Susan E. Crow

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Susan E. Crow is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan E. Crow has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Soil Science, 26 papers in Ecology and 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Susan E. Crow's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (39 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (17 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (10 papers). Susan E. Crow is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (39 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (17 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (10 papers). Susan E. Crow collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Susan E. Crow's co-authors include Kate Lajtha, Marc G. Kramer, Richard D. Bowden, Robert B. Jackson, Gustaf Hugelius, Gervasio Piñeiro, Christopher W. Swanston, Bruce A. Caldwell, T. R. Filley and R. Kelman Wieder and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Susan E. Crow

67 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

The Ecology of Soil Carbon: Pools, Vulnerabilities, and Biotic and Abiotic Controls

2017 809 citations Kate Lajtha, Susan E. Crow et al. profile →
Beyond clay: towards an improved set of variables for predicting soil organic matter content

2018 542 citations Susan E. Crow, Caitlin Hicks Pries et al. Biogeochemistry profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susan E. Crow United States	26	2.9k	1.9k	843	721	721	67	4.3k
Sébastien Fontaine France	21	3.0k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	766 0.9×	776 1.1×	622 0.9×	35	4.1k
Jennifer L. Soong United States	23	3.6k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.2×	750 1.0×	621 0.9×	37	4.8k
Daniel Liptzin United States	26	2.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	972 1.3×	660 0.9×	63	4.6k
Sharon Billings United States	37	2.2k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	617 0.7×	843 1.2×	1.0k 1.4×	105	3.8k
Bertrand Guenet France	40	2.8k 1.0×	2.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	574 0.8×	1.2k 1.7×	121	5.1k
Abad Chabbi France	32	2.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	695 0.8×	970 1.3×	627 0.9×	87	4.1k
Michelle L. Haddix United States	29	4.3k 1.5×	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	797 1.1×	752 1.0×	47	5.7k
Sergey Blagodatsky Germany	33	3.7k 1.3×	2.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.6×	594 0.8×	79	5.1k
Meng Lu China	22	2.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	642 0.8×	1.0k 1.4×	873 1.2×	57	3.8k
Jocelyn M. Lavallee United States	15	2.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	761 0.9×	543 0.8×	427 0.6×	27	3.8k

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Maaz, Tai McClellan, et al.. (2025). From volcanic ash to abundant earth: understanding Andisol organic matter dynamics in relation to soil health on Hawaiʻi Island. Biogeochemistry. 168(2). 1 indexed citations

Bremer, Leah L., Natalie Kurashima, Tamara Ticktin, et al.. (2025). Carbon benefits through agroforestry transitions on unmanaged fallow agricultural land in Hawaiʻi. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 5097–5097. 3 indexed citations

Satdichanh, Manichanh, Gbadamassi G. O. Dossa, Kai Yan, et al.. (2023). Drivers of soil organic carbon stock during tropical forest succession. Journal of Ecology. 111(8). 1722–1734. 22 indexed citations

Maaz, Tai McClellan, et al.. (2023). Measuring the immeasurable: A structural equation modeling approach to assessing soil health. The Science of The Total Environment. 870. 161900–161900. 31 indexed citations

Crow, Susan E., Carlos A. Sierra, Jonathan L. Deenik, et al.. (2022). Edaphic controls of soil organic carbon in tropical agricultural landscapes. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 21574–21574. 3 indexed citations

Pries, Caitlin Hicks, et al.. (2022). Minerals limit the deep soil respiration response to warming in a tropical Andisol. Biogeochemistry. 161(2). 85–99. 6 indexed citations

Crow, Susan E., et al.. (2022). Lignin chemical controls on bioconversion of tropically grown C4 bioenergy grasses to biofuels and biobased products. Bioresource Technology Reports. 18. 101015–101015. 4 indexed citations

Sierra, Carlos A., Susan E. Crow, Martin Heimann, Holger Metzler, & Ernst‐Detlef Schulze. (2021). The climate benefit of carbon sequestration. Biogeosciences. 18(3). 1029–1048. 35 indexed citations

Schädel, Christina, Jeffrey Beem‐Miller, Susan E. Crow, et al.. (2020). Decomposability of soil organic matter over time: the Soil Incubation Database (SIDb, version 1.0) and guidance for incubation procedures. Earth system science data. 12(3). 1511–1524. 31 indexed citations

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Yu, Julian, et al.. (2020). DNA-Stable Isotope Probing Shotgun Metagenomics Reveals the Resilience of Active Microbial Communities to Biochar Amendment in Oxisol Soil. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 587972–587972. 15 indexed citations

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Reimer, Paula, et al.. (2019). An Investigation into ¹⁴C offsets in Modern Mollusk Shell and Flesh from Irish Coasts shows no Significant differences in areas of Carbonate Geology. Radiocarbon. 61(6). 1913–1922. 3 indexed citations

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Lajtha, Kate, Richard D. Bowden, Susan E. Crow, et al.. (2018). The detrital input and removal treatment (DIRT) network: Insights into soil carbon stabilization. The Science of The Total Environment. 640-641. 1112–1120. 119 indexed citations

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Crow, Susan E., et al.. (2018). Belowground Carbon Dynamics in Tropical Perennial C4 Grass Agroecosystems. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 6. 8 indexed citations

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Crow, Susan E. & Carlos A. Sierra. (2018). Dynamic, Intermediate Soil Carbon Pools May Drive Future Responsiveness to Environmental Change. Journal of Environmental Quality. 47(4). 607–616. 11 indexed citations

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Crow, Susan E., et al.. (2017). Field-Based Estimates of Global Warming Potential in Bioenergy Systems of Hawaii: Crop Choice and Deficit Irrigation. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0168510–e0168510. 10 indexed citations

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Meki, Manyowa N., J. R. Kiniry, Susan E. Crow, et al.. (2015). Two‐Year Growth Cycle Sugarcane Crop Parameter Attributes and Their Application in Modeling. Agronomy Journal. 107(4). 1310–1320. 17 indexed citations

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Briones, María J.I., Niall P. McNamara, J. Poskitt, Susan E. Crow, & Nick Ostle. (2014). Interactive biotic and abiotic regulators of soil carbon cycling: evidence from controlled climate experiments on peatland and boreal soils. Global Change Biology. 20(9). 2971–2982. 50 indexed citations

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Gray, Sandra Leaton, et al.. (2012). Using fuzzy cognitive mapping to understand farmers' perception of sustainable agricultural practices for enhanced food security in Nepal. VTechWorks (Virginia Tech). 2 indexed citations

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Crow, Susan E. & Kate Lajtha. (2004). Nitrogen Addition as a Result of Long-Term Root Removal Affects Soil Organic Matter Dynamics. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Lajtha, Kate, et al.. (2004). Detrital Controls on Dissolved Organic Matter in Soils: A Field Experiment. AGUFM. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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