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A. Stuart Grandy publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. Stuart Grandy sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 143 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

A. Stuart Grandy D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. Stuart Grandy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

A. Stuart Grandy is affiliated with the University of New Hampshire in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Their research portfolio focuses primarily on soil science, ecology, and plant science, with additional work in environmental chemistry and insect science.

The scientist's publications reveal a sustained interest in soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, and soil and water nutrient dynamics. Their work further encompasses microbial community ecology and physiology, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, soil and unsaturated flow, and plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Recent notable publications by A. Stuart Grandy include:

  • Long-Term Evidence Shows that Crop-Rotation Diversification Increases Agricultural Resilience to Adverse Growing Conditions in North America (2020, One Earth)
  • Clarifying the evidence for microbial- and plant-derived soil organic matter, and the path toward a more quantitative understanding (2022, Global Change Biology)
  • Fast-decaying plant litter enhances soil carbon in temperate forests but not through microbial physiological traits (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Priming mechanisms providing plants and microbes access to mineral-associated organic matter (2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
  • A holistic framework integrating plant-microbe-mineral regulation of soil bioavailable nitrogen (2021, Biogeochemistry)

A. Stuart Grandy frequently publishes in several scientific venues. The most common venues include:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Global Change Biology
  • Biogeochemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaborative efforts form a significant part of Grandy's research process. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Serita D. Frey
  • William R. Wieder
  • Katerina Georgiou
  • Andrea Jilling
  • Emily Kyker-Snowman

Best Publications

  • Direct evidence for microbial-derived soil organic matter formation and its ecophysiological controls

    Cynthia M. Kallenbach;Cynthia M. Kallenbach;Serita D. Frey;A. Stuart Grandy

  • Optimization of hydrolytic and oxidative enzyme methods for ecosystem studies

    Donovan P. German;Michael N. Weintraub;A. Stuart Grandy;Christian L. Lauber

  • Does agricultural crop diversity enhance soil microbial biomass and organic matter dynamics? A meta-analysis.

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  • Long-term pattern and magnitude of soil carbon feedback to the climate system in a warming world

    J. M. Melillo;S. D. Frey;K. M. DeAngelis;W. J. Werner

  • Crop rotational diversity enhances belowground communities and functions in an agroecosystem

    L. K. Tiemann;L. K. Tiemann;A. S. Grandy;E. E. Atkinson;E. Marin-Spiotta

  • Permanganate Oxidizable Carbon Reflects a Processed Soil Fraction that is Sensitive to Management

    Steven W. Culman;Sieglinde S. Snapp;Mark A. Freeman;Meagan E. Schipanski

  • Molecular C dynamics downstream: the biochemical decomposition sequence and its impact on soil organic matter structure and function.

    A. Stuart Grandy;Jason C. Neff

  • Land-Use Intensity Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Accumulation Rates and Mechanisms

    A. Stuart Grandy;A. Stuart Grandy;G. Philip Robertson

  • Long-Term Evidence Shows that Crop-Rotation Diversification Increases Agricultural Resilience to Adverse Growing Conditions in North America

    Timothy M. Bowles;Maria Mooshammer;Yvonne Socolar;Francisco Calderón

  • The origin of litter chemical complexity during decomposition

    Kyle Wickings;A. Stuart Grandy;Sasha C. Reed;Cory C. Cleveland

  • Chronic nitrogen additions suppress decomposition and sequester soil carbon in temperate forests

    Serita D. Frey;Scott V. Ollinger;K. Nadelhoffer;R. Bowden

  • Microbial physiology and necromass regulate agricultural soil carbon accumulation

    C.M. Kallenbach;A.S. Grandy;S.D. Frey;A.F. Diefendorf

  • Microbial carbon use efficiency: accounting for population, community, and ecosystem-scale controls over the fate of metabolized organic matter

    Kevin M. Geyer;Emily Kyker-Snowman;A. Stuart Grandy;Serita D. Frey

  • Controls over soil microbial biomass responses to carbon amendments in agricultural systems: A meta-analysis

    Cynthia Kallenbach;A. Stuart Grandy

  • Roots and fungi accelerate carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO2.

    Richard P. Phillips;Ina C. Meier;Emily S. Bernhardt;A. Stuart Grandy

  • Minerals in the rhizosphere: overlooked mediators of soil nitrogen availability to plants and microbes

    Andrea Jilling;Marco Keiluweit;Alexandra R. Contosta;Serita Frey

  • Integrating microbial physiology and physio-chemical principles in soils with the MIcrobial-MIneral Carbon Stabilization (MIMICS) model

    W. R. Wieder;A. S. Grandy;C. M. Kallenbach;G. B. Bonan

  • The earliest stages of ecosystem succession in high-elevation (5000 metres above sea level), recently deglaciated soils.

    S.K Schmidt;Sasha C Reed;Sasha C Reed;Diana R Nemergut;A Stuart Grandy

  • Comparison of Permanganate-Oxidizable Carbon and Mineralizable Carbon for Assessment of Organic Matter Stabilization and Mineralization

    Tunsisa T. Hurisso;Steve W. Culman;William R. Horwath;Jordon Wade

  • Addressing agricultural nitrogen losses in a changing climate

    Timothy M. Bowles;Shady S. Atallah;Eleanor E. Campbell;Amélie C. M. Gaudin

  • Organic Amendment and Rotation Crop Effects on the Recovery of Soil Organic Matter and Aggregation in Potato Cropping Systems

    A. Stuart Grandy;Gregory A. Porter;M. Susan Erich

  • Author Correction: Direct evidence for microbial-derived soil organic matter formation and its ecophysiological controls

    Cynthia M. Kallenbach;Cynthia M. Kallenbach;Serita D. Frey;A. Stuart Grandy

Frequent Co-Authors

William R. Wieder
William R. Wieder National Center for Atmospheric Research
Serita D. Frey
Serita D. Frey University of New Hampshire
G. Philip Robertson
G. Philip Robertson Michigan State University
Sieglinde S. Snapp
Sieglinde S. Snapp International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Michael N. Weintraub
Michael N. Weintraub University of Toledo
Kurt A. Spokas
Kurt A. Spokas United States Department of Agriculture
Adam S. Davis
Adam S. Davis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David A. Mortensen
David A. Mortensen University of New Hampshire
Roger T. Koide
Roger T. Koide Brigham Young University
Cory C. Cleveland
Cory C. Cleveland University of Montana

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