Peter Nico

14.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
123 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Peter Nico is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Nico has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Soil Science, 25 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 25 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Peter Nico's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (27 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (19 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (18 papers). Peter Nico is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (27 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (19 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (18 papers). Peter Nico collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Switzerland. Peter Nico's co-authors include Markus Kleber, Marco Keiluweit, Mark G. Johnson, Scott Fendorf, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Robert J. Zasoski, Peter Weber, Jeremy Bougoure, Benjamin Gilbert and Thomas Borch and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Peter Nico

119 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Dynamic Molecular Structure of Plant Biomass-Derived Black Carbon (Biochar)

2010 2.5k citations Marco Keiluweit, Peter Nico et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Mineral protection of soil carbon counteracted by root exudates

2015 835 citations Marco Keiluweit, Peter Nico et al. profile →
Anaerobic microsites have an unaccounted role in soil carbon stabilization

2017 355 citations Marco Keiluweit, Markus Kleber et al. Nature Communications profile →
A low-to-no snow future and its impacts on water resources in the western United States

2021 244 citations Peter Nico, Andrew D. Jones et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Nico United States	38	2.4k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.3k	123	8.7k
Marco Keiluweit United States	31	3.3k 1.4×	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	59	9.0k
Jon Chorover United States	61	2.7k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	3.0k 2.0×	983 0.8×	269	12.8k
Zhongwu Li China	53	3.0k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	2.0k 1.4×	873 0.6×	625 0.5×	196	8.9k
Balwant Singh Australia	53	3.6k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	761 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	940 0.7×	238	11.1k
James E. Amonette United States	45	3.3k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	799 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	3.4k 2.6×	108	11.8k
Wenfeng Tan China	52	1.6k 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	842 0.6×	2.2k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	347	9.8k
Jingdong Mao United States	57	1.9k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	966 0.7×	2.0k 1.6×	165	9.5k
Caroline A. Masiello United States	44	5.0k 2.0×	1.0k 0.7×	2.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	108	12.9k
Ronald J. Smernik Australia	49	4.1k 1.7×	859 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	175	10.2k
R. J. Gilkes Australia	54	3.4k 1.4×	805 0.5×	886 0.6×	2.2k 1.5×	741 0.6×	990	11.9k

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Rowley, Mike C., Jasquelin Peña, Matthew A. Marcus, et al.. (2025). Calcium is associated with specific soil organic carbon decomposition products. SOIL. 11(1). 381–388. 1 indexed citations

Asteggiano, Carlo, Matteo Paoletti, Elisa Vegezzi, et al.. (2025). Quantitative MRI Assessment Using Variable Echo Time Imaging of Peripheral Nerve Injury in ATTRv Amyloidosis Patients. European Journal of Neurology. 32(4). e70172–e70172.

Breunig, Hanna, Patricia Fox, Jeremy K. Domen, et al.. (2024). Life cycle impact and cost analysis of quarry materials for land-based enhanced weathering in Northern California. Journal of Cleaner Production. 476. 143757–143757. 4 indexed citations

Vittorio, Alan Di, Andrew D. Jones, Whendee L. Silver, et al.. (2024). Soil management practices can contribute to net carbon neutrality in California. Environmental Research Letters. 19(6). 64034–64034. 1 indexed citations

Arora, Bhavna, Dipankar Dwivedi, Carl I. Steefel, et al.. (2024). Climate forcing controls on carbon terrestrial fluxes during shale weathering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(27). e2400230121–e2400230121. 7 indexed citations

Perera, A.T.D., et al.. (2023). Enhancing flexibility for climate change using seasonal energy storage (aquifer thermal energy storage) in distributed energy systems. Applied Energy. 340. 120957–120957. 18 indexed citations

Gilbert, Benjamin, Sergio Carrero, Wenming Dong, et al.. (2023). River thorium concentrations can record bedrock fracture processes including some triggered by distant seismic events. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2395–2395. 3 indexed citations

Lin, Yang, Ashley Campbell, Amrita Bhattacharyya, et al.. (2021). Differential effects of redox conditions on the decomposition of litter and soil organic matter. Biogeochemistry. 154(1). 1–15. 23 indexed citations

Lin, Yang, Ashley Campbell, Amrita Bhattacharyya, et al.. (2020). Differential effects of redox conditions on the decomposition of litter and soil organic matter. 4 indexed citations

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Vasco, D. W., T. G. Farr, Pierre Jeanne, Christine Doughty, & Peter Nico. (2019). Satellite-based monitoring of groundwater depletion in California’s Central Valley. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16053–16053. 38 indexed citations

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Wanzek, Thomas, Marco Keiluweit, Tamás Varga, et al.. (2018). The Ability of Soil Pore Network Metrics to Predict Redox Dynamics Is Scale Dependent. Soil Systems. 2(4). 66–66. 16 indexed citations

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Bhattacharyya, Amrita, Ashley Campbell, Malak Tfaily, et al.. (2018). Redox Fluctuations Control the Coupled Cycling of Iron and Carbon in Tropical Forest Soils. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(24). 14129–14139. 117 indexed citations

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Dwivedi, Dipankar, Carl I. Steefel, Bhavna Arora, et al.. (2018). Geochemical Exports to River From the Intrameander Hyporheic Zone Under Transient Hydrologic Conditions: East River Mountainous Watershed, Colorado. Water Resources Research. 54(10). 8456–8477. 64 indexed citations

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Dwivedi, Dipankar, Carl I. Steefel, Michelle Newcomer, et al.. (2017). Biogeochemical reactive transport of carbon, nitrogen and iron in the hyporheic zone. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Hubbard, Susan S., Kenneth H. Williams, Jillian F. Banfield, et al.. (2017). Predictive Understanding of Mountainous Watershed Hydro-Biogeochemical Function and Response to Perturbations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Ulrich, Craig, et al.. (2017). On-Farm, Almond Orchard Flooding as a Viable Aquifer Recharge Alternative. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Pett‐Ridge, Jennifer, Karis J. McFarlane, Katherine Heckman, et al.. (2016). Digging a Little Deeper: Microbial Communities, Molecular Composition and Soil Organic Matter Turnover along Tropical Forest Soil Depth Profiles. AGUFM. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Yuan, Xiu, et al.. (2015). Hydrogen Peroxide in Groundwater at Rifle, Colorado. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Druhan, Jennifer L., et al.. (2011). Observing the coupled behavior of geochemistry and flow path evolution during bioreduction using clinical nuclear imaging tomography. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Keiluweit, Marco, Peter Nico, Mark G. Johnson, & Markus Kleber. (2010). Dynamic Molecular Structure of Plant Biomass-Derived Black Carbon (Biochar). Environmental Science & Technology. 44(4). 1247–1253. 2506 indexed citations breakdown →

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