Barbara Hecker

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Barbara Hecker is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Hecker has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Oceanography, 8 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Barbara Hecker's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (11 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (5 papers) and Geological formations and processes (4 papers). Barbara Hecker is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (11 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (5 papers) and Geological formations and processes (4 papers). Barbara Hecker collaborates with scholars based in United States and Russia. Barbara Hecker's co-authors include James E. Hook, Elisabeth L. Sikes, Raymond Freeman-Lynde, R.F. Commeau, William Corso, Joseph R. Curray, C. K. Paull, Christian Neumann, Kathleen Crane and Donald C. Rhoads and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Hecker

23 papers receiving 993 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Biological Communities at the Florida Escarpment Resemble Hydrothermal Vent Taxa

1984 460 citations C. K. Paull, Barbara Hecker et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara Hecker United States	14	565	455	303	296	284	23	1.1k
Gordon W. Tribble United States	16	311 0.6×	387 0.9×	235 0.8×	239 0.8×	112 0.4×	24	824
George E. Farrow United Kingdom	21	367 0.6×	340 0.7×	227 0.7×	374 1.3×	120 0.4×	30	1.1k
Lorenzo Angeletti Italy	23	556 1.0×	657 1.4×	476 1.6×	294 1.0×	111 0.4×	58	1.3k
Kostas Kiriakoulakis United Kingdom	25	1.0k 1.8×	899 2.0×	457 1.5×	312 1.1×	124 0.4×	32	1.5k
Hisami Suga Japan	18	465 0.8×	936 2.1×	282 0.9×	482 1.6×	153 0.5×	40	1.4k
D. Kroon United Kingdom	18	451 0.8×	477 1.0×	219 0.7×	1.0k 3.5×	196 0.7×	28	1.5k
Sunita R. Shah Walter United States	15	518 0.9×	844 1.9×	167 0.6×	656 2.2×	538 1.9×	23	1.7k
Davide Bregant Italy	9	1.7k 3.1×	643 1.4×	887 2.9×	666 2.3×	138 0.5×	9	2.3k
B. A. Thomassin France	16	346 0.6×	473 1.0×	196 0.6×	321 1.1×	106 0.4×	40	907
Richard M. Mitterer United States	19	251 0.4×	518 1.1×	131 0.4×	663 2.2×	250 0.9×	26	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Barbara Hecker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barbara Hecker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Hecker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Barbara Hecker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Barbara Hecker 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 Barbara Hecker. Barbara Hecker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Moore, Jon A., et al.. (2008). False Boarfish Neocyttus helgae in the Western North Atlantic. BioOne Complete (BioOne). 49(1). 31–41. 16 indexed citations

Carey, Drew A., Donald C. Rhoads, & Barbara Hecker. (2003). Use of laser line scan for assessment of response of benthic habitats and demersal fish to seafloor disturbance. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 285-286. 435–452. 10 indexed citations

Kropp, Roy K., et al.. (2002). 2000 Outfall Benthic Monitoring Report. 2 indexed citations

Rhoads, Donald C., et al.. (1997). Capabilities of laser line scan technology for aquatic habitat mapping and fishery resource characterization. US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center (Knowledge Core). 7 indexed citations

DeTolla, Louis J., et al.. (1995). Guidelines for the Care and Use of Fish in Research. ILAR Journal. 37(4). 159–173. 68 indexed citations

Hecker, Barbara. (1994). Unusual megafaunal assemblages on the continental slope off Cape Hatteras. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 41(4-6). 809–834. 41 indexed citations

McHugh, Cecilia M., William B. F. Ryan, & Barbara Hecker. (1992). Contemporary sedimentary processes in the Monterey Canyon-fan system. Marine Geology. 107(1-2). 35–50. 35 indexed citations

Gooday, Andrew J., Lisa A. Levin, Carrie Thomas, & Barbara Hecker. (1992). The distribution and ecology of Bathysiphon filiformis Sars and B. major de Folin (Protista, Foraminiferida) on the continental slope off North Carolina. The Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 22(2). 129–146. 55 indexed citations

Crane, Kathleen, et al.. (1991). Hydrothermal vents in Lake Baikal. Nature. 350(6316). 281–281. 51 indexed citations

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Crane, Kathleen, et al.. (1991). Heat flow and hydrothermal vents in Lake Baikal, U.S.S.R.. Eos. 72(52). 585–589. 10 indexed citations

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Hecker, Barbara. (1990). Variation in megafaunal assemblages on the continental margin south of New England. Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers. 37(1). 37–57. 104 indexed citations

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Hecker, Barbara. (1990). Photographic evidence for the rapid flux of particles to the sea floor and their transport down the continental slope. Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers. 37(12). 1773–1782. 69 indexed citations

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Embley, R. W., Stephen L. Eittreim, William R. Normark, et al.. (1990). Geological setting of chemosynthetic communities in the Monterey Fan Valley system. Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers. 37(11). 1651–1667. 48 indexed citations

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Hecker, Barbara, et al.. (1985). Study of biological processes on the US Mid-Atlantic slope and rise. First interim report. Report for March 1984-February 1985. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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Forde, Evan B., et al.. (1984). Biological disturbance and camouflage of sedimentary features on the Northeast United States slope and rise. Geo-Marine Letters. 4(1). 49–53. 1 indexed citations

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Paull, C. K., Barbara Hecker, R.F. Commeau, et al.. (1984). Biological Communities at the Florida Escarpment Resemble Hydrothermal Vent Taxa. Science. 226(4677). 965–967. 460 indexed citations breakdown →

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Robb, James M., et al.. (1983). Furrowed outcrops of Eocene chalk on the lower continental slope offshore New Jersey. Geology. 11(3). 182–182. 17 indexed citations

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Hecker, Barbara, et al.. (1980). Epifaunal zonation and community structure in three Mid- and North Atlantic canyons : final report for the canyon assessment study in the Mid- and North Atlantic areas of the U.S. outer continental shelf / Barbara Hecker, Gretchen Blechschmidt and Patricia Gibson.. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 10 indexed citations

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Hecker, Barbara, et al.. (1980). Epifaunal zonation and community structure in three Mid- and North Atlantic canyons :. 7 indexed citations

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Hecker, Barbara, et al.. (1978). Bedrock geology in new england submarine canyons. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 35 indexed citations

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