Mark A. Bradford

265.8k total citations · 20 hit papers
229 papers, 239.7k citations indexed

About

Mark A. Bradford is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark A. Bradford has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 239.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Ecology, 89 papers in Soil Science and 77 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Mark A. Bradford's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (87 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (72 papers) and Plant and animal studies (41 papers). Mark A. Bradford is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (87 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (72 papers) and Plant and animal studies (41 papers). Mark A. Bradford collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Mark A. Bradford's co-authors include Noah Fierer, Robert B. Jackson, Michael S. Strickland, Christian L. Lauber, Matthew D. Wallenstein, Noah W. Sokol, Thomas W. Crowther, Stephen A. Wood, Steven Allison and Emily E. Oldfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark A. Bradford

224 papers receiving 230.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

A Rapid and Sensitive Method for the Quantitation of Microgram Quantities of Protein Utilizing the Principle of Protein-Dye Binding

1976 212.0k citations Mark A. Bradford profile →
TOWARD AN ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SOIL BACTERIA

2007 3.8k citations Noah Fierer, Mark A. Bradford et al. profile →
The influence of soil properties on the structure of bacterial and fungal communities across land-use types

2008 1.4k citations Christian L. Lauber, Michael S. Strickland et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
Comparative metagenomic, phylogenetic and physiological analyses of soil microbial communities across nitrogen gradients

2011 1.4k citations Noah Fierer, Christian L. Lauber et al. The ISME Journal profile →
Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates - synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward

2011 1.2k citations Sarah E. Evans, Matthew D. Wallenstein et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Soil-carbon response to warming dependent on microbial physiology

2010 1.2k citations Matthew D. Wallenstein, Mark A. Bradford et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
Global patterns in belowground communities

2009 886 citations Noah Fierer, Michael S. Strickland et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration to elevated temperature

2008 654 citations Mark A. Bradford, Matthew D. Wallenstein et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Managing uncertainty in soil carbon feedbacks to climate change

2016 616 citations Mark A. Bradford, Noah Fierer et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Microbial formation of stable soil carbon is more efficient from belowground than aboveground input

2018 593 citations Noah W. Sokol, Mark A. Bradford Nature Geoscience profile →
Testing the functional significance of microbial community composition

2009 590 citations Michael S. Strickland, Christian L. Lauber et al. profile →
Pathways of mineral‐associated soil organic matter formation: Integrating the role of plant carbon source, chemistry, and point of entry

2018 529 citations Noah W. Sokol, Mark A. Bradford et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Differential Growth Responses of Soil Bacterial Taxa to Carbon Substrates of Varying Chemical Recalcitrance

2011 493 citations Mark A. Bradford, Matthew D. Wallenstein et al. profile →
Global meta-analysis of the relationship between soil organic matter and crop yields

2019 484 citations Emily E. Oldfield, Mark A. Bradford et al. profile →
Consistent effects of nitrogen fertilization on soil bacterial communities in contrasting systems

2010 474 citations Kelly S. Ramirez, Christian L. Lauber et al. profile →
Understanding the dominant controls on litter decomposition

2015 467 citations Mark A. Bradford, Daniel S. Maynard et al. Journal of Ecology profile →
Where, when and how plant–soil feedback matters in a changing world

2016 413 citations Mark A. Bradford et al. profile →
Evidence for the primacy of living root inputs, not root or shoot litter, in forming soil organic carbon

2018 403 citations Noah W. Sokol, Sara E. Kuebbing et al. profile →
Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming

2021 165 citations Pablo García‐Palacios, Thomas W. Crowther et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →
Dominance of particulate organic carbon in top mineral soils in cold regions

