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Neal A. Scott

Neal A. Scott

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
5486
World Ranking
8137
National Ranking
372

Neal A. Scott 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 Neal A. Scott sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 82 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Neal A. Scott 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 Neal A. Scott sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Neal A. Scott is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily spans Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, General Health Professions, and Hematology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Their frequent publication venues are:

  • Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research
  • Arctic Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Scientific Data

Selected recent papers by Neal A. Scott include:

  • Differential impact of thermal and physical permafrost disturbances on High Arctic dissolved and particulate fluvial fluxes, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Predicting Carbon Accumulation in Temperate Forests of Ontario, Canada Using a LiDAR-Initialized Growth-and-Yield Model, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • The Arctic Plant Aboveground Biomass Synthesis Dataset, 2024, Scientific Data
  • Impact of a warmer cold season on soil nitrogen and carbon cycling in High Arctic wet sedge tundra, 2023, Geoderma
  • High spatial resolution remote sensing models for landscape-scale CO₂ exchange in the Canadian Arctic, 2020, Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research

Neal A. Scott has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Paul Treitz
  • Elyn Humphreys
  • Jacqueline K. Y. Hung
  • Christina A. Braybrook
  • Logan T. Berner

Best Publications

  • Factors Controlling Soil Carbon Levels in New Zealand Grasslands Is Clay Content Important

    Harry J. Percival;Roger L. Parfitt;Neal A. Scott

  • Foliage litter quality and annual net N mineralization: comparison across North American forest sites.

    Neal A. Scott;Dan Binkley

  • Land-use change: effects on soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus pools and fluxes in three adjacent ecosystems.

    D.J. Ross;K.R. Tate;N.A. Scott;C.W. Feltham

  • Designing systems to monitor carbon stocks in forests and shrublands

    David A Coomes;Robert B Allen;Neal A Scott;Chris Goulding

  • Soil textural control on decomposition and soil organic matter dynamics

    Neal A. Scott;C. Vernon Cole;Edward T. Elliott;Steve A. Huffman

  • Invasive Species and the Soil: Effects on Organisms and Ecosystem Processes1

    Joan G. Ehrenfeld;Neal Scott

  • Estimating parameters of a forest ecosystem C model with measurements of stocks and fluxes as joint constraints

    Andrew D. Richardson;Mathew Williams;David Y. Hollinger;David J. P. Moore

  • Albedo estimates for land surface models and support for a new paradigm based on foliage nitrogen concentration

    David Y. Hollinger;S. V. Ollinger;A. D. Richardson;T. P. Meyers

  • Characterizing Forest Succession in Central Ontario using Lidar-derived Indices

    Karin Y. van Ewijk;Paul M. Treitz;Neal A. Scott

  • BIOGEOCHEMICAL IMPACT OF HIERACIUM INVASION IN NEW ZEALAND'S GRAZED TUSSOCK GRASSLANDS: SUSTAINABILITY IMPLICATIONS

    Neal A. Scott;Surinder Saggar;Peter D. McIntosh

  • Soil carbon storage in plantation forests and pastures: land-use change implications

    Neal A. Scott;Kevin R. Tate;Justin Ford-Robertson;David J. Giltrap

  • The net carbon flux due to deforestation and forest re‐growth in the Brazilian Amazon: analysis using a process‐based model

    Adam I. Hirsch;William S. Little;Richard A. Houghton;Neal A. Scott

  • Invasion by a perennial herb increases decomposition rate and alters nutrient availability in warm temperate lowland forest remnants

    Rachel J. Standish;Peter A. Williams;Alastair W. Robertson;Neal A. Scott

  • Land-use change effects on soil C and N transformations in soils of high N status: comparisons under indigenous forest, pasture and pine plantation

    R. L. Parfitt;N. A. Scott;D. J. Ross;G. J. Salt

  • A multi-scale analysis of a terrestrial carbon budget Is New Zealand a source or sink of carbon?

    K.R Tate;N.A Scott;A Parshotam;L Brown

  • Distribution of nitrogen-15 tracers applied to the canopy of a mature spruce-hemlock stand, Howland, Maine, USA

    David Bryan Dail;David Y. Hollinger;Eric A. Davidson;Ivan Fernandez

  • Monitoring land-use change effects on soil carbon in New Zealand: quantifying baseline soil carbon stocks.

    N.A Scott;K.R Tate;D.J Giltrap;C Tattersall Smith

  • Soil organic carbon stocks and flows in New Zealand: System development, measurement and modelling

    K. R. Tate;R. H. Wilde;D. J. Giltrap;W. T. Baisden

  • Afforestation of pastures with Pinus radiata influences soil carbon and nitrogen pools and mineralisation and microbial properties

    D. J. Ross;K. R. Tate;N. A. Scott;R. H. Wilde

  • Afforestation/reforestation of New Zealand marginal pasture lands by indigenous shrublands: the potential for Kyoto forest sinks

    Craig Trotter;Kevin Tate;Neal Scott;Jacqueline Townsend

  • Carbon and nitrogen transformations in New Zealand plantation forest soils from sites with different N status

    Neal A Scott;Roger L Parfitt;Des J Ross;Gareth J Salt

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin R. Tate
Kevin R. Tate Landcare Research
Des J. Ross
Des J. Ross Landcare Research
David Y. Hollinger
David Y. Hollinger US Forest Service
Paul Treitz
Paul Treitz Queen's University
Eric A. Davidson
Eric A. Davidson University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Andrew D. Richardson
Andrew D. Richardson Northern Arizona University
Nicholas C. Coops
Nicholas C. Coops University of British Columbia
Roger L. Parfitt
Roger L. Parfitt Landcare Research
Surinder Saggar
Surinder Saggar Landcare Research
Peter P. Motavalli
Peter P. Motavalli University of Missouri

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