William Salas

8.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
50 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

William Salas is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, William Salas has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 18 papers in Soil Science and 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in William Salas's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (15 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (15 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (13 papers). William Salas is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (15 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (15 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (13 papers). William Salas collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. William Salas's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

William Salas

49 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Salas United States	28	3.1k	3.0k	1.8k	1.2k	1.1k	50	6.4k
G. Darrel Jenerette United States	52	1.4k 0.5×	4.7k 1.5×	2.4k 1.3×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	131	7.6k
Xiao‐Peng Song United States	38	3.1k 1.0×	4.3k 1.4×	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	551 0.5×	80	7.5k
Shufen Pan United States	45	2.0k 0.6×	3.5k 1.2×	817 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	127	6.4k
Guangsheng Chen China	37	1.9k 0.6×	3.1k 1.0×	690 0.4×	916 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	100	5.2k
William K. Smith United States	43	2.4k 0.8×	4.5k 1.5×	633 0.4×	1.6k 1.3×	937 0.9×	117	6.8k
Paul V. Bolstad United States	44	2.5k 0.8×	3.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	761 0.7×	103	6.2k
M. Wattenbach United Kingdom	29	1.9k 0.6×	2.5k 0.8×	985 0.6×	691 0.6×	2.5k 2.2×	55	6.5k
Eloi Ribeiro Netherlands	11	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	836 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	15	5.8k
V. K. Dadhwal India	43	2.7k 0.9×	4.0k 1.3×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	620 0.6×	341	7.5k
Andrew J. Elmore United States	28	2.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	720 0.4×	689 0.6×	752 0.7×	72	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by William Salas

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Salas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Salas

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

All Works

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Deng, Jia, et al.. (2022). A Decreasing Trend of Nitrous Oxide Emissions From California Cropland From 2000 to 2015. Earth s Future. 10(4). e2021EF002526–e2021EF002526. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Le, Roderick M. Rejesus, Serkan Aglasan, Stephen Hagen, & William Salas. (2022). The impact of cover crops on soil erosion in the US Midwest. Journal of Environmental Management. 324. 116168–116168. 30 indexed citations

Deng, Jia, Changsheng Li, Martin Burger, et al.. (2018). Assessing Short‐Term Impacts of Management Practices on N₂O Emissions From Diverse Mediterranean Agricultural Ecosystems Using a Biogeochemical Model. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 123(5). 1557–1571. 29 indexed citations

Deng, Jia, et al.. (2018). Changes in Irrigation Practices Likely Mitigate Nitrous Oxide Emissions From California Cropland. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 32(10). 1514–1527. 25 indexed citations

Lei, Yang, et al.. (2018). Generation of Large-Scale Moderate-Resolution Forest Height Mosaic With Spaceborne Repeat-Pass SAR Interferometry and Lidar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 57(2). 770–787. 21 indexed citations

Drury, C. F., et al.. (2017). Year‐Round Nitrous Oxide Emissions as Affected by Timing and Method of Dairy Manure Application to Corn. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 81(1). 166–178. 32 indexed citations

Harris, Nancy L., Stephen Hagen, Sassan Saatchi, et al.. (2016). Attribution of net carbon change by disturbance type across forest lands of the conterminous United States. Carbon Balance and Management. 11(1). 24–24. 56 indexed citations

Veltman, Karin, Curtis D. Jones, Richard Gaillard, et al.. (2016). Comparison of process-based models to quantify nutrient flows and greenhouse gas emissions associated with milk production. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 237. 31–44. 23 indexed citations

Gilhespy, S. L., Steven Anthony, L. M. Cardenas, et al.. (2014). First 20 years of DNDC (DeNitrification DeComposition): Model evolution. Ecological Modelling. 292. 51–62. 213 indexed citations

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Gopalakrishnan, Gayathri, M. Cristina Negri, & William Salas. (2012). Modeling biogeochemical impacts of bioenergy buffers with perennial grasses for a row‐crop field in Illinois. GCB Bioenergy. 4(6). 739–750. 53 indexed citations

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Li, Changsheng, et al.. (2012). Manure-DNDC: a biogeochemical process model for quantifying greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from livestock manure systems. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 93(2). 163–200. 202 indexed citations

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Jackson, Louise, Van R. Haden, Allan D. Hollander, et al.. (2012). Adaptation Strategies for Agricultural Sustainability in Yolo County, California. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 10 indexed citations

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Saatchi, Sassan, Nancy L. Harris, Sandra Brown, et al.. (2011). Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(24). 9899–9904. 1636 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Changsheng, William Salas, Benjamin DeAngelo, & Steven K. Rose. (2006). Assessing Alternatives for Mitigating Net Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Increasing Yields from Rice Production in China Over the Next Twenty Years. Journal of Environmental Quality. 35(4). 1554–1565. 162 indexed citations

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Li, Changsheng, Neda Farahbakhshazad, Dan B. Jaynes, et al.. (2006). Modeling nitrate leaching with a biogeochemical model modified based on observations in a row-crop field in Iowa. Ecological Modelling. 196(1-2). 116–130. 170 indexed citations

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Frolking, Steve, Xilin Xiao, Stephen Boles, et al.. (2005). Modeling the effects of farming management alternatives on greenhouse gas emissions: a case study for rice agriculture in China.. 551–554. 1 indexed citations

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DeAngelo, B. J., Steven K. Rose, William Salas, et al.. (2005). Estimates of joint soil carbon, methane and N2O marginal mitigation costs from world agriculture.. 609–617. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Changsheng, Jianjun Qiu, Steve Frolking, et al.. (2002). Reduced methane emissions from large‐scale changes in water management of China's rice paddies during 1980–2000. Geophysical Research Letters. 29(20). 155 indexed citations

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Xiao, Xiangming, Stephen Boles, Steve Frolking, et al.. (2002). Landscape-scale characterization of cropland in China using Vegetation and Landsat TM images. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 23(18). 3579–3594. 80 indexed citations

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Li, Changsheng, Yahui Zhuang, Patrick Crill, et al.. (2001). Comparing a process-based agro-ecosystem model to the IPCC methodology for developing a national inventory of N2O emissions from arable lands in China. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 60(1-3). 159–175. 160 indexed citations

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