William C. Hockaday

10.3k citations

67 papers · 7.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.1%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Geochemistry and Petrology top 0.5%
- Coal and Its By-products

Papers in

Soil Science 23
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 21
Geochemistry and Petrology 6

Co-authors: Caroline A. Masiello Johannes Lehmann Matthias C. Rillig Janice E. Thies David E. Crowley Patrick G. Hatcher Amanda M. Grannas Sunghwan Kim
Journals: Organic Geochemistry (7 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences (6 papers)Environmental Science & Technology (5 papers)Biogeochemistry (4 papers)Soil Biology and Biochemistry (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Australia China

In The Last Decade

William C. Hockaday

65 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hydrologic properties of biochars produced at different temperatures 2012 · 423 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Biomass and Bioenergy
2011 Soil Biology and Biochemistry

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1	Sorption of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by lignin in pulp and paper wastewater Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Manyiel Mel, Boris L. T. Lau, William C. Hockaday	2024	4
2	Investigation into the role of carboxylic acid and phenolic hydroxyl groups in the plant biostimulant activity of a humic acid purified from an oxidized sub-bituminous coal Frontiers in Plant Science ·Richard T. Lamar, NOBUYUKI SATO, William C. Hockaday, Maria Jerzykiewicz, Hiarhi Monda	2024	8
3	Root Characteristics Vary with Depth Across Four Lowland Seasonal Tropical Forests Ecosystems ·Amanda L. Cordeiro, Daniela Cusack, Lee H. Dietterich, William C. Hockaday, Karis J. McFarlane, Seddique Ashraf, Érica Romão Pereira, Rosyane de Oliveira Abreu, 正井出, J.-François Outreville, Gabriel Oppler, Caiyu Hu, 崔庆礼, S. Joseph Wright‬	2024	4
4	Understory Environmental Conditions Drive Leaf Level‐Lipid Biosynthesis in a Deciduous and Evergreen Tree Species Plant Cell & Environment ·Leila Hamedi Mobarra Mehdi Nadjafikhah, Joseph D. White, William C. Hockaday	2024	0
5	Sorption Dynamics and Energetics of Cinnamic Acid and Its Derivatives at the Ferrihydrite–Water Interface Determined by Flow-Adsorption Microcalorimetry ACS Earth and Space Chemistry ·Muhammad Fathi, William C. Hockaday, Haider, Robert Eschbach, Omar R. Harvey	2022	2
6	High carbon losses from oxygen‐limited soils challenge biogeochemical theory and model assumptions Global Change Biology ·Wenjuan Huang, Kefeng Wang, Chenglong Ye, William C. Hockaday, Gangsheng Wang, Steven J. Hall	2021	27
7	Ferrate(VI) pretreatment of water containing natural organic matter, bromide, and iodide: A potential strategy to control soluble lead release from PbO2(s) Chemosphere ·Jiaqi Liu, Deruilin Liu, William C. Hockaday, Christie M. Sayes, Virender K. Sharma	2020	15
8	Ferrate(VI) pretreatment before disinfection: An effective approach to controlling unsaturated and aromatic halo-disinfection byproducts in chlorinated and chloraminated drinking waters Environment International ·Jiaqi Liu, N. Tannoury, A. Matiz-Chicacausa, William C. Hockaday, Christie M. Sayes, George P. Cobb, Virender K. Sharma	2020	43
9	Role of erosional redistribution following wildfires in determining fate of pyrogenic carbon in the soil system EGUGA ·Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, H. C. G. B., William C. Hockaday, Marilyn L. Fogel, Gamarra Ortiz	2016	1
10	Solid-state NMR reveals differential carbohydrate utilization in diapausing Culex pipiens Scientific Reports ·James D. Chang, Willi Afran, Sungshil Kim, William C. Hockaday, Cheolho Sim, Sung Joon Kim	2016	15
11	Soil organic matter composition and quality across fire severity gradients in coniferous and deciduous forests of the southern boreal region Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Jessica Miesel, William C. Hockaday, Randall K. Kolka, Philip A. Townsend	2015	54
12	Multiple Controls on the Chemical and Physical Structure of Biochars Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research ·Hao Sun, William C. Hockaday, Caroline A. Masiello, Kyriacos Zygourakis	2012	143
13	Biochemical Suitability of Crop Residues for Cellulosic Ethanol: Disincentives to Nitrogen Fertilization in Corn Agriculture Environmental Science & Technology ·M. E. Gallagher, William C. Hockaday, Caroline A. Masiello, Sieglinde S. Snapp, Claire P. McSwiney, Jeff Baldock	2011	24
14	Effect of Charcoal Volatile Matter Content and Feedstock on Soil Microbe-Carbon-Nitrogen Dynamics AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·彭小瑜, Jonathan L. Deenik, William C. Hockaday, Sonia Campbell, Michael Jerry Antal	2010	1
15	Biochemical Disincentives to Fertilizing Cellulosic Ethanol Crops AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·M. E. Gallagher, William C. Hockaday, Sieglinde S. Snapp, Claire P. McSwiney, Jeff Baldock	2010	1
16	Measurement of soil carbon oxidation state and oxidative ratio by ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·William C. Hockaday, Caroline A. Masiello, James T. Randerson, Ronald J. Smernik, Jeff Baldock, Oliver A. Chadwick, J. W. Harden	2009	60
17	Effects of long-term soil amendment with sewage sludges on soil humic acid thermal and molecular properties Chemosphere ·José M. Fernández, William C. Hockaday, César Plaza, Alfredo Polo, Patrick G. Hatcher	2008	31
18	The transformation and mobility of charcoal in a fire-impacted watershed Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·William C. Hockaday, Amanda M. Grannas, Sunghwan Kim, Patrick G. Hatcher	2007	229
19	The organic geochemistry of charcoal black carbon in the soils of the University of Michigan biological station OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network) ·William C. Hockaday	2006	11
20	Solubility controls that determine dissolved organic matter composition of surface- and ground-waters GeCAS ·Jerry A. Leenheer, Robert L. Wershaw, Patrick G. Hatcher, William C. Hockaday, Amanda M. Grannas, Mike Petr	2005	1

About William C. Hockaday

William C. Hockaday is a scholar working on Soil Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, having authored 67 papers that have together received 7.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (21 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (9 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (7 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (6 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (5 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (5 papers) and Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (3.5k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (669 citations), Pollution (1.3k citations), Biomaterials (1.1k citations) and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (679 citations). William C. Hockaday has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. Frequent co-authors include Caroline A. Masiello, Johannes Lehmann, Matthias C. Rillig, Janice E. Thies, David E. Crowley, Patrick G. Hatcher, Amanda M. Grannas, Sunghwan Kim, Kyriacos Zygourakis and Jeff Baldock. Their work appears in journals such as Organic Geochemistry, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, Environmental Science & Technology, Biogeochemistry and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

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