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Richard P. Phillips

Richard P. Phillips

Indiana University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
76
Citations
25240
World Ranking
987
National Ranking
370

Richard P. Phillips publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 183 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard P. Phillips 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 Richard P. Phillips sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard P. Phillips is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Insect Science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Forest ecology and management

Richard P. Phillips has published frequently in venues such as Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Global Change Biology, Journal of Ecology, Oecologia, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Recent notable publications include:

  • A trade-off between plant and soil carbon storage under elevated CO2 (2021, Nature)
  • Fast-decaying plant litter enhances soil carbon in temperate forests but not through microbial physiological traits (2022, Nature Communications)
  • The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function (2021, Nature)
  • Root-derived inputs are major contributors to soil carbon in temperate forests, but vary by mycorrhizal type (2021, Ecology Letters)
  • Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally (2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Richard P. Phillips include Kimberly A. Novick, Katilyn V. Beidler, Matthew E. Craig, Songlin Fei, and Stephanie N. Kivlin.

Best Publications

  • The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data

    Gilberto Pastorello;Carlo Trotta;Eleonora Canfora;Housen Chu

  • 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 increasing importance of atmospheric demand for ecosystem water and carbon fluxes

    Kimberly A. Novick;Darren L. Ficklin;Paul C. Stoy;Christopher A. Williams

  • The mycorrhizal-associated nutrient economy: a new framework for predicting carbon-nutrient couplings in temperate forests.

    Richard P. Phillips;Edward Brzostek;Meghan G. Midgley

  • Enhanced root exudation induces microbial feedbacks to N cycling in a pine forest under long-term CO2 fumigation

    Richard P. Phillips;Adrien C. Finzi;Emily S. Bernhardt

  • CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Stuart J. Davies;Stuart J. Davies;Amy C. Bennett;Erika B. Gonzalez-Akre

  • Mycorrhizal association as a primary control of the CO2 fertilization effect

    César Terrer;Sara Vicca;Bruce A. Hungate;Richard P. Phillips

  • Synthesis and modeling perspectives of rhizosphere priming

    Weixin Cheng;Weixin Cheng;William J. Parton;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler;Richard Phillips

  • Rhizosphere processes are quantitatively important components of terrestrial carbon and nutrient cycles.

    Adrien C. Finzi;Rose Z. Abramoff;Kimberly S. Spiller;Edward R. Brzostek

  • A trade-off between plant and soil carbon storage under elevated CO2.

    C. Terrer;C. Terrer;R. P. Phillips;B. A. Hungate;J. Rosende

  • A meta-analysis of 1,119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon-cycling responses to global change

    Jian Song;Jian Song;Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Alan K. Knapp

  • Global importance of large‐diameter trees

    James A. Lutz;Tucker J. Furniss;Daniel J. Johnson;Stuart J. Davies

  • 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

  • Microbe-driventurnoverosetsminer al-mediated storage of soil carbon under elevated CO 2

    Benjamin N. Sulman;Benjamin N. Sulman;Richard P. Phillips;A. Christopher Oishi;Elena Shevliakova

  • Roots and fungi accelerate carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO2.

    Richard P. Phillips;Ina C. Meier;Emily S. Bernhardt;A. Stuart Grandy

  • New approach for capturing soluble root exudates in forest soils

    Richard P. Phillips;Yael Erlitz;Raven Bier;Emily S. Bernhardt

  • TREE SPECIES AND MYCORRHIZAL ASSOCIATIONS INFLUENCE THE MAGNITUDE OF RHIZOSPHERE EFFECTS

    Richard P. Phillips;Richard P. Phillips;Timothy J. Fahey

  • Root exudates increase N availability by stimulating microbial turnover of fast-cycling N pools

    Ina C. Meier;Adrien C. Finzi;Richard P. Phillips

  • Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale.

    Joseph A. LaManna;Scott A. Mangan;Alfonso Alonso;Norman A. Bourg;Norman A. Bourg

  • High atmospheric demand for water can limit forest carbon uptake and transpiration as severely as dry soil

    Benjamin N. Sulman;Benjamin N. Sulman;D. Tyler Roman;D. Tyler Roman;Koong Yi;Lixin Wang

  • Stoichiometry constrains microbial response to root exudation- insights from a model and a field experiment in a temperate forest

    J. E. Drake;J. E. Drake;B. A. Darby;M.-A. Giasson;M. A. Kramer

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua B. Fisher
Joshua B. Fisher Chapman University
Kimberly A. Novick
Kimberly A. Novick Indiana University
Keith Clay
Keith Clay Tulane University
Stuart J. Davies
Stuart J. Davies Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Russell L. Scott
Russell L. Scott Agricultural Research Service
Gil Bohrer
Gil Bohrer The Ohio State University
David Kenfack
David Kenfack Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Robert W. Howe
Robert W. Howe University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
Peter D. Blanken
Peter D. Blanken University of Colorado Boulder

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