Melanie A. Mayes

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
94 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Melanie A. Mayes is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie A. Mayes has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Soil Science, 30 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 29 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Melanie A. Mayes's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (53 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (22 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (22 papers). Melanie A. Mayes is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (53 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (22 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (22 papers). Melanie A. Mayes collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Sweden. Melanie A. Mayes's co-authors include Gangsheng Wang, Yiqi Luo, Jianwei Li, Sindhu Jagadamma, Dafeng Hui, Colin Averill, Scott Fendorf, W. M. Post, Joe Wan and Daniel S. Maynard and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Melanie A. Mayes

91 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

The global soil community and its influence on biogeochemistry

2019 796 citations Melanie A. Mayes et al. profile →
Soil extracellular enzyme activities, soil carbon and nitrogen storage under nitrogen fertilization: A meta-analysis

2016 613 citations Siyang Jian, Jianwei Li et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Freundlich isotherm equation best represents phosphate sorption across soil orders and land use types in tropical soils of Puerto Rico 2025 ·Biogeochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Anthony P. Walker, Matthew E. Craig, (unknown), E. Marín-Spiotta, (unknown), (unknown), Melanie A. Mayes	4
2	Shifts in belowground processes along a temperate forest edge 2024 ·Landscape Ecology ·Rose Abramoff, J. M. Warren, J. J. Harris, (unknown), Jana R. Phillips, (unknown), Joy B. Winbourne, Ian A. Smith, Andrew B. Reinmann, Lucy R. Hutyra, David W. Allen, Melanie A. Mayes	1
3	Thermal, water, and land cover factors led to contrasting urban and rural vegetation resilience to extreme hot months 2024 ·PNAS Nexus ·Yaoping Wang, Jiafu Mao, Christa Brelsford, Daniel Ricciuto, Fengming Yuan, Xiaoying Shi, Deeksha Rastogi, Melanie A. Mayes, Shih‐Chieh Kao, J. M. Warren, Natalie A. Griffiths, (unknown), David J. Weston, Yuyu Zhou, Lianhong Gu, Peter Thornton	2
4	Generalizing Microbial Parameters in Soil Biogeochemical Models: Insights From a Multi‐Site Incubation Experiment 2024 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Siyang Jian, Jianwei Li, Gangsheng Wang, Jizhong Zhou, Christopher W. Schadt, Melanie A. Mayes	1
5	How the Birch effect differs in mechanisms and magnitudes due to soil texture 2023 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Shikha Singh, Melanie A. Mayes, Stephanie N. Kivlin, Sindhu Jagadamma	20
6	Stronger fertilization effects on aboveground versus belowground plant properties across nine U.S. grasslands 2022 ·Ecology ·Adrienne B. Keller, Christopher A. Walter, Dana M. Blumenthal, Elizabeth T. Borer, Scott L. Collins, (unknown), Philip A. Fay, Kirsten Hofmockel, Johannes M. H. Knops, Andrew D. B. Leakey, Melanie A. Mayes, Eric W. Seabloom, Sarah E. Hobbie	39
7	Bringing function to structure: Root–soil interactions shaping phosphatase activity throughout a soil profile in Puerto Rico 2021 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Kristine Grace M. Cabugao, (unknown), (unknown), Joanne Childs, Jana R. Phillips, Melanie A. Mayes, Xiaojuan Yang, David J. Weston, Richard J. Norby	30
8	How much carbon can be added to soil by sorption? 2021 ·Biogeochemistry ·Rose Abramoff, Katerina Georgiou, Bertrand Guenet, Margaret Torn, Yuanyuan Huang, Haicheng Zhang, Wenting Feng, Sindhu Jagadamma, Klaus Kaiser, Dolly N. Kothawala, Melanie A. Mayes, Philippe Ciais	34
9	Soil carbon stocks in temperate grasslands differ strongly across sites but are insensitive to decade‐long fertilization 2021 ·Global Change Biology ·Adrienne B. Keller, Elizabeth T. Borer, Scott L. Collins, (unknown), Philip A. Fay, Kirsten Hofmockel, Andrew D. B. Leakey, Melanie A. Mayes, Eric W. Seabloom, Christopher A. Walter, (unknown), Qian Zhao, Sarah E. Hobbie	58
10	Multi-year incubation experiments boost confidence in model projections of long-term soil carbon dynamics 2021 ·(unknown), Siyang Jian, Gangsheng Wang, Laurel A. Kluber, Christopher W. Schadt, Junyi Liang, Melanie A. Mayes	2
11	Dynamics of Fungal and Bacterial Biomass Carbon in Natural Ecosystems: Site‐Level Applications of the CLM‐Microbe Model 2020 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Liyuan He, David A. Lipson, Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues, Melanie A. Mayes, Robert G. Björk, Bruno Glaser, Peter Thornton, Xiaofeng Xu	18
12	How much more carbon can be sorbed to soil? 2020 ·Rose Abramoff, Katerina Georgiou, Bertrand Guenet, Margaret Torn, Yuanyuan Huang, Haicheng Zhang, Wenting Feng, Sindhu Jagadamma, Klaus Kaiser, Dolly N. Kothawala, Melanie A. Mayes, Philippe Ciais	1
13	Effects of nitrogen fertilization and bioenergy crop type on topsoil organic carbon and total Nitrogen contents in middle Tennessee USA 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·Jianwei Li, Siyang Jian, Chad S. Lane, YueHan Lu, (unknown), Gangsheng Wang, Melanie A. Mayes, Kudjo E. Dzantor, Dafeng Hui	8
14	Microbial dormancy improves development and experimental validation of ecosystem model 2014 ·The ISME Journal ·Gangsheng Wang, Sindhu Jagadamma, Melanie A. Mayes, Christopher W. Schadt, J. Megan Steinweg, Lianhong Gu, W. M. Post	115
15	Representation of Dormant and Active Microbial Dynamics for Ecosystem Modeling 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Gangsheng Wang, Melanie A. Mayes, Lianhong Gu, Christopher W. Schadt	69
16	Investigation of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and multivariate analysis for differentiating inorganic and organic C in a variety of soils 2013 ·Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy ·Madhavi Z. Martin, Melanie A. Mayes, Katherine R. Heal, Deanne J. Brice, Stan D. Wullschleger	39
17	Activation Energy of Extracellular Enzymes in Soils from Different Biomes 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·J. Megan Steinweg, Sindhu Jagadamma, (unknown), Melanie A. Mayes	46
18	Relation between Soil Order and Sorptive Capacity for Dissolved Organic Carbon 2012 ·Soil Science Society of America Journal ·Katherine R. Heal, Craig C. Brandt, Melanie A. Mayes, Jana R. Phillips, Philip M. Jardine	1
19	Developing an Enzyme Mediated Soil Organic Carbon Decomposition Model 2012 ·AGUFM ·Melanie A. Mayes, W. M. Post, (unknown), Sindhu Jagadamma, J. Megan Steinweg, Christopher W. Schadt	1
20	Development of microbial‐enzyme‐mediated decomposition model parameters through steady‐state and dynamic analyses 2012 ·Ecological Applications ·Gangsheng Wang, W. M. Post, Melanie A. Mayes	195

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