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D-Index
42
Citations
5908
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7480
National Ranking
2660

Craig Rasmussen 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 Craig Rasmussen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 161 publications — 47th percentile

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

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

Craig Rasmussen 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 Craig Rasmussen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Craig Rasmussen is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in soil science, global and planetary change, ecology, environmental engineering, and plant science.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, including soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil geostatistics and mapping, soil and unsaturated flow, fire effects on ecosystems, geology and paleoclimatology research, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and rangeland and wildlife management.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Craig Rasmussen include:

  • Beyond bulk: Density fractions explain heterogeneity in global soil carbon abundance and persistence, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • An open-source database for the synthesis of soil radiocarbon data: International Soil Radiocarbon Database (ISRaD) version 1.0, 2020, Earth System Science Data
  • Soil organic carbon is not just for soil scientists: measurement recommendations for diverse practitioners, 2021, Ecological Applications
  • Soil minerals affect taxon-specific bacterial growth, 2021, The ISME Journal
  • Assessing soil thickness in a black soil watershed in northeast China using random forest and field observations, 2020, International Soil and Water Conservation Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rasmussen include:

  • Jon Chorover
  • Katherine Heckman
  • Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
  • Sharon Billings
  • Sophie F. von Fromm

Their publications have appeared most often in the following venues:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Earth System Science Data

Best Publications

  • Beyond clay: Towards an improved set of variables for predicting soil organic matter content

    Craig Rasmussen;Katherine Heckman;William R. Wieder;Marco Keiluweit

  • Mineral assemblage and aggregates control carbon dynamics in a California conifer forest

    Craig Rasmussen;Margaret S. Torn;Randal J. Southard

  • Mineral control of organic carbon mineralization in a range of temperate conifer forest soils

    Craig Rasmussen;Randal J. Southard;William R. Horwath

  • Beyond bulk: Density fractions explain heterogeneity in global soil carbon abundance and persistence.

    Katherine Heckman;Caitlin E Hicks Pries;Corey R Lawrence;Craig Rasmussen

  • Geomorphically based predictive mapping of soil thickness in upland watersheds

    Jon D. Pelletier;Craig Rasmussen

  • Effects of a Biochar-Amended Alkaline Soil on the Growth of Romaine Lettuce and Bermudagrass

    Janick F. Artiola;Craig Rasmussen;Robert Freitas

  • Basalt weathering and pedogenesis across an environmental gradient in the southern Cascade Range, California, USA

    Craig Rasmussen;Randy A. Dahlgren;Randal J. Southard

  • Strong climate and tectonic control on plagioclase weathering in granitic terrain

    C. Rasmussen;S. Brantley;D.D.B. Richter;Alex E. Blum

  • How Water, Carbon, and Energy Drive Critical Zone Evolution: The Jemez–Santa Catalina Critical Zone Observatory

    Jon Chorover;Peter A. Troch;Craig Rasmussen;Paul D. Brooks

  • An open system framework for integrating critical zone structure and function

    Craig Rasmussen;Peter A. Troch;Jon Chorover;Paul Brooks

  • Soil Genesis and Mineral Transformation Across an Environmental Gradient on Andesitic Lahar

    Craig Rasmussen;Nobuhiko Matsuyama;Randy A. Dahlgren;Randal J. Southard

  • Geologic controls of soil carbon cycling and microbial dynamics in temperate conifer forests

    Katherine Heckman;Amy Welty-Bernard;Craig Rasmussen;Egbert Schwartz

  • Soil Mineralogy Affects Conifer Forest Soil Carbon Source Utilization and Microbial Priming

    Craig Rasmussen;Randal J. Southard;William R. Horwath

  • Rare earth elements as reactive tracers of biogeochemical weathering in forested rhyolitic terrain

    Angélica Vázquez-Ortega;Julia Perdrial;Adrian Harpold;Adrian Harpold;Xavier Zapata-Ríos

  • Methodological considerations for using thermal analysis in the characterization of soil organic matter

    José M. Fernández;Alain F. Plante;Jens Leifeld;Craig Rasmussen

  • Critical Zone Services: Expanding Context, Constraints, and Currency beyond Ecosystem Services

    Jason P. Field;David D. Breshears;Darin J. Law;Juan C. Villegas;Juan C. Villegas

  • Coevolution of nonlinear trends in vegetation, soils, and topography with elevation and slope aspect: A case study in the sky islands of southern Arizona

    Jon D. Pelletier;Greg A. Barron-Gafford;David D. Breshears;Paul D. Brooks

  • Improving understanding of soil organic matter dynamics by triangulating theories, measurements, and models

    Joseph C. Blankinship;Asmeret Asefaw Berhe;Susan E. Crow;Jennifer L. Druhan

  • Applying a Quantitative Pedogenic Energy Model across a Range of Environmental Gradients

    Craig Rasmussen;Neil J. Tabor

  • An open-source database for the synthesis of soil radiocarbon data: International Soil Radiocarbon Database (ISRaD) version 1.0

    Corey R. Lawrence;Jeffrey Beem-Miller;Alison M. Hoyt;Alison M. Hoyt;Grey Monroe

  • Which Way Do You Lean?: Using Slope Aspect Variations to Understand Critical Zone Processes and Feedbacks

    Jon D. Pelletier;Greg A. Barron-Gafford;Hugo Gutiérrez-Jurado;Eve Lyn S. Hinckley

  • SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY Soil Mineralogy Affects Conifer Forest Soil Carbon Source Utilization and Microbial Priming

    Craig Rasmussen;Randal J. Southard;William R. Horwath

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon Chorover
Jon Chorover University of Arizona
Jon D. Pelletier
Jon D. Pelletier University of Arizona
Jennifer C. McIntosh
Jennifer C. McIntosh University of Arizona
Marcel G. Schaap
Marcel G. Schaap University of Arizona
Paul D. Brooks
Paul D. Brooks University of Utah
Peter Troch
Peter Troch University of Arizona
Thomas Meixner
Thomas Meixner University of Arizona
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe University of California, Merced
Alain F. Plante
Alain F. Plante University of Pennsylvania
Joshua P. Schimel
Joshua P. Schimel University of California, Santa Barbara

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