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Joseph M. Craine

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
76
Citations
38754
World Ranking
976
National Ranking
365

Joseph M. Craine publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 164 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joseph M. Craine 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 Joseph M. Craine sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 76 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Joseph M. Craine is an independent scientist and consultant based in the United States, focusing primarily on Environmental Science. Their recent research outputs indicate an emphasis on ecological and molecular biological aspects within this broad field.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Within these areas, their subfields of study encompass:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Global and Planetary Change

Joseph M. Craine's research topics cover a range of subjects related to the interactions between organisms and their environments, such as:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

They have contributed to several recent scientific papers including:

  • "Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation" (2021), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Evidence, causes, and consequences of declining nitrogen availability in terrestrial ecosystems" (2022), published in Science
  • "Global root traits (GRooT) database" (2020), published in Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset" (2022), published in Scientific Data

Frequent co-authors that Joseph M. Craine has collaborated with include:

  • Peter B. Reich
  • Jens Kattge
  • Nicholas O. Schulte
  • Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
  • Josep Peñuelas

Their publications often appear in scientific venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Science
  • Environmental DNA
  • Metabarcoding and Metagenomics

Best Publications

  • New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

    N. Pérez-Harguindeguy;S. Díaz;E. Garnier;S. Lavorel

  • Corrigendum to: New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

    N. Pérez-Harguindeguy;S. Díaz;E. Garnier;S. Lavorel

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • The evolution of plant functional variation: traits, spectra, and strategies

    P. B. Reich;I. J. Wright;J. Cavender-Bares;J. M. Craine

  • Consistent effects of nitrogen amendments on soil microbial communities and processes across biomes

    Kelly S. Ramirez;Joseph M. Craine;Noah Fierer;Noah Fierer

  • MICROBIAL NITROGEN LIMITATION INCREASES DECOMPOSITION

    Joseph M. Craine;Carl Morrow;Noah Fierer

  • Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Marcos P. M. Aidar;Mercedes Bustamante

  • LITTER QUALITY AND THE TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY OF DECOMPOSITION

    Noah Fierer;Joseph M. Craine;Kendra McLauchlan;Joshua P. Schimel

  • Mechanisms of plant competition for nutrients, water and light

    Joseph M. Craine;Ray Dybzinski

  • Plant diversity enhances ecosystem responses to elevated CO2 and nitrogen deposition

    Peter Bernard Reich;Jean Knops;David Tilman;Joseph M Craine

  • Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

    Eske Willerslev;John Davison;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel

  • Ecological interpretations of nitrogen isotope ratios of terrestrial plants and soils

    Joseph M. Craine;E. N. J. Brookshire;Michael D. Cramer;Niles J. Hasselquist

  • Linking leaf and root trait syndromes among 39 grassland and savannah species

    M. G. Tjoelker;M. G. Tjoelker;J. M. Craine;D. Wedin;Peter B Reich

  • Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity–stability relationship

    Dylan Craven;Nico Eisenhauer;William D. Pearse;Yann Hautier

  • The relationships among root and leaf traits of 76 grassland species and relative abundance along fertility and disturbance gradients

    J. M. Craine;J. Froehle;D. G. Tilman;D. A. Wedin

  • Functional traits, productivity and effects on nitrogen cycling of 33 grassland species

    J. M. Craine;D. Tilman;D. Wedin;P. Reich

  • Global diversity of drought tolerance and grassland climate-change resilience

    Joseph M. Craine;Troy W. Ocheltree;Jesse B. Nippert;E. Gene Towne

  • Widespread coupling between the rate and temperature sensitivity of organic matter decay

    Joseph M. Craine;Noah Fierer;Noah Fierer;Kendra K. McLauchlan

  • Reconciling plant strategy theories of Grime and Tilman

    Joseph M. Craine

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Andrew J. Elmore
Andrew J. Elmore University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Noah Fierer
Noah Fierer University of Colorado Boulder
Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia
Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia Hasselt University
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
Johannes H. C. Cornelissen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jens Kattge
Jens Kattge Max Planck Society
Benjamin Blonder
Benjamin Blonder University of California, Berkeley
David A. Wedin
David A. Wedin University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Hendrik Poorter
Hendrik Poorter Forschungszentrum Jülich

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Josep Peñuelas

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Fernando Valladares

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