William H. McDowell

41.5k total citations · 9 hit papers
283 papers, 26.9k citations indexed

About

William H. McDowell is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, William H. McDowell has authored 283 papers receiving a total of 26.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 101 papers in Water Science and Technology and 88 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in William H. McDowell's work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (151 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (74 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (55 papers). William H. McDowell is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (151 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (74 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (55 papers). William H. McDowell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Puerto Rico and China. William H. McDowell's co-authors include John D. Aber, John M. Mélack, Gene E. Likens, Pirkko Kortelainen, J. J. Cole, Yves T. Prairie, John Downing, Lars J. Tranvik, N. F. Caraco and Jack J. Middelburg and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

William H. McDowell

273 papers receiving 25.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Plumbing the Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Inland Waters into the Terrestrial Carbon Budget

2007 3.0k citations William H. McDowell, Pirkko Kortelainen et al. Ecosystems profile →
Biogeochemical Hot Spots and Hot Moments at the Interface of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

2003 1.9k citations William H. McDowell et al. Ecosystems profile →
Nitrogen Saturation in Temperate Forest Ecosystems

1998 1.5k citations William H. McDowell, William S. Currie et al. profile →
The global abundance and size distribution of lakes, ponds, and impoundments

2006 1.4k citations William H. McDowell, Pirkko Kortelainen et al. profile →
Control of Nitrogen Export from Watersheds by Headwater Streams

2001 1.1k citations W. M. Wollheim, William H. McDowell et al. profile →
Origin, Composition, and Flux of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Hubbard Brook Valley

1988 539 citations William H. McDowell, Gene E. Likens profile →
Scaling the gas transfer velocity and hydraulic geometry in streams and small rivers

2012 535 citations Jody D. Potter, William H. McDowell et al. profile →
An integrated conceptual framework for long‐term social–ecological research

2010 449 citations William H. McDowell et al. profile →
The metabolic regimes of flowing waters

2017 268 citations William H. McDowell et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William H. McDowell

