William T. Peterjohn

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

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William T. Peterjohn is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, William T. Peterjohn has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Soil Science, 22 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in William T. Peterjohn's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (22 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (21 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (14 papers). William T. Peterjohn is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (22 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (21 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (14 papers). William T. Peterjohn collaborates with scholars based in United States. William T. Peterjohn's co-authors include David L. Correll, William H. Schlesinger, Mary Beth Adams, Paul A. Steudler, Jerry M. Melillo, Frank S. Gilliam, Francis P. Bowles, Christopher A. Walter, John D. Aber and Mark B. Burnham and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Ecology and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

William T. Peterjohn

47 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Nutrient Dynamics in an Agricultural Watershed: Observations on the Role of A Riparian Forest

1984 1.1k citations William T. Peterjohn, David L. Correll Ecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William T. Peterjohn United States	26	1.6k	1.4k	1.4k	868	724	47	3.3k
Steven S. Perakis United States	32	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	819 0.9×	408 0.6×	79	3.5k
Filip Moldan Sweden	30	965 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	482 0.6×	551 0.8×	80	2.9k
Naoko Tokuchi Japan	27	868 0.5×	713 0.5×	879 0.6×	514 0.6×	410 0.6×	109	2.3k
Patrick Schleppi Switzerland	38	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.7×	471 0.7×	118	4.6k
Daniel Markewitz United States	34	2.0k 1.3×	724 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.9×	431 0.6×	104	4.3k
Helga Van Miegroet United States	29	1.5k 0.9×	714 0.5×	898 0.7×	725 0.8×	217 0.3×	77	2.8k
Bruce L. Haines United States	30	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	706 0.8×	326 0.5×	54	3.6k
Rachel Helliwell United Kingdom	27	661 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	521 0.6×	965 1.3×	87	2.8k
O. Janne Kjønaas Norway	22	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	685 0.8×	161 0.2×	41	2.5k
James W. Hornbeck United States	30	939 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	77	3.2k

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Wieder, William R., et al.. (2024). Can models adequately reflect how long-term nitrogen enrichment alters the forest soil carbon cycle?. Biogeosciences. 21(1). 201–221. 1 indexed citations

Adams, Mary Beth, et al.. (2024). Long‐term treatments alter acidification, fertility and carbon in soils of the Fork Mountain long‐term soil productivity experiment. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 88(4). 1027–1044. 1 indexed citations

Adams, Mary Beth, et al.. (2022). The path less taken: Long-term N additions slow leaf litter decomposition and favor the physical transfer pathway of soil organic matter formation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 166. 108567–108567. 30 indexed citations

Burnham, Mark B., Martin Christ, Mary Beth Adams, & William T. Peterjohn. (2021). Assessing the Linkages between Tree Species Composition and Stream Water Nitrate in a Reference Watershed in Central Appalachia. Forests. 12(8). 1116–1116. 2 indexed citations

Burnham, Mark B., Mary Beth Adams, & William T. Peterjohn. (2019). Assessing tree ring δ15N of four temperate deciduous species as an indicator of N availability using independent long-term records at the Fernow Experimental Forest, WV. Oecologia. 191(4). 971–981. 10 indexed citations

Carrara, Joseph E., Christopher A. Walter, Jennifer Hawkins, et al.. (2018). Interactions among plants, bacteria, and fungi reduce extracellular enzyme activities under long‐term N fertilization. Global Change Biology. 24(6). 2721–2734. 148 indexed citations

Walter, Christopher A., et al.. (2016). Nitrogen fertilization interacts with light to increase Rubus spp. cover in a temperate forest. Plant Ecology. 217(4). 421–430. 31 indexed citations

Smith, Kenneth R., et al.. (2016). Site-level importance of broadleaf deciduous trees outweighs the legacy of high nitrogen (N) deposition on ecosystem N status of Central Appalachian red spruce forests. Plant and Soil. 408(1-2). 343–356. 4 indexed citations

Gilliam, Frank S., William T. Peterjohn, Christopher A. Walter, et al.. (2016). Twenty‐five‐year response of the herbaceous layer of a temperate hardwood forest to elevated nitrogen deposition. Ecosphere. 7(4). 65 indexed citations

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Gilliam, Frank S., et al.. (2016). Effects of excess nitrogen on biogeochemistry of a temperate hardwood forest: Evidence of nutrient redistribution by a forest understory species. Atmospheric Environment. 146. 261–270. 37 indexed citations

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Walter, Christopher A., Mark B. Burnham, Frank S. Gilliam, & William T. Peterjohn. (2015). A reference-based approach for estimating leaf area and cover in the forest herbaceous layer. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187(10). 657–657. 13 indexed citations

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Peterjohn, William T., et al.. (2007). NUTRIENT LIMITATION IN SOILS EXHIBITING DIFFERING NITROGEN AVAILABILITIES: WHAT LIES BEYOND NITROGEN SATURATION?. Ecology. 88(1). 119–130. 109 indexed citations

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Wallenstein, Matthew D., William T. Peterjohn, & William H. Schlesinger. (2006). N FERTILIZATION EFFECTS ON DENITRIFICATION AND N CYCLING IN AN AGGRADING FOREST. Ecological Applications. 16(6). 2168–2176. 31 indexed citations

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Peterjohn, William T., et al.. (2000). The influence of elevated ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B) on tissue quality and decomposition of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) needles. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 44(3). 231–241. 35 indexed citations

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Peterjohn, William T., et al.. (1999). Patterns of nitrogen availability within a forested watershed exhibiting symptoms of nitrogen saturation. Forest Ecology and Management. 119(1-3). 247–257. 46 indexed citations

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Peterjohn, William T., et al.. (1994). Responses of Trace Gas Fluxes and N Availability to Experimentally Elevated Soil Temperatures. Ecological Applications. 4(3). 617–625. 311 indexed citations

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Peterjohn, William T., Jerry M. Melillo, Francis P. Bowles, & Paul A. Steudler. (1993). Soil warming and trace gas fluxes: experimental design and preliminary flux results. Oecologia. 93(1). 18–24. 118 indexed citations

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Peterjohn, William T.. (1991). Denitrification: Enzyme content and activity in desert soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 23(9). 845–855. 74 indexed citations

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Schlesinger, William H. & William T. Peterjohn. (1991). Processes controlling ammonia volatilization from chihuahuan desert soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 23(7). 637–642. 71 indexed citations

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Peterjohn, William T. & David L. Correll. (1986). Effect of riparian forest on the volume and chemical composition of baseflow in an agricultural watershed. Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution). 3 indexed citations

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