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Matthew E. Craig

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsForest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesPeatlands and Wetlands EcologyMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Publications

42

Citations

2,900

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

12

Publishing since 2014

Research summary
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Matthew E. Craig studies how plants, tree roots, and soil interact to store carbon and cycle nutrients in forests and other ecosystems. His work examines what plant and root traits help soil capture and hold carbon, how fungi that live on roots (mycorrhizae) affect soil chemistry, and how these processes respond to global environmental change such as rising carbon dioxide. He often combines field experiments, large-scale data syntheses, and comparisons across many sites.

Soil carbon storage and dynamicsRoot traits and plant-soil interactionsMycorrhizal fungi and nutrient cyclingForest response to global changeSoil nitrogen and biogeochemistry

Publication output has been fairly steady at a few papers per year through most of the decade, with a notable spike in 2025.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.6/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 1 publication182019: 4 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 10 publications102526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Global Change Biology×5
  • New Phytologist×4
  • AGUFM×4
  • Biogeochemistry×2
  • Plants People Planet×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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