Annick Bricaud

15.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
85 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Annick Bricaud is a scholar working on Oceanography, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Annick Bricaud has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Oceanography, 22 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 22 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Annick Bricaud's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (81 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (31 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (22 papers). Annick Bricaud is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (81 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (31 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (22 papers). Annick Bricaud collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Annick Bricaud's co-authors include André Morel, Hervé Claustre, Marcel Babin, Louis Marie Prieur, Dariusz Stramski, André Morel, David Antoine, Joséphine Ras, Emmanuel Bosc and Karima Allali and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Annick Bricaud

85 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

Absorption by dissolved organic matter of the sea (yellow... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 1995 2003 1994 1981 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Absorption by dissolved organic matter of the sea (yellow substance) in the UV and visible domains1
    1981 1.2k citations Annick Bricaud, Louis Marie Prieur et al. profile →
  2. Variability in the chlorophyll‐specific absorption coefficients of natural phytoplankton: Analysis and parameterization
    1995 916 citations Annick Bricaud, Marcel Babin et al. profile →
  3. Variations in the light absorption coefficients of phytoplankton, nonalgal particles, and dissolved organic matter in coastal waters around Europe
    2003 773 citations Marcel Babin, Dariusz Stramski et al. profile →
  4. The POLDER mission: instrument characteristics and scientific objectives
    1994 698 citations Annick Bricaud et al. profile →
  5. Theoretical results concerning light absorption in a discrete medium, and application to specific absorption of phytoplankton
    1981 661 citations Annick Bricaud et al. profile →
  6. Variations of light absorption by suspended particles with chlorophyll a concentration in oceanic (case 1) waters: Analysis and implications for bio‐optical models
    1998 561 citations Annick Bricaud, Marcel Babin et al. profile →
  7. Spectral absorption coefficients of living phytoplankton and nonalgal biogenous matter: A comparison between the Peru upwelling areaand the Sargasso Sea
    1990 413 citations Annick Bricaud, Dariusz Stramski profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Annick Bricaud France 47 10.1k 3.4k 2.8k 2.7k 1.5k 85 11.9k
André Morel France 38 11.5k 1.1× 3.8k 1.1× 3.6k 1.3× 2.7k 1.0× 1.7k 1.2× 69 13.4k
Marcel Babin France 57 9.4k 0.9× 3.1k 0.9× 2.5k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 3.0k 2.1× 193 11.7k
Shubha Sathyendranath United Kingdom 63 11.9k 1.2× 4.5k 1.3× 4.6k 1.6× 1.9k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 242 14.1k
B. Greg Mitchell United States 53 8.5k 0.8× 3.4k 1.0× 2.7k 1.0× 1.4k 0.5× 1.5k 1.0× 150 10.4k
Hervé Claustre France 71 15.4k 1.5× 6.7k 1.9× 3.6k 1.3× 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 1.2× 217 17.8k
Dariusz Stramski United States 49 8.2k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 2.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 951 0.6× 133 9.4k
Emmanuel Boss United States 69 13.5k 1.3× 4.6k 1.3× 4.6k 1.6× 2.1k 0.8× 2.1k 1.4× 246 16.7k
Charles R. McClain United States 61 12.7k 1.3× 4.5k 1.3× 5.8k 2.1× 1.7k 0.6× 3.5k 2.4× 217 15.8k
Raymond C. Smith United States 51 6.5k 0.7× 3.3k 1.0× 2.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 2.1k 1.4× 97 9.6k
Kendall L. Carder United States 48 10.7k 1.1× 3.8k 1.1× 3.5k 1.3× 3.1k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 138 12.8k

