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John Downing

Active 1969–2019

40
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24,993
Citations
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Citations

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Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 834 citing papers, 26.1% of this breakdownCanada: 218 citing papers, 6.8% of this breakdownChina: 208 citing papers, 6.5% of this breakdownGermany: 204 citing papers, 6.4% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 198 citing papers, 6.2% of this breakdownSweden: 139 citing papers, 4.3% of this breakdownFrance: 132 citing papers, 4.1% of this breakdownAustralia: 113 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownNetherlands: 109 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownSpain: 80 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 72 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownItaly: 68 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdown
0%26.1%Other 25.8%

Institutions

Fields

  • Environmental Science57.8%
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences15.7%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.7%
  • Psychology4.1%
  • Social Sciences3.7%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.3%
  • Other8.7%

Topics

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems7.7%
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics4.6%
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics4.1%
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology3.3%
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies3.2%
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies3.1%
  • Other74%

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  1. Biodiversity change is uncoupled from species richness trends: Consequences for conservation and monitoring

    Authors: Helmut Hillebrand, Bernd Blasius, Elizabeth T. Borer, Jonathan M. Chase, John Downing, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Christopher T. Filstrup, W. Stanley Harpole, Dorothee Hodapp, Stefano Larsen, Aleksandra M. Lewandowska, Eric W. Seabloom, Dedmer B. Van de Waal, Alexey Ryabov - Journal of Applied Ecology 2017 cited by 766

  2. Lakes and reservoirs as regulators of carbon cycling and climate

    Authors: Lars J. Tranvik, John Downing, James B. Cotner, Steven Loiselle, Robert G. Striegl, Thomas J. Ballatore, Peter J. Dillon, Kerri Finlay, Kenneth Fortino, Lesley B. Knoll, Pirkko Kortelainen, Tiit Kutser, Søren Erik Larsen, Isabelle Laurion, Dina M. Leech, S. Leigh McCallister, Diane M. McKnight, John M. Mélack, Erin P. Overholt, Jason A. Porter, Yves T. Prairie, William H. Renwick, Fábio Roland, Bradford Sherman, David W. Schindler, Sebastian Sobek, Alain Tremblay, Michael J. Vanni, Antonie M. Verschoor, Eddie von Wachenfeldt, Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer - Limnology and Oceanography 2009 cited by 2,727

  3. Biodiversity and Stability in Grasslands

    Authors: David Tilman, John Downing - Ecosystem Management 1994 cited by 2,110

  4. The global abundance and size distribution of lakes, ponds, and impoundments

    Authors: John Downing, Yves T. Prairie, J. J. Cole, Carlos M. Duarte, Lars J. Tranvik, Robert G. Striegl, William H. McDowell, Pirkko Kortelainen, N. F. Caraco, John M. Mélack, Jack J. Middelburg - Limnology and Oceanography 2006 cited by 1,929

  5. Plumbing the Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Inland Waters into the Terrestrial Carbon Budget

    Authors: J. J. Cole, Yves T. Prairie, N. F. Caraco, William H. McDowell, Lars J. Tranvik, Robert G. Striegl, Carlos M. Duarte, Pirkko Kortelainen, John Downing, Jack J. Middelburg, John M. Mélack - Ecosystems 2007 cited by 3,983

  6. Freshwater Methane Emissions Offset the Continental Carbon Sink

    Authors: David Bastviken, Lars J. Tranvik, John Downing, Patrick Crill, Alex Enrich‐Prast - Science 2011 cited by 1,618

  7. Eutrophication will increase methane emissions from lakes and impoundments during the 21st century

    Authors: Jake J. Beaulieu, Tonya DelSontro, John Downing - Nature Communications 2019 cited by 617

  8. Emerging global role of small lakes and ponds: little things mean a lot

    Authors: John Downing - Limnetica 2010 cited by 655

  9. Greenhouse gas emissions from lakes and impoundments: Upscaling in the face of global change

    Authors: Tonya DelSontro, Jake J. Beaulieu, John Downing - Limnology and Oceanography Letters 2018 cited by 566

