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D-Index
44
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13658
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6591
National Ranking
2348

Peter S. Nico 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 Peter S. Nico sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 236 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter S. Nico 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 Peter S. Nico sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Peter S. Nico is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research focuses on a variety of topics within geophysics and environmental sciences, particularly emphasizing soil processes, carbon dynamics, and water resources.

The scientist's recent publications include the following:

  • Life and death in the soil microbiome: how ecological processes influence biogeochemistry (2022, Nature Reviews Microbiology)
  • A low-to-no snow future and its impacts on water resources in the western United States (2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • Enzymes, Manganese, or Iron? Drivers of Oxidative Organic Matter Decomposition in Soils (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Arbuscular mycorrhiza convey significant plant carbon to a diverse hyphosphere microbial food web and mineral-associated organic matter (2024, New Phytologist)
  • Belowground allocation and dynamics of recently fixed plant carbon in a California annual grassland (2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research include:

  • Eoin Brodie
  • Margaret Torn
  • Ulaş Karaöz
  • Ricardo Eloy Alves
  • Jennifer Pett-Ridge

Their work has been published extensively in certain venues, including:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts

Research fields represented in their work cover a broad spectrum of geosciences and environmental chemistry:

  • Geophysics
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Oceanography
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Environmental Engineering

Main topics addressed by their research include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies

Best Publications

  • Dynamic molecular structure of plant biomass-derived black carbon (biochar)

    Marco Keiluweit;Peter S. Nico;Mark G. Johnson;Markus Kleber

  • Chapter One – Mineral–Organic Associations: Formation, Properties, and Relevance in Soil Environments

    Markus Kleber;Karin Eusterhues;Marco Keiluweit;Christian Mikutta

  • Mineral protection of soil carbon counteracted by root exudates

    Marco Keiluweit;Marco Keiluweit;Jeremy J. Bougoure;Jeremy J. Bougoure;Peter S. Nico;Jennifer Pett-Ridge

  • Old and stable soil organic matter is not necessarily chemically recalcitrant: Implications for modeling concepts and temperature sensitivity

    Markus Kleber;Peter S. Nico;Alain Plante;Timothy Filley

  • Anaerobic microsites have an unaccounted role in soil carbon stabilization.

    Marco Keiluweit;Marco Keiluweit;Tom Wanzek;Markus Kleber;Peter Nico

  • A low-to-no snow future and its impacts on water resources in the western United States

    Erica R. Siirila-Woodburn;Alan M. Rhoades;Benjamin J. Hatchett;Laurie S. Huning;Laurie S. Huning

  • Are oxygen limitations under recognized regulators of organic carbon turnover in upland soils

    Marco Keiluweit;Marco Keiluweit;Peter S. Nico;Markus Kleber;Scott Fendorf

  • Aromaticity and degree of aromatic condensation of char

    Daniel B. Wiedemeier;Samuel Abiven;William C. Hockaday;Marco Keiluweit

  • Complexation and Redox Buffering of Iron(II) by Dissolved Organic Matter.

    Ellen E. Daugherty;Benjamin Gilbert;Peter S. Nico;Thomas Borch

  • Long-term litter decomposition controlled by manganese redox cycling

    Marco Keiluweit;Marco Keiluweit;Peter Nico;Mark E. Harmon;Jingdong Mao

  • Structural constraints of ferric (hydr)oxides on dissimilatory iron reduction and the fate of Fe(II)

    Colleen M. Hansel;Shawn G. Benner;Peter Nico;Scott Fendorf

  • Effect of Dissolved CO2 on a Shallow Groundwater System: A Controlled Release Field Experiment

    Robert C. Trautz;John D. Pugh;Charuleka Varadharajan;Liange Zheng

  • The East River, Colorado, watershed: A mountainous community testbed for improving predictive understanding of multiscale hydrological–biogeochemical dynamics

    Susan S. Hubbard;Kenneth Hurst Williams;Deb Agarwal;Jillian Banfield

  • Importance of Mn(III) Availability on the Rate of Cr(III) Oxidation on δ-MnO2

    Peter S. Nico;Robert J. Zasoski

  • Structural stability of coprecipitated natural organic matter and ferric iron under reducing conditions

    Yumiko K. Henneberry;Tamara E.C. Kraus;Peter S. Nico;William R. Horwath

  • Belowground Response to Drought in a Tropical Forest Soil. I. Changes in Microbial Functional Potential and Metabolism

    Nicholas J. Bouskill;Tana E. Wood;Richard Baran;Zaw Ye

  • Mn(III) Center Availability as a Rate Controlling Factor in the Oxidation of Phenol and Sulfide on δ-MnO2

    Peter S. Nico;Robert J. Zasoski

  • Nano-scale investigation of the association of microbial nitrogen residues with iron (hydr)oxides in a forest soil O-horizon

    Marco Keiluweit;Marco Keiluweit;Jeremy J. Bougoure;Lydia H. Zeglin;David D. Myrold

  • Redox Fluctuations Control the Coupled Cycling of Iron and Carbon in Tropical Forest Soils

    Amrita Bhattacharyya;Ashley N. Campbell;Malak M. Tfaily;Yang Lin

  • Microbial community assembly differs across minerals in a rhizosphere microcosm.

    Thea Whitman;Thea Whitman;Rachel Neurath;Rachel Neurath;Adele Perera;Ilexis Chu‐Jacoby

  • Incorporation of Oxidized Uranium into Fe (Hydr)oxides during Fe(II) Catalyzed Remineralization

    Peter S. Nico;Brandy D. Stewart;Scott Fendorf

  • NanoSIMS Study of Organic Matter Associated with Soil Aggregates: Advantages, Limitations, and Combination with STXM

    Laurent Remusat;Pierre-Joseph Hatton;Peter S. Nico;Bernd Zeller

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer Pett-Ridge
Jennifer Pett-Ridge Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Markus Kleber
Markus Kleber Oregon State University
Eoin L. Brodie
Eoin L. Brodie Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kenneth H. Williams
Kenneth H. Williams Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Carl I. Steefel
Carl I. Steefel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Scott Fendorf
Scott Fendorf Stanford University
Susan S. Hubbard
Susan S. Hubbard Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Malak M. Tfaily
Malak M. Tfaily University of Arizona
Mary K. Firestone
Mary K. Firestone University of California, Berkeley
Whendee L. Silver
Whendee L. Silver University of California, Berkeley

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