B. B. Cael

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

B. B. Cael is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, B. B. Cael has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Oceanography, 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 21 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in B. B. Cael's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (32 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (18 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (14 papers). B. B. Cael is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (32 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (18 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (14 papers). B. B. Cael collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. B. B. Cael's co-authors include David A. Seekell, Stephanie Henson, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Kelsey Bisson, Adam J. Heathcote, Michael J. Follows, Emily J. Zakem, Naomi M. Levine, Gregory L. Britten and Emmanuel Boss and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

B. B. Cael

58 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Future phytoplankton diversity in a changing climate 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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. Future phytoplankton diversity in a changing climate
    2021 172 citations Stephanie Henson, B. B. Cael et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
B. B. Cael United Kingdom 20 686 491 341 263 186 62 1.2k
Markus Schartau Germany 20 1.3k 1.9× 434 0.9× 476 1.4× 228 0.9× 202 1.1× 43 1.6k
Cesar Villanoy Philippines 19 652 1.0× 449 0.9× 496 1.5× 217 0.8× 122 0.7× 72 1.2k
Geneviève Lacroix Belgium 25 919 1.3× 549 1.1× 534 1.6× 125 0.5× 219 1.2× 55 1.6k
Victoria J. Coles United States 23 1.2k 1.7× 815 1.7× 467 1.4× 220 0.8× 167 0.9× 41 1.7k
Nathan Briggs United Kingdom 20 1.6k 2.4× 459 0.9× 401 1.2× 227 0.9× 147 0.8× 43 1.8k
Lech Kotwicki Poland 20 781 1.1× 606 1.2× 255 0.7× 172 0.7× 130 0.7× 67 1.2k
David T. Drapeau United States 23 1.3k 1.9× 438 0.9× 262 0.8× 153 0.6× 212 1.1× 34 1.6k
Katell Guizien France 21 607 0.9× 722 1.5× 371 1.1× 90 0.3× 122 0.7× 51 1.3k
David K. Mills United Kingdom 20 955 1.4× 354 0.7× 407 1.2× 109 0.4× 212 1.1× 30 1.3k
Elizabeth Johns United States 24 1.4k 2.0× 603 1.2× 714 2.1× 330 1.3× 142 0.8× 36 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by B. B. Cael

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Fields of papers citing papers by B. B. Cael

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by B. B. Cael. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by B. B. Cael. The network helps show where B. B. Cael may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. B. Cael

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of B. B. Cael. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of B. B. Cael based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with B. B. Cael. B. B. Cael is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hale, Michelle S., et al.. (2025). Biogeochemical and microbial community responses to anthropogenic nutrient inputs into the Solent. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 216. 117982–117982.
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Goodwin, Philip, Richard G. Williams, Paulo Ceppi, & B. B. Cael. (2025). Climate Feedbacks Derived From Spatial Gradients in Recent Climatology. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(12).
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Petrik, Colleen M., et al.. (2024). Impact of Spatial Variability in Zooplankton Grazing Rates on Carbon Export Flux. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 38(6).
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Cael, B. B., C. Mark Moore, Tereza Jarníková, et al.. (2024). A Global Ocean Opal Ballasting–Silicate Relationship. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(19). 1 indexed citations
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Seekell, David A. & B. B. Cael. (2023). Why does the relationship between benthic primary production and lake morphometry vary regionally?. Aquatic Sciences. 85(3).
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Cael, B. B. & David A. Seekell. (2023). How does lake primary production scale with lake size?. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 11. 1 indexed citations
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Seekell, David A., B. B. Cael, & Pär Byström. (2022). Problems With the Shoreline Development Index—A Widely Used Metric of Lake Shape. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(10). 13 indexed citations
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Cael, B. B., Stephanie Henson, Charles A. Stock, et al.. (2022). Marine Ecosystem Changepoints Spread Under Ocean Warming in an Earth System Model. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 127(5). 1 indexed citations
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Carlson, Michael, François Ribalet, Bryndan P. Durham, et al.. (2022). Viruses affect picocyanobacterial abundance and biogeography in the North Pacific Ocean. Nature Microbiology. 7(4). 570–580. 37 indexed citations
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Bisson, Kelsey & B. B. Cael. (2021). How Are Under Ice Phytoplankton Related to Sea Ice in the Southern Ocean?. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(21). 17 indexed citations
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Zakem, Emily J., B. B. Cael, & Naomi M. Levine. (2021). A unified theory for organic matter accumulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(6). 68 indexed citations
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Ward, Ben A., et al.. (2021). Testing the Skill of a Species Distribution Model Using a 21st Century Virtual Ecosystem. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(22). 8 indexed citations
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Pinedo‐González, Paulina, Nicholas J. Hawco, Randelle M. Bundy, et al.. (2020). Anthropogenic Asian aerosols provide Fe to the North Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(45). 27862–27868. 68 indexed citations
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Pinedo‐González, Paulina, Nicholas J. Hawco, Randelle M. Bundy, et al.. (2020). Anthropogenic Asian Aerosols provide Fe to the North Pacific. 1 indexed citations
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Cael, B. B., Michael Carlson, Christopher L. Follett, & Michael J. Follows. (2018). Marine Virus-Like Particles and Microbes: A Linear Interpretation. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 358–358. 5 indexed citations
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Cael, B. B., et al.. (2018). Simple Rules Govern the Patterns of Arctic Sea Ice Melt Ponds. Physical Review Letters. 120(14). 148701–148701. 20 indexed citations
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Cael, B. B. & Courtenay Strong. (2017). A Laplacian characterization of phytoplankton shape. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 76(6). 1327–1338. 1 indexed citations
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Cael, B. B. & David A. Seekell. (2016). The size-distribution of Earth’s lakes. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 80 indexed citations
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Cael, B. B.. (2015). The Good, the Bad, and the Tiny: A Simple, Mechanistic-Probabilistic Model of Virus-Nutrient Colimitation in Microbes. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0143299–e0143299. 4 indexed citations
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Cael, B. B., Bennett Lambert, & Kelsey Bisson. (2015). Pond fractals in a tidal flat. Physical Review Letters. 92(5). 52128–52128. 1 indexed citations

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