William B. Bowden

11.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
119 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

William B. Bowden is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William B. Bowden has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 48 papers in Ecology and 41 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in William B. Bowden's work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (56 papers), Climate change and permafrost (39 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (34 papers). William B. Bowden is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (56 papers), Climate change and permafrost (39 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (34 papers). William B. Bowden collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Canada. William B. Bowden's co-authors include William H. McDowell, Bruce J. Peterson, Walter K. Dodds, Anne E. Hershey, Stephen K. Hamilton, Jennifer L. Tank, Patrick J. Mulholland, Eugènia Martı́, W. M. Wollheim and Jackson R. Webster and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

William B. Bowden

118 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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, W. M. Wollheim et al. profile →
Reviews and syntheses: Effects of permafrost thaw on Arctic aquatic ecosystems

2015 427 citations Jorien E. Vonk, Suzanne E. Tank et al. Biogeosciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William B. Bowden United States	47	4.0k	3.2k	2.8k	2.0k	1.7k	119	7.9k
W. M. Wollheim United States	45	4.3k 1.1×	3.3k 1.0×	3.4k 1.2×	615 0.3×	1.8k 1.0×	95	7.5k
Jacques C. Finlay United States	55	2.8k 0.7×	4.1k 1.3×	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	2.3k 1.4×	134	8.8k
M. N. Gooseff United States	51	2.8k 0.7×	3.6k 1.1×	3.6k 1.3×	2.3k 1.1×	718 0.4×	174	8.2k
B. J. Cosby United States	42	2.8k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	156	7.6k
Myron J. Mitchell United States	56	4.5k 1.1×	3.0k 0.9×	2.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	213	9.8k
Douglas A. Burns United States	49	2.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	3.7k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	778 0.5×	134	7.3k
Ishi Buffam Sweden	37	2.8k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	710 0.4×	71	6.2k
Andrew J. Wade United Kingdom	45	3.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	4.1k 1.5×	944 0.5×	919 0.5×	122	6.7k
Clifford N. Dahm United States	39	2.3k 0.6×	3.3k 1.0×	3.1k 1.1×	571 0.3×	1.7k 1.0×	91	7.1k
Emilio Mayorga United States	23	3.5k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	967 0.6×	41	7.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William B. Bowden

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Edlund, Mark B., et al.. (2025). An examination of environmental factors that influence the composition of diatom communities in northern hardwood streams (USA). Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 27. 100697–100697. 1 indexed citations

Underwood, Kristen L., et al.. (2024). Modeling Phosphorus Retention and Release in Riparian Wetlands Restored on Historically Farmed Land. 1(1). 3 indexed citations

Michaud, Alexander B., David Emerson, William B. Bowden, et al.. (2024). Phosphorus Interactions with Iron in Undisturbed and Disturbed Arctic Tundra Ecosystems. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(26). 11400–11410. 6 indexed citations

Shogren, Arial J., Jay P. Zarnetske, Benjamin W. Abbott, et al.. (2024). Hydrology Controls Dissolved Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Export and Post‐Storm Recovery in Two Arctic Headwaters. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 129(2). 2 indexed citations

Wollheim, W. M., Tamara K. Harms, Lauren Koenig, et al.. (2022). Superlinear scaling of riverine biogeochemical function with watershed size. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1230–1230. 18 indexed citations

Abbott, Benjamin W., Adrian V. Rocha, Arial J. Shogren, et al.. (2021). Tundra wildfire triggers sustained lateral nutrient loss in Alaskan Arctic. Global Change Biology. 27(7). 1408–1430. 28 indexed citations

Shogren, Arial J., Jay P. Zarnetske, Benjamin W. Abbott, et al.. (2021). Multi-year, spatially extensive, watershed scale synoptic stream chemistry and water quality conditions for six permafrost-underlain Arctic watersheds. 1 indexed citations

Wagner, Courtney Hammond, Suzie Greenhalgh, Meredith T. Niles, Asim Zia, & William B. Bowden. (2020). Evaluating water quality regulation as a driver of farmer behavior: a social-ecological systems approach. Ecology and Society. 25(4). 5 indexed citations

Kincaid, Dustin W., Erin Seybold, E. Carol Adair, et al.. (2020). Land Use and Season Influence Event‐Scale Nitrate and Soluble Reactive Phosphorus Exports and Export Stoichiometry from Headwater Catchments. Water Resources Research. 56(10). 54 indexed citations

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Shogren, Arial J., et al.. (2019). Revealing biogeochemical signatures of Arctic landscapes with river chemistry. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 12894–12894. 55 indexed citations

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Gough, Laura, Neil D. Bettez, William B. Bowden, et al.. (2016). Effects of long-term nutrient additions on Arctic tundra, stream, and lake ecosystems: beyond NPP. Oecologia. 182(3). 653–665. 19 indexed citations

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Vonk, Jorien E., Suzanne E. Tank, William B. Bowden, et al.. (2015). Reviews and syntheses: Effects of permafrost thaw on Arctic aquatic ecosystems. Biogeosciences. 12(23). 7129–7167. 427 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abbott, Benjamin W., Jeremy B. Jones, Sarah E. Godsey, J. R. Larouche, & William B. Bowden. (2015). Patterns and persistence of hydrologic carbon and nutrient export from collapsing upland permafrost. Biogeosciences. 12(12). 3725–3740. 151 indexed citations

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Larouche, J. R., et al.. (2015). The role of watershed characteristics, permafrost thaw, and wildfire on dissolved organic carbon biodegradability and water chemistry in Arctic headwater streams. Biogeosciences. 12(14). 4221–4233. 74 indexed citations

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Bowden, William B., et al.. (2015). Movable Bridge Design. 1 indexed citations

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Bowden, William B., M. S. Khosh, M. N. Gooseff, et al.. (2012). Seasonal Asynchrony in Terrestrial Nutrient Production and Demand Drives Nutrient Delivery to Arctic Streams. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Larouche, J. R., William B. Bowden, Rosanna Giordano, Michael B. Flinn, & Byron C. Crump. (2012). Microbial Biogeography of Arctic Streams: Exploring Influences of Lithology and Habitat. Frontiers in Microbiology. 3. 309–309. 26 indexed citations

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Young, Roger G., et al.. (2005). Water quality and thermal regime of the Motueka River: Influences of land cover, geology and position in the catchment. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 39(4). 803–825. 46 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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Bradford, John H., J. P. McNamara, William B. Bowden, & M. N. Gooseff. (2003). Imaging depth-of-thaw beneath arctic streams using ground-penetrating radar. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 3 indexed citations

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