Mark P. Waldrop

15.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
83 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Mark P. Waldrop is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark P. Waldrop has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Ecology, 48 papers in Atmospheric Science and 19 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Mark P. Waldrop's work include Climate change and permafrost (41 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (29 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (23 papers). Mark P. Waldrop is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (41 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (29 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (23 papers). Mark P. Waldrop collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Mark P. Waldrop's co-authors include Mary K. Firestone, Donald R. Zak, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Merritt R. Turetsky, J. W. Harden, Teri C. Balser, Steven J. Blazewicz, Rachel Mackelprang, Marcy E. Gallo and Janet Jansson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Mark P. Waldrop

81 papers receiving 7.8k 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.

Linking microbial community composition to function in a tropical soil

2000 522 citations Mark P. Waldrop et al. profile →
Metagenomic analysis of a permafrost microbial community reveals a rapid response to thaw

2011 518 citations Rachel Mackelprang, Mark P. Waldrop et al. profile →
Multi-omics of permafrost, active layer and thermokarst bog soil microbiomes

2015 375 citations Mark P. Waldrop, Rachel Mackelprang et al. profile →
Abundance of microbial genes associated with nitrogen cycling as indices of biogeochemical process rates across a vegetation gradient in Alaska

2012 370 citations Merritt R. Turetsky, Mark P. Waldrop et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark P. Waldrop United States	43	4.5k	3.0k	2.3k	1.6k	1.4k	83	8.0k
David A. Lipson United States	41	3.4k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	91	6.9k
Michael Weintraub United States	35	3.3k 0.7×	4.8k 1.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.6×	67	8.0k
Chris Freeman United Kingdom	43	7.2k 1.6×	2.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	2.4k 1.5×	2.2k 1.6×	134	10.4k
Daryl Moorhead United States	48	5.4k 1.2×	5.4k 1.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.4×	123	10.0k
Yunting Fang China	49	3.0k 0.7×	3.9k 1.3×	2.1k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	221	8.3k
Paul Dijkstra United States	47	3.2k 0.7×	3.3k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	928 0.6×	2.5k 1.8×	129	7.5k
Jérôme Balesdent France	48	3.8k 0.8×	7.0k 2.3×	1.4k 0.6×	2.1k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	88	10.3k
Xiaofeng Xu United States	46	3.5k 0.8×	3.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	187	8.7k
Hannu Fritze Finland	55	5.0k 1.1×	3.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.6×	184	9.8k
Carsten W. Mueller Germany	52	2.6k 0.6×	4.4k 1.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	157	7.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark P. Waldrop

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Mackelprang, Rachel, Robyn A. Barbato, Andrew M. Ramey, Ursel M. E. Schütte, & Mark P. Waldrop. (2025). Cooling perspectives on the risk of pathogenic viruses from thawing permafrost. mSystems. 10(2). e0004224–e0004224.

Wilson, Tamara S., Ryan Boyles, Nicole M. DeCrappeo, et al.. (2024). U.S. Geological Survey climate science plan—Future research directions. U.S. Geological Survey circular. 1 indexed citations

Patil, Vijay P., Jack W. McFarland, Kimberly P. Wickland, et al.. (2024). The Effect of Drying Boreal Lakes on Plants, Soils, and Microbial Communities in Lake Margin Habitats. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 129(8). 1 indexed citations

Jones, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Canopy cover and microtopography control precipitation-enhanced thaw of ecosystem-protected permafrost. Environmental Research Letters. 19(4). 44055–44055. 3 indexed citations

Manies, Kristen, Miriam C. Jones, Mark P. Waldrop, et al.. (2021). Influence of Permafrost Type and Site History on Losses of Permafrost Carbon After Thaw. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 126(11). 12 indexed citations

James, S. R., Burke J. Minsley, Jack W. McFarland, et al.. (2021). The Biophysical Role of Water and Ice Within Permafrost Nearing Collapse: Insights From Novel Geophysical Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 126(6). 13 indexed citations

Waldrop, Mark P., Lesleigh Anderson, M. Dornblaser, et al.. (2021). USGS permafrost research determines the risks of permafrost thaw to biologic and hydrologic resources. Fact sheet. 1 indexed citations

Conaway, Christopher H., Thomas D. Lorenson, Merritt R. Turetsky, et al.. (2020). Permafrost Mapping with Electrical Resistivity Tomography: A Case Study in Two Wetland Systems in Interior Alaska. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 25(2). 199–209. 11 indexed citations

Douglas, Thomas A., et al.. (2019). Changes in the Active, Dead, and Dormant Microbial Community Structure across a Pleistocene Permafrost Chronosequence. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85(7). 79 indexed citations

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Schütte, Ursel M. E., Jeremiah A. Henning, Yuzhen Ye, et al.. (2019). Effect of permafrost thaw on plant and soil fungal community in a boreal forest: Does fungal community change mediate plant productivity response?. Journal of Ecology. 107(4). 1737–1752. 36 indexed citations

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Manies, Kristen, E. L. Yates, L. E. Christensen, et al.. (2019). Can a drone equipped with a miniature methane sensor determine methane fluxes from an Alaskan wetland?. 5 indexed citations

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James, S. R., Burke J. Minsley, Mark P. Waldrop, & Jack W. McFarland. (2019). Understanding the importance of water and ice dynamics at a thermokarst site with novel geophysical observations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Hall, Ed K., Emily S. Bernhardt, Raven L. Bier, et al.. (2018). Understanding how microbiomes influence the systems they inhabit. Nature Microbiology. 3(9). 977–982. 162 indexed citations

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Mackelprang, Rachel, et al.. (2017). Microbial survival strategies in ancient permafrost: insights from metagenomics. The ISME Journal. 11(10). 2305–2318. 118 indexed citations

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Swarzenski, Peter W., T. D. Lorenson, Christopher H. Conaway, et al.. (2016). Seasonal Electrical Resistivity Surveys of a Coastal Bluff, Barter Island, North Slope Alaska. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 21(1). 37–42. 15 indexed citations

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Waldrop, Mark P., Jack W. McFarland, E. S. Euskirchen, et al.. (2012). Carbon Balance and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in a Thermokarst Bog in Interior Alaska: Positive and Negative Feedbacks from Permafrost Thaw. AGUFM. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Waldrop, Mark P., J. W. Harden, Merritt R. Turetsky, et al.. (2010). Relationships between soil microbial communities and soil carbon turnover along a vegetation and moisture gradient in interior Alaska. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Wickland, Kimberly P., Mark P. Waldrop, & Kenna D. Butler. (2010). Potential dissolved organic matter release from permafrost soils upon thaw. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Sinsabaugh, Robert L., Christian L. Lauber, Michael Weintraub, et al.. (2008). Stoichiometry of soil enzyme activity at global scale. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester). 5 indexed citations

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Sundquist, Eric T., Robert A. Burruss, Stephen P. Faulkner, et al.. (2008). Carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change. Fact sheet. 60 indexed citations

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