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David A. Lipson

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
13480
World Ranking
3240
National Ranking
1145

David A. Lipson publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 117 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David A. Lipson 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 David A. Lipson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David A. Lipson is affiliated with San Diego State University in the United States, with a research focus spanning several interconnected scientific domains. Their primary fields of study include Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Within these broad areas, Lipson's work concentrates on atmospheric science, ecology, soil science, global and planetary change, as well as ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. The main topics addressed in their research cover soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, microbial community ecology and physiology, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, biocrusts and microbial ecology, and peatlands and wetlands ecology.

Lipson has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Global biogeography of fungal and bacterial biomass carbon in topsoil, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • COSORE: A community database for continuous soil respiration and other soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas flux data, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Microbial macroecology: In search of mechanisms governing microbial biogeographic patterns, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Snow melt stimulates ecosystem respiration in Arctic ecosystems, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Trichotorquatus gen. nov. - a new genus of soil cyanobacteria discovered from American drylands, 2021, Journal of Phycology

Lipson's research is frequently published in several specialized venues, including Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Global Change Biology, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, Authorea, and Global Ecology and Biogeography.

Collaboration is a notable feature of Lipson's research, with frequent co-authors such as Xiaofeng Xu, Walter C. Oechel, Donatella Zona, Liyuan He, and Kyle A. Arndt. These partnerships reflect a multidisciplinary approach integral to their research themes.

Best Publications

  • Manual of environmental microbiology.

    C. J. Hurst;R. L. Crawford;J. L. Garland;D. A. Lipson

  • Seasonal dynamics of previously unknown fungal lineages in tundra soils.

    Christopher W. Schadt;Andrew P. Martin;David A. Lipson;Steven K. Schmidt

  • The unexpected versatility of plants: organic nitrogen use and availability in terrestrial ecosystems.

    David Lipson;Torgny Näsholm

  • Viral and microbial community dynamics in four aquatic environments.

    Beltran Rodriguez-Brito;Lin Lin Li;Linda Wegley;Mike Furlan

  • LINKS BETWEEN MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS AND NITROGEN AVAILABILITY IN AN ALPINE ECOSYSTEM

    David A. Lipson;Steven K. Schmidt;Russell K. Monson

  • Seasonal Changes in an Alpine Soil Bacterial Community in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

    David A. Lipson;Steven K. Schmidt

  • Cold season emissions dominate the Arctic tundra methane budget

    Donatella Zona;Donatella Zona;Beniamino Gioli;Róisín Commane;Jakob Lindaas

  • Changes in Soil Microbial Community Structure and Function in an Alpine Dry Meadow Following Spring Snow Melt

    David A. Lipson;C.W. Schadt;Steven K. Schmidt

  • Carbon availability and temperature control the post-snowmelt decline in alpine soil microbial biomass

    David A. Lipson;Steven K. Schmidt;Russell K. Monson

  • Microbial growth under the snow: Implications for nutrient and allelochemical availability in temperate soils

    S. K. Schmidt;D. A. Lipson

  • SOIL AMINO ACID UTILIZATION AMONG SPECIES OF THE CYPERACEAE: PLANT AND SOIL PROCESSES

    Theodore K. Raab;David A. Lipson;Russell K. Monson

  • Plant-microbe competition for soil amino acids in the alpine tundra: effects of freeze-thaw and dry-rewet events.

    David A. Lipson;Russell K. Monson

  • Global phylogeography and ancient evolution of the widespread human gut virus crAssphage

    Robert A. Edwards;Alejandro A. Vega;Holly M. Norman;Maria Ohaeri

  • The complex relationship between microbial growth rate and yield and its implications for ecosystem processes.

    David A. Lipson

  • Non-mycorrhizal uptake of amino acids by roots of the alpine sedge Kobresia myosuroides: implications for the alpine nitrogen cycle

    Theodore K. Raab;David A. Lipson;Russell K. Monson

  • Reduction of iron (III) and humic substances plays a major role in anaerobic respiration in an Arctic peat soil

    David A. Lipson;Mony Jha;Theodore K. Raab;Walter C. Oechel

  • Methane fluxes during the initiation of a large-scale water table manipulation experiment in the Alaskan Arctic tundra

    D. Zona;D. Zona;W. C. Oechel;J. Kochendorfer

  • Global biogeography of fungal and bacterial biomass carbon in topsoil

    Liyuan He;Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues;Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia;Milagros Barceló

  • Metabolic trade-offs and the maintenance of the fittest and the flattest.

    Robert E. Beardmore;Ivana Gudelj;Ivana Gudelj;David A. Lipson;Laurence D. Hurst

  • Relationships between temperature responses and bacterial community structure along seasonal and altitudinal gradients

    David A. Lipson

  • Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on soil microbial biomass, activity, and diversity in a chaparral ecosystem

    David A. Lipson;Richard F. Wilson;Walter C. Oechel

  • Manual of Environmental Microbiology, Third Edition

    Christon J. Hurst;David A. Lipson;Jay L. Garland;Linda D. Stetzenbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Donatella Zona
Donatella Zona San Diego State University
Walter C. Oechel
Walter C. Oechel San Diego State University
Steven K. Schmidt
Steven K. Schmidt University of Colorado Boulder
Russell K. Monson
Russell K. Monson University of Colorado Boulder
Xiaofeng Xu
Xiaofeng Xu San Diego State University
Elsa E. Cleland
Elsa E. Cleland University of California, San Diego
Christopher W. Schadt
Christopher W. Schadt Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Beniamino Gioli
Beniamino Gioli National Research Council (CNR)
Changchun Song
Changchun Song Chinese Academy of Sciences
Largus T. Angenent
Largus T. Angenent University of Tübingen

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Walter C. Oechel

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Donatella Zona

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Jizhong Zhou

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Katharine N. Suding

Katharine N. Suding

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Publications: 29

Edward A. G. Schuur

Edward A. G. Schuur

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Publications: 27

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Mark W. Williams

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Publications: 27

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Stan D. Wullschleger

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Publications: 25

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