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D-Index
47
Citations
9083
World Ranking
4408
National Ranking
1540

Jed P. Sparks 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 Jed P. Sparks sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 159 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jed P. Sparks 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 Jed P. Sparks sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jed P. Sparks is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a specific interest in subfields such as ecology, global and planetary change, plant science, soil science, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Jed P. Sparks has contributed to various publication venues. Their frequent outlets include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Global Change Biology
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Ecological Applications

Among their recent published papers are:

  • FLUXNET-CH 4: a global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands (2021), Earth system science data
  • Identifying dominant environmental predictors of freshwater wetland methane fluxes across diurnal to seasonal time scales (2021), Global Change Biology
  • Prevalent root-derived phenolics drive shifts in microbial community composition and prime decomposition in forest soil (2020), Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Severe multi-year drought coincident with Hittite collapse around 1198-1196 bc (2023), Nature
  • Evidence That Microorganisms at the Animal-Water Interface Drive Sea Star Wasting Disease (2021), Frontiers in Microbiology

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Elizabeth H. Boughton
  • Jiangxiao Qiu
  • Ran Zhi
  • Amartya Saha
  • Alma L. Reyes

Best Publications

  • Modeling and measuring the effects of disturbance history and climate on carbon and water budgets in evergreen needleleaf forests

    Peter E Thornton;Beverley E Law;Henry L Gholz;Kenneth L Clark

  • Carbon sequestration in a high‐elevation, subalpine forest

    R. K. Monson;A. A. Turnipseed;J. P. Sparks;P. C. Harley;P. C. Harley

  • Toward a better understanding and quantification of methane emissions from shale gas development

    Dana R. Caulton;Paul B. Shepson;Renee L. Santoro;Jed P. Sparks

  • Changes to dryland rainfall result in rapid moss mortality and altered soil fertility

    Sasha C. Reed;Kirsten K. Coe;Jed P. Sparks;David C. Housman

  • Leaf carbon isotope discrimination and nitrogen content for riparian trees along elevational transects.

    J. P. Sparks;J. R. Ehleringer

  • Regulation of water loss in populations of Populus trichocarpa: the role of stomatal control in preventing xylem cavitation.

    Jed P. Sparks;R. Alan Black

  • Climatic influences on net ecosystem CO2 exchange during the transition from wintertime carbon source to springtime carbon sink in a high-elevation, subalpine forest

    Russell K. Monson;Jed P. Sparks;Jed P. Sparks;Todd N. Rosenstiel;Laura E. Scott-Denton

  • Ecological ramifications of the direct foliar uptake of nitrogen.

    Jed P. Sparks

  • Carbon exchange in biological soil crust communities under differential temperatures and soil water contents: implications for global change

    Edmund E. Grote;Jayne Belnap;David C. Housman;Jed P. Sparks

  • Pervasive effects of a dominant foliar endophytic fungus on host genetic and phenotypic expression in a tropical tree.

    Luis C. Mejía;Luis C. Mejía;Edward Allen Herre;Jed P. Sparks;Klaus Winter

  • Temperature as a control over ecosystem CO2 fluxes in a high-elevation, subalpine forest.

    T. E. Huxman;T. E. Huxman;A. A. Turnipseed;J. P. Sparks;P. C. Harley;P. C. Harley

  • Abiotic gas formation drives nitrogen loss from a desert ecosystem.

    Carmody K. McCalley;Jed P. Sparks

  • Phylogenetic ecology of leaf surface traits in the milkweeds (Asclepias spp.): chemistry, ecophysiology, and insect behavior.

    Anurag A. Agrawal;Mark Fishbein;Reinhard Jetter;Juha‐Pekka Salminen

  • FLUXNET-CH4: a global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands

    Kyle B. Delwiche;Sara Helen Knox;Avni Malhotra;Etienne Fluet-Chouinard

  • Disturbance and the resilience of coupled carbon and nitrogen cycling in a north temperate forest

    L. E. Nave;C. M. Gough;K. D. Maurer;G. Bohrer

  • The Influence of Chronic Ozone Exposure on Global Carbon and Water Cycles

    D. Lombardozzi;Samuel Levis;G. Bonan;P. G. Hess

  • Water content, hydraulic conductivity, and ice formation in winter stems of Pinus contorta: a TDR case study.

    Jed P. Sparks;Jed P. Sparks;Gaylon S. Campbell;Alan R. Black

  • Precipitation‐driven carbon balance controls survivorship of desert biocrust mosses

    Kirsten K. Coe;Jayne Belnap;Jed P. Sparks

  • Identifying dominant environmental predictors of freshwater wetland methane fluxes across diurnal to seasonal time scales.

    Sara Helen Knox;Sheel Bansal;Gavin McNicol;Karina Schafer

  • Leaf uptake of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in a tropical wet forest: implications for tropospheric chemistry

    Jed P. Sparks;Russell K. Monson;Kimberlee L. Sparks;Manuel Lerdau

  • The cohesion-tension theory

    Guillermo Angeles;Barbara Bond;John S. Boyer;Tim Brodribb

  • The AraC/XylS regulator TxtR modulates thaxtomin biosynthesis and virulence in Streptomyces scabies.

    Madhumita V. Joshi;Dawn R. D. Bignell;Evan G. Johnson;Jed P. Sparks

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell K. Monson
Russell K. Monson University of Colorado Boulder
Peter Harley
Peter Harley National Center for Atmospheric Research
Evan H. DeLucia
Evan H. DeLucia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Travis E. Huxman
Travis E. Huxman University of California, Irvine
Peter M. Groffman
Peter M. Groffman City University of New York
Christian P. Giardina
Christian P. Giardina US Forest Service
Carl J. Bernacchi
Carl J. Bernacchi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sean P. Burns
Sean P. Burns University of Colorado Boulder
Jayne Belnap
Jayne Belnap United States Geological Survey
Peter S. Curtis
Peter S. Curtis The Ohio State University

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