John D. Aber

50.1k citations

187 papers · 37.6k · 14 hit papers · h-index 92

Impact in

Soil Science top 0.01%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Environmental Chemistry top 0.01%
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Papers in

Ecology 78
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology 45
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture 22
Soil Science 73
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 69

Co-authors: Jerry M. Melillo (49 shared papers)Knute J. Nadelhoffer (28 shared papers)Paul A. Steudler (20 shared papers)Alison H. Magill (22 shared papers)Robert W. Howarth (3 shared papers)John F. Muratore (1 shared paper)Charles McClaugherty (7 shared papers)Gene E. Likens (8 shared papers)
Journals: Ecological Applications (23 papers)BioScience (14 papers)Ecology (13 papers)Forest Ecology and Management (13 papers)Canadian Journal of Forest Research (12 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

John D. Aber

184 papers receiving 34.2k citations

John D. Aber's Hit Papers

14 papers align trajectories log scale

Satellite-based modeling of gross primary production in an evergreen needleleaf forest 2003 · 727 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2003 Remote Sensing of Environment
2003 BioScience
2003 BioScience
2003 BioScience
2002 Science
1998 Ecological Applications
1998 BioScience
1997 Ecological Applications
1989 Plant and Soil
1989 BioScience
1989 Nature
1985 Ecology
1984 Ecology
1982 Ecology

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1	HUMAN ALTERATION OF THE GLOBAL NITROGEN CYCLE: SOURCES AND CONSEQUENCES Ecological Applications ·Peter M. Vitousek, John D. Aber, Robert W. Howarth, Gene E. Likens, Pamela A. Matson, David W. Schindler, William H. Schlesinger, David G. Tilman Hit paper breakdown →	1997	4201
2	The Nitrogen Cascade BioScience ·James N. Galloway, John D. Aber, Jan Willem Erisman, Sybil P. Seitzinger, Robert W. Howarth, Ellis B. Cowling, B. Jack Cosby Hit paper breakdown →	2003	2164
3	Nitrogen and Lignin Control of Hardwood Leaf Litter Decomposition Dynamics Ecology ·Jerry M. Melillo, John D. Aber, John F. Muratore Hit paper breakdown →	1982	2134
4	Nitrogen Saturation in Northern Forest Ecosystems BioScience ·John D. Aber, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Paul A. Steudler, Jerry M. Melillo Hit paper breakdown →	1989	1884
5	Nitrogen Saturation in Temperate Forest Ecosystems BioScience ·John D. Aber, William H. McDowell, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Alison H. Magill, G. M. Berntson, Mark Kamakea, Steven G. McNulty, William S. Currie, Lindsey E. Rustad, Ivan J. Fernandez Hit paper breakdown →	1998	1483
6	Soil Warming and Carbon-Cycle Feedbacks to the Climate System Science ·Jerry M. Melillo, Paul A. Steudler, John D. Aber, Kathleen M. Newkirk, Heidi Lux, Francis P. Bowles, Christina E. Catricala, A. Magill, Toby Ahrens, S. Morrisseau Hit paper breakdown →	2002	1084
7	The Importance of Land-Use Legacies to Ecology and Conservation BioScience ·David R. Foster, Frederick J. Swanson, John D. Aber, Ingrid C. Burke, Nicholas Brokaw, David Tilman, Alan K. Knapp Hit paper breakdown →	2003	925
8	Satellite-based modeling of gross primary production in an evergreen needleleaf forest Remote Sensing of Environment ·Xiangming Xiao, David Y. Hollinger, John D. Aber, Mike Goltz, Eric A. Davidson, Qingyuan Zhang, Berrien Moore Hit paper breakdown →	2003	727
9	Aboveground Production and N and P Cycling Along a Nitrogen Mineralization Gradient on Blackhawk Island, Wisconsin Ecology ·John Pastor, John D. Aber, Charles McClaugherty, Jerry M. Melillo Hit paper breakdown →	1984	690
10	Influence of nitrogen fertilization on methane uptake in temperate forest soils Nature ·Paul A. Steudler, Richard D. Bowden, Jerry M. Melillo, John D. Aber Hit paper breakdown →	1989	638
11	NITROGEN EXCESS IN NORTH AMERICAN ECOSYSTEMS: PREDISPOSING FACTORS, ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES, AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES Ecological Applications ·Mark E. Fenn, Mark A. Poth, John D. Aber, Jill S. Baron, Bernard T. Bormann, Dale W. Johnson, A. Dennis Lemly, Steven G. McNulty, Douglas F. Ryan, Robert Stottlemyer Hit paper breakdown →	1998	605
12	Carbon and nitrogen dynamics along the decay continuum: Plant litter to soil organic matter Plant and Soil ·Jerry M. Melillo, John D. Aber, Arthur E. Linkins, Andrea Ricca, Brian Fry, Knute J. Nadelhoffer Hit paper breakdown →	1989	550
13	Is Nitrogen Deposition Altering the Nitrogen Status of Northeastern Forests? BioScience ·John D. Aber, Christine L. Goodale, Scott V. Ollinger, Marie-Louise Smith, Alison H. Magill, Mary E. Martin, Richard A. Hallett, John L. Stoddard Hit paper breakdown →	2003	517
14	Forest Litter Decomposition in Relation to Soil Nitrogen Dynamics and Litter Quality Ecology ·Charles McClaugherty, John Pastor, John D. Aber, Jerry M. Melillo Hit paper breakdown →	1985	477
15	Technical Report: Human Alteration of the Global Nitrogen Cycle: Sources and Consequences Ecological Applications ·Peter M. Vitousek, John D. Aber, Robert W. Howarth, Gene E. Likens, Pamela A. Matson, David W. Schindler, William H. Schlesinger, David G. Tilman	1997	467
16	A generalized, lumped-parameter model of photosynthesis, evapotranspiration and net primary production in temperate and boreal forest ecosystems Oecologia ·John D. Aber, C. A. Federer	1992	463
17	A process‐oriented model of N₂O and NO emissions from forest soils: 1. Model development Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Changsheng Li, John D. Aber, Claus Florian Stange, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, H. Papen	2000	458
18	The Role of Fine Roots in the Organic Matter and Nitrogen Budgets of Two Forested Ecosystems Ecology ·Charles McClaugherty, John D. Aber, Jerry M. Melillo	1982	453
19	Fine Roots, Net Primary Production, and Soil Nitrogen Availability: A New Hypothesis Ecology ·Knute J. Nadelhoffer, John D. Aber, Jerry M. Melillo	1985	433
20	Predicting long-term patterns of mass loss, nitrogen dynamics, and soil organic matter formation from initial fine litter chemistry in temperate forest ecosystems Canadian Journal of Botany ·John D. Aber, Jerry M. Melillo, Charles McClaugherty	1990	421

About John D. Aber

John D. Aber is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 187 papers that have together received 37.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (70 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (69 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (45 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (42 papers), Forest ecology and management (29 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (22 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (20 papers) and Plant responses to elevated CO2 (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (15.4k citations), Environmental Chemistry (11.4k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (8.2k citations), Ecology (15.9k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (12.1k citations). John D. Aber has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Jerry M. Melillo, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Paul A. Steudler, Alison H. Magill, Robert W. Howarth, John F. Muratore, Charles McClaugherty, Gene E. Likens, Pamela A. Matson and Peter M. Vitousek. Their work appears in journals such as Ecological Applications, BioScience, Ecology, Forest Ecology and Management and Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

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