation across tropical Andean mountain peatlands. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 29(1). 2 indexed citations

Glatzel, Stephan, et al.. (2023). Comparison of the transformation of organic matter flux through a raised bog and a blanket bog. Biogeochemistry. 167(4). 443–459. 4 indexed citations

Kane, Evan S., et al.. (2022). Pyrogenic carbon content of Sphagnum peat soils estimated using diffuse reflectance FTIR spectrometry. Mires and Peat. 28. 30–30. 1 indexed citations

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Stuart, Julia E. M., Colin Tucker, Erik A. Lilleskov, et al.. (2022). Evidence for older carbon loss with lowered water tables and changing plant functional groups in peatlands. Global Change Biology. 29(3). 780–793. 9 indexed citations

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Maillard, François, Christopher W. Fernandez, Sunil Mundra, et al.. (2021). Warming drives a ‘hummockification’ of microbial communities associated with decomposing mycorrhizal fungal necromass in peatlands. New Phytologist. 234(6). 2032–2043. 23 indexed citations

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See, Craig R., et al.. (2020). Distinct carbon fractions drive a generalisable two‐pool model of fungal necromass decomposition. Functional Ecology. 35(3). 796–806. 28 indexed citations

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Harden, J. W., Jonathan A. O’Donnell, Katherine Heckman, et al.. (2019). Beneath the arctic greening: Will soils lose or gain carbon or perhaps a little of both?. 1 indexed citations

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Stewart, Joseph A. E., David H. Wright, & Katherine Heckman. (2017). Apparent climate-mediated loss and fragmentation of core habitat of the American pika in the Northern Sierra Nevada, California, USA. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0181834–e0181834. 35 indexed citations

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Pett‐Ridge, Jennifer, Karis J. McFarlane, Katherine Heckman, et al.. (2016). Digging a Little Deeper: Microbial Communities, Molecular Composition and Soil Organic Matter Turnover along Tropical Forest Soil Depth Profiles. AGUFM. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Hribljan, John A., David J. Cooper, Evan C. Wolf, et al.. (2015). Carbon Storage and Long-Term Rate of Accumulation in High-Altitude Andean Peatlands of Bolivia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15(12). 1–14. 66 indexed citations

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Kinney, Kealohanuiopuna, Gregory P. Asner, Susan Cordell, et al.. (2015). Primary Succession on a Hawaiian Dryland Chronosequence. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0123995–e0123995. 5 indexed citations

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Heckman, Katherine, John L. Campbell, Heath Powers, B. E. Law, & Christopher W. Swanston. (2013). The Influence of Fire on the Radiocarbon Signature and Character of Soil Organic Matter in the Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon, USA. Fire Ecology. 9(2). 40–56. 17 indexed citations

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Heckman, Katherine. (2010). Pedogenesis & Carbon Dynamics Across A Lithosequence Under Ponderosa Pine. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations

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Heckman, Katherine, Wendy B. Anderson, & D. Alexander Wait. (2006). Distribution and activity of hypolithic soil crusts in a hyperarid desert (Baja California, Mexico). Biology and Fertility of Soils. 43(2). 263–266. 10 indexed citations

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