W. J. Riley

28.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
296 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

W. J. Riley is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. J. Riley has authored 296 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 88 papers in Atmospheric Science and 74 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in W. J. Riley's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (69 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (68 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (62 papers). W. J. Riley is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (69 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (68 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (62 papers). W. J. Riley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. W. J. Riley's co-authors include Jinyun Tang, Margaret Torn, Charles D. Koven, David M. Lawrence, Z. M. Subin, Thomas E. McKone, Qing Zhu, Z. A. Mekonnen, R. F. Grant and William W. Nazaroff and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

W. J. Riley

285 papers receiving 11.3k 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.

Global stocks and capacity of mineral-associated soil organic carbon

2022 478 citations Katerina Georgiou, Robert B. Jackson et al. Nature Communications profile →
Arctic tundra shrubification: a review of mechanisms and impacts on ecosystem carbon balance

2021 196 citations Z. A. Mekonnen, W. J. Riley et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
Five years of whole-soil warming led to loss of subsoil carbon stocks and increased CO ₂ efflux

2021 159 citations W. J. Riley, Margaret Torn et al. profile →
Emergent temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon driven by mineral associations

2024 56 citations Katerina Georgiou, Charles D. Koven et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Peers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. J. Riley

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

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	ELM‐Wet: Inclusion of a Wet‐Landunit With Sub‐Grid Representation of Eco‐Hydrological Patches and Hydrological Forcing Improves Methane Emission Estimations in the E3SM Land Model (ELM) 2025 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·(unknown), Gil Bohrer, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Eric J. Ward, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jorge A. Villa, Kelly Wrighton, Qing Zhu, W. J. Riley	1
2	Advancements and opportunities to improve bottom–up estimates of global wetland methane emissions 2025 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Qing Zhu, Daniel J. Jacob, Kunxiaojia Yuan, Fa Li, Benjamin R. K. Runkle, Min Chen, A. Anthony Bloom, Benjamin Poulter, (unknown), W. J. Riley, Gavin McNicol, John R. Worden, Christian Frankenberg, Meghan Halabisky	2
3	Evolutionary and functional relationships between plant and microbial C₁ metabolism in terrestrial ecosystems 2025 ·New Phytologist ·Kolby Jardine, (unknown), (unknown), Steve Kwatcho Kengdo, (unknown), Joseph Roscioli, W. J. Riley	2
4	Feasibility of Formulating Ecosystem Biogeochemical Models From Established Physical Rules 2024 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Jinyun Tang, W. J. Riley, Stefano Manzoni, Federico Maggi	4
5	Emergent temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon driven by mineral associations breakdown → 2024 ·Nature Geoscience ·Katerina Georgiou, Charles D. Koven, William R. Wieder, Melannie D. Hartman, W. J. Riley, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Nicholas Bouskill, Rose Abramoff, Eric Slessarev, Anders Ahlström, William J. Parton, Adam F. A. Pellegrini, Derek Pierson, Benjamin N. Sulman, Qing Zhu, Robert B. Jackson	56
6	Seasonal Biotic Processes Vary the Carbon Turnover by Up To One Order of Magnitude in Wetlands 2023 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·(unknown), Fiona H. M. Tang, Budiman Minasny, Charles R. Warren, Feike A. Dijkstra, W. J. Riley, Federico Maggi	3
7	Dispersal and fire limit Arctic shrub expansion 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Yanlan Liu, W. J. Riley, Trevor F. Keenan, Z. A. Mekonnen, Jennifer A. Holm, Qing Zhu, Margaret Torn	14
8	Microbial contribution to post-fire tundra ecosystem recovery over the 21st century 2022 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Nicholas Bouskill, Z. A. Mekonnen, Qing Zhu, R. F. Grant, W. J. Riley	19
9	Understanding and reducing the uncertainties of land surface energy flux partitioning within CMIP6 land models 2022 ·Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Kunxiaojia Yuan, Qing Zhu, W. J. Riley, Fa Li, Huayi Wu	29
10	Vegetation clumping modulates global photosynthesis through adjusting canopy light environment 2022 ·Global Change Biology ·Fa Li, Dalei Hao, Qing Zhu, Kunxiaojia Yuan, Renato K. Braghiere, Liming He, Xiangzhong Luo, Shanshan Wei, W. J. Riley, Yelu Zeng, Min Chen	25
11	Carbon Accumulation, Flux, and Fate in Stordalen Mire, a Permafrost Peatland in Transition 2022 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·M. Elizabeth Holmes, Patrick Crill, William C. Burnett, C. K. McCalley, Rachel Wilson, Steve Frolking, Kuang‐Yu Chang, W. J. Riley, R. K. Varner, Suzanne B. Hodgkins, (unknown), (unknown), Ann P. McNichol, S. R. Saleska, Virginia I. Rich, Jeffrey P. Chanton	29
12	Conceptualizing Biogeochemical Reactions With an Ohm's Law Analogy 2021 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Jinyun Tang, W. J. Riley, Gianna L. Marschmann, Eoin Brodie	4
13	Representing Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Carbon Interactions in the E3SM Land Model: Development and Global Benchmarking 2019 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Qing Zhu, W. J. Riley, Jinyun Tang, Nathan Collier, Forrest M. Hoffman, Xiaojuan Yang, Gautam Bisht	94
14	Comparison With Global Soil Radiocarbon Observations Indicates Needed Carbon Cycle Improvements in the E3SM Land Model 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Jinsong Chen, Qing Zhu, W. J. Riley, Yujie He, James T. Randerson, Susan Trumbore	10
15	Observed variation in soil properties can drive large variation in modelled forest functioning and composition during tropical forest secondary succession 2019 ·New Phytologist ·David Medvigy, Gangsheng Wang, Qing Zhu, W. J. Riley, Annette M. Trierweiler, Bonnie G. Waring, Xiangtao Xu, Jennifer S. Powers	42
16	The International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) System: Design, Theory, and Implementation 2018 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Nathan Collier, Forrest M. Hoffman, David M. Lawrence, G. Keppel‐Aleks, Charles D. Koven, W. J. Riley, M. Mu, James T. Randerson	202
17	Mathematical Modelling of Arctic Polygonal Tundra with Ecosys: 2. Microtopography Determines How CO₂ and CH₄ Exchange Responds to Changes in Temperature and Precipitation 2017 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·R. F. Grant, Z. A. Mekonnen, W. J. Riley, Bhavna Arora, Margaret Torn	48
18	Biases in regional carbon budgets from covariation of surface fluxes and weather in transport model inversions 2014 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Ian N. Williams, W. J. Riley, Margaret Torn, Sébastien Biraud, M. L. Fischer	4
19	Predicting the Effect of Climate Change on Wildfire Severity and Outcomes in California: Preliminary Analysis 2006 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Jeremy S. Fried, J. Keith Gilless, W. J. Riley, Tadashi Moody, Clara Simón de Blas, Katharine Hayhoe, Max A. Moritz, Scott L. Stephens, Margaret Torn	3
20	Nonpartisan Unicameral—Benefits, Defects Reexamined 1973 ·Insecta mundi ·W. J. Riley	0

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