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Patrick M. Crill

Patrick M. Crill

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Environmental Sciences
Sweden
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
99
Citations
35491
World Ranking
401
National Ranking
1

Patrick M. Crill 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 Patrick M. Crill sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 351 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Patrick M. Crill 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 Patrick M. Crill sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Patrick M. Crill is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions across several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Climate change and permafrost, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, and Cryospheric studies and observations.

Among recent publications are:

  • The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017, 2020, NOAA Institutional Repository
  • The Arctic Carbon Cycle and Its Response to Changing Climate, 2021, Current Climate Change Reports
  • The Boreal-Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD), 2021, Earth system science data
  • BAWLD-CH 4: a comprehensive dataset of methane fluxes from boreal and arctic ecosystems, 2021, Earth system science data
  • Effect of the 2018 European drought on methane and carbon dioxide exchange of northern mire ecosystems, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • R. K. Varner
  • Virginia I. Rich
  • Jeffrey P. Chanton
  • S. R. Saleska
  • C. K. McCalley

The venues where this scientist commonly publishes include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biogeosciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Patrick M. Crill received the Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) award in 2018.

Best Publications

  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

  • Freshwater Methane Emissions Offset the Continental Carbon Sink

    David Bastviken;Lars J. Tranvik;John A. Downing;Patrick M. Crill

  • The global methane budget 2000–2012

    Marielle Saunois;Philippe Bousquet;Ben Poulter;Anna Peregon

  • Sensitivity of boreal forest carbon balance to soil thaw

    M. L. Goulden;S. C. Wofsy;J. W. Harden;Susan E. Trumbore

  • Carbon in Amazon Forests: Unexpected Seasonal Fluxes and Disturbance-Induced Losses

    Scott R. Saleska;Scott D. Miller;Daniel M. Matross;Michael L. Goulden

  • The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) : an overview and early results from the 1994 field year

    Piers Sellers;Forrest Hall;K. Jon Ranson;Hank Margolis

  • Thawing sub-arctic permafrost - effects on vegetation and methane emissions

    Torben R. Christensen;Torbjörn Johansson;H. Jonas Åkerman;Mihail Mastepanov

  • BOREAS in 1997: Experiment overview, scientific results, and future directions

    Piers J. Sellers;Forrest G. Hall;Robert D. Kelly;Andrew Black

  • Host-linked soil viral ecology along a permafrost thaw gradient

    Joanne B. Emerson;Joanne B. Emerson;Simon Roux;Simon Roux;Jennifer R. Brum;Jennifer R. Brum;Benjamin Bolduc

  • A synthesis of methane emissions from 71 northern, temperate, and subtropical wetlands

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Agnieszka Kotowska;Jill Bubier;Nancy B. Dise

  • Methane flux from Minnesota Peatlands

    P. M. Crill;K. B. Bartlett;R. C. Harriss;E. Gorham

  • Effect of a lowered water table on nitrous oxide fluxes from northern peatlands

    Pertti J. Martikainen;Hannu Nykänen;Patrick Crill;Jouko Silvola

  • Methane dynamics regulated by microbial community response to permafrost thaw

    Carmody K. McCalley;Ben J. Woodcroft;Suzanne B. Hodgkins;Richard A. Wehr

  • A comparison of six methods for measuring soil‐surface carbon dioxide fluxes

    J.M. Norman;C.J. Kucharik;S.T. Gower;D.D. Baldocchi

  • Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost

    Ben J. Woodcroft;Caitlin M. Singleton;Joel A. Boyd;Paul N. Evans

  • Seasonal patterns of methane uptake and carbon dioxide release by a temperate woodland soil

    Patrick M. Crill

  • Comparing nocturnal eddy covariance measurements to estimates of ecosystem respiration made by scaling chamber measurements at six coniferous boreal sites

    M.B. Lavigne;M.G. Ryan;D.E. Anderson;D.D. Baldocchi

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from municipal wastewater treatment.

    Peter. Czepiel;Patrick. Crill;Robert. Harriss

  • Changes in peat chemistry associated with permafrost thaw increase greenhouse gas production

    Suzanne B. Hodgkins;Malak M. Tfaily;Carmody K. McCalley;Tyler A. Logan

  • Ecological controls on methane emissions from a Northern Peatland Complex in the zone of discontinuous permafrost, Manitoba, Canada

    Jill L. Bubier;Tim R. Moore;Lianne Bellisario;Neil T. Comer

  • Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

    Susan M. Natali;Jennifer D. Watts;Brendan M. Rogers;Stefano Potter

  • Global Methane Budget 2000-2012

    M. Saunois;P. Bousquet;B. Poulter;A. Peregon

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott R. Saleska
Scott R. Saleska University of Arizona
David Bastviken
David Bastviken Linköping University
Steve Frolking
Steve Frolking University of New Hampshire
Michael Keller
Michael Keller US Forest Service
Jeffrey P. Chanton
Jeffrey P. Chanton Florida State University
Jill L. Bubier
Jill L. Bubier Mount Holyoke College
Gene W. Tyson
Gene W. Tyson Queensland University of Technology
Robert C. Harriss
Robert C. Harriss University of New Hampshire
Thomas Friborg
Thomas Friborg University of Copenhagen
Torben R. Christensen
Torben R. Christensen Aarhus University

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