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D-Index
57
Citations
10933
World Ranking
2736
National Ranking
970

Christopher Neill publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher Neill sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 172 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Christopher Neill D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher Neill sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christopher Neill is affiliated with the Woods Hole Research Center in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, including Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, and Urban Green Space and Health.

Christopher Neill has contributed to multiple publications across various journals. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, Water Resources Research, Ecosystems, Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment, and Global Change Biology.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Meta-analysis on the potential for increasing nitrogen losses from intensifying tropical agriculture (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Residential yard management and landscape cover affect urban bird community diversity across the continental USA (2021, Ecological Applications)
  • Municipal regulation of residential landscapes across US cities: Patterns and implications for landscape sustainability (2020, Journal of Environmental Management)
  • Land use changes in Southeastern Amazon and trends in rainfall and water yield of the Xingu River during 1976-2015 (2020, Climatic Change)
  • Agricultural land-use change alters the structure and diversity of Amazon riparian forests (2020, Biological Conservation)

Collaboration plays a consistent role in their research, with frequent coauthors including Paulo Brando, Márcia N. Macedo, Peter M. Groffman, Sharon J. Hall, and Sarah E. Hobbie. These collaborations indicate active engagement with other researchers working on related environmental and ecological topics.

Best Publications

  • Global change and arctic ecosystems: is lichen decline a function of increases in vascular plant biomass?

    J. H.C. Cornelissen;J. H.C. Cornelissen;T. V. Callaghan;J. M. Alatalo;A. Michelsen

  • Ecological Homogenization of Urban USA

    Peter M. Groffman;Jeannine M Cavender-Bares;Neil D. Bettez;J. Morgan Grove

  • The use of stable carbon isotopes for estimating soil organic matter turnover rates

    Martial Bernoux;Carlos C Cerri;Christopher Neill;Jener F.L de Moraes

  • Soil carbon and nitrogen stocks following forest clearing for pasture in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon

    Christopher Neill;Jerry M. Melillo;Paul A. Steudler;Carlos C. Cerri

  • DEFORESTATION FOR PASTURE ALTERS NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN SMALL AMAZONIAN STREAMS

    Christopher Neill;Linda A. Deegan;Suzanne M. Thomas;Carlos C. Cerri

  • Soil carbon stocks of the Brazilian Amazon Basin

    Jener L. Moraes;Carlos C. Cerri;Jerry M. Melillo;David Kicklighter

  • Effects of land cover change on evapotranspiration and streamflow of small catchments in the Upper Xingu River Basin, Central Brazil

    Lívia Cristina Pinto Dias;Márcia N. Macedo;Marcos Heil Costa;Michael T. Coe

  • Influence of land-use change on near-surface hydrological processes: Undisturbed forest to pasture

    Sonja Germer;Christopher Neill;Alex Vladimir Krusche;Helmut Elsenbeer

  • Nitrogen dynamics in soils of forests and active pastures in the western Brazilian Amazon Basin

    Christopher Neill;Marisa C. Piccolo;Paul A. Steudler;Jerry M. Melillo

  • Net nitrogen mineralization and net nitrification rates in soils following deforestation for pasture across the southwestern Brazilian Amazon Basin landscape.

    Christopher Neill;Marisa C. Piccolo;Carlos C. Cerri;Paul A. Steudler

  • Plant performance and soil nitrogen mineralization in response to simulated climate change in subarctic dwarf shrub heath

    Anne E. Hartley;Christopher Neill;Jerry M. Melillo;Rose Crabtree

  • Net nitrogen mineralization and net nitrification along a tropical forest-to-pasture chronosequence

    Marisa C. Piccolo;Christopher Neill;Carlos C. Cerri

  • Consequence of forest-to-pasture conversion on CH4 fluxes in the Brazilian Amazon Basin

    Paul A. Steudler;Jerry M. Melillo;Brigitte J. Feigl;Christopher Neill

  • Assessing the homogenization of urban land management with an application to US residential lawn care

    Colin Polsky;J. Morgan Grove;Chris Knudson;Peter M. Groffman

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from forests and pastures of various ages in the Brazilian Amazon

    J M Melillo;P A Steudler;Brigitte Josefine Feigl;C Neill

  • Comparison of Soil Coring and Ingrowth Methods for Measuring Belowground Production

    Christopher Neill

  • Nitrogen dynamics in Amazon forest and pasture soils measured by 15N pool dilution

    Christopher Neill;Marisa C Piccolo;Jerry M Melillo;Paul A Steudler

  • Soil Phosphorus Transformations Following Forest Clearing for Pasture in the Brazilian Amazon

    Diana C. Garcia-Montiel;Christopher Neill;Jerry Melillo;Suzanne Thomas

  • Land-use-driven stream warming in southeastern Amazonia

    Marcia N. Macedo;Marcia N. Macedo;Michael T. Coe;Ruth DeFries;Maria Uriarte

  • Land management impacts on runoff sources in small Amazon watersheds

    Joaquín Chaves;Christopher Neill;Sonja Germer;Sérgio Gouveia Neto

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Clemente Cerri
Carlos Clemente Cerri Universidade de São Paulo
Jerry M. Melillo
Jerry M. Melillo Marine Biological Laboratory
Alex V. Krusche
Alex V. Krusche Universidade de São Paulo
Marisa de Cássia Piccolo
Marisa de Cássia Piccolo Universidade de São Paulo
Paul A. Steudler
Paul A. Steudler Marine Biological Laboratory
Helmut Elsenbeer
Helmut Elsenbeer University of Potsdam
Peter M. Groffman
Peter M. Groffman City University of New York
Sarah E. Hobbie
Sarah E. Hobbie University of Minnesota
James B. Heffernan
James B. Heffernan Duke University
Linda A. Deegan
Linda A. Deegan Woods Hole Research Center

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