Jonathan W. Leff
Impact in
- Soil Science top 0.5%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Ecology top 0.5%
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
Papers in
- Ecology 14
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 13
- Polar Research and Ecology 6
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- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions 11
- Co-authors
- Noah Fierer (25 shared papers)Scott T. Bates (3 shared papers)Diana H. Wall (4 shared papers)Jack A. Gilbert (2 shared papers)Sarah M. Owens (2 shared papers)J. Gregory Caporaso (2 shared papers)Michael S. Strickland (2 shared papers)Mark A. Bradford (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- PeerJ (3 papers)PLoS ONE (3 papers)Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (3 papers)Microbial Ecology (2 papers)Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomCanada
In The Last Decade
Jonathan W. Leff
36 papers receiving 6.1k citations
Jonathan W. Leff's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 169
- Soil Science 1.4k
- Ecology 2.7k
- Plant Science 1.7k
- Insect Science 466
- Pollution 393
Countries citing papers authored by Jonathan W. Leff
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Fields of papers citing papers by Jonathan W. Leff
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Jonathan W. Leff, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cross-biome metagenomic analyses of soil microbial communities and their functional attributes Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 1273 |
| 2 | Relic DNA is abundant in soil and obscures estimates of soil microbial diversity Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 724 |
| 3 | Reconstructing the Microbial Diversity and Function of Pre-Agricultural Tallgrass Prairie Soils in the United States Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 421 |
| 4 | 2014 | 336 | |
| 5 | 2014 | 290 | |
| 6 | 2014 | 278 | |
| 7 | 2013 | 275 | |
| 8 | 2013 | 254 | |
| 9 | Predicting the structure of soil communities from plant community taxonomy, phylogeny, and traits Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 248 |
| 10 | Microbes follow Humboldt: temperature drives plant and soil microbial diversity patterns from the Amazon to the Andes Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 239 |
| 11 | 2015 | 235 | |
| 12 | 2015 | 221 | |
| 13 | 2016 | 203 | |
| 14 | 2016 | 172 | |
| 15 | 2014 | 115 | |
| 16 | 2013 | 107 | |
| 17 | 2017 | 94 | |
| 18 | 2016 | 84 | |
| 19 | 2014 | 81 | |
| 20 | 2017 | 76 |
About Jonathan W. Leff
Jonathan W. Leff is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Soil Science, having authored 36 papers that have together received 6.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (13 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (11 papers), Gut microbiota and health (8 papers), Polar Research and Ecology (6 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (5 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (4 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (1.4k citations), Ecology (2.7k citations), Plant Science (1.7k citations), Insect Science (466 citations) and Pollution (393 citations). Jonathan W. Leff has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Noah Fierer, Scott T. Bates, Diana H. Wall, Jack A. Gilbert, Sarah M. Owens, J. Gregory Caporaso, Michael S. Strickland, Mark A. Bradford, Byron J. Adams and Christian L. Lauber. Their work appears in journals such as PeerJ, PLoS ONE, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Microbial Ecology and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.
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