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Steven G. McNulty

Steven G. McNulty

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
78
Citations
25430
World Ranking
902
National Ranking
337

Steven G. McNulty 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 G. McNulty sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 275 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steven G. McNulty 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 G. McNulty sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Steven G. McNulty is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States and has published extensively in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Water Science and Technology, Atmospheric Science, and Soil Science.

Their research focuses on a variety of topics related to ecosystem processes and environmental dynamics. Key areas of study include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Forest Ecology and Management, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, and Tree-ring Climate Responses.

McNulty has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers, with recent publications including:

  • COSORE: A community database for continuous soil respiration and other soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas flux data (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change (2022, Global Change Biology)
  • Urban warming increases the temperature sensitivity of spring vegetation phenology at 292 cities across China (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • The mitigation strategy of automobile generated fine particle pollutants by applying vegetation configuration in a street-canyon (2020, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • A global synthesis of hydrological sensitivities to deforestation and forestation (2022, Forest Ecology and Management)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Ge Sun
  • John S. King
  • Asko Noormets
  • Michael Gavazzi
  • Maricar Aguilos

McNulty's work is frequently published in the following venues:

  • Forests
  • Forest Service Research Data Archive
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Global Change Biology
  • Tree Physiology

Best Publications

  • Climate Change and Forest Disturbances

    Virginia H. Dale;Linda A. Joyce;Steve Mcnulty;Ronald P. Neilson

  • Nitrogen Saturation in Temperate Forest Ecosystems

    John Aber;William McDowell;Knute Nadelhoffer;Alison Magill

  • Soil fertility limits carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems in a CO 2 -enriched atmosphere

    Ram Oren;David S Ellsworth;David S Ellsworth;Kurt H Johnsen;Nathan C. Phillips

  • Nitrogen excess in North American ecosystems: Predisposing factors, ecosystem responses, and management strategies

    Mark E. Fenn;Mark A. Poth;John D. Aber;Jill S. Baron

  • Forest Resilience, Biodiversity, and Climate Change

    I. Thompson;B. Mackey;S. McNulty;A. Mosseler

  • A Comparison of Six Potential Evapotranspiration Methods for Regional Use in the Southeastern United States

    Jianbiao Lu;Ge Sun;Steven G. McNulty;Devendra M. Amatya

  • Potential water yield reduction due to forestation across China

    Ge Sun;Guoyi Zhou;Zhiqiang Zhang;Xiaohua Wei

  • Nitrogen fertilization decreases forest soil fungal and bacterial biomass in three long-term experiments

    Matthew D. Wallenstein;Steven McNulty;Ivan J. Fernandez;Johnny Boggs

  • Forest Processes and Global Environmental Change: Predicting the Effects of Individual and Multiple Stressors

    John Aber;Ronald P. Neilson;Steve McNULTY;James M. Lenihan

  • Forest biogeochemistry and primary production altered by nitrogen saturation

    John D. Aber;Alison Magill;Steven G. Mcnulty;Richard D. Boone

  • Estimation of Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange for the Conterminous United States by Combining MODIS and AmeriFlux Data

    Jingfeng Xiao;Qianlai Zhuang;Dennis D. Baldocchi;Beverly E. Law

  • Carbon fluxes, evapotranspiration, and water use efficiency of terrestrial ecosystems in China

    Jingfeng Xiao;Ge Sun;Jiquan Chen;Jiquan Chen;Hui Chen

  • OAK FOREST CARBON AND WATER SIMULATIONS: MODEL INTERCOMPARISONS AND EVALUATIONS AGAINST INDEPENDENT DATA

    P. J. Hanson;J. S. Amthor;S. D. Wullschleger;K. B. Wilson

  • The interplay between climate change, forests, and disturbances

    Virginia H. Dale;Linda A. Joyce;Steve McNulty;Ronald P. Neilson

  • Appropriate experimental ecosystem warming methods by ecosystem, objective, and practicality

    Emma L. Aronson;Steven G. McNulty

  • A general predictive model for estimating monthly ecosystem evapotranspiration

    Ge Sun;Karrin Alstad;Jiquan Chen;Shiping Chen

  • IMPACTS OF MULTIPLE STRESSES ON WATER DEMAND AND SUPPLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

    Ge Sun;Steven G. McNulty;Jennifer A. Moore Myers;Erika C. Cohen

  • Effects of forest management on productivity and carbon sequestration: A review and hypothesis

    A. Noormets;D. Epron;J.C. Domec;J.C. Domec;S.G. McNulty

  • Short-course raltegravir intensification does not reduce persistent low-level viremia in patients with HIV-1 suppression during receipt of combination antiretroviral therapy

    D. McMahon;J. Jones;A. Wiegand;S. J. Gange

  • A continuous measure of gross primary production for the conterminous United States derived from MODIS and AmeriFlux data

    Jingfeng Xiao;Qianlai Zhuang;Beverly E. Law;Jiquan Chen

  • Nitrogen saturation in a high elevation New England spruce-fir stand☆

    Steven G. McNulty;John D. Aber;Steven D. Newman

Frequent Co-Authors

Ge Sun
Ge Sun US Forest Service
Asko Noormets
Asko Noormets Texas A&M University
James M. Vose
James M. Vose North Carolina State University
Jean-Christophe Domec
Jean-Christophe Domec Bordeaux Sciences Agro
John D. Aber
John D. Aber University of New Hampshire
Jiquan Chen
Jiquan Chen Michigan State University
Yang Zhang
Yang Zhang Northeastern University
Devendra M. Amatya
Devendra M. Amatya US Forest Service
Lindsey E. Rustad
Lindsey E. Rustad US Forest Service
John S. King
John S. King North Carolina State University

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