1976 · Analytical Biochemistry
A Rapid and Sensitive Method for the Quantitation of Microgram Quantities of Protein Utilizing the Principle of Protein-Dye Binding
225,123 citationsRead
Most cited
349 papers in total2007 · Ecology
Toward an Ecological Classification of SOIL Bacteria
5,179 citationsRead
2011 · The ISME Journal
Comparative metagenomic, phylogenetic and physiological analyses of soil microbial communities across nitrogen gradients
1,913 citationsRead
2008 · Soil Biology and Biochemistry
The influence of soil properties on the structure of bacterial and fungal communities across land-use types
1,862 citationsRead
2011 · Global Change Biology
Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates - synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward
1,666 citationsRead
2010 · Nature Geoscience
Soil-carbon response to warming dependent on microbial physiology
1,628 citationsRead
Newest first
349 papers in total2025
- A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living treesNature · 38 citations
- Measure-and-remeasure as an economically feasible approach to crediting soil organic carbon at scaleEnvironmental Research Letters · 18 citations
2024
- Dominance of particulate organic carbon in top mineral soils in cold regionsNature Geoscience · 138 citations
- The importance of accounting method and sampling depth to estimate changes in soil carbon stocksCarbon Balance and Management · 41 citations
- Greenhouse gas mitigation on croplands: clarifying the debate on knowns, unknowns and risks to move forward with effective management interventionsCarbon Management · 24 citations
- The biogeochemical boomerang: Site fidelity creates nutritional hotspots that may promote recurrent calving site reuseEcology Letters · 17 citations
2023
- A stoichiometric approach to estimate sources of mineral‐associated soil organic matterGlobal Change Biology · 113 citations
- Testing the feasibility of quantifying change in agricultural soil carbon stocks through empirical samplingGeoderma · 49 citations
- Biogenic factors explain soil carbon in paired urban and natural ecosystems worldwideNature Climate Change · 39 citations
- Depth‐dependent effects of ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs on soil carbon and nitrogen pools are accentuated under arbuscular mycorrhizal treesGlobal Change Biology · 18 citations
2022
- The functional role of ericoid mycorrhizal plants and fungi on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in forestsNew Phytologist · 117 citations
- Toward an improved understanding of causation in the ecological sciencesFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment · 47 citations
- Patterns and controls of aboveground litter inputs to temperate forestsBiogeochemistry · 18 citations
2021
- Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warmingNature Reviews Earth & Environment · 282 citations
- Soil organic matter protects US maize yields and lowers crop insurance payouts under droughtEnvironmental Research Letters · 127 citations
- Quantifying microbial control of soil organic matter dynamics at macrosystem scalesBiogeochemistry · 82 citations
- Positive associations of soil organic matter and crop yields across a regional network of working farmsSoil Science Society of America Journal · 55 citations
- Ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs alter the relationship between tree mycorrhizal dominance and soil carbon and nitrogenJournal of Ecology · 51 citations
- Estimating carbon storage in urban forests of New York CityUrban Ecosystems · 45 citations
- Positive long‐term impacts of restoration on soils in an experimental urban forestEcological Applications · 33 citations
- Signatures of an abiotic decomposition pathway in temperate forest leaf litterBiogeochemistry · 30 citations
- Belowground community turnover accelerates the decomposition of standing dead woodEcology · 29 citations
- Quantifying prediction of pathogenicity for within-codon concordance (PM5) using 7541 functional classifications of BRCA1 and MSH2 missense variantsGenetics in Medicine · 17 citations
2020
- A trait-based understanding of wood decomposition by fungiProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 237 citations
- Refining national greenhouse gas inventoriesAMBIO · 71 citations
- Direct evidence using a controlled greenhouse study for threshold effects of soil organic matter on crop growthEcological Applications · 67 citations
- Compensatory Thermal Adaptation of Soil Microbial Respiration Rates in Global CroplandsGlobal Biogeochemical Cycles · 38 citations
- Improving scientific impact: How to practice science that influences environmental policy and managementConservation Science and Practice · 35 citations
- Natural Area Forests in US Cities: Opportunities and ChallengesJournal of Forestry · 29 citations
- Physiotherapy Over a DistanceACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare · 22 citations
Research in numbers
From OpenAlex- article188
- book chapter4
- review2
- preprint2
- conference paper2
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry21
- Global Change Biology13
- Ecology Letters10
- Journal of Ecology9
- Ecology8
- Robert J. Warren31
- Thomas Ward Crowther27
- Michael S. Strickland25
- Emily E. Oldfield25
- Stephen Andrew Wood24
Experience and education
Universities
1997 to 2025University of Exeter
2014 to 2016Boston University
2014Tufts University
2010University of California, Irvine
2003 to 2010Duke University
1976 to 2010University of Georgia
1988University of Louisville
Industry and labs
2016 to 2020Royal Children's Hospital
2014Baystate Medical Center
2002 to 2007Natural Environment Research Council