2024 61 citations Pablo García‐Palacios, Mark A. Bradford et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Keeping forests on the agroforestry agenda 2025 ·Nature Climate Change ·(unknown), Sara E. Kuebbing, Marlyse C. Duguid, Mark S. Ashton, Alex C. McAlvay, John F. Munsell, (unknown), Mark A. Bradford	0
2	A method for sampling the living wood microbiome 2024 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Wyatt Arnold, (unknown), Peter A. Raymond, Mark A. Bradford, (unknown), Jordan Peccia	6
3	Native trees are responsible for the high carbon density in urban natural area forests across eight United States cities 2024 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·Fiona V. Jevon, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lindsay Darling, Nancy F. Sonti, Ian D. Yesilonis, (unknown), Mark A. Bradford, Clara C. Pregitzer	4
4	Local controls modify the effects of timber harvesting on surface soil carbon and nitrogen in a temperate hardwood forest 2024 ·Forest Ecology and Management ·(unknown), Mark S. Ashton, (unknown), Marlyse C. Duguid, Mark A. Bradford	2
5	A common ericoid shrub modulates the diversity and structure of fungal communities across an arbuscular to ectomycorrhizal tree dominance gradient 2024 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), Mark A. Bradford, Angela Oliverio	1
6	Dominance of particulate organic carbon in top mineral soils in cold regions breakdown → 2024 ·Nature Geoscience ·Pablo García‐Palacios, Mark A. Bradford, Iria Benavente‐Ferraces, Miguel de Celis, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Juan Carlos García‐Gil, Juan Gaitán, Asier Goñi‐Urtiaga, Carsten W. Mueller, Marco Panettieri, Ana Rey, Tadeo Sáez‐Sandino, Edward A. G. Schuur, Noah W. Sokol, Leho Tedersoo, César Plaza	61
7	Testing the feasibility of quantifying change in agricultural soil carbon stocks through empirical sampling 2023 ·Geoderma ·Mark A. Bradford, (unknown), (unknown), Fiona V. Jevon, Sara E. Kuebbing, (unknown), S. Rosenzweig, Emily E. Oldfield	17
8	Diverging conditions of current and potential future urban forest patches 2022 ·Ecosphere ·(unknown), Mark A. Bradford, Marlyse C. Duguid, Richard A. Hallett, Clara C. Pregitzer, Mark S. Ashton	14
9	Ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs alter the relationship between tree mycorrhizal dominance and soil carbon and nitrogen 2021 ·Journal of Ecology ·(unknown), Marlyse C. Duguid, Sara E. Kuebbing, James C. Lendemer, Robert J. Warren, Mark A. Bradford	30
10	Author Correction: Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming 2021 ·Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ·Pablo García‐Palacios, Thomas W. Crowther, Marina Dacal, Iain P. Hartley, Sabine Reinsch, Riikka Rinnan, Johannes Rousk, Johan van den Hoogen, Jian‐Sheng Ye, Mark A. Bradford	7
11	Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming breakdown → 2021 ·Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ·Pablo García‐Palacios, Thomas W. Crowther, Marina Dacal, Iain P. Hartley, Sabine Reinsch, Riikka Rinnan, Johannes Rousk, Johan van den Hoogen, Jian‐Sheng Ye, Mark A. Bradford	165
12	A trait-based understanding of wood decomposition by fungi 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Nicky Lustenhouwer, Daniel S. Maynard, Mark A. Bradford, Daniel L. Lindner, Brad Oberle, Amy E. Zanne, Thomas W. Crowther	120
13	Understanding how microbiomes influence the systems they inhabit 2018 ·Nature Microbiology ·Ed K. Hall, Emily S. Bernhardt, Raven L. Bier, Mark A. Bradford, Claudia M. Boot, James B. Cotner, Paul A. del Giorgio, Sarah E. Evans, Emily Graham, Stuart E. Jones, Jay T. Lennon, Kenneth J. Locey, Diana R. Nemergut, Brooke B. Osborne, Jennifer D. Rocca, Joshua P. Schimel, Mark P. Waldrop, Matthew D. Wallenstein	162
14	Decoupling direct and indirect effects of temperature on decomposition 2017 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Madeleine A. Rubenstein, Thomas W. Crowther, Daniel S. Maynard, Jonathan S. Schilling, Mark A. Bradford	26
15	Mutualism fails when climate response differs between interacting species 2013 ·Global Change Biology ·Robert J. Warren, Mark A. Bradford	49
16	Linking Predation Risk, Herbivore Physiological Stress and Microbial Decomposition of Plant Litter 2013 ·Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Oswald J. Schmitz, Mark A. Bradford, Michael S. Strickland, Dror Hawlena	1
17	Fear of Predation Slows Plant-Litter Decomposition 2012 ·Science ·Dror Hawlena, Michael S. Strickland, Mark A. Bradford, Oswald J. Schmitz	181
18	Comparative metagenomic, phylogenetic and physiological analyses of soil microbial communities across nitrogen gradients breakdown → 2011 ·The ISME Journal ·Noah Fierer, Christian L. Lauber, Kelly S. Ramirez, Jesse Zaneveld, Mark A. Bradford, Rob Knight	1402
19	The adaptive response of a natural microbial population to carbon‐ and nitrogen‐limitation 2003 ·Ecology Letters ·Matthew R. Goddard, Mark A. Bradford	37
20	The United States, China & the Basel Convention On The Transboundary Movements of Hazaroud Wastes and Their Disposal 1997 ·Fordham environmental law review ·Mark A. Bradford	1

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