  10. Global abundance and size distribution of streams and rivers

    Authors: John Downing - Inland Waters 2012 cited by 403

  11. Recreational demand for clean water: evidence from geotagged photographs by visitors to lakes

    Authors: Bonnie Keeler, Spencer A. Wood, Stephen Polasky, Catherine L. Kling, Christopher T. Filstrup, John Downing - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2015 cited by 277

  12. Patterns in phytoplankton taxonomic composition across temperate lakes of differing nutrient status

    Authors: Susan B. Watson, Edward McCauley, John Downing - Limnology and Oceanography 1997 cited by 468

  13. CO2 emissions from saline lakes: A global estimate of a surprisingly large flux

    Authors: Carlos M. Duarte, Yves T. Prairie, Carlos Montes, Jonathan J. Cole, Robert G. Striegl, John M. Mélack, John Downing - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 2008 cited by 203

  14. Building a multi-scaled geospatial temporal ecology database from disparate data sources: fostering open science and data reuse

    Authors: Patricia A. Soranno, Edward G Bissell, Kendra Spence Cheruvelil, Samuel T. Christel, Sarah M. Collins, C. Emi Fergus, Christopher T. Filstrup, Jean‐François Lapierre, Noah R. Lottig, Samantha K. Oliver, Caren E. Scott, Nicole J. Smith, Scott B Stopyak, Shuai Yuan, Mary T. Bremigan, John Downing, Corinna Gries, Emily Norton Henry, Nick K. Skaff, Emily H. Stanley, Craig A. Stow, Pang‐Ning Tan, Tyler Wagner, Katherine E. Webster - GigaScience 2015 cited by 108

  15. Predicting Cyanobacteria dominance in lakes

    Authors: John Downing, Susan B. Watson, Edward McCauley - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2001 cited by 749

  16. Changing Perspectives on Pearly Mussels, North America's Most Imperiled Animals

    Authors: David L. Strayer, John Downing, Wendell R. Haag, Timothy King, James B. Layzer, Teresa J. Newton, Susan J. Nichols - BioScience 2004 cited by 668

  17. The nitrogen : phosphorus relationship in lakes

    Authors: John Downing, Edward McCauley - Limnology and Oceanography 1992 cited by 601

  18. CRC Handbook of Mammalian Body Masses

    Authors: Marina Silva, John Downing - 1995 cited by 320

  19. Cross‐scale interactions: quantifying multi‐scaled cause–effect relationships in macrosystems

    Authors: Patricia A. Soranno, Kendra Spence Cheruvelil, Edward G Bissell, Mary T. Bremigan, John Downing, C. Emi Fergus, Christopher T. Filstrup, Emily Norton Henry, Noah R. Lottig, Emily H. Stanley, Craig A. Stow, Pang‐Ning Tan, Tyler Wagner, Katherine E. Webster - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2014 cited by 210

  20. Comparative reading : cross-national studies of behavior and processes in reading and writing

    Authors: John Downing - 1973 cited by 116

  21. Regional nitrogen budgets and riverine N & P fluxes for the drainages to the North Atlantic Ocean: Natural and human influences

    Authors: Robert W. Howarth, Gilles Billen, Dennis P. Swaney, Andrea K. Townsend, Norbert A. Jaworski, Kate Lajtha, John Downing, Ragnar Elmgren, N. F. Caraco, Thomas Jordan, Frank Berendse, J. R. Freney, V. N. Kudeyarov, Peter S. Murdoch, Zhu Zhao-liang - Biogeochemistry 1996 cited by 1,423

  22. Limnology: Inland Water Ecosystems

    Authors: Jacob Kalff, John Downing - Medical Entomology and Zoology 2001 cited by 592

  23. Sediment organic carbon burial in agriculturally eutrophic impoundments over the last century

    Authors: John Downing, J. J. Cole, Jack J. Middelburg, R. G. Striegl, Carlos M. Duarte, Pirkko Kortelainen, Yves T. Prairie, Keith Allen Laube - Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2008 cited by 524

  24. Empirical analysis of zooplankton filtering and feeding rates1

    Authors: Robert H. Peters, John Downing - Limnology and Oceanography 1984 cited by 369