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Benjamin W. Abbott 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 Benjamin W. Abbott sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 161 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Benjamin W. Abbott 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 Benjamin W. Abbott sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Benjamin W. Abbott is affiliated with Brigham Young University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with significant contributions in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Their work extensively covers several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change. Key research topics span climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, hydrology and watershed management studies, soil and water nutrient dynamics, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, and fire effects on ecosystems.

Abbott's recent papers include the following:

  • Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw, 2020, published in Nature Geoscience
  • Permafrost and Climate Change: Carbon Cycle Feedbacks From the Warming Arctic, 2022, Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  • The status and stability of permafrost carbon on the Tibetan Plateau, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Nitrous oxide emissions from permafrost-affected soils, 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Temperature controls production but hydrology regulates export of dissolved organic carbon at the catchment scale, 2020, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Frequent co-authors of Abbott include Raymond M. Lee, Rachel Wood, Rebecca J. Frei, Yuanhe Yang, and Jay P. Zarnetske.

Abbott has published multiple articles in prominent venues such as General Information Product of the U.S. Geological Survey, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Nature Communications, Water Resources Research, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Benjamin W. Abbott has also contributed to book publications, including "Utah Lake: An Ecosystem in Recovery" published in 2022 by the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

Best Publications

  • Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Merritt R. Turetsky;Benjamin W. Abbott;Miriam C. Jones;Katey Walter Anthony

  • Human domination of the global water cycle absent from depictions and perceptions

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Kevin Bishop;Jay P. Zarnetske;Camille Minaudo

  • Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Benjamin W. Abbott;Miriam C. Jones;Katey Walter Anthony

  • Climate change: High risk of permafrost thaw.

    Edward A. G. Schuur;Benjamin Abbott

  • Permafrost and Climate Change: Carbon Cycle Feedbacks From the Warming Arctic

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  • Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

    Susan M. Natali;Jennifer D. Watts;Brendan M. Rogers;Stefano Potter

  • Expert assessment of vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate change

    E. A. G. Schuur;B. W. Abbott;W. B. Bowden;V. Brovkin

  • Elemental properties, hydrology, and biology interact to shape concentration-discharge curves for carbon, nutrients, sediment, and major ions

    Florentina Moatar;Benjamin W. Abbott;Benjamin W. Abbott;Camille Minaudo;Florence Curie

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Elevated dissolved organic carbon biodegradability from thawing and collapsing permafrost

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Julia R. Larouche;Jeremy B. Jones;William B. Bowden

  • The status and stability of permafrost carbon on the Tibetan Plateau

    Cuicui Mu;Benjamin W. Abbott;Adam J. Norris;Mei Mu

  • Biodegradability of dissolved organic carbon in permafrost soils and aquatic systems : A meta-analysis

    Jorien E. Vonk;Jorien E. Vonk;Suzanne E. Tank;Paul J. Mann;Robert G.M. Spencer

  • Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions

    Michael M. Loranty;Benjamin W. Abbott;Daan Blok;Thomas A. Douglas

  • Permafrost collapse alters soil carbon stocks, respiration, CH4 , and N2O in upland tundra.

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones

  • Generality of Hydrologic Transport Limitation of Watershed Organic Carbon Flux Across Ecoregions of the United States

    Jay P. Zarnetske;Martin Bouda;Martin Bouda;Benjamin W. Abbott;Benjamin W. Abbott;James Saiers

  • Patterns and persistence of hydrologic carbon and nutrient export from collapsing upland permafrost

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Sarah E. Godsey;Julia R. Larouche

  • Using multi-tracer inference to move beyond single-catchment ecohydrology

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Viktor Baranov;Clara Mendoza-Lera;Myrto Nikolakopoulou

  • Unexpected spatial stability of water chemistry in headwater stream networks.

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Benjamin W. Abbott;Benjamin W. Abbott;Gérard Gruau;Jay P. Zarnetske;Florentina Moatar

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from permafrost-affected soils

    Carolina Voigt;Maija E. Marushchak;Benjamin W. Abbott;Christina Biasi

  • Groundwater Isolation Governs Chemistry and Microbial Community Structure along Hydrologic Flowpaths

    Sarah Ben Maamar;Luc Aquilina;Achim Quaiser;Hélène Pauwels

  • Trends and seasonality of river nutrients in agricultural catchments: 18 years of weekly citizen science in France

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Benjamin W. Abbott;Florentina Moatar;Olivier Gauthier;Ophélie Fovet

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Biodegradability of dissolved organic carbon in permafrostsoils and aquatic systems: a meta-analysis

    Jorien Vonk;Suzanne Tank;Paul Mann;Robert Spencer

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilles Pinay
Gilles Pinay Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
William B. Bowden
William B. Bowden University of Vermont
Edward A. G. Schuur
Edward A. G. Schuur Northern Arizona University
Luc Aquilina
Luc Aquilina University of Rennes
Jeremy B. Jones
Jeremy B. Jones University of Alaska Fairbanks
David Olefeldt
David Olefeldt University of Alberta
Susan M. Natali
Susan M. Natali Woods Hole Research Center
Jorien E. Vonk
Jorien E. Vonk Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Merritt R. Turetsky
Merritt R. Turetsky University of Colorado Boulder
Guido Grosse
Guido Grosse Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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