Noah W. Sokol

5.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
21 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Noah W. Sokol is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Noah W. Sokol has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Soil Science, 11 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Noah W. Sokol's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (14 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (5 papers). Noah W. Sokol is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (14 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (5 papers). Noah W. Sokol collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Noah W. Sokol's co-authors include Mark A. Bradford, Jonathan Sanderman, Sara E. Kuebbing, Elena Karlsen‐Ayala, Emily D. Whalen, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Serita D. Frey, A. Stuart Grandy, Andrea Jilling and Marco Keiluweit and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Analytical Chemistry and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Noah W. Sokol

20 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

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 →
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, Jonathan Sanderman et al. Global Change Biology 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. New Phytologist profile →
Clarifying the evidence for microbial‐ and plant‐derived soil organic matter, and the path toward a more quantitative understanding

2022 238 citations Emily D. Whalen, A. Stuart Grandy et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Global distribution, formation and fate of mineral‐associated soil organic matter under a changing climate: A trait‐based perspective

2022 203 citations Noah W. Sokol, Emily D. Whalen et al. Functional Ecology 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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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Noah W. Sokol

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Soil carbon formation is promoted by saturation deficit and existing mineral-associated carbon, not by microbial carbon-use efficiency 2025 ·Science Advances ·Alison E. King, Noah W. Sokol	4
2	Evidence for the existence and ecological relevance of fast-cycling mineral-associated organic matter 2025 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Andrea Jilling, A. Stuart Grandy, Amanda B. Daly, Rachel Hestrin, Angela R. Possinger, Rose Abramoff, (unknown), Anna M. Cates, Katherine A. Dynarski, Katerina Georgiou, Katherine Heckman, Marco Keiluweit, Ashley K. Lang, Richard P. Phillips, Katherine S. Rocci, Itamar Shabtai, Noah W. Sokol, Emily D. Whalen	1
3	Combining organic amendments with enhanced rock weathering shifts soil carbon storage in croplands 2025 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Noah W. Sokol, (unknown), Radomir Schmidt, (unknown), (unknown), Jasquelin Peña, Benjamin Z. Houlton, Isabel P. Montañez, Anthony Debons, Kate M. Scow	0
4	Improved Characterization of Soil Organic Matter by Integrating FT-ICR MS, Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry, and Molecular Networking: A Case Study of Root Litter Decay under Drought Conditions 2024 ·Analytical Chemistry ·Nicole DiDonato, Albert Rivas‐Ubach, William Kew, Noah W. Sokol, Chaevien Clendinen, Jennifer Kyle, Carmen Enid Martı́nez, Megan M. Foley, Nikola Tolić, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Ljiljana Paša‐Tolić	9
5	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
6	Applying minerals to soil to draw down atmospheric carbon dioxide through synergistic organic and inorganic pathways 2024 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Wolfram Buss, (unknown), Noah W. Sokol, Eelco J. Rohling, Justin Borevitz	18
7	Reduced accrual of mineral-associated organic matter after two years of enhanced rock weathering in cropland soils, though no net losses of soil organic carbon 2024 ·Biogeochemistry ·Noah W. Sokol, (unknown), (unknown), Eric Slessarev, (unknown), Radomir Schmidt, Sandipan Samaddar, (unknown), Maya Almaraz, (unknown), Benjamin Z. Houlton, Isabel P. Montañez, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Kate M. Scow	11
8	The path from root input to mineral-associated soil carbon is dictated by habitat-specific microbial traits and soil moisture 2024 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Noah W. Sokol, Megan M. Foley, Steven J. Blazewicz, Amrita Bhattacharyya, Nicole DiDonato, Katerina Estera‐Molina, Mary K. Firestone, Alex Greenlon, Bruce A. Hungate, Jeffrey A. Kimbrel, (unknown), (unknown), Maxwell A. T. Marple, Peter Nico, Ljiljana Paša‐Tolić, Eric Slessarev, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge	21
9	A stoichiometric approach to estimate sources of mineral‐associated soil organic matter 2023 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown), Noah W. Sokol, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Mark A. Bradford, (unknown), Thomas W. Crowther, Chao Liang, Yiqi Luo, Yakov Kuzyakov, Jingkuan Wang, Fan Ding	61
10	Clarifying the evidence for microbial‐ and plant‐derived soil organic matter, and the path toward a more quantitative understanding breakdown → 2022 ·Global Change Biology ·Emily D. Whalen, A. Stuart Grandy, Noah W. Sokol, Marco Keiluweit, Jessica G. Ernakovich, Richard G. Smith, Serita D. Frey	238
11	Global distribution, formation and fate of mineral‐associated soil organic matter under a changing climate: A trait‐based perspective breakdown → 2022 ·Functional Ecology ·Noah W. Sokol, Emily D. Whalen, Andrea Jilling, Cynthia M. Kallenbach, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Katerina Georgiou	203
12	Rock weathering controls the potential for soil carbon storage at a continental scale 2021 ·Biogeochemistry ·Eric Slessarev, Oliver A. Chadwick, Noah W. Sokol, Erin Nuccio, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge	52
13	Microbial formation of stable soil carbon is more efficient from belowground than aboveground input breakdown → 2018 ·Nature Geoscience ·Noah W. Sokol, Mark A. Bradford	593
14	Species associations overwhelm abiotic conditions to dictate the structure and function of wood‐decay fungal communities 2018 ·Ecology ·Daniel S. Maynard, Kristofer Covey, Thomas W. Crowther, Noah W. Sokol, Eric W. Morrison, Serita D. Frey, Linda T. A. van Diepen, Mark A. Bradford	40
15	Evidence for the primacy of living root inputs, not root or shoot litter, in forming soil organic carbon breakdown → 2018 ·New Phytologist ·Noah W. Sokol, Sara E. Kuebbing, Elena Karlsen‐Ayala, Mark A. Bradford	403
16	Pathways of mineral‐associated soil organic matter formation: Integrating the role of plant carbon source, chemistry, and point of entry breakdown → 2018 ·Global Change Biology ·Noah W. Sokol, Jonathan Sanderman, Mark A. Bradford	529
17	Impacts of an invasive plant are fundamentally altered by a co‐occurring forest disturbance 2017 ·Ecology ·Noah W. Sokol, Sara E. Kuebbing, Mark A. Bradford	29
18	Opposing effects of different soil organic matter fractions on crop yields 2016 ·Ecological Applications ·Stephen A. Wood, Noah W. Sokol, Colin Bell, Mark A. Bradford, Shahid Naeem, Matthew D. Wallenstein, Cheryl Palm	44
19	Growing the urban forest: tree performance in response to biotic and abiotic land management 2015 ·Restoration Ecology ·Emily E. Oldfield, Alexander J. Felson, (unknown), Thomas W. Crowther, Nancy F. Sonti, (unknown), Daniel S. Maynard, Noah W. Sokol, Mark S. Ashton, Robert J. Warren, Richard A. Hallett, Mark A. Bradford	50
20	Environmental stress response limits microbial necromass contributions to soil organic carbon 2015 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Thomas W. Crowther, Noah W. Sokol, Emily E. Oldfield, Daniel S. Maynard, S. Thomas, Mark A. Bradford	59

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