Matthew E. Craig

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Matthew E. Craig is a scholar working on Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew E. Craig has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Soil Science, 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Matthew E. Craig's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (16 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (5 papers). Matthew E. Craig is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (16 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (5 papers). Matthew E. Craig collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Matthew E. Craig's co-authors include Richard P. Phillips, Chao Liang, Edward Brzostek, Joshua B. Fisher, Benjamin N. Sulman, Daniel J. Johnson, Benjamin L. Turner, Keith Clay, Katilyn V. Beidler and A. Stuart Grandy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Matthew E. Craig

18 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. A trade-off between plant and soil carbon storage under elevated CO2
    2021 429 citations César Terrer, Richard P. Phillips et al. Nature profile →
  2. Fast-decaying plant litter enhances soil carbon in temperate forests but not through microbial physiological traits
    2022 206 citations Matthew E. Craig, Kevin M. Geyer et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Matthew E. Craig
Yeming You China
Xueyong Pang China
Chengming You China
Minhuang Wang China
Guoyong Yan China
Mengguang Han China
Ziliang Zhang China
Qifeng Mo China
Shengen Liu China
Naili Zhang China
Yeming You China
Matthew E. Craig
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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew E. Craig

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew E. Craig

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Georgiou, Katerina, Denis A. Angers, M. Francesca Cotrufo, et al.. (2025). Soil Carbon Saturation: What Do We Really Know?. Global Change Biology. 31(5). e70197–e70197. 14 indexed citations
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Craig, Matthew E., et al.. (2025). Tree root nutrient uptake kinetics vary with nutrient availability, environmental conditions, and root traits: a global analysis. New Phytologist. 246(6). 2495–2505. 2 indexed citations
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Craig, Matthew E., Anne E. Harman‐Ware, Kevin R. Cope, & Udaya C. Kalluri. (2024). Intraspecific variability in plant and soil chemical properties in a common garden plantation of the energy crop Populus. PLoS ONE. 19(10). e0309321–e0309321.
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Hogan, J. Aaron, Jeremy W. Lichstein, Eileen H. Helmer, et al.. (2024). Anthromes and forest carbon responses to global change. Plants People Planet. 7(4). 1027–1042. 2 indexed citations
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Beidler, Katilyn V., et al.. (2023). Effects of root litter traits on soil organic matter dynamics depend on decay stage and root branching order. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 180. 109008–109008. 19 indexed citations
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Weintraub, Samantha R., Steven J. Hall, Matthew E. Craig, et al.. (2023). Standardized Data to Improve Understanding and Modeling of Soil Nitrogen at Continental Scale. Earth s Future. 11(5). 1 indexed citations
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Craig, Matthew E., Kevin M. Geyer, Katilyn V. Beidler, et al.. (2022). Fast-decaying plant litter enhances soil carbon in temperate forests but not through microbial physiological traits. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1229–1229. 206 indexed citations breakdown →
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Keller, Adrienne B., Edward Brzostek, Matthew E. Craig, Joshua B. Fisher, & Richard P. Phillips. (2021). Root‐derived inputs are major contributors to soil carbon in temperate forests, but vary by mycorrhizal type. Ecology Letters. 24(4). 626–635. 117 indexed citations
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Terrer, César, Richard P. Phillips, Bruce A. Hungate, et al.. (2021). A trade-off between plant and soil carbon storage under elevated CO2. Nature. 591(7851). 599–603. 429 indexed citations breakdown →
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Craig, Matthew E., Melanie A. Mayes, Benjamin N. Sulman, & Anthony P. Walker. (2021). Biological mechanisms may contribute to soil carbon saturation patterns. Global Change Biology. 27(12). 2633–2644. 60 indexed citations
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Lin, Guigang, Matthew E. Craig, Insu Jo, et al.. (2021). Mycorrhizal associations of tree species influence soil nitrogen dynamics via effects on soil acid–base chemistry. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31(1). 168–182. 25 indexed citations
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Mushinski, Ryan M., Jonathan D. Raff, Matthew E. Craig, et al.. (2020). Nitrogen cycling microbiomes are structured by plant mycorrhizal associations with consequences for nitrogen oxide fluxes in forests. Global Change Biology. 27(5). 1068–1082. 54 indexed citations
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Craig, Matthew E., et al.. (2019). Impacts of an invasive grass on soil organic matter pools vary across a tree-mycorrhizal gradient. Biogeochemistry. 144(2). 149–164. 15 indexed citations
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Craig, Matthew E., Benjamin L. Turner, Chao Liang, et al.. (2018). Tree mycorrhizal type predicts within‐site variability in the storage and distribution of soil organic matter. Global Change Biology. 24(8). 3317–3330. 183 indexed citations
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Craig, Matthew E. & Jennifer M. Fraterrigo. (2017). Plant–microbial competition for nitrogen increases microbial activities and carbon loss in invaded soils. Oecologia. 184(3). 583–596. 28 indexed citations
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Craig, Matthew E., Scott M. Pearson, & Jennifer M. Fraterrigo. (2015). Grass invasion effects on forest soil carbon depend on landscape‐level land use patterns. Ecology. 96(8). 2265–2279. 34 indexed citations
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Hager, Stephen B. & Matthew E. Craig. (2014). Bird-window collisions in the summer breeding season. PeerJ. 2. e460–e460. 40 indexed citations

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