Adam C. Martiny

16.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
129 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Adam C. Martiny is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam C. Martiny has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Ecology, 72 papers in Oceanography and 53 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Adam C. Martiny's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (93 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (69 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (39 papers). Adam C. Martiny is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (93 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (69 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (39 papers). Adam C. Martiny collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Adam C. Martiny's co-authors include Jennifer B. H. Martiny, Steven Allison, Kathleen K. Treseder, Michael W. Lomas, Renaud Berlemont, Sallie W. Chisholm, François Primeau, Jasper A. Vrugt, Maureen L. Coleman and Eoin Brodie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Adam C. Martiny

125 papers receiving 11.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Present and future global distributions of the marine CyanobacteriaProchlorococcusandSynechococcus

2013 1.0k citations Michael W. Lomas, Adam C. Martiny et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Defining trait-based microbial strategies with consequences for soil carbon cycling under climate change

2019 708 citations Jennifer B. H. Martiny, Eoin Brodie et al. profile →
Microbiomes in light of traits: A phylogenetic perspective

2015 561 citations Jennifer B. H. Martiny, Adam C. Martiny et al. profile →
Strong latitudinal patterns in the elemental ratios of marine plankton and organic matter

2013 415 citations Adam C. Martiny, François Primeau et al. profile →
Global biogeography of microbial nitrogen-cycling traits in soil

2016 393 citations Adam C. Martiny, Jennifer B. H. Martiny et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Microbial abundance and composition influence litter decomposition response to environmental change

2012 361 citations Steven Allison, Adam C. Martiny et al. profile →
Convergent estimates of marine nitrogen fixation

2019 217 citations Wei‐Lei Wang, J. Keith Moore et al. profile →
Life history strategies of soil bacterial communities across global terrestrial biomes

2023 81 citations Gabin Piton, Steven Allison et al. Nature Microbiology profile →

Peers

Adam C. Martiny

ECOLO

OCEAN

Stuart E. Jones United States

James Stegen United States

Lise Øvreås Norway

Jay T. Lennon United States

Emilio O. Casamayor Spain

Jennifer B. H. Martiny United States

Jianjun Wang China

Stefan Bertilsson Sweden

Steven Hallam Canada

James B. Cotner United States

Stuart E. Jones United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Adam C. Martiny

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Adam C. Martiny

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adam C. Martiny

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Larkin, Alyse A., et al.. (2025). Global phylogeography and microdiversity of the marine diazotrophic photoautotrophs Trichodesmium and UCYN-A. mSphere. 10(7). e0024525–e0024525.

Krumhardt, Kristen M., J. Keith Moore, Robert T. Letscher, et al.. (2025). Simulating Marine Ecosystem Dynamics and Biogeochemical Cycling With Multiple Plankton Functional Types. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 17(7).

Brock, Melissa L., Jialin Dong, Alyse A. Larkin, et al.. (2025). Bacterial response to the 2021 Orange County, California, oil spill was episodic but subtle relative to natural fluctuations. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(5). e0226724–e0226724. 2 indexed citations

Martiny, Adam C., et al.. (2024). Intraspecific variation in antibiotic resistance potential within E. coli. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(6). e0316223–e0316223. 1 indexed citations

Piton, Gabin, Steven Allison, Mohammad Bahram, et al.. (2024). Reply to: Microbial dark matter could add uncertainties to metagenomic trait estimations. Nature Microbiology. 9(6). 1431–1433. 3 indexed citations

Martiny, Jennifer B. H., Adam C. Martiny, Eoin Brodie, et al.. (2023). Investigating the eco‐evolutionary response of microbiomes to environmental change. Ecology Letters. 26(S1). S81–S90. 43 indexed citations

Piton, Gabin, Steven Allison, Mohammad Bahram, et al.. (2023). Life history strategies of soil bacterial communities across global terrestrial biomes. Nature Microbiology. 8(11). 2093–2102. 81 indexed citations breakdown →

Letscher, Robert T., J. Keith Moore, Adam C. Martiny, & Michael W. Lomas. (2023). Biodiversity and Stoichiometric Plasticity Increase Pico‐Phytoplankton Contributions to Marine Net Primary Productivity and the Biological Pump. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(8). 12 indexed citations

Tanioka, Tatsuro, et al.. (2022). Global patterns and predictors of C:N:P in marine ecosystems. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 40 indexed citations

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Garcia, Nathan S., David Talmy, Weiwei Fu, et al.. (2022). The Diel Cycle of Surface Ocean Elemental Stoichiometry has Implications for Ocean Productivity. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 36(3). 7 indexed citations

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Pfister, Catherine A., S.H. Light, Brendan J. M. Bohannan, et al.. (2022). Conceptual Exchanges for Understanding Free-Living and Host-Associated Microbiomes. mSystems. 7(1). e0137421–e0137421. 3 indexed citations

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Lomas, Michael W., et al.. (2021). Varying influence of phytoplankton biodiversity and stoichiometric plasticity on bulk particulate stoichiometry across ocean basins. Communications Earth & Environment. 2(1). 25 indexed citations

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Primeau, François, et al.. (2021). Modeling Ocean Color Niche Selection by Synechococcus Blue‐Green Acclimaters. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(10). 2 indexed citations

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Larkin, Alyse A., Catherine A. Garcia, Nathan S. Garcia, et al.. (2021). High spatial resolution global ocean metagenomes from Bio-GO-SHIP repeat hydrography transects. Scientific Data. 8(1). 107–107. 24 indexed citations

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Moreno, Allison R., Catherine A. Garcia, Alyse A. Larkin, et al.. (2020). Latitudinal gradient in the respiration quotient and the implications for ocean oxygen availability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(37). 22866–22872. 23 indexed citations

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Isobe, Kazuo, Steven Allison, Banafshe Khalili, Adam C. Martiny, & Jennifer B. H. Martiny. (2019). Phylogenetic conservation of bacterial responses to soil nitrogen addition across continents. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2499–2499. 62 indexed citations

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Galbraith, Eric D. & Adam C. Martiny. (2015). A simple nutrient-dependence mechanism for predicting the stoichiometry of marine ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(27). 8199–8204. 170 indexed citations

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Singh, Arvind, Steven E. Baer, Ulf Riebesell, Adam C. Martiny, & Michael W. Lomas. (2015). C : N : P stoichiometry at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study station in the North Atlantic Ocean. Biogeosciences. 12(21). 6389–6403. 39 indexed citations

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Zimmerman, Amy, Adam C. Martiny, Michael W. Lomas, & Steven Allison. (2014). Phosphate supply explains variation in nucleic acid allocation but not C : P stoichiometry in the western North Atlantic. Biogeosciences. 11(6). 1599–1611. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kun, Adam C. Martiny, Nikos B. Reppas, et al.. (2006). Sequencing genomes from single cells by polymerase cloning. Nature Biotechnology. 24(6). 680–686. 298 indexed citations

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