Patrick Crill

30.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
215 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

Patrick Crill is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Crill has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 105 papers in Atmospheric Science and 101 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Patrick Crill's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (107 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (93 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (75 papers). Patrick Crill is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (107 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (93 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (75 papers). Patrick Crill collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Canada. Patrick Crill's co-authors include David Bastviken, Robert C. Harriss, Jill L. Bubier, Steve Frolking, R. K. Varner, Alex Enrich‐Prast, P. Czepiel, Lars J. Tranvik, John Downing and Karen B. Bartlett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Crill

213 papers receiving 16.7k 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.

Freshwater Methane Emissions Offset the Continental Carbon Sink

2011 1.2k citations David Bastviken, Patrick Crill et al. profile →
Sensitivity of Boreal Forest Carbon Balance to Soil Thaw

1998 641 citations Patrick Crill et al. profile →
Carbon in Amazon Forests: Unexpected Seasonal Fluxes and Disturbance-Induced Losses

2003 539 citations S. R. Saleska, Patrick Crill et al. profile →
A synthesis of methane emissions from 71 northern, temperate, and subtropical wetlands

2014 394 citations Patrick Crill, Janne Rinne et al. profile →
Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost

2018 293 citations Ben J. Woodcroft, Caitlin M. Singleton et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick Crill Sweden	75	8.8k	8.4k	6.9k	4.7k	2.1k	215	18.0k
Jeffrey P. Chanton United States	84	6.3k 0.7×	9.1k 1.1×	6.0k 0.9×	6.6k 1.4×	839 0.4×	359	21.1k
Inez Fung United States	75	15.6k 1.8×	4.1k 0.5×	12.5k 1.8×	1.8k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	166	22.1k
Tim R. Moore Canada	79	5.0k 0.6×	13.6k 1.6×	5.4k 0.8×	3.5k 0.7×	2.5k 1.2×	252	18.4k
Benjamin Poulter United States	58	12.4k 1.4×	4.8k 0.6×	5.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	231	17.1k
Nigel T. Roulet Canada	75	5.6k 0.6×	12.8k 1.5×	6.8k 1.0×	2.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	224	17.9k
J. W. Harden United States	68	6.0k 0.7×	6.8k 0.8×	11.3k 1.6×	2.3k 0.5×	4.5k 2.2×	178	19.2k
Merritt R. Turetsky United States	67	7.7k 0.9×	9.0k 1.1×	10.2k 1.5×	1.9k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	192	18.6k
J. Patrick Megonigal United States	58	3.8k 0.4×	9.3k 1.1×	2.4k 0.3×	1.8k 0.4×	2.1k 1.0×	182	13.4k
John M. Mélack United States	80	9.0k 1.0×	9.6k 1.1×	4.8k 0.7×	7.5k 1.6×	2.2k 1.1×	343	25.2k
Gerd Gleixner Germany	71	3.1k 0.4×	7.4k 0.9×	4.2k 0.6×	2.5k 0.5×	8.1k 3.9×	243	18.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Crill

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Li, Zhen, W. J. Riley, Gianna L. Marschmann, et al.. (2025). A framework for integrating genomics, microbial traits, and ecosystem biogeochemistry. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2186–2186. 10 indexed citations

Wilson, Rachel, Suzanne B. Hodgkins, Gene W. Tyson, et al.. (2022). Plant organic matter inputs exert a strong control on soil organic matter decomposition in a thawing permafrost peatland. The Science of The Total Environment. 820. 152757–152757. 32 indexed citations

Holmes, M. Elizabeth, Patrick Crill, William C. Burnett, et al.. (2022). Carbon Accumulation, Flux, and Fate in Stordalen Mire, a Permafrost Peatland in Transition. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 36(1). 29 indexed citations

Emerson, Joanne, R. K. Varner, M. Wik, et al.. (2021). Diverse sediment microbiota shape methane emission temperature sensitivity in Arctic lakes. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5815–5815. 29 indexed citations

Seco, Roger, Thomas Holst, Andreas Westergaard‐Nielsen, et al.. (2020). Volatile Organic Compound fluxes in a subarctic peatland and lake. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 1 indexed citations

Berchet, Antoine, Isabelle Pison, Patrick Crill, et al.. (2020). Using ship-borne observations of methane isotopic ratio in the Arctic Ocean to understand methane sources in the Arctic. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(6). 3987–3998. 18 indexed citations

Thornton, Brett F., John Prytherch, Ian M. Brooks, et al.. (2020). Shipborne eddy covariance observations of methane fluxes constrain Arctic sea emissions. Science Advances. 6(5). eaay7934–eaay7934. 53 indexed citations

Gålfalk, Magnus, Martin Karlson, Patrick Crill, Philippe Bousquet, & David Bastviken. (2018). Technical note: A simple approach for efficient collection of field reference data for calibrating remote sensing mapping of northern wetlands. Biogeosciences. 15(5). 1549–1557. 2 indexed citations

Mondav, Rhiannon, C. K. McCalley, Suzanne B. Hodgkins, et al.. (2017). Microbial network, phylogenetic diversity and community membership in the active layer across a permafrost thaw gradient. Environmental Microbiology. 19(8). 3201–3218. 51 indexed citations

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Prytherch, John, Ian M. Brooks, Patrick Crill, et al.. (2017). Direct determination of the air‐sea CO₂ gas transfer velocity in Arctic sea ice regions. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(8). 3770–3778. 47 indexed citations

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Deng, Jia, C. K. McCalley, Steve Frolking, et al.. (2017). Adding stable carbon isotopes improves model representation of the role of microbial communities in peatland methane cycling. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 9(2). 1412–1430. 16 indexed citations

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Natchimuthu, Sivakiruthika, Ingrid Sundgren, Magnus Gålfalk, et al.. (2016). Spatio-temporal variability of lake methane fluxes and its influence on annual estimates. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

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Pirk, Norbert, Mikhail Mastepanov, Frans‐Jan W. Parmentier, et al.. (2016). Calculations of automatic chamber flux measurements of methane and carbon dioxide using short time series of concentrations. Biogeosciences. 13(4). 903–912. 42 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaole, Per Andersson, Christoph Humborg, et al.. (2011). Climate dependent diatom production is preserved in biogenic Si isotope signatures. Biogeosciences. 8(11). 3491–3499. 12 indexed citations

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Petrescu, Ana Maria Roxana, J. van Huissteden, M. Jackowicz-Korczyński, et al.. (2008). Modelling CH ₄ emissions from arctic wetlands: effects of hydrological parameterization. Biogeosciences. 5(1). 111–121. 39 indexed citations

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Crill, Patrick, et al.. (2007). Trace gas fluxes from through-canopy measurements in an upland forest of the Eastern Brazilian Amazon.. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Bäckstrand, K., Patrick Crill, Torben R. Christensen, & Mikhail Mastepanov. (2006). Growing Season Hydrocarbon Flux Dynamics at a Subarctic Mire, Northern Sweden. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Varner, R. K., et al.. (2005). Methyl Halide Production by Fungi. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester). 2005. 2 indexed citations

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Keller, Michael, Patrick Crill, João Carlos Benício Dias, et al.. (2002). Automated Chamber Measurements of Soil-Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide Flux in Undisturbed Forest at the Tapajos National Forest, Brazil. AGUFM. 2002. 2 indexed citations

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Chanton, Jeffrey P., Christopher S. Martens, Cheryl A. Kelley, Patrick Crill, & William Showers. (1992). Methane transport mechanisms and isotopic fractionation in emergent macrophytes of an Alaskan tundra lake. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(D15). 16681–16688. 91 indexed citations

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