Shawna K. McMahon

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Shawna K. McMahon is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Shawna K. McMahon has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Ecology, 6 papers in Soil Science and 5 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Shawna K. McMahon's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers), Climate change and permafrost (5 papers) and Polar Research and Ecology (5 papers). Shawna K. McMahon is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers), Climate change and permafrost (5 papers) and Polar Research and Ecology (5 papers). Shawna K. McMahon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. Shawna K. McMahon's co-authors include Matthew D. Wallenstein, Joshua P. Schimel, Colin Bell, Jennifer D. Rocca, M. D. Wallenstein, David D. Myrold, Peter J. Bottomley, Mark A. Williams, Igor V. Florinsky and David L. Burton and has published in prestigious journals such as Global Change Biology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry and Soil Science Society of America Journal.

In The Last Decade

Shawna K. McMahon

10 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities

2013 381 citations Colin Bell, Jennifer D. Rocca et al. Journal of Visualized Experiments profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shawna K. McMahon United States	10	871	789	376	329	249	10	1.5k
Kate M. Buckeridge United States	15	1.2k 1.4×	986 1.2×	355 0.9×	614 1.9×	220 0.9×	25	2.0k
Jérémy Puissant France	15	1.1k 1.3×	842 1.1×	456 1.2×	131 0.4×	222 0.9×	19	1.7k
Valérie Pouteau France	14	1.1k 1.3×	671 0.9×	244 0.6×	136 0.4×	254 1.0×	20	1.4k
Mounir Takriti Austria	7	969 1.1×	620 0.8×	316 0.8×	149 0.5×	340 1.4×	10	1.3k
Neil W. MacDonald United States	9	803 0.9×	599 0.8×	267 0.7×	130 0.4×	319 1.3×	17	1.3k
Dianye Zhang China	23	838 1.0×	787 1.0×	271 0.7×	489 1.5×	276 1.1×	48	1.6k
Ieda Hämmerle Austria	7	1.1k 1.3×	693 0.9×	376 1.0×	86 0.3×	406 1.6×	8	1.5k
Ansa Palojärvi Finland	17	744 0.9×	361 0.5×	396 1.1×	130 0.4×	195 0.8×	39	1.3k
Aimeric Blaud United Kingdom	14	830 1.0×	521 0.7×	263 0.7×	97 0.3×	196 0.8×	18	1.3k
Anna Knoltsch Austria	6	882 1.0×	558 0.7×	297 0.8×	121 0.4×	322 1.3×	6	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shawna K. McMahon

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All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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McMahon, Shawna K. & Joshua P. Schimel. (2016). Shifting patterns of microbial N-metabolism across seasons in upland Alaskan tundra soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 105. 96–107. 16 indexed citations

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Bell, Colin, et al.. (2013). High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e50961–e50961. 381 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bell, Colin, et al.. (2013). High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 233 indexed citations

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McMahon, Shawna K., Matthew D. Wallenstein, & Joshua P. Schimel. (2010). A cross-seasonal comparison of active and total bacterial community composition in Arctic tundra soil using bromodeoxyuridine labeling. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43(2). 287–295. 65 indexed citations

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McMahon, Shawna K., Matthew D. Wallenstein, & Joshua P. Schimel. (2009). Microbial growth in Arctic tundra soil at −2°C. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 1(2). 162–166. 48 indexed citations

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Wallenstein, Matthew D., Shawna K. McMahon, & Joshua P. Schimel. (2008). Seasonal variation in enzyme activities and temperature sensitivities in Arctic tundra soils. Global Change Biology. 15(7). 1631–1639. 299 indexed citations

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Wallenstein, Matthew D., Shawna K. McMahon, & Joshua P. Schimel. (2007). Bacterial and fungal community structure in Arctic tundra tussock and shrub soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 59(2). 428–435. 211 indexed citations

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McMahon, Shawna K., Mark A. Williams, Peter J. Bottomley, & David D. Myrold. (2005). Dynamics of Microbial Communities during Decomposition of Carbon‐13 Labeled Ryegrass Fractions in Soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 69(4). 1238–1247. 125 indexed citations

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Bottomley, P. J., Anne E. Taylor, Shawna K. McMahon, et al.. (2004). Responses of Nitrification and Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria to Reciprocal Transfers of Soil between Adjacent Coniferous Forest and Meadow Vegetation in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon. Microbial Ecology. 48(4). 500–508. 37 indexed citations

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Florinsky, Igor V., Shawna K. McMahon, & David L. Burton. (2003). Topographic control of soil microbial activity: a case study of denitrifiers. Geoderma. 119(1-2). 33–53. 75 indexed citations

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