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83
Citations
40426
World Ranking
692
National Ranking
252

Steven D. Allison publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven D. Allison sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 235 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steven D. Allison 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 Steven D. Allison sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 83 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Steven D. Allison is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong focus on environmental science, earth and planetary sciences, and physics and astronomy.

The scientist's work addresses several main fields of study including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these fields, Allison has contributed to various subfields such as:

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Soil Science

Their research topics exhibit a broad multidisciplinary approach, incorporating areas like:

  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Steven D. Allison has published various scientific papers in important journals and venues. Recent papers include:

  • The age distribution of global soil carbon inferred from radiocarbon measurements (2020, Nature Geoscience)
  • Drought and plant litter chemistry alter microbial gene expression and metabolite production (2020, The ISME Journal)
  • Life history strategies of soil bacterial communities across global terrestrial biomes (2023, Nature Microbiology)
  • Embracing a new paradigm for temperature sensitivity of soil microbes (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • A framework for soil microbial ecology in urban ecosystems (2022, Ecosphere)

Frequently publishing in several venues, Allison's work appears notably in:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Global Change Biology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecosphere
  • Ecology Letters

Collaborations have been an important part of Allison's research, partnering recurrently with colleagues such as:

  • Elizabeth Eder
  • Marija Veličković
  • Kylee Tate
  • Eoin Brodie
  • Nancy Hess

Best Publications

  • Resistance, resilience, and redundancy in microbial communities

    Steven D. Allison;Jennifer B. H. Martiny

  • Stoichiometry of soil enzyme activity at global scale

    Robert L. Sinsabaugh;Christian L. Lauber;Michael N. Weintraub;Bony Ahmed

  • Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

    William K. Cornwell;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Kathryn Amatangelo;Ellen Dorrepaal

  • Fundamentals of microbial community resistance and resilience

    Ashley Shade;Hannes Peter;Steven D. Allison;Didier L. Baho

  • Soil-carbon response to warming dependent on microbial physiology

    Steven D. Allison;Matthew D. Wallenstein;Mark A. Bradford

  • Responses of extracellular enzymes to simple and complex nutrient inputs

    Steven D. Allison;Peter M. Vitousek

  • Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming

    Thomas W. Crowther;Katherine E.O. Todd-Brown;Clara W. Rowe;William R. Wieder

  • Optimization of hydrolytic and oxidative enzyme methods for ecosystem studies

    Donovan P. German;Michael N. Weintraub;A. Stuart Grandy;Christian L. Lauber

  • Global soil carbon projections are improved by modelling microbial processes

    William R. Wieder;Gordon B. Bonan;Steven D. Allison

  • Defining trait-based microbial strategies with consequences for soil carbon cycling under climate change

    Ashish A. Malik;Jennifer B. H. Martiny;Eoin L. Brodie;Eoin L. Brodie;Adam C. Martiny

  • Causes of variation in soil carbon simulations from CMIP5 Earth system models and comparison with observations

    K. E. O. Todd-Brown;J. T. Randerson;W. M. Post;F. M. Hoffman;F. M. Hoffman

  • Drivers of bacterial β-diversity depend on spatial scale

    Jennifer B. H. Martiny;Jonathan A. Eisen;Kevin Penn;Steven D. Allison

  • Warming and drying suppress microbial activity and carbon cycling in boreal forest soils

    Steven D. Allison;Kathleen K. Treseder

  • Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives

    H. Vereecken;A. Schnepf;J. W. Hopmans;M. Javaux

  • Decomposers in disguise: mycorrhizal fungi as regulators of soil C dynamics in ecosystems under global change

    J. M. Talbot;S. D. Allison;K. K. Treseder

  • Cheaters, diffusion and nutrients constrain decomposition by microbial enzymes in spatially structured environments

    Steven D. Allison

  • Microbial activity and soil respiration under nitrogen addition in Alaskan boreal forest

    Steven D. Allison;Claudia I. Czimczik;Kathleen K. Treseder

  • Toward more realistic projections of soil carbon dynamics by Earth system models

    Yiqi Luo;Yiqi Luo;Anders Ahlström;Anders Ahlström;Steven D. Allison;Niels H. Batjes

  • Temperature response of soil respiration largely unaltered with experimental warming

    Joanna C. Carey;Jianwu Tang;Pamela H. Templer;Kevin D. Kroeger

  • Rapid nutrient cycling in leaf litter from invasive plants in Hawai’i

    Steven D. Allison;Peter M. Vitousek

  • A trait-based approach for modelling microbial litter decomposition.

    S. D. Allison

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen K. Treseder
Kathleen K. Treseder University of California, Irvine
Adam C. Martiny
Adam C. Martiny University of California, Irvine
Jennifer B. H. Martiny
Jennifer B. H. Martiny University of California, Irvine
Eoin L. Brodie
Eoin L. Brodie Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Michael L. Goulden
Michael L. Goulden University of California, Irvine
Yiqi Luo
Yiqi Luo Cornell University
James T. Randerson
James T. Randerson University of California, Irvine
Michael N. Weintraub
Michael N. Weintraub University of Toledo
Matthew D. Wallenstein
Matthew D. Wallenstein Colorado State University
Serita D. Frey
Serita D. Frey University of New Hampshire

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