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William S. Currie

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
10682
World Ranking
7239
National Ranking
2434

William S. Currie publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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This scientist: 90 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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William S. Currie 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 William S. Currie sits on this spectrum.

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14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William S. Currie is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers a range of subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Economics and Econometrics. Their research topics include studies on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Marine Animal Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

William S. Currie has published multiple papers in various scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Forest structure, diversity, and primary production in relation to disturbance severity, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • The natural capital of seagrass beds in the Caribbean: evaluating their ecosystem services and blue carbon trade potential, 2023, Biology Letters
  • Human appropriated net primary productivity as a metric for land use planning: a case study in the US Great Lakes region, 2020, Landscape Ecology
  • Hydrologic flushing rates drive nitrogen cycling and plant invasion in a freshwater coastal wetland model, 2020, Ecological Applications
  • Enhancing Great Lakes coastal ecosystems research by initiating engagement between scientists and decision-makers, 2021, Journal of Great Lakes Research

The most frequent publication venues for Currie include:

  • Ecological Applications (7 publications)
  • Ecology and Evolution (1 publication)
  • Biology Letters (1 publication)
  • Landscape Ecology (1 publication)
  • Biological Invasions (1 publication)

Collaborations form an important part of this scientist's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jason P. Martina
  • David Schimel
  • Jill S. Baron
  • Timothy E. Essington
  • Andrew O. Finley

In 2019, William S. Currie was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen Saturation in Temperate Forest Ecosystems

    John Aber;William McDowell;Knute Nadelhoffer;Alison Magill

  • Progressive Nitrogen Limitation of Ecosystem Responses to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

    Yiqi Luo;Bo Su;William S. Currie;Jeffrey S. Dukes

  • Global-Scale Similarities in Nitrogen Release Patterns During Long-Term Decomposition

    William Parton;Whendee L. Silver;Ingrid C. Burke;Leo Grassens

  • Ecosystem response to 15 years of chronic nitrogen additions at the Harvard Forest LTER, Massachusetts, USA

    Alison H Magill;John D Aber;William S Currie;Knute J Nadelhoffer

  • Vertical transport of dissolved organic C and N under long-term N amendments in pine and hardwood forests

    William S. Currie;John D. Aber;William H. Mcdowell;Richard D. Boone

  • Soil Carbon Dynamics after Forest Harvest: An Ecosystem Paradigm Reconsidered

    Ruth D. Yanai;William S. Currie;Christine L. Goodale

  • Long-term patterns of mass loss during the decomposition of leaf and fine root litter: an intersite comparison

    Mark E. Harmon;Whendee L. Silver;Becky Fasth;Hua Chen

  • Sinks for nitrogen inputs in terrestrial ecosystems: a meta‐analysis of 15N tracer field studies

    P. H. Templer;M. C. Mack;F. S. Chapin;L. M. Christenson

  • Assessing trade-offs between carbon sequestration and timber production within a framework of multi-purpose forestry in Austria

    Rupert Seidl;Werner Rammer;Dietmar Jäger;William S. Currie

  • Application of imaging spectroscopy to mapping canopy nitrogen in the forests of the central Appalachian Mountains using Hyperion and AVIRIS

    P.A. Townsend;J.R. Foster;R.A. Chastain;W.S. Currie

  • Modeling leaching as a decomposition process in humid montane forests

    William S. Currie;John D. Aber

  • Effects of chronic nitrogen amendments on production of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in forest soils

    William H. McDowell;William S. Currie;John D. Aber;Yuriko Yano

  • Forest to reclaimed mine land use change leads to altered ecosystem structure and function.

    Jeffrey A. Simmons;William S. Currie;Keith N. Eshleman;Karen Kuers

  • Carbon cycling in soil

    Carol A. Johnston;Peter Groffman;David D. Breshears;Zoe G. Cardon

  • Decadal-scale fates of 15N tracers added to oak and pine stands under ambient and elevated N inputs at the Harvard Forest (USA)

    Knute J Nadelhoffer;Benjamin P Colman;William S Currie;Alison Magill

  • Climate and litter quality controls on decomposition: An analysis of modeling approaches

    D. L. Moorhead;W. S. Currie;E. B. Rastetter;W. J. Parton

  • The responsive C and N biogeochemistry of the temperate forest floor

    William S. Currie

  • Cross-biome transplants of plant litter show decomposition models extend to a broader climatic range but lose predictability at the decadal time scale

    William S. Currie;Mark E. Harmon;Ingrid C. Burke;Stephen C. Hart

  • The Imprint of Land-use History: Patterns of Carbon and Nitrogen in Downed Woody Debris at the Harvard Forest

    William S. Currie;Knute J. Nadelhoffer

  • Units of nature or processes across scales? The ecosystem concept at age 75

    William S. Currie

  • A High-Temperature Catalytic Oxidation Technique for Determining Total Dissolved Nitrogen

    Jeffrey L. Merriam;William H. McDowell;William S Currie

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel G. Brown
Daniel G. Brown University of Washington
Knute J. Nadelhoffer
Knute J. Nadelhoffer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John D. Aber
John D. Aber University of New Hampshire
Deborah E. Goldberg
Deborah E. Goldberg University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rick L. Riolo
Rick L. Riolo University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William J. Parton
William J. Parton Colorado State University
William H. McDowell
William H. McDowell University of New Hampshire
Mark E. Harmon
Mark E. Harmon Oregon State University
Donald R. Zak
Donald R. Zak University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stephen C. Hart
Stephen C. Hart University of California, Merced

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