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All Works

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Barbieux, Marie, Julia Uitz, Alexandre Mignot, et al.. (2021). Biological production in two contrasted regions of the Mediterranean Sea during the oligotrophic period: An estimate based on the diel cycle of optical properties measured by BGC-Argo profiling floats. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 2 indexed citations
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Casey, Kimberly A., Cécile S. Rousseaux, Watson W. Gregg, et al.. (2020). A global compilation of in situ aquatic high spectral resolution inherent and apparent optical property data for remote sensing applications. Earth system science data. 12(2). 1123–1139. 29 indexed citations
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Barbieux, Marie, Julia Uitz, Bernard Gentili, et al.. (2019). Bio-optical characterization of subsurface chlorophyll maxima in the Mediterranean Sea from a Biogeochemical-Argo float database. Biogeosciences. 16(6). 1321–1342. 49 indexed citations
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Organelli, Emanuele, Giorgio Dall’Olmo, Robert J. W. Brewin, et al.. (2018). The open-ocean missing backscattering is in the structural complexity of particles. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5439–5439. 75 indexed citations
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Barbieux, Marie, Julia Uitz, Annick Bricaud, et al.. (2017). Assessing the Variability in the Relationship Between the Particulate Backscattering Coefficient and the Chlorophyll a Concentration From a Global Biogeochemical‐Argo Database. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(2). 1229–1250. 67 indexed citations
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Organelli, Emanuele, Marie Barbieux, Hervé Claustre, et al.. (2017). Two databases derived from BGC-Argo float measurements for marine biogeochemical and bio-optical applications. Earth system science data. 9(2). 861–880. 41 indexed citations
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Organelli, Emanuele, Marie Barbieux, Hervé Claustre, et al.. (2017). Two databases derived from BGC-Argo float measurements forbiogeochemical and bio-optical applications at the global scale. 4 indexed citations
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Kostadinov, Tihomir S., Anna Cabré, H. K. Vedantham, et al.. (2016). Inter-comparison of phytoplankton functional type phenology metrics derived from ocean color algorithms and Earth System Models. Remote Sensing of Environment. 190. 162–177. 40 indexed citations
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Matsuoka, Atsushi, Eva Ortega‐Retuerta, Annick Bricaud, Kevin R. Arrigo, & Marcel Babin. (2015). Characteristics of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in the Western Arctic Ocean: Relationships with microbial activities. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 118. 44–52. 37 indexed citations
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Matsuoka, Atsushi, Marcel Babin, David Doxaran, et al.. (2014). A synthesis of light absorption properties of the Arctic Ocean: application to semianalytical estimates of dissolved organic carbon concentrations from space. Biogeosciences. 11(12). 3131–3147. 29 indexed citations
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Antoine, David, Marcel Babin, Jean‐François Berthon, et al.. (2013). Shedding Light on the Sea: André Morel's Legacy to Optical Oceanography. Annual Review of Marine Science. 6(1). 1–21. 20 indexed citations
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Organelli, Emanuele, Annick Bricaud, David Antoine, & Julia Uitz. (2013). Multivariate approach for the retrieval of phytoplankton size structure from measured light absorption spectra in the Mediterranean Sea (BOUSSOLE site). Applied Optics. 52(11). 2257–2257. 59 indexed citations
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Bricaud, Annick, Ronald Benner, J. Para, et al.. (2011). Tracing the transport of colored dissolved organic matter in water masses of the Southern Beaufort Sea: relationship with hydrographic characteristics. Biogeosciences. 9(3). 925–940. 95 indexed citations
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Obernosterer, Ingrid, Philippe Catala, Raphaël Lami, et al.. (2008). Biochemical characteristics and bacterial community structure of the sea surface microlayer in the South Pacific Ocean. Biogeosciences. 5(3). 693–705. 69 indexed citations
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Bricaud, Annick, Carlos Mejía, David Blondeau‐Patissier, et al.. (2007). Retrieval of pigment concentrations and size structure of algal populations from their absorption spectra using multilayered perceptrons. Applied Optics. 46(8). 1251–1251. 61 indexed citations
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Bricaud, Annick, et al.. (2006). Statistical analysis of a database of absorption spectra of phytoplankton and pigment concentrations using self-organizing maps. Applied Optics. 45(31). 8102–8102. 12 indexed citations
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Sakshaug, Egil, Annick Bricaud, Yves Dandonneau, et al.. (1997). Parameters of photosynthesis: definitions, theory and interpretation of results. Journal of Plankton Research. 19(11). 1637–1670. 328 indexed citations
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Lazzara, Luigi, Annick Bricaud, & Hervé Claustre. (1996). Spectral absorption and fluorescence excitation properties of phytoplanktonic populations at a mesotrophic and an oligotrophic site in the tropical North Atlantic (EUMELI program). Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 43(8). 1215–1240. 35 indexed citations

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