R. K. Varner

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

R. K. Varner is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, R. K. Varner has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Atmospheric Science, 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 36 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in R. K. Varner's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (36 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (32 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (27 papers). R. K. Varner is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (36 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (32 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (27 papers). R. K. Varner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Australia. R. K. Varner's co-authors include Patrick Crill, M. Wik, David Bastviken, Sally MacIntyre, R. W. Talbot, Jill L. Bubier, Katey Walter Anthony, Steve Frolking, B. C. Sive and Claire C. Treat and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

R. K. Varner

86 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Climate-sensitive northern lakes and ponds are critical components of methane release

2016 371 citations M. Wik, R. K. Varner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. K. Varner United States	32	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	775	436	86	3.2k
Evan S. Kane United States	30	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	295 0.4×	191 0.4×	97	3.2k
Juzhi Hou China	35	3.0k 1.9×	622 0.4×	1.6k 1.3×	507 0.7×	333 0.8×	113	4.4k
Claire C. Treat United States	25	3.7k 2.3×	1.3k 0.8×	2.2k 1.8×	890 1.1×	220 0.5×	49	5.0k
Thomas A. Brown United Kingdom	26	966 0.6×	477 0.3×	881 0.7×	631 0.8×	591 1.4×	64	2.2k
Vincent Gauci United Kingdom	32	511 0.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	449 0.6×	301 0.7×	69	2.7k
Huan Yang China	32	1.9k 1.2×	344 0.2×	1.2k 1.0×	705 0.9×	310 0.7×	140	3.2k
Anatoly Prokushkin Russia	28	1.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	773 0.6×	311 0.4×	221 0.5×	142	3.5k
Yunping Xu China	29	1.2k 0.7×	314 0.2×	1.2k 1.0×	590 0.8×	507 1.2×	99	2.7k
Christian Knoblauch Germany	28	1.5k 0.9×	457 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.7×	237 0.5×	59	3.2k
Heather Graven United States	22	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	460 0.4×	238 0.3×	736 1.7×	54	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by R. K. Varner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. K. Varner

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Yang, Shuai, Jinyun Tang, Zhen Li, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the depth-dependent causal dynamics of methanogenesis and methanotrophy in a high-latitude fen peatland. Environmental Research Letters. 20(3). 34005–34005. 1 indexed citations

Li, Zhen, R. F. Grant, Kuang‐Yu Chang, et al.. (2024). Soil incubation methods lead to large differences in inferred methane production temperature sensitivity. Environmental Research Letters. 19(4). 44069–44069. 4 indexed citations

Nelson, Sarah J., et al.. (2024). Climate displaces deposition as dominant driver of dissolved organic carbon concentrations in historically acidified lakes. Biogeochemistry. 168(1). 5–5. 1 indexed citations

McCalley, C. K., et al.. (2023). Effect of Drought and Heavy Precipitation on CH4 Emissions and δ13C–CH4 in a Northern Temperate Peatland. Ecosystems. 27(1). 1–18. 3 indexed citations

Ellenbogen, Jared, Mikayla Borton, Bridget B. McGivern, et al.. (2023). Methylotrophy in the Mire: direct and indirect routes for methane production in thawing permafrost. mSystems. 9(1). e0069823–e0069823. 13 indexed citations

Malone, Sparkle L., Youmi Oh, Kyle A. Arndt, et al.. (2022). Gaps in network infrastructure limit our understanding of biogenic methane emissions for the United States. Biogeosciences. 19(9). 2507–2522. 3 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

McCalley, C. K., Suzanne B. Hodgkins, Rachel Wilson, et al.. (2022). Mapping substrate use across a permafrost thaw gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 175. 108809–108809. 13 indexed citations

Ernakovich, Jessica G., et al.. (2021). Is A Common Goal A False Hope in Convergence Research?: Opportunities and Challenges of International Convergence Research to Address Arctic Change. Earth s Future. 9(5). 8 indexed citations

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Malone, Sparkle L., Youmi Oh, Kyle A. Arndt, et al.. (2021). Gaps in Network Infrastructure limit our understanding of biogenic methane emissions in the United States. 2 indexed citations

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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

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Wilson, Rachel, Kuang‐Yu Chang, Gil Bohrer, et al.. (2021). Coupling plant litter quantity to a novel metric for litter quality explains C storage changes in a thawing permafrost peatland. Global Change Biology. 28(3). 950–968. 17 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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Varner, R. K., et al.. (2017). University of New Hampshire's Project SMART 2017: Marine and Environmental Science for High School Students. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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McCalley, C. K., et al.. (2015). Using vegetation cover type to predict and scale peatland methane dynamics.. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Herrick, C, et al.. (2014). Use of High Resolution UAS Imagery to Classify Sub-Arctic Vegetation Types. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Wik, M., et al.. (2014). Correlating the presence of Sparganium angustifolium with methane ebullition in a subarctic Swedish lake. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Sive, B. C., R. K. Varner, Huiting Mao, et al.. (2007). A large terrestrial source of methyl iodide. Geophysical Research Letters. 34(17). 58 indexed citations

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Ambrose, J. L., Howard R. Mayne, J. Stutz, et al.. (2005). Nighttime Oxidation of VOCs at Appledore Island, ME During ICARTT 2004. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 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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