Timothy E. Crews

9.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
84 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

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Timothy E. Crews is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy E. Crews has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Plant Science, 29 papers in Ecology and 28 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Timothy E. Crews's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (28 papers), Bioenergy crop production and management (19 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (17 papers). Timothy E. Crews is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (28 papers), Bioenergy crop production and management (19 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (17 papers). Timothy E. Crews collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Australia. Timothy E. Crews's co-authors include Mark B. Peoples, Peter M. Vitousek, Luiz Antônio Martinelli, Kanehiro Kitayama, James H. Fownes, Darrell A. Herbert, Ralph H. Riley, Dieter Mueller‐Dombois, Lee R. DeHaan and Laurie E. Drinkwater and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Timothy E. Crews

80 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Nutrient Imbalances in Agricultural Development

2009 1.1k citations Peter M. Vitousek, Timothy E. Crews et al. profile →
Changes in Soil Phosphorus Fractions and Ecosystem Dynamics across a Long Chronosequence in Hawaii

1995 706 citations Timothy E. Crews, Peter M. Vitousek et al. profile →
Towards an ecological understanding of biological nitrogen fixation

2002 668 citations Peter M. Vitousek, K.G. Cassman et al. Biogeochemistry profile →
Digging Deeper for Agricultural Resources, the Value of Deep Rooting

2020 163 citations Kristian Thorup‐Kristensen, Niels Halberg et al. Trends in Plant Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Timothy E. Crews United States	34	2.5k	2.3k	1.6k	1.6k	1.2k	84	6.1k
F. Taube Germany	42	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	859 0.7×	297	5.3k
Dario Fornara United Kingdom	36	3.0k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	947 0.6×	758 0.6×	89	5.7k
Laurie E. Drinkwater United States	37	3.8k 1.5×	3.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.5×	69	7.3k
Shan Lin China	43	3.1k 1.2×	2.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	761 0.5×	720 0.6×	134	5.2k
A. D. Mackay New Zealand	39	2.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	979 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	221	5.3k
Ray R. Weil United States	35	4.3k 1.7×	2.0k 0.9×	929 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	107	6.6k
Andreas Fließbach Switzerland	36	3.4k 1.4×	3.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	990 0.8×	112	6.9k
Mark A. Liebig United States	39	3.4k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	173	6.3k
Ellis Hoffland Netherlands	46	2.8k 1.1×	4.9k 2.1×	1.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	793 0.7×	101	7.9k
Jason P. Kaye United States	44	4.3k 1.7×	2.2k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	1.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	139	9.0k

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Crews, Timothy E., et al.. (2025). Modeling carbon allocation strategies for high-yielding perennial crops. European Journal of Agronomy. 166. 127559–127559.

Reis, Carla Roberta Gonçalves, Steven S. Perakis, Cory C. Cleveland, et al.. (2025). A global dataset of terrestrial biological nitrogen fixation. Scientific Data. 12(1). 1362–1362. 2 indexed citations

Koziol, Liz, Jared Crain, Timothy E. Crews, et al.. (2024). Selection for agronomic traits in intermediate wheatgrass increases responsiveness to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Plants People Planet. 7(3). 861–870.

Crews, Timothy E.. (2024). Grain agriculture and the end of the fossil fuel era. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Crews, Timothy E., et al.. (2024). Prospects of perennial intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium) cultivation in Ukraine for grain and feed purposes. 44–56. 1 indexed citations

Culman, Steve W., Priscila Pinto, Timothy E. Crews, et al.. (2023). Forage harvest management impacts “Kernza” intermediate wheatgrass productivity across North America. Agronomy Journal. 115(5). 2424–2438. 19 indexed citations

Koziol, Liz, et al.. (2022). Native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi promote native grassland diversity and suppress weeds 4 years following inoculation. Restoration Ecology. 31(4). 12 indexed citations

Ernfors, Maria, et al.. (2022). Nitrate leaching losses and the fate of 15N fertilizer in perennial intermediate wheatgrass and annual wheat — A field study. The Science of The Total Environment. 857(Pt 1). 159255–159255. 22 indexed citations

Cleveland, Cory C., Carla Roberta Gonçalves Reis, Steven S. Perakis, et al.. (2022). Exploring the Role of Cryptic Nitrogen Fixers in Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Frontier in Nitrogen Cycling Research. Ecosystems. 25(8). 1653–1669. 25 indexed citations

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Koziol, Liz, Timothy E. Crews, & James D. Bever. (2020). Native plant abundance, diversity, and richness increases in prairie restoration with field inoculation density of native mycorrhizal amendments. Restoration Ecology. 28(S4). 29 indexed citations

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Thorup‐Kristensen, Kristian, Niels Halberg, Mette Haubjerg Nicolaisen, et al.. (2020). Digging Deeper for Agricultural Resources, the Value of Deep Rooting. Trends in Plant Science. 25(4). 406–417. 163 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nabhan, Gary Paul, Erin C. Riordan, Amadeo M. Rea, et al.. (2020). An Aridamerican model for agriculture in a hotter, water scarce world. Plants People Planet. 2(6). 627–639. 31 indexed citations

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Maltais‐Landry, Gabriel & Timothy E. Crews. (2019). Hybrid systems combining manures and cover crops can substantially reduce nitrogen fertilizer use. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 44(6). 683–695. 4 indexed citations

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Koziol, Liz, Timothy E. Crews, & James D. Bever. (2019). Benefits of Native Mycorrhizal Amendments to Perennial Agroecosystems Increases with Field Inoculation Density. Agronomy. 9(7). 353–353. 14 indexed citations

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Vilela, Alejandra E., Luciana González‐Paleo, M. Kathryn Turner, et al.. (2018). Progress and Bottlenecks in the Early Domestication of the Perennial Oilseed Silphium integrifolium, a Sunflower Substitute. Sustainability. 10(3). 638–638. 33 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Gabriel de, et al.. (2017). Energy, water and carbon exchange over a perennial Kernza wheatgrass crop. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 249. 120–137. 55 indexed citations

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Schipanski, Meagan E., Graham K. MacDonald, S. Rosenzweig, et al.. (2016). Realizing Resilient Food Systems. BioScience. 66(7). 600–610. 175 indexed citations

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Sisk, Thomas D., et al.. (2006). Impact of Grazing Intensity during Drought in an Arizona Grassland. Conservation Biology. 21(1). 87–97. 92 indexed citations

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Crews, Timothy E.. (2005). Perennial crops and endogenous nutrient supplies. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 20(1). 25–37. 50 indexed citations

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Vitousek, Peter M., K.G. Cassman, Cory C. Cleveland, et al.. (2002). Towards an ecological understanding of biological nitrogen fixation. Biogeochemistry. 57-58(1). 1–45. 668 indexed citations breakdown →

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