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Plant Science and Agronomy
USA
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

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98
Citations
45238
World Ranking
175
National Ranking
60

Environmental Sciences

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99
Citations
45982
World Ranking
389
National Ranking
171

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1990 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

Eldor A. Paul is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these areas, their work covers various subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Oceanography, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics of their research focus on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Climate Change and Permafrost, Polar Research and Ecology, as well as Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology.

Recent publications by Eldor A. Paul include the following:

  • Land-Use Change and Environmental Properties Alter the Quantity and Molecular Composition of Soil-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter, 2021, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Arctic soil carbon trajectories shaped by plant-microbe interactions, 2024, Nature Climate Change
  • Soil Organic Carbon Isotope Tracing in Sorghum under Ambient CO2 and Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE), 2022, Land

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eldor A. Paul include:

  • David C. Coleman
  • Huan Tong
  • André J. Simpson
  • Myrna J. Simpson
  • Megan B. Machmuller

The main publication venues where Eldor A. Paul has contributed include:

  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Land

Regarding professional recognitions, Eldor A. Paul is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1991. They also hold Fellow status in the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) and the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), both awarded in 1990.

Best Publications

  • Stabilization mechanisms of soil organic matter: Implications for C-saturation of soils

    J. Six;R. T. Conant;E. A. Paul;K. Paustian

  • The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

    M. Francesca Cotrufo;Matthew D. Wallenstein;Claudia M. Boot;Karolien Denef

  • Greenhouse gases in intensive agriculture: contributions of individual gases to the radiative forcing of the atmosphere.

    G. Philip Robertson;Eldor A. Paul;Richard R. Harwood

  • Soil microbiology, ecology, and biochemistry

    Eldor Alvin Paul

  • Management controls on soil carbon

    Keith Paustian;Harold P. Collins;E.A. Paul

  • The Significance of Soil Microbial Biomass Estimations

    J. L. Smith;E. A. Paul

  • Measuring and understanding carbon storage in afforested soils by physical fractionation

    J. Six;P. Callewaert;S. Lenders;S. De Gryze

  • The nature and dynamics of soil organic matter: Plant inputs, microbial transformations, and organic matter stabilization

    Eldor A. Paul

  • Determination of kC and kNin situ for calibration of the chloroform fumigation-incubation method

    R.Paul Voroney;Eldor A. Paul

  • Soil Organic Matter in Temperate Agroecosystems

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  • U.S. Agriculture and Climate Change: New Results

    J. Reilly;F. Tubiello;B. McCarl;D. Abler

  • ORGANIC CARBON DYNAMICS IN GRASSLAND SOILS. 1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SIMULATION

    J. A. Van Veen;E. A. Paul

  • Sensitivity of organic matter decomposition to warming varies with its quality

    Richard T. Conant;Rhae A. Drijber;Michelle L. Haddix;William J. Parton

  • Soil organic carbon pool changes following land-use conversions

    Steven DeGryze;Steven DeGryze;Johan Six;Johan Six;Keith Paustian;Sherri J. Morris

  • Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism data analysis for quantitative comparison of microbial communities.

    Christopher B. Blackwood;Terry Marsh;Sang-Hoon Kim;Eldor A. Paul

  • Radiocarbon Dating for Determination of Soil Organic Matter Pool Sizes and Dynamics

    E. A. Paul;R. F. Follett;S. W. Leavitt;A. Halvorson

  • Soil carbon pools and fluxes in long-term corn belt agroecosystems

    H.P. Collins;E.T. Elliott;K. Paustian;L.G. Bundy

  • SOIL RESOURCES, MICROBIAL ACTIVITY, AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION ACROSS AN AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM

    G. Philip Robertson;Katherine M. Klingensmith;Michael J. Klug;Eldor A. Paul

  • Glomalin, an arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungal soil protein, responds to land-use change

    Matthias C. Rillig;Philip W. Ramsey;Sherri Morris;Eldor A. Paul

  • The use of fluorescein isothiocyanate in the determination of the bacterial biomass of grassland soil.

    L. A. Babiuk;E. A. Paul

  • Criteria for measurement of microbial growth and activity in soil

    P. Nannipieri;R.L. Johnson;E.A. Paul

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard T. Conant
Richard T. Conant Colorado State University
Keith Paustian
Keith Paustian Colorado State University
Michelle L. Haddix
Michelle L. Haddix Colorado State University
Johan Six
Johan Six ETH Zurich
Alain F. Plante
Alain F. Plante University of Pennsylvania
Matthew D. Wallenstein
Matthew D. Wallenstein Colorado State University
Steven W. Leavitt
Steven W. Leavitt University of Arizona
E.T. Elliott
E.T. Elliott Colorado State University
G. P. Robertson
G. P. Robertson Michigan State University
David R. Huggins
David R. Huggins Washington State University

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