Randall K. Kolka

9.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
231 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Randall K. Kolka is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Randall K. Kolka has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Ecology, 84 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 60 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Randall K. Kolka's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (82 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (46 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (40 papers). Randall K. Kolka is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (82 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (46 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (40 papers). Randall K. Kolka collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Indonesia. Randall K. Kolka's co-authors include Edward A. Nater, Carl P. J. Mitchell, Brian A. Branfireun, D. F. Grigal, Stephen D. Sebestyen, James A. Thompson, Heidi Asbjornsen, Matthew J. Helmers, Mark D. Tomer and Brian J. Palik and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Randall K. Kolka

227 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

  1. Prairie strips improve biodiversity and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services from corn–soybean croplands
    2017 253 citations Lisa A. Schulte, Jarad Niemi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Randall K. Kolka United States 45 3.0k 2.0k 1.5k 1.5k 862 231 6.7k
Richard V. Pouyat United States 33 1.3k 0.4× 2.7k 1.4× 839 0.6× 1.8k 1.2× 804 0.9× 74 5.3k
Plínio Barbosa de Camargo Brazil 50 2.8k 1.0× 3.8k 1.9× 2.0k 1.4× 504 0.3× 2.3k 2.7× 234 8.7k
Ivan J. Fernandez United States 42 2.5k 0.8× 1.9k 1.0× 3.2k 2.1× 465 0.3× 1.1k 1.2× 197 7.6k
Mark E. Fenn United States 40 2.5k 0.8× 2.3k 1.1× 2.1k 1.4× 629 0.4× 1.5k 1.8× 128 7.5k
Yunting Fang China 49 3.0k 1.0× 1.9k 1.0× 3.9k 2.6× 803 0.5× 803 0.9× 221 8.3k
Curtis J. Richardson United States 54 4.8k 1.6× 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 387 0.3× 937 1.1× 163 8.7k
Christopher Neill United States 46 2.2k 0.7× 2.2k 1.1× 2.5k 1.7× 572 0.4× 1.2k 1.4× 139 6.4k
Sarah E. Gergel Canada 38 2.8k 0.9× 2.2k 1.1× 812 0.5× 418 0.3× 1.1k 1.3× 110 6.1k
Xianguo Lü China 40 2.6k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 661 0.4× 371 0.3× 463 0.5× 199 4.6k
Shufen Pan United States 45 2.0k 0.7× 3.5k 1.8× 1.3k 0.9× 307 0.2× 612 0.7× 127 6.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Randall K. Kolka

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All Works

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Benavides, Juan C., Michael Battaglia, Rodney A. Chimner, et al.. (2025). Mapping the distribution and condition of mountain peatlands in Colombia for sustainable ecosystem management. Journal of Environmental Management. 380. 124915–124915.
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Griffiths, Natalie A., Randall K. Kolka, Alyssa A. Carrell, et al.. (2023). Elevated temperature alters microbial communities, but not decomposition rates, during 3 years of in situ peat decomposition. mSystems. 8(5). e0033723–e0033723. 4 indexed citations
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Defrenne, Camille E., Jessica A. M. Moore, Colin Tucker, et al.. (2023). Peat loss collocates with a threshold in plant–mycorrhizal associations in drained peatlands encroached by trees. New Phytologist. 240(1). 412–425. 14 indexed citations
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Yu, Xueying, Dylan B. Millet, Kelley C. Wells, et al.. (2021). Aircraft-based inversions quantify the importance of wetlands and livestock for Upper Midwest methane emissions. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(2). 951–971. 16 indexed citations
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Sebestyen, Stephen D., et al.. (2021). Hydrological and meteorological data from research catchments at the Marcell Experimental Forest, Minnesota, USA. Hydrological Processes. 35(3). 17 indexed citations
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Wilson, Rachel, Malak Tfaily, Max Kolton, et al.. (2021). Soil metabolome response to whole-ecosystem warming at the Spruce and Peatland Responses under Changing Environments experiment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(25). 63 indexed citations
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Maillard, François, Christopher W. Fernandez, Sunil Mundra, et al.. (2021). Warming drives a ‘hummockification’ of microbial communities associated with decomposing mycorrhizal fungal necromass in peatlands. New Phytologist. 234(6). 2032–2043. 23 indexed citations
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Deventer, M. J., D. Tyler Roman, Randall K. Kolka, et al.. (2020). Biases in open-path carbon dioxide flux measurements: Roles of instrument surface heat exchange and analyzer temperature sensitivity. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 296. 108216–108216. 9 indexed citations
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Kolka, Randall K., et al.. (2020). Mercury dynamics in the pore water of peat columns during experimental freezing and thawing. Journal of Environmental Quality. 49(2). 404–416. 3 indexed citations
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Griffis, Timothy J., D. Tyler Roman, Jeffrey D. Wood, et al.. (2020). Hydrometeorological sensitivities of net ecosystem carbon dioxide and methane exchange of an Amazonian palm swamp peatland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 295. 108167–108167. 33 indexed citations
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Feng, Xue, M. J. Deventer, G. H. C. Ng, et al.. (2020). Climate Sensitivity of Peatland Methane Emissions Mediated by Seasonal Hydrologic Dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(17). 33 indexed citations
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Hanson, Paul J., Natalie A. Griffiths, Colleen M. Iversen, et al.. (2020). Rapid Net Carbon Loss From a Whole‐Ecosystem Warmed Peatland. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). 73 indexed citations
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Deventer, M. J., Xue Feng, Randall K. Kolka, et al.. (2019). Intra- and Inter-Annual Variability in Wetland CH4 Emissions from a Sub-Boreal Peatland. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Zichong, Timothy J. Griffis, John M. Baker, et al.. (2018). Source Partitioning of Methane Emissions and its Seasonality in the U.S. Midwest. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 123(2). 646–659. 23 indexed citations
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Schulte, Lisa A., Jarad Niemi, Matthew J. Helmers, et al.. (2017). Prairie strips improve biodiversity and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services from corn–soybean croplands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(42). 11247–11252. 253 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, J.‐Y., Janette R. Thompson, Randall K. Kolka, Kristie J. Franz, & Timothy W. Stewart. (2013). Using the Storm Water Management Model to predict urban headwater stream hydrological response to climate and land cover change. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 17(12). 4743–4758. 39 indexed citations
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Hanson, Paul J., Randall K. Kolka, Richard J. Norby, et al.. (2010). Evaluating Spruce Peatland Responses Under Climatic and Environmental Change Using a Replicated In Situ Field Manipulation. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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