Ann Pearson

9.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Ann Pearson is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ann Pearson has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Ecology, 43 papers in Atmospheric Science and 40 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ann Pearson's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (47 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (46 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (39 papers). Ann Pearson is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (47 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (46 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (39 papers). Ann Pearson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Ann Pearson's co-authors include Timothy I. Eglinton, Sunita R. Shah Walter, Anitra E. Ingalls, Ann P. McNichol, Andrew H. Knoll, Ellen R. M. Druffel, Roger E. Summons, Bryan C. Benitez-Nelson, Meytal B. Higgins and David T. Johnston and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ann Pearson

122 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Global Cooling During the Eocene-Oligocene Climate Transition

2009 577 citations Sunita R. Shah Walter, Ann Pearson et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ann Pearson	3.3k	2.5k	2.1k	1.6k	1.4k	127	6.7k
Steven D’Hondt	3.4k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	119	7.0k
Johan W.H. Weijers	2.9k 0.9×	4.8k 1.9×	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	620 0.4×	43	6.6k
Naohiko Ohkouchi	4.9k 1.5×	3.1k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	2.2k 1.4×	834 0.6×	282	8.8k
D. A. Butterfield	3.4k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	4.7k 2.3×	2.0k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	202	12.1k
Sylvie Derenne	2.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	974 0.6×	721 0.5×	253	10.1k
Marianne Baas	1.8k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	415 0.3×	71	4.7k
Joan M. Bernhard	3.4k 1.0×	3.8k 1.5×	1.4k 0.7×	3.4k 2.1×	713 0.5×	130	6.4k
Pieter T. Visscher	3.5k 1.1×	2.3k 0.9×	2.7k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	147	10.7k
Alex L. Sessions	3.3k 1.0×	3.6k 1.4×	2.1k 1.0×	886 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	147	9.1k
Timothy G. Ferdelman	3.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	3.6k 1.7×	2.4k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	120	7.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Ann Pearson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ann Pearson

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Kopf, Sebastian, et al.. (2025). Compound-specific carbon and hydrogen isotope analysis traces archaeal lipid signatures in cold seep marine systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 407. 309–321.

Gan, Shuchai, Verena B. Heuer, Frauke Schmidt, et al.. (2025). Moderate heating renders 7.8-million-year-old sedimentary organic matter bioavailable. Science Advances. 11(34). eadw8638–eadw8638. 1 indexed citations

Kopf, Sebastian, Felix J. Elling, Xiahong Feng, et al.. (2025). Lipid hydrogen isotope compositions primarily reflect growth water in the model archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 91(4). e0198324–e0198324.

Goranov, Aleksandar I., Susan J. Carter, Ann Pearson, & Patrick G. Hatcher. (2025). Oxidation Camouflages Terrestrial Organic Matter to Appear Marine-like. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(11). 5607–5620. 5 indexed citations

Elling, Felix J., Marcus P. S. Badger, Richard D. Pancost, et al.. (2024). Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Petrogenic Organic Carbon Mobilization During the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 39(2). 6 indexed citations

Kopf, Sebastian, Jamie McFarlin, Ashley E. Maloney, et al.. (2024). Metabolic imprints in the hydrogen isotopes of Archaeoglobus fulgidus tetraether lipids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 386. 196–212. 6 indexed citations

McClelland, H. L. O., et al.. (2024). Stable carbon isotope ratios of pristine carbohydrates preserved within nannofossil calcite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 388. 143–153. 1 indexed citations

Monteiro, Fanny, B. David A. Naafs, Kyle Taylor, et al.. (2024). North‐East Peri‐Tethyan Water Column Deoxygenation and Euxinia at the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 39(11). 1 indexed citations

Elling, Felix J., et al.. (2023). Heterotrophic origin and diverse sources of branched glycerol monoalkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGMGTs) in peats and lignites. Organic Geochemistry. 178. 104558–104558. 4 indexed citations

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Grim, Sharon L., et al.. (2023). Isotopic Signatures of Carbon Transfer in a Proterozoic Analogue Microbial Mat. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 89(5). e0187022–e0187022. 2 indexed citations

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Ruyle, Bridger J., Lara Schultes, Denise M. Akob, et al.. (2023). Nitrifying Microorganisms Linked to Biotransformation of Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonamido Precursors from Legacy Aqueous Film-Forming Foams. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(14). 5592–5602. 32 indexed citations

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Elling, Felix J., T. Evans, Jordon Hemingway, et al.. (2022). Marine and terrestrial nitrifying bacteria are sources of diverse bacteriohopanepolyols. Geobiology. 20(3). 399–420. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yige, et al.. (2022). Early and late phases of the Permian–Triassic mass extinction marked by different atmospheric CO2 regimes. Nature Geoscience. 15(10). 839–844. 18 indexed citations

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Mohr, Wiebke, Tiantian Tang, Sarah Sattin, et al.. (2022). Absence of canonical trophic levels in a microbial mat. Geobiology. 20(5). 726–740. 4 indexed citations

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Elling, Felix J., et al.. (2021). Linking diatom-diazotroph symbioses to nitrogen cycle perturbations and deep-water anoxia: Insights from Mediterranean sapropel events. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 571. 117110–117110. 12 indexed citations

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Higgins, Meytal B., et al.. (2012). Dominant eukaryotic export production during ocean anoxic events reflects the importance of recycled NH ₄ ⁺. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(7). 2269–2274. 154 indexed citations

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Kodner, Robin B., Ann Pearson, Roger E. Summons, & Andrew H. Knoll. (2008). Sterols in red and green algae: quantification, phylogeny, and relevance for the interpretation of geologic steranes. Geobiology. 6(4). 411–420. 181 indexed citations

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Pearson, Ann, et al.. (2007). Novel hopanoid cyclases from the environment. Environmental Microbiology. 9(9). 2175–2188. 100 indexed citations

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Ingalls, Anitra E., Sunita R. Shah Walter, Roberta L. Hansman, et al.. (2006). Quantifying archaeal community autotrophy in the mesopelagic ocean using natural radiocarbon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(17). 6442–6447. 365 indexed citations

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Currie, Lloyd A., Bruce A. Benner, Robert A. Cary, et al.. (1999). Interlaboratory Data on Elemental and Isotopic Carbon in the Carbonaceous Particle Reference Material, NIST SRM 1649A. 7149. 1 indexed citations

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