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M. Luke McCormack

M. Luke McCormack

Morton Arboretum
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
49
Citations
14662
World Ranking
3955
National Ranking
1383

M. Luke McCormack 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 M. Luke McCormack sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 91 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

M. Luke McCormack 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 M. Luke McCormack sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

M. Luke McCormack is affiliated with the Morton Arboretum in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on environmental science, earth and planetary sciences, and physics and astronomy. Within these broad fields, their work includes subfields such as environmental chemistry, oceanography, astronomy and astrophysics, plant science, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's research addresses various topics that include geophysics and gravity measurements, methane hydrates and related phenomena, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, and ecology and vegetation dynamics studies.

M. Luke McCormack has contributed to scholarly literature with several recent papers, including:

  • The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants (2020) published in Science Advances
  • Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs (2020) published in New Phytologist
  • A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements (2021) published in New Phytologist
  • An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective (2021) published in New Phytologist
  • Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life (2020) published in Nature Ecology & Evolution

The publication venues where McCormack frequently publishes include:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • New Phytologist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Journal of Ecology

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, among whom the most frequent are:

  • Meghan Midgley
  • Jason Toyoda
  • Sarah Leichty
  • John Bargar
  • Saige Smith

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below-ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

    M. Luke McCormack;Ian A. Dickie;David M. Eissenstat;Timothy J. Fahey

  • The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants.

    Joana Bergmann;Alexandra Weigelt;Fons van der Plas;Daniel C. Laughlin

  • Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

    Zeqing Ma;Dali Guo;Xingliang Xu;Mingzhen Lu

  • Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

    Grégoire T Freschet;Grégoire T Freschet;Catherine Roumet;Louise H Comas;Monique Weemstra

  • A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

    Grégoire T Freschet;Loïc Pagès;Colleen M Iversen;Louise H Comas

  • Increases in the flux of carbon belowground stimulate nitrogen uptake and sustain the long‐term enhancement of forest productivity under elevated CO2

    John E. Drake;Anne Gallet-Budynek;Anne Gallet-Budynek;Kirsten S. Hofmockel;Emily S. Bernhardt

  • Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

    M. Luke McCormack;Thomas S. Adams;Erica A. H. Smithwick;David M. Eissenstat

  • An integrated framework of plant form and function: The belowground perspective

    Alexandra Weigelt;Liesje Mommer;Karl Andraczek;Colleen M. Iversen

  • A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address below-ground challenges in plant ecology.

    Colleen M. Iversen;M. Luke McCormack;A. Shafer Powell;Christopher B. Blackwood

  • Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine-root trait variation

    Grégoire T. Freschet;Oscar J. Valverde‐Barrantes;Caroline M. Tucker;Joseph M. Craine

  • Similar below-ground carbon cycling dynamics but contrasting modes of nitrogen cycling between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal forests.

    Guigang Lin;M. Luke McCormack;Chengen Ma;Dali Guo

  • Global mycorrhizal plant distribution linked to terrestrial carbon stocks

    Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia;Peter M. van Bodegom;César Terrer;César Terrer;Maarten Van t. Zelfde

  • Irreconcilable differences: Fine-root life spans and soil carbon persistence

    Allan E. Strand;Seth G. Pritchard;M. Luke McCormack;Micheal A. Davis

  • Leaf economics and hydraulic traits are decoupled in five species‐rich tropical‐subtropical forests

    Le Li;M. Luke McCormack;Chengen Ma;Deliang Kong

  • Building a better foundation: improving root-trait measurements to understand and model plant and ecosystem processes

    M. Luke McCormack;Dali Guo;Colleen M. Iversen;Weile Chen

  • The decomposition of ectomycorrhizal fungal necromass

    Christopher W. Fernandez;J. Adam Langley;Samantha Chapman;M. Luke McCormack;M. Luke McCormack

  • Impacts of environmental factors on fine root lifespan.

    M. Luke McCormack;Dali Guo

  • Variability in root production, phenology, and turnover rate among 12 temperate tree species.

    M. Luke McCormack;M. Luke McCormack;Thomas S. Adams;Erica A. H. Smithwick;David M. Eissenstat

  • Global root traits (GRooT) database

    Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramírez;Liesje Mommer;Grégoire T. Freschet;Colleen M. Iversen

  • Fine root dynamics in a loblolly pine forest are influenced by free-air-CO2-enrichment: a six-year-minirhizotron study

    Seth G. Pritchard;Allan E. Strand;M. Luke McCORMACK;Micheal A. Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

Dali Guo
Dali Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Colleen M. Iversen
Colleen M. Iversen Oak Ridge National Laboratory
David M. Eissenstat
David M. Eissenstat Pennsylvania State University
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Grégoire T. Freschet
Grégoire T. Freschet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Catherine Roumet
Catherine Roumet University of Montpellier
Hendrik Poorter
Hendrik Poorter Forschungszentrum Jülich
Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia
Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia Hasselt University
Ina C. Meier
Ina C. Meier Universität Hamburg
Peter M. van Bodegom
Peter M. van Bodegom Leiden University

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