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Gregory B. Lawrence 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 Gregory B. Lawrence sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 149 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gregory B. Lawrence 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 Gregory B. Lawrence sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gregory B. Lawrence is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on environmental science and related fields with a particular emphasis on soil and water nutrient dynamics, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, and marine and coastal ecosystems.

Their scientific contributions span several subfields including environmental chemistry, nature and landscape conservation, geochemistry and petrology, global and planetary change, and water science and technology. These areas reflect a multidisciplinary approach to studying environmental processes and their interactions.

Lawrence has published regularly in a number of journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Ecosystems

The research topics addressed in their work include a range of ecological and environmental dynamics such as soil and water nutrient dynamics, forest ecology and biodiversity, and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics. Specific main topics of Lawrence's work comprise:

  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Water Quality and Resources Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Significant recent publications include:

  • "Ongoing increases in dissolved organic carbon are sustained by decreases in ionic strength rather than decreased acidity in waters recovering from acidic deposition," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "The response of stream ecosystems in the Adirondack region of New York to historical and future changes in atmospheric deposition of sulfur and nitrogen," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Watershed-scale liming reveals the short- and long-term effects of pH on the forest soil microbiome and carbon cycling," 2022, Environmental Microbiology
  • "Regional target loads of atmospheric nitrogen and sulfur deposition for the protection of stream and watershed soil resources of the Adirondack Mountains, USA," 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • "Trends and current status of aluminum chemistry in Adirondack headwater streams 30 Years after the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990," 2021, Atmospheric Environment

Lawrence frequently collaborates with other researchers. Prominent coauthors include Todd C. McDonnell, Timothy J. Sullivan, Karen M. Roy, Shuai Shao, and Charles T. Driscoll.

Best Publications

  • Acidic Deposition in the Northeastern United States: Sources and Inputs, Ecosystem Effects, and Management Strategies

    Charles T. Driscoll;Gregory B. Lawrence;Arthur J. Bulger;Thomas J. Butler

  • Nitrogen Pollution in the Northeastern United States: Sources, Effects, and Management Options

    Charles T. Driscoll;David Whitall;John D. Aber;Elizabeth Boyer

  • Flux and sources of nutrients in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin: Topic 3 Report for the IntegratedAssessment on Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

    Donald A. Goolsby;William A. Battaglin;Gregory B. Lawrence;Richard S. Artz

  • A new mechanism for calcium loss in forest-floor soils

    Gregory B. Lawrence;Mark B. David;Walter C. Shortle

  • Flux and Sources of Nutrients in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin

    Donald A. Goolsby;William A. Battaglin;Gregory B. Lawrence;Richard S. Artz

  • Ecological effects of nitrogen and sulfur air pollution in the US: what do we know?

    Tara L Greaver;Timothy J Sullivan;Jeffrey D Herrick;Mary C Barber

  • Declining Acidic Deposition Begins Reversal of Forest-Soil Acidification in the Northeastern U.S. and Eastern Canada.

    Gregory B. Lawrence;Paul W. Hazlett;Ivan J. Fernandez;Rock Ouimet

  • Effect of groundwater springs on NO3− concentrations during summer in Catskill Mountain streams

    Douglas A. Burns;Peter S. Murdoch;Gregory B. Lawrence;Robert L. Michel

  • SOIL CALCIUM STATUS AND THE RESPONSE OF STREAM CHEMISTRY TO CHANGING ACIDIC DEPOSITION RATES

    Gregory B. Lawrence;Mark B. David;Gary M. Lovett;Peter S. Murdoch

  • Effects of basin size on low‐flow stream chemistry and subsurface contact time in the Neversink River watershed, New York

    David M. Wolock;Jian Fan;Gregory B. Lawrence

  • Forest soil chemistry and terrain attributes in a Catskills watershed

    Chris E. Johnson;Javier J. Ruiz-Méndez;Gregory B. Lawrence

  • Mineralization and nitrification patterns at eight northeastern USA forested research sites

    Donald S Ross;Gregory B Lawrence;Guinevere Fredriksen

  • Relation of Climate Change to the Acidification of Surface Waters by Nitrogen Deposition

    Peter S. Murdoch;Douglas A. Burns;Gregory B. Lawrence

  • Persistent episodic acidification of streams linked to acid rain effects on soil

    G.B Lawrence

  • Assessment of soil calcium status in red spruce forests in the northeastern United States

    Gregory B. Lawrence;Mark B. David;Scott W. Bailey;Walter C. Shortle

  • Effects of Acidic Deposition and Soil Acidification on Sugar Maple Trees in the Adirondack Mountains, New York

    Timothy J. Sullivan;Gregory B. Lawrence;Scott W. Bailey;Todd C. McDonnell

  • Widespread diminishing anthropogenic effects on calcium in freshwaters

    Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer;Jens Hartmann;Dag O. Hessen;Jiří Kopáček

  • Spatial relationships of aluminum chemistry in the streams of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire

    G. B. Lawrence;R. D. Fuller;C. T. Driscoll

  • Acidic deposition, cation mobilization, and biochemical indicators of stress in healthy red spruce

    Walter C. Shortle;Kevin T. Smith;Rakesh Minocha;Gregory B. Lawrence

  • Regional growth decline of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and its potential causes

    Daniel Alexander Bishop;Daniel Alexander Bishop;Daniel Alexander Bishop;Colin M. Beier;Neil Pederson;Neil Pederson;Gregory B. Lawrence

  • Atmospheric deposition and watershed nitrogen export along an elevational gradient in the Catskill Mountains, New York

    Gregory B. Lawrence;Gary M. Lovett;Yvonne H. Baevsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott W. Bailey
Scott W. Bailey US Forest Service
Douglas A. Burns
Douglas A. Burns United States Geological Survey
Mark B. David
Mark B. David University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Charles T. Driscoll
Charles T. Driscoll Syracuse University
Ivan J. Fernandez
Ivan J. Fernandez University of Maine
James B. Shanley
James B. Shanley United States Geological Survey
Kathleen C. Weathers
Kathleen C. Weathers Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
John L. Stoddard
John L. Stoddard Environmental Protection Agency
Gary M. Lovett
Gary M. Lovett New York Botanical Garden
Christine L. Goodale
Christine L. Goodale Cornell University

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