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Stephen J. Chapman

Stephen J. Chapman

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
8175
World Ranking
5288
National Ranking
401

Stephen J. Chapman 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 Stephen J. Chapman sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 117 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen J. Chapman 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 Stephen J. Chapman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stephen J. Chapman is affiliated with Keele University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions in subfields such as Ecology, Soil Science, Plant Science, Pollution, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work addresses key scientific topics including Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Insect Utilization and Effects, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Some of the recent papers authored by or involving Stephen J. Chapman include:

  • Changes in gut bacterial communities and the incidence of antibiotic resistance genes during degradation of antibiotics by black soldier fly larvae, 2020, Environment International
  • Nitrification and urease inhibitors improve rice nitrogen uptake and prevent denitrification in alkaline paddy soil, 2020, Applied Soil Ecology
  • The anaerobic oxidation of methane in paddy soil by ferric iron and nitrate, and the microbial communities involved, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Pretreatment is an important method for increasing the conversion efficiency of rice straw by black soldier fly larvae based on the function of gut microorganisms, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Effects of different carbon sources on methane production and the methanogenic communities in iron rich flooded paddy soil, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Stephen J. Chapman's frequent co-authors include Huaiying Yao, Yaying Li, Ningguo Zheng, Haoxin Fan, and Dan Luo.

Publishing regularly in journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Soils and Sediments, Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Applied Soil Ecology, and Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Chapman has multiple publications across these venues, indicating ongoing engagement with environmental and soil science communities.

Best Publications

  • A Rapid Microtiter Plate Method To Measure Carbon Dioxide Evolved from Carbon Substrate Amendments so as To Determine the Physiological Profiles of Soil Microbial Communities by Using Whole Soil

    Colin D. Campbell;Stephen J. Chapman;Clare M. Cameron;Mitchell S. Davidson

  • Nitrification and nitrifiers in acidic soils

    Yaying Li;Stephen J. Chapman;Graeme W. Nicol;Huaiying Yao;Huaiying Yao

  • FTIR spectroscopy can be used as a screening tool for organic matter quality in regenerating cutover peatlands

    Rebekka R.E. Artz;Stephen J. Chapman;A.H. Jean Robertson;Jacqueline M. Potts

  • IUCN UK Commission of Inquiry on Peatlands

    C. G. Bain;A. Bonn;R. Stoneman;S. Chapman

  • Climate change cannot be entirely responsible for soil carbon loss observed in England and Wales, 1978–2003

    Peter Smith;Stephen J. Chapman;W. Andy Scott;Helaina I.J. Black

  • Why are patients prescribed proton pump inhibitors? Retrospective analysis of link between morbidity and prescribing in the General Practice Research Database.

    James N R Bashford;Jeff Norwood;Stephen R Chapman

  • Multi-factorial drivers of ammonia oxidizer communities: evidence from a national soil survey.

    Huaiying Yao;Huaiying Yao;Colin D. Campbell;Stephen J. Chapman;Thomas E. Freitag

  • Is vegetation composition or soil chemistry the best predictor of the soil microbial community

    Ruth J. Mitchell;Alison J. Hester;Colin D. Campbell;Colin D. Campbell;Stephen J. Chapman

  • Estimating changes in Scottish soil carbon stocks using ECOSSE. I. Model description and uncertainties

    Joanne Ursula Smith;Pia Gottschalk;Jessica Bellarby;Stephen Chapman

  • Assessing CLPPs using MicroResp

    Stephen J. Chapman;Colin D. Campbell;Rebekka R. E. Artz

  • Bioclimatic envelope model of climate change impacts on blanket peatland distribution in Great Britain

    Angela V. Gallego-Sala;Joanna M. Clark;Joanna M. Clark;Joanna Isobel House;Harriet G. Orr

  • FTIR spectroscopy of peat in and bordering scots pine woodland: relationship with chemical and biological properties

    S.J Chapman;C.D Campbell;A.R Fraser;G Puri

  • The immobilization of nitrogen by straw decomposing in soil

    M. V. Cheshire;C. N. Bedrock;B. L. Williams;S. J. Chapman

  • Denial of long-term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences

    Lahiru S. Wijedasa;Jyrki Jauhiainen;Mari Könönen;Maija Lampela

  • The influence of climate on CO2 and CH4 emissions from organic soils

    S.J. Chapman;M. Thurlow

  • Comparison of soil carbon stocks in Scottish soils between 1978 and 2009

    S. J. Chapman;J. S. Bell;C. D. Campbell;C. D. Campbell;G. Hudson

  • Peat respiration at low temperatures

    S.J. Chapman;M. Thurlow

  • Carbon stocks in Scottish peatlands

    S. J. Chapman;J. Bell;D. Donnelly;A. Lilly

  • Assessing the vulnerability of blanket peat to climate change using an ensemble of statistical bioclimatic envelope models

    Joanna Mary Clark;A Gallego-Sala;T E H Allott;S J Chapman

  • High turnover rate of free phospholipids in soil confirms the classic hypothesis of PLFA methodology

    Yingying Zhang;Ningguo Zheng;Juan Wang;Huaiying Yao;Huaiying Yao

  • Denial of long-term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences

    Lahiru S. Wijedasa;Jyrki Jauhiainen;Mari Könönen;Maija Lampela

Frequent Co-Authors

Huaiying Yao
Huaiying Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ray Fitzpatrick
Ray Fitzpatrick University of Oxford
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Simon D. M. White
Simon D. M. White Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Allan Lilly
Allan Lilly James Hutton Institute
Ruth J. Mitchell
Ruth J. Mitchell James Hutton Institute
Chris D. Evans
Chris D. Evans UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Vincent Gauci
Vincent Gauci University of Birmingham
Jo Smith
Jo Smith University of Aberdeen
David F. R. P. Burslem
David F. R. P. Burslem University of Aberdeen

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