Robert R. Northup

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 921 citations indexed

About

Robert R. Northup is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert R. Northup has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 921 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Soil Science, 3 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 2 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Robert R. Northup's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (2 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (1 paper). Robert R. Northup is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (2 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (1 paper). Robert R. Northup collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert R. Northup's co-authors include Randy A. Dahlgren, Zengshou Yu, Kristina Vogt and J. G. McColl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Plant and Soil and Biogeochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Robert R. Northup

5 papers receiving 828 citations

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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.

Polyphenol control of nitrogen release from pine litter

1995 496 citations Robert R. Northup, Zengshou Yu et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert R. Northup United States	5	421	388	274	262	158	5	921
Zengshou Yu United States	9	327 0.8×	290 0.7×	183 0.7×	221 0.8×	141 0.9×	12	798
Fusheng Chen China	20	551 1.3×	264 0.7×	206 0.8×	284 1.1×	149 0.9×	69	1.1k
Robert K. Antibus United States	15	557 1.3×	831 2.1×	183 0.7×	378 1.4×	201 1.3×	27	1.5k
W. de Visser Netherlands	15	231 0.5×	331 0.9×	197 0.7×	451 1.7×	146 0.9×	20	1.1k
Sanna Kanerva Finland	13	410 1.0×	243 0.6×	137 0.5×	204 0.8×	115 0.7×	22	773
Sylvain Coq France	14	478 1.1×	182 0.5×	391 1.4×	276 1.1×	104 0.7×	29	955
Paolo Zuccarini Spain	18	309 0.7×	587 1.5×	225 0.8×	237 0.9×	91 0.6×	38	1.1k
D.A. Heemsbergen Australia	11	239 0.6×	193 0.5×	197 0.7×	223 0.9×	109 0.7×	16	897
Sunil K. Pancholy United States	14	611 1.5×	675 1.7×	189 0.7×	273 1.0×	234 1.5×	34	1.4k
A.W. Boxman Netherlands	19	642 1.5×	413 1.1×	213 0.8×	554 2.1×	424 2.7×	31	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert R. Northup

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert R. Northup

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert R. Northup. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert R. Northup 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 Robert R. Northup. Robert R. Northup is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Yu, Zengshou, Randy A. Dahlgren, & Robert R. Northup. (1999). Evolution of soil properties and plant communities along an extreme edaphic gradient. European Journal of Soil Biology. 35(1). 31–38. 18 indexed citations

2.

Northup, Robert R., Randy A. Dahlgren, & J. G. McColl. (1998). Polyphenols as Regulators of Plant-litter-soil Interactions in Northern California's Pygmy Forest: A Positive Feedback?. Biogeochemistry. 42(1-2). 189–220. 292 indexed citations

3.

Northup, Robert R., Zengshou Yu, Randy A. Dahlgren, & Kristina Vogt. (1995). Polyphenol control of nitrogen release from pine litter. Nature. 377(6546). 227–229. 496 indexed citations breakdown →

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Northup, Robert R., Randy A. Dahlgren, & Zengshou Yu. (1995). Intraspecific variation of conifer phenolic concentration on a marine terrace soil acidity gradient; a new interpretation. Plant and Soil. 171(2). 255–262. 78 indexed citations

5.

Northup, Robert R., et al.. (1994). Determination of dissolved organic nitrogen using persulfate oxidation and conductimetric quantification of nitrate‐nitrogen. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 25(19-20). 3161–3169. 37 indexed citations

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