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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
89
Citations
37190
World Ranking
489
National Ranking
174

Knute J. Nadelhoffer 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 Knute J. Nadelhoffer sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 207 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Knute J. Nadelhoffer 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 Knute J. Nadelhoffer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 89 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Knute J. Nadelhoffer is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focus on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant attention to soil science, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, and environmental engineering.

Their body of work covers key topics including soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, soil and water nutrient dynamics, fire effects on ecosystems, rangeland and wildlife management, and peatlands and wetlands ecology.

Key recent papers authored by or associated with their research include:

  • Old-growth forest carbon sinks overestimated (2021, Nature)
  • Carbon budget of the Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research site: pattern, process, and response to global change (2020, Ecological Monographs)
  • Retention of deposited ammonium and nitrate and its impact on the global forest carbon sink (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Soil organic carbon is not just for soil scientists: measurement recommendations for diverse practitioners (2021, Ecological Applications)
  • Mineral stabilization of soil carbon is suppressed by live roots, outweighing influences from litter quality or quantity (2021, Biogeochemistry)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nadelhoffer include:

  • Kate Lajtha
  • Christopher M. Gough
  • L. E. Nave
  • Derek Pierson
  • Myrna J. Simpson

They have published multiple papers in several key academic venues, among which the most frequent are:

  • Ecological Applications
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature

Knute J. Nadelhoffer's research intersects numerous subfields, with soil science being the most prominent, followed by global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, and environmental engineering. Their work heavily addresses ecosystem processes involving soil carbon and nitrogen fluxes and broader ecological and environmental dynamics.

Recognition of Nadelhoffer's contributions to science includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019 and a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen saturation in northern forest ecosystems

    John D. Aber;Knute J. Nadelhoffer;Paul Steudler;Jerry M. Melillo

  • Nitrogen Saturation in Temperate Forest Ecosystems

    John Aber;William McDowell;Knute Nadelhoffer;Alison Magill

  • Responses of Arctic Tundra to Experimental and Observed Changes in Climate

    F. Stuart Chapin;Gaius R. Shaver;Anne E. Giblin;Knute J. Nadelhoffer

  • Roots exert a strong influence on the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration

    Richard D. Boone;Knute J. Nadelhoffer;Jana D. Canary;Jason Philip Kaye

  • Belowground Carbon Allocation in Forest Ecosystems: Global Trends

    James W. Raich;Knute J. Nadelhoffer

  • Carbon and nitrogen dynamics along the decay continuum: Plant litter to soil organic matter

    Jerry M. Melillo;John D. Aber;Arthur E. Linkins;Andrea Ricca

  • Nitrogen deposition makes a minor contribution to carbon sequestration in temperate forests

    Knute J. Nadelhoffer;Bridget A. Emmett;Per Gundersen;O. Janne Kjønaas

  • Resource-based niches provide a basis for plant species diversity and dominance in arctic tundra

    Robert B. McKane;Loretta C. Johnson;Gaius R. Shaver;Knute J. Nadelhoffer

  • The changing landscape : ecosystem responses to urbanization and pollution across climatic and societal gradients

    Nancy B. Grimm;David R. Foster;Peter M. Groffman;J. Morgan Grove

  • EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND SUBSTRATE QUALITY ON ELEMENT MINERALIZATION IN SIX ARCTIC SOILS

    K. J. Nadelhoffer;A. E. Giblin;G. R. Shaver;J. A. Laundre

  • Fine Roots, Net Primary Production, and Soil Nitrogen Availability: A New Hypothesis

    Knute J. Nadelhoffer;John D. Aber;Jerry M. Melillo

  • The impacts of climate change on ecosystem structure and function

    Nancy B Grimm;F Stuart Chapin;Britta Bierwagen;Patrick Gonzalez

  • Modelling the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum in a Quercus-Acer stand at Harvard Forest : the regulation of stomatal conductance by light, nitrogen and soil/plant hydraulic properties

    M. Williams;E. B. Rastetter;D. N. Fernandes;M. L. Goulden;M. L. Goulden

  • Global Change and the Carbon Balance of Arctic EcosystemsCarbon/nutrient interactions should act as major constraints on changes in global terrestrial carbon cycling

    Gaius R. Shaver;W. D. Billings;F. Stuart Chapin;Anne E. Giblin

  • Sources of nitrate in rivers draining sixteen watersheds in the northeastern U.S.: Isotopic constraints

    Bernhard Mayer;Elizabeth W. Boyer;Christine Goodale;Norbert A. Jaworski

  • Fine Root Production Estimates and Belowground Carbon Allocation in Forest Ecosystems

    Knute J. Nadelhoffer;James W. Raich

  • Nitrogen isotope studies in forest ecosystems.

    K. J. Nadelhoffer

  • Contributions of aboveground litter, belowground litter, and root respiration to total soil respiration in a temperate mixed hardwood forest

    Richard D. Bowden;Knute J. Nadelhoffer;Richard D. Boone;Jerry M. Melillo

  • Ecosystem response to 15 years of chronic nitrogen additions at the Harvard Forest LTER, Massachusetts, USA

    Alison H Magill;John D Aber;William S Currie;Knute J Nadelhoffer

  • The potential effects of nitrogen deposition on fine-root production in forest ecosystems

    Knute J. Nadelhoffer

  • Fine root turnover in forest ecosystems in relation to quantity and form of nitrogen availability: a comparison of two methods.

    John D. Aber;Jerry M. Melillo;Knute J. Nadelhoffer;Charles A. McClaugherty

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Aber
John D. Aber University of New Hampshire
Anne E. Giblin
Anne E. Giblin Marine Biological Laboratory
Gaius R. Shaver
Gaius R. Shaver Marine Biological Laboratory
Kate Lajtha
Kate Lajtha Oregon State University
Jerry M. Melillo
Jerry M. Melillo Marine Biological Laboratory
Edward B. Rastetter
Edward B. Rastetter Marine Biological Laboratory
Christopher M. Gough
Christopher M. Gough Virginia Commonwealth University
Christine L. Goodale
Christine L. Goodale Cornell University
William S. Currie
William S. Currie University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Peter S. Curtis
Peter S. Curtis The Ohio State University

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