Meghan Midgley

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Meghan Midgley is a scholar working on Insect Science, Plant Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Meghan Midgley has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Insect Science, 9 papers in Plant Science and 8 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Meghan Midgley's work include Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (9 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (9 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (8 papers). Meghan Midgley is often cited by papers focused on Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (9 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (9 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (8 papers). Meghan Midgley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Puerto Rico. Meghan Midgley's co-authors include Richard P. Phillips, Edward Brzostek, Héctor Urbina, Anna Rosling, Tanya E. Cheeke, Petra Fransson, Elsa C. Anderson, Emily S. Minor, R. Phillips and E. Segal and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, New Phytologist and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Meghan Midgley

16 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

The mycorrhizal‐associated nutrient economy: a new framework for predicting carbon–nutrient couplings in temperate forests

2013 775 citations Richard P. Phillips, Edward Brzostek et al. New Phytologist profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Meghan Midgley United States	8	858	589	506	463	218	16	1.2k
Adrienne B. Keller United States	11	388 0.5×	540 0.9×	201 0.4×	263 0.6×	271 1.2×	14	861
Nicholas P. Rosenstock Sweden	15	702 0.8×	279 0.5×	396 0.8×	230 0.5×	149 0.7×	24	985
Tianle Xu China	18	777 0.9×	428 0.7×	304 0.6×	204 0.4×	337 1.5×	23	1.2k
Shengjing Jiang China	14	839 1.0×	340 0.6×	362 0.7×	255 0.6×	220 1.0×	32	1.1k
Guoxi Shi China	15	711 0.8×	240 0.4×	330 0.7×	252 0.5×	166 0.8×	34	970
Mark G. St. John New Zealand	13	371 0.4×	245 0.4×	297 0.6×	403 0.9×	312 1.4×	17	906
Laura B. Martínez‐García Netherlands	12	664 0.8×	260 0.4×	300 0.6×	204 0.4×	172 0.8×	21	900
Kelly M. Andersen United States	18	400 0.5×	280 0.5×	104 0.2×	391 0.8×	161 0.7×	31	897
Jingping Gai China	19	889 1.0×	355 0.6×	328 0.6×	175 0.4×	245 1.1×	46	1.2k
Jordan R. Mayor United States	14	437 0.5×	355 0.6×	154 0.3×	364 0.8×	297 1.4×	17	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Meghan Midgley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meghan Midgley

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Swingley, Wesley D., et al.. (2025). Bison and burn timing shape arbuscular mycorrhizal diversity and community composition in tallgrass prairie restorations. Applied Soil Ecology. 206. 105895–105895. 1 indexed citations

Midgley, Meghan, et al.. (2025). Harvest legacies and climate change interact to shape forest structure and biomass through time. Journal of Environmental Management. 390. 126272–126272. 1 indexed citations

Buchkowski, Robert W., et al.. (2024). Evergreen gymnosperm tree abundance drives ground beetle density and community composition in eastern US temperate forests. Pedobiologia. 102. 150930–150930. 1 indexed citations

Dybzinski, Ray, et al.. (2024). Calculating Nitrogen Uptake Rates in Forests: Which Components Can Be Omitted, Simplified, or Taken from Trait Databases and Which Must Be Measured In Situ?. Ecosystems. 27(5). 739–763. 1 indexed citations

Midgley, Meghan, et al.. (2023). Refining the role of nitrogen mineralization in mycorrhizal nutrient syndromes. Biogeochemistry. 164(3). 473–487. 1 indexed citations

Midgley, Meghan, Elsa C. Anderson, & Emily S. Minor. (2021). Vacant lot plant establishment techniques alter urban soil ecosystem services. Urban forestry & urban greening. 61. 127096–127096. 4 indexed citations

Midgley, Meghan, et al.. (2020). Mycorrhizal Association Better Predicts Tree Effects on Soil Than Leaf Habit. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 3. 18 indexed citations

Midgley, Meghan, et al.. (2020). Amynthas spp. impacts on seedlings and forest soils are tree species-dependent. Biological Invasions. 22(10). 3145–3162. 6 indexed citations

Midgley, Meghan & Richard P. Phillips. (2019). Spatio-temporal heterogeneity in extracellular enzyme activities tracks variation in saprotrophic fungal biomass in a temperate hardwood forest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 138. 107600–107600. 21 indexed citations

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Midgley, Meghan, et al.. (2018). Prescription side effects: Long-term, high-frequency controlled burning enhances nitrogen availability in an Illinois oak-dominated forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 411. 82–89. 19 indexed citations

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Midgley, Meghan & Richard P. Phillips. (2016). Resource stoichiometry and the biogeochemical consequences of nitrogen deposition in a mixed deciduous forest. Ecology. 97(12). 3369–3378. 62 indexed citations

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Rosling, Anna, Meghan Midgley, Tanya E. Cheeke, et al.. (2015). Phosphorus cycling in deciduous forest soil differs between stands dominated by ecto‐ and arbuscular mycorrhizal trees. New Phytologist. 209(3). 1184–1195. 126 indexed citations

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Midgley, Meghan, Edward Brzostek, & Richard P. Phillips. (2015). Decay rates of leaf litters from arbuscular mycorrhizal trees are more sensitive to soil effects than litters from ectomycorrhizal trees. Journal of Ecology. 103(6). 1454–1463. 89 indexed citations

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Midgley, Meghan & R. Phillips. (2014). Microbial limitation in a changing world: A stoichiometric approach for predicting microbial resource limitation and fluxes. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Phillips, Richard P., Edward Brzostek, & Meghan Midgley. (2013). The mycorrhizal‐associated nutrient economy: a new framework for predicting carbon–nutrient couplings in temperate forests. New Phytologist. 199(1). 41–51. 775 indexed citations breakdown →

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Midgley, Meghan & Richard P. Phillips. (2013). Mycorrhizal associations of dominant trees influence nitrate leaching responses to N deposition. Biogeochemistry. 117(2-3). 241–253. 62 indexed citations

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