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Strong Spatial and Seasonal Variation in Dissolved Greenhouse Gases is Driven by Stream Chemistry and Temperature Across a Coastal Suburban River Network 2025 ·Ecosystems ·(unknown), (unknown), Jody D. Potter, William H. McDowell, Adam S. Wymore	0
2	Comprehensive Assessment and Analysis of Drinking Water Quality in the Kathmandu Valley: Implications for Public Health and Policy 2024 ·(unknown), (unknown), William H. McDowell	2
3	Climate displaces deposition as dominant driver of dissolved organic carbon concentrations in historically acidified lakes 2024 ·Biogeochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Sarah J. Nelson, Adam S. Wymore, (unknown), R. K. Varner, William H. McDowell	1
4	Establishing fluvial silicon regimes and their stability across the Northern Hemisphere 2024 ·Limnology and Oceanography Letters ·(unknown), Kathi Jo Jankowski, Joanna C. Carey, (unknown), William H. McDowell, Arial J. Shogren, Adam S. Wymore, (unknown), W. M. Wollheim, Amanda Poste, Pirkko Kortelainen, (unknown), Hjalmar Laudon, Antti Räike, Jeremy B. Jones, Diane M. McKnight, Paul Julian, (unknown), Pamela Sullivan	4
5	Climate, Hydrology, and Nutrients Control the Seasonality of Si Concentrations in Rivers 2024 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·(unknown), Kathi Jo Jankowski, Joanna C. Carey, (unknown), (unknown), Diane M. McKnight, William H. McDowell, Adam S. Wymore, Pirkko Kortelainen, Jeremy B. Jones, (unknown), Hjalmar Laudon, Amanda Poste, Pamela Sullivan	4
6	Electrical conductivity as a reliable indicator for assessing land use effects on stream N2O concentration 2023 ·Journal of Hydrology ·Sibo Zhang, Xinghui Xia, (unknown), Xiaokang Li, Junfeng Wang, Leilei Yu, (unknown), William H. McDowell, Qian Tan, Zhifeng Yang	15
7	Synchrony of Nitrogen Wet Deposition Inputs and Watershed Nitrogen Outputs Using Information Theory 2023 ·Water Resources Research ·(unknown), Edom Moges, Laurel G. Larsen, (unknown), William H. McDowell, Adam S. Wymore	1
8	Long‐Term Changes in Concentration and Yield of Riverine Dissolved Silicon From the Poles to the Tropics 2023 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Kathi Jo Jankowski, (unknown), (unknown), Paul Julian, Adam S. Wymore, Arial J. Shogren, (unknown), Pamela Sullivan, Diane M. McKnight, William H. McDowell, (unknown), Jeremy B. Jones, W. M. Wollheim, Benjamin W. Abbott, Linda A. Deegan, Joanna C. Carey	6
9	Identifying Controls on Nitrate Sources and Flowpaths in a Forested Catchment Using a Hydropedological Framework 2022 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Linda H. Pardo, Mark B. Green, Scott W. Bailey, K. J. McGuire, William H. McDowell	8
10	Nitrogen wet deposition stoichiometry: the role of organic nitrogen, seasonality, and snow 2022 ·Biogeochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), William H. McDowell, Adam S. Wymore	16
11	Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Atmospheric Deposition of Dissolved Organic Carbon 2022 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Daniel Liptzin, Jens Boy, John L. Campbell, Nicholas Clarke, Jean‐Paul Laclau, Roberto Godoy, Sherri L. Johnson, Klaus Kaiser, Gene E. Likens, Gunilla Pihl Karlsson, Daniel Markewitz, Michela Rogora, Stephen D. Sebestyen, James B. Shanley, Elena Vanguelova, Arne Verstraeten, Wolfgang Wilcke, Fred Worrall, William H. McDowell	12
12	Quantifying the frequency of synchronous carbon and nitrogen export to the river network 2021 ·Biogeochemistry ·Adam S. Wymore, (unknown), William H. McDowell	19
13	Shifting stoichiometry: Long‐term trends in stream‐dissolved organic matter reveal altered C:N ratios due to history of atmospheric acid deposition 2021 ·Global Change Biology ·B. Rodriguez-Cardona, Adam S. Wymore, Alba Argerich, Rebecca T. Barnes, Susana Bernal, E. N. Jack Brookshire, Ashley A. Coble, Walter K. Dodds, (unknown), Ashley M. Helton, Penny J Johnes, Sherri L. Johnson, Jeremy B. Jones, Sujay S. Kaushal, Pirkko Kortelainen, (unknown), Robert G. M. Spencer, William H. McDowell	36
14	High‐frequency multi‐solute calibration using an in situUV–visible sensor 2021 ·Hydrological Processes ·(unknown), Christian Birkel, Giovanny M. Mosquera, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William H. McDowell, Patricio Crespo	10
15	The Lamprey River Hydrological Observatory: Suburbanization and changing seasonality 2021 ·Hydrological Processes ·Adam S. Wymore, (unknown), Jody D. Potter, (unknown), William H. McDowell	11
16	Dissolved Organic Carbon and Nitrate Concentration‐Discharge Behavior Across Scales: Land Use, Excursions, and Misclassification 2020 ·Water Resources Research ·(unknown), Adam S. Wymore, William H. McDowell	38
17	Multiyear Trends in Solute Concentrations and Fluxes From a Suburban Watershed: Evaluating Effects of 100‐Year Flood Events 2018 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Ashley A. Coble, Adam S. Wymore, (unknown), Jody D. Potter, William H. McDowell	19
18	Deconstructing the Effects of Flow on DOC, Nitrate, and Major Ion Interactions Using a High‐Frequency Aquatic Sensor Network 2017 ·Water Resources Research ·Lauren Koenig, (unknown), (unknown), Jody D. Potter, William H. McDowell	68
19	Total carbon analysis may overestimate organic carbon content of fresh waters in the presence of high dissolved inorganic carbon 2010 ·Limnology and Oceanography Methods ·Stuart Findlay, William H. McDowell, David Fischer, Michael L. Pace, Nina F. Caraco, Sujay S. Kaushal, Kathleen C. Weathers	28
20	A High‐Temperature Catalytic Oxidation Technique for Determining Total Dissolved Nitrogen 1996 ·Soil Science Society of America Journal ·(unknown), William H. McDowell, William S. Currie	73

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