L. E. Sommers

19.7k citations

77 papers · 5.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.5%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
Environmental Chemistry top 0.5%
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Papers in

Pollution 27
- Heavy metals in environment 15
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies 7
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal 5
Environmental Chemistry 23
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics 18
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics 6
- Mine drainage and remediation techniques 5

Co-authors: D. W. Nelson R. F. Harris Gerald K. Sims Gray Mullins Stephen A. Boyd K. A. Barbarick Richard E. Terry M. A. Tabatabai
Journals: Journal of Environmental Quality (25 papers)Soil Science Society of America Journal (15 papers)Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (4 papers)Soil Science (3 papers)Soil Biology and Biochemistry (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States France Canada

In The Last Decade

L. E. Sommers

75 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Chemical Analysis of Ecological Materials 1977 · 586 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1977 Soil Science Society of America Journal
1972 Soil Science Society of America Journal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Wet air oxidation: effect on sludge composition L. E. Sommers, Mary Suely Souza Barradas	2016	1
2	Sewage Sludge Proteins as Labile Carbon and Nitrogen Sources Soil Science Society of America Journal ·Robert N. Lerch, K. A. Barbarick, L. E. Sommers, D. G. Westfall	1992	66
3	Modeling the Plant Uptake of Cadmium and Zinc from Soils Treated with Sewage Sludge Soil Science Society of America Journal ·Gray Mullins, L. E. Sommers, S. A. Barber	1986	38
4	Chemical models of inorganic pollutants in soils Garrison Sposito, L. E. Sommers	1985	25
5	Availability of phosphorus to algae from eroded soil fractions Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·Ramchandra Kafle, D. W. Nelson, L. E. Sommers	1984	48
6	Assessment of Heavy Metal Equilibria in Sewage Sludge‐Treated Soil Journal of Environmental Quality ·Yan-Ting Lin, D. W. Nelson, L. E. Sommers	1983	36
7	Total Carbon, Organic Carbon, and Organic Matter D. W. Nelson, L. E. Sommers	1982	222
8	Copper(II) and Iron(III) Complexation by the Carboxylate Group of Humic Acid Soil Science Society of America Journal ·Stephen A. Boyd, L. E. Sommers, D. W. Nelson	1981	59
9	Changes in the Humic Acid Fraction of Soil Resulting from Sludge Application Soil Science Society of America Journal ·Stephen A. Boyd, L. E. Sommers, D. W. Nelson	1980	48
10	Effect of pH and Redox on Predicted Heavy Metal‐Chelate Equilibria in Soils Soil Science Society of America Journal ·L. E. Sommers, W. L. Lindsay	1979	64
11	Transformations of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Metals in Soils Treated with Waste Materials Journal of Environmental Quality ·L. E. Sommers, D. W. Nelson, Shivram Bhat	1979	37
12	STATUS OF INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS IN SOILS IRRIGATED WITH MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER1 Soil Science ·L. E. Sommers, D. W. Nelson, L. B. Owens	1979	19
13	Determination of Inorganic Phosphorus in Oxalate Extracts of Soils Soil Science Society of America Journal ·L. B. Owens, D. W. Nelson, L. E. Sommers	1977	6
14	Extractability of Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, and Lead in Soils Incubated with Sewage Sludge Journal of Environmental Quality ·Shivram Bhat, L. E. Sommers	1977	66
15	Variable Nature of Chemical Composition of Sewage Sludges Journal of Environmental Quality ·L. E. Sommers, D. W. Nelson, K. J. Yost	1976	107
16	Determination of Alkylmercury Compounds in Lake Sediments by Steam Distillation-Flameless Atomic Absorption Analytical Letters ·M. Lisa Floyd, L. E. Sommers	1975	9
17	A Rapid and Accurate Procedure for Estimation of Organic Carbon in Soils Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science ·D. W. Nelson, L. E. Sommers	1974	150
18	Chemical Composition of Sewage Sludge from Selected Indiana Cities Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science ·L. E. Sommers, D. W. Nelson, 一文今中, J. V. Mannering	1972	5
19	Water Potential Relations of Three Root-infecting Phytophthora Species Phytopathology ·L. E. Sommers	1970	51
20	Plate-Dilution Frequency Technique for Assay of Microbial Ecology Applied Microbiology ·R. F. Harris, L. E. Sommers	1968	136

About L. E. Sommers

L. E. Sommers is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Soil Science and Geochemistry and Petrology, having authored 77 papers that have together received 5.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (18 papers), Heavy metals in environment (15 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (14 papers), Phosphorus and nutrient management (11 papers), Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (7 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (6 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (5 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (1.5k citations), Environmental Chemistry (1.2k citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (855 citations), Pollution (1.1k citations) and Geochemistry and Petrology (282 citations). L. E. Sommers has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Frequent co-authors include D. W. Nelson, R. F. Harris, Gerald K. Sims, Gray Mullins, Stephen A. Boyd, K. A. Barbarick, Richard E. Terry, M. A. Tabatabai, K. J. Yost and David B. Levy. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Environmental Quality, Soil Science Society of America Journal, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Soil Science and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

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