William Salas

8.4k citations

50 papers · 6.4k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 28

Co-authors: Steve Frolking Changsheng Li Berrien Moore Xiangming Xiao Stephen Boles Stephen Hagen Nancy L. Harris Sassan Saatchi
Topics: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (15 papers)Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (15 papers)Remote Sensing in Agriculture (13 papers)
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Environmental Engineering Ecology
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesSHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Partner nations: United States China United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

William Salas

49 papers receiving 6.1k citations

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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.

Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents

2011 1.6k citations Sassan Saatchi, Nancy L. Harris et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Mapping paddy rice agriculture in southern China using multi-temporal MODIS images

2005 847 citations Xiangming Xiao, Stephen Boles et al. profile →
Mapping paddy rice agriculture in South and Southeast Asia using multi-temporal MODIS images

2005 626 citations Xiangming Xiao, Stephen Boles et al. profile →
Baseline Map of Carbon Emissions from Deforestation in Tropical Regions

2012 502 citations Nancy L. Harris, Sandra Brown et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Decreasing Trend of Nitrous Oxide Emissions From California Cropland From 2000 to 2015 2022 ·Earth s Future ·Jia Deng,(unknown),William Salas,Pete Ingraham,(unknown),Steve Frolking,Changsheng Li	10
2	The impact of cover crops on soil erosion in the US Midwest 2022 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Le Chen,Roderick M. Rejesus,Serkan Aglasan,Stephen Hagen,William Salas	30
3	Assessing Short‐Term Impacts of Management Practices on N₂O Emissions From Diverse Mediterranean Agricultural Ecosystems Using a Biogeochemical Model 2018 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Jia Deng,Changsheng Li,Martin Burger,William R. Horwáth,David R. Smart,Johan Six,(unknown),William Salas,Steve Frolking	29
4	Changes in Irrigation Practices Likely Mitigate Nitrous Oxide Emissions From California Cropland 2018 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Jia Deng,(unknown),William Salas,Pete Ingraham,(unknown),Steve Frolking,Changsheng Li	25
5	Generation of Large-Scale Moderate-Resolution Forest Height Mosaic With Spaceborne Repeat-Pass SAR Interferometry and Lidar 2018 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Yang Lei,Paul Siqueira,Nathan Torbick,Mark J. Ducey,(unknown),William Salas	21
6	Year‐Round Nitrous Oxide Emissions as Affected by Timing and Method of Dairy Manure Application to Corn 2017 ·Soil Science Society of America Journal ·(unknown),C. F. Drury,John D. Lauzon,William Salas,Claudia Wagner‐Riddle	32
7	Attribution of net carbon change by disturbance type across forest lands of the conterminous United States 2016 ·Carbon Balance and Management ·Nancy L. Harris,Stephen Hagen,Sassan Saatchi,T. Pearson,Christopher W. Woodall,Grant M. Domke,B. H. Braswell,Brian F. Walters,Sandra Brown,William Salas,Alexander G. Fore,Yifan Yu	56
8	Comparison of process-based models to quantify nutrient flows and greenhouse gas emissions associated with milk production 2016 ·Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·Karin Veltman,Curtis D. Jones,Richard Gaillard,S. Cela,L.E. Chase,Benjamin D. Duval,R. C. Izaurralde,Quirine M. Ketterings,Changsheng Li,Marty D. Matlock,Ashwan Reddy,Alan Rotz,William Salas,Peter A. Vadas,Olivier Jolliet	23
9	First 20 years of DNDC (DeNitrification DeComposition): Model evolution 2014 ·Ecological Modelling ·S. L. Gilhespy,Steven Anthony,L. M. Cardenas,David R. Chadwick,A. del Prado,Changsheng Li,T. H. Misselbrook,Robert M. Rees,William Salas,Alberto Sanz-Cobeña,Pete Smith,Emma L. Tilston,K. Topp,Sylvia H. Vetter,Jagadeesh Yeluripati	213
10	Modeling biogeochemical impacts of bioenergy buffers with perennial grasses for a row‐crop field in Illinois 2012 ·GCB Bioenergy ·Gayathri Gopalakrishnan,M. Cristina Negri,William Salas	53
11	Manure-DNDC: a biogeochemical process model for quantifying greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from livestock manure systems 2012 ·Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems ·Changsheng Li,William Salas,Ruihong Zhang,(unknown),Al Rotz,Frank M. Mitloehner	202
12	Adaptation Strategies for Agricultural Sustainability in Yolo County, California 2012 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Louise Jackson,Van R. Haden,Allan D. Hollander,Hyunok Lee,Mark Lubell,Vishal K. Mehta,(unknown),Meredith T. Niles,(unknown),David Purkey,William Salas,(unknown),(unknown),Michael Dempsey,Stephen M. Wheeler	10
13	Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continentsbreakdown → 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sassan Saatchi,Nancy L. Harris,Sandra Brown,M. A. Lefsky,Edward T. A. Mitchard,William Salas,Brian R. Zutta,Wolfgang Buermann,Simon L. Lewis,Stephen Hagen,Silvia Petrova,Lee White,Miles R. Silman,A. Morel	1636
14	Assessing Alternatives for Mitigating Net Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Increasing Yields from Rice Production in China Over the Next Twenty Years 2006 ·Journal of Environmental Quality ·Changsheng Li,William Salas,Benjamin DeAngelo,Steven K. Rose	162
15	Modeling nitrate leaching with a biogeochemical model modified based on observations in a row-crop field in Iowa 2006 ·Ecological Modelling ·Changsheng Li,Neda Farahbakhshazad,Dan B. Jaynes,Dana L. Dinnes,William Salas,Dennis McLaughlin	170
16	Modeling the effects of farming management alternatives on greenhouse gas emissions: a case study for rice agriculture in China. 2005 ·(unknown),Steve Frolking,Xilin Xiao,(unknown),Stephen Boles,(unknown),Jianjun Qiu,Yao Huang,William Salas,Ronald L. Sass,Kunio Toriyama,K. L. Heong,B. Hardy	1
17	Estimates of joint soil carbon, methane and N2O marginal mitigation costs from world agriculture. 2005 ·B. J. DeAngelo,Steven K. Rose,(unknown),William Salas,Robert Beach,Timothy B. Sulser,(unknown),A. van Amstel	2
18	Reduced methane emissions from large‐scale changes in water management of China's rice paddies during 1980–2000 2002 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Changsheng Li,Jianjun Qiu,Steve Frolking,Xiangming Xiao,William Salas,Berrien Moore,(unknown),Yao Huang,Ronald L. Sass	155
19	Landscape-scale characterization of cropland in China using Vegetation and Landsat TM images 2002 ·International Journal of Remote Sensing ·Xiangming Xiao,Stephen Boles,Steve Frolking,William Salas,Berrien Moore,(unknown),Lei He,(unknown)	80
20	Comparing a process-based agro-ecosystem model to the IPCC methodology for developing a national inventory of N2O emissions from arable lands in China 2001 ·Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems ·Changsheng Li,Yahui Zhuang,(unknown),Patrick Crill,Zhaohua Dai,Steve Frolking,Berrien Moore,William Salas,Wenzhi Song,Xiaoke Wang	160

About William Salas

William Salas is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Process Chemistry and Technology, having authored 50 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (15 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (15 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (3.0k citations), Environmental Engineering (1.8k citations) and Ecology (3.1k citations). William Salas has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Steve Frolking, Changsheng Li, Berrien Moore, Xiangming Xiao, Stephen Boles, Stephen Hagen, Nancy L. Harris, Sassan Saatchi, Sandra Brown and Silvia Petrova. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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