Prudencio Chacón

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 808 citations indexed

About

Prudencio Chacón is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Prudencio Chacón has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 808 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 2 papers in Soil Science and 1 paper in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Prudencio Chacón's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (2 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (1 paper) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (1 paper). Prudencio Chacón is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (2 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (1 paper) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (1 paper). Prudencio Chacón collaborates with scholars based in Venezuela, Canada and France. Prudencio Chacón's co-authors include Elvira Cuevas, H. Tiessen, Danilo López‐Hernández, J. C. Fardeau and P. Nannipieri and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Oecologia and European Journal of Soil Biology.

In The Last Decade

Prudencio Chacón

4 papers receiving 749 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.

The role of soil organic matter in sustaining soil fertility

1994 691 citations H. Tiessen, Elvira Cuevas et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Prudencio Chacón Venezuela	4	562	190	160	132	118	4	808
Graham P. Sparling New Zealand	17	763 1.4×	313 1.6×	216 1.4×	281 2.1×	122 1.0×	18	1.2k
Jordi García-Pausas Spain	10	441 0.8×	214 1.1×	103 0.6×	106 0.8×	93 0.8×	17	604
J. I. Sanz Colombia	7	417 0.7×	151 0.8×	167 1.0×	107 0.8×	73 0.6×	11	712
S. Samson‐Liebig United States	6	656 1.2×	202 1.1×	191 1.2×	193 1.5×	52 0.4×	7	854
Torben A. Bonde Sweden	10	713 1.3×	197 1.0×	198 1.2×	247 1.9×	41 0.3×	16	877
Shengwei Shi China	16	574 1.0×	239 1.3×	120 0.8×	115 0.9×	64 0.5×	40	844
Claudia Hidalgo Mexico	14	407 0.7×	116 0.6×	115 0.7×	99 0.8×	75 0.6×	28	694
P. L. Singleton New Zealand	12	518 0.9×	196 1.0×	107 0.7×	212 1.6×	41 0.3×	19	733
J. C. Carlyle Australia	18	584 1.0×	251 1.3×	167 1.0×	222 1.7×	298 2.5×	27	971
David White United States	7	364 0.6×	347 1.8×	175 1.1×	169 1.3×	57 0.5×	16	814

Countries citing papers authored by Prudencio Chacón

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Fields of papers citing papers by Prudencio Chacón

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Prudencio Chacón. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Prudencio Chacón. The network helps show where Prudencio Chacón may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Prudencio Chacón

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Prudencio Chacón. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Prudencio Chacón based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Prudencio Chacón. Prudencio Chacón is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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4 of 4 papers shown

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López‐Hernández, Danilo, et al.. (2005). Contribution of nitrogen-fixing organisms to the N budget in Trachypogon savannas. European Journal of Soil Biology. 42(1). 43–50. 18 indexed citations

2.

Tiessen, H., Prudencio Chacón, & Elvira Cuevas. (1994). Phosphorus and nitrogen status in soils and vegetation along a toposequence of dystrophic rainforests on the upper Rio Negro. Oecologia. 99(1-2). 145–150. 79 indexed citations

3.

Tiessen, H., Elvira Cuevas, & Prudencio Chacón. (1994). The role of soil organic matter in sustaining soil fertility. Nature. 371(6500). 783–785. 691 indexed citations breakdown →

4.

López‐Hernández, Danilo, et al.. (1989). Phosphorus accumulation in savanna termite mound in Venezuela. Journal of Soil Science. 40(3). 635–640. 20 indexed citations

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