Cindy Lee

11.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Cindy Lee is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Cindy Lee has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Oceanography, 47 papers in Ecology and 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Cindy Lee's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (89 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (44 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (35 papers). Cindy Lee is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (89 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (44 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (35 papers). Cindy Lee collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. Cindy Lee's co-authors include Stuart G. Wakeham, John I. Hedges, Robert C. Aller, Robert A. Armstrong, Michael Peterson, John W. Farrington, Susumu Honjo, Jeffrey L. Bada, Zhanfei Liu and Robert B. Gagosian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Cindy Lee

123 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

A new, mechanistic model ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 250 500 750
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. A new, mechanistic model for organic carbon fluxes in the ocean based on the quantitative association of POC with ballast minerals
    2001 840 citations Robert A. Armstrong, Cindy Lee et al. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Cindy Lee 5.9k 3.7k 1.7k 1.6k 1.6k 125 8.6k
Daniel J. Repeta 5.3k 0.9× 4.1k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 2.0k 1.2× 1.6k 1.0× 114 8.7k
James E. Bauer 5.0k 0.8× 4.2k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 1.8k 1.1× 2.4k 1.4× 102 8.8k
Richard G. Keil 6.0k 1.0× 4.8k 1.3× 1.3k 0.8× 2.7k 1.6× 3.0k 1.9× 88 10.3k
Miguel A. Goñi 3.2k 0.5× 3.4k 0.9× 930 0.6× 1.8k 1.1× 3.4k 2.1× 113 7.4k
V. Ittekkot 5.6k 1.0× 3.7k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 1.9k 1.2× 2.8k 1.7× 120 8.9k
Pierre Regnier 3.8k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 1.8k 1.1× 2.4k 1.5× 1.3k 0.8× 101 7.1k
Boris Koch 4.4k 0.8× 3.6k 1.0× 956 0.6× 1.9k 1.1× 1.8k 1.1× 118 8.9k
Frank Dehairs 5.6k 1.0× 5.4k 1.5× 2.7k 1.6× 1.2k 0.8× 2.7k 1.7× 241 10.6k
Henrik Fossing 2.5k 0.4× 2.4k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 2.5k 1.5× 819 0.5× 52 5.9k
Peter J. Hernes 3.9k 0.7× 2.8k 0.8× 969 0.6× 1.6k 1.0× 1.8k 1.1× 76 6.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Cindy Lee

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cindy Lee

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cindy Lee

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

All Works

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Dawson, Richard, Claire Walsh, Jaime M. Amézaga, et al.. (2022). Systems thinking for water security. Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems. 39(3). 205–223. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei‐Lei, Cindy Lee, & François Primeau. (2019). A Bayesian statistical approach to inferring particle dynamics from in-situ pump POC and chloropigment data from the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Chemistry. 214. 103654–103654. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei‐Lei, Cindy Lee, & François Primeau. (2018). Inferring particle dynamics in the Mediterranean Sea from in-situpump POC and chloropigment data using Bayesian statistics. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 4 indexed citations
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Engel, Anja, et al.. (2014). No detectable effect of CO2 on elemental stoichiometry of Emiliania huxleyi in nutrient-limited, acclimated continuous cultures. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 507. 15–30. 16 indexed citations
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Tang, Tiantian, Kim Kisslinger, & Cindy Lee. (2014). Silicate deposition during decomposition of cyanobacteria may promote export of picophytoplankton to the deep ocean. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4143–4143. 31 indexed citations
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Arı́stegui, Javier, Cindy Lee, Anna Sànchez‐Vidal, et al.. (2013). Carbon Dynamics within Cyclonic Eddies: Insights from a Biomarker Study. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e82447–e82447. 14 indexed citations
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Xue, Jianhong