Stephen K. Hamilton

24.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
191 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

Stephen K. Hamilton is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen K. Hamilton has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Ecology, 60 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 55 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Stephen K. Hamilton's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (52 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (45 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (26 papers). Stephen K. Hamilton is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (52 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (45 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (26 papers). Stephen K. Hamilton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Australia. Stephen K. Hamilton's co-authors include G. Philip Robertson, Amy J. Burgin, Suzanne J. Sippel, John M. Mélack, William M. Lewis, Jennifer L. Tank, Scott M. Swinton, Stuart E. Bunn, Jackson R. Webster and Patrick J. Mulholland and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Stephen K. Hamilton

186 papers receiving 14.2k 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.

Control of Nitrogen Export from Watersheds by Headwater Streams

2001 1.1k citations Bruce J. Peterson, Jackson R. Webster et al. Science profile →
Have we overemphasized the role of denitrification in aquatic ecosystems? A review of nitrate removal pathways

2007 887 citations Stephen K. Hamilton et al. profile →
Ecosystem services and agriculture: Cultivating agricultural ecosystems for diverse benefits

2007 620 citations Scott M. Swinton, G. Philip Robertson et al. profile →
Cellulosic biofuel contributions to a sustainable energy future: Choices and outcomes

2017 343 citations G. Philip Robertson, Stephen K. Hamilton et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen K. Hamilton United States	65	6.7k	5.2k	3.8k	3.7k	3.4k	191	14.9k
Emily S. Bernhardt United States	72	7.0k 1.1×	4.1k 0.8×	3.4k 0.9×	3.5k 0.9×	2.5k 0.7×	209	16.1k
Emily H. Stanley United States	58	5.8k 0.9×	4.6k 0.9×	3.5k 0.9×	4.0k 1.1×	2.4k 0.7×	156	11.4k
David W. Schindler Canada	52	7.5k 1.1×	8.3k 1.6×	3.6k 0.9×	3.0k 0.8×	3.1k 0.9×	124	20.3k
Luiz Antônio Martinelli Brazil	65	6.8k 1.0×	3.6k 0.7×	3.6k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	4.8k 1.4×	293	19.8k
Judy L. Meyer United States	54	8.7k 1.3×	5.4k 1.0×	5.3k 1.4×	4.9k 1.3×	2.3k 0.7×	123	13.9k
Jill S. Baron United States	48	4.4k 0.7×	3.5k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	3.7k 1.1×	143	12.2k
William J. Mitsch United States	69	9.7k 1.5×	4.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.4×	2.5k 0.7×	4.0k 1.2×	315	17.3k
Walter K. Dodds United States	65	7.9k 1.2×	9.3k 1.8×	5.4k 1.4×	5.7k 1.5×	1.3k 0.4×	214	16.3k
Kathleen C. Weathers United States	55	3.8k 0.6×	2.7k 0.5×	2.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	3.8k 1.1×	174	11.8k
Elizabeth W. Boyer United States	46	5.3k 0.8×	8.1k 1.6×	1.8k 0.5×	5.6k 1.5×	2.6k 0.8×	128	17.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen K. Hamilton

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Hussain, Mir Zaman, Stephen K. Hamilton, Bruno Basso, & G. Philip Robertson. (2025). Phosphorus budgets of intensively managed row crops at a long‐term agroecosystem research site in the upper US Midwest. Journal of Environmental Quality. 54(3). 720–731. 1 indexed citations

Girard, Pierre, Fábio de Oliveira Roque, Wilson Cabral de Sousa, & Stephen K. Hamilton. (2024). Expansion of fluvial transport of commodities through the Pantanal floodplains of Brazil: Potential impacts and interference by climate change. Conservation Science and Practice. 7(7). 1 indexed citations

Bóhm, Sven, Mir Zaman Hussain, Leela Pradhan Joshi, et al.. (2024). High temperatures and low soil moisture synergistically reduce switchgrass yields from marginal field sites and inhibit fermentation. GCB Bioenergy. 16(2).

Fleischmann, Ayan Santos, Fabrice Papa, Stephen K. Hamilton, et al.. (2023). Increased floodplain inundation in the Amazon since 1980. Environmental Research Letters. 18(3). 34024–34024. 25 indexed citations

Girard, Pierre, et al.. (2023). Hydrological Dynamics of the Pantanal, a Large Tropical Floodplain in Brazil, Revealed by Analysis of Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery. Water. 15(12). 2180–2180. 4 indexed citations

Hamilton, Stephen K., et al.. (2021). Water quality impacts of small hydroelectric power plants in a tributary to the Pantanal floodplain, Brazil. River Research and Applications. 37(3). 448–461. 11 indexed citations

Almeida, Rafael M., Qinru Shi, Jonathan M. Gomes-Selman, et al.. (2019). Reducing greenhouse gas emissions of Amazon hydropower with strategic dam planning. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4281–4281. 152 indexed citations

Roley, Sarah S., Chao Xue, Stephen K. Hamilton, James M. Tiedje, & G. Philip Robertson. (2018). Isotopic evidence for episodic nitrogen fixation in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.). Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 129. 90–98. 46 indexed citations

Dutton, Christopher L., Amanda L. Subalusky, Stephen K. Hamilton, Emma J. Rosi, & David M. Post. (2018). Organic matter loading by hippopotami causes subsidy overload resulting in downstream hypoxia and fish kills. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1951–1951. 58 indexed citations

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Richmond, Erinn K., Emma J. Rosi, David Walters, et al.. (2018). A diverse suite of pharmaceuticals contaminates stream and riparian food webs. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4491–4491. 218 indexed citations

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Robertson, G. Philip, Stephen K. Hamilton, Bradford L. Barham, et al.. (2017). Cellulosic biofuel contributions to a sustainable energy future: Choices and outcomes. Science. 356(6345). 343 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hamilton, Stephen K., Mir Zaman Hussain, Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj, et al.. (2014). Water Footprints of Cellulosic Bioenergy Crops: Implications for Production on Marginal Lands. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Abraha, Michael, Jiquan Chen, Housen Chu, et al.. (2014). Evapotranspiration of annual and perennial biofuel crops in a variable climate. GCB Bioenergy. 7(6). 1344–1356. 53 indexed citations

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Sarnelle, Orlando, et al.. (2014). Nitrogen availability increases the toxin quota of a harmful cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa. Water Research. 54. 188–198. 134 indexed citations

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Robertson, G. Philip, Katherine L. Gross, Stephen K. Hamilton, et al.. (2014). Farming for Ecosystem Services: An Ecological Approach to Production Agriculture. BioScience. 64(5). 404–415. 197 indexed citations

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Lennon, Jay T., Stephen K. Hamilton, Mario E. Muscarella, et al.. (2013). A Source of Terrestrial Organic Carbon to Investigate the Browning of Aquatic Ecosystems. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e75771–e75771. 30 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Jonathan M., et al.. (2012). The fate of assimilated nitrogen in streams: an in situ benthic chamber study. Freshwater Biology. 57(6). 1113–1125. 30 indexed citations

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Jardine, Timothy D., Bradley J. Pusey, Stephen K. Hamilton, et al.. (2011). Fish mediate high food web connectivity in the lower reaches of a tropical floodplain river. Oecologia. 168(3). 829–838. 114 indexed citations

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Zenone, Terenzio, Jiquan Chen, Burkhard Wilske, et al.. (2011). CO2 fluxes of transitional bioenergy crops: effect of land conversion during the first year of cultivation. GCB Bioenergy. 3(5). 401–412. 55 indexed citations

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Dodds, Walter K., Eugènia Martı́, Jennifer L. Tank, et al.. (2004). Carbon and nitrogen stoichiometry and nitrogen cycling rates in streams. Oecologia. 140(3). 458–467. 104 indexed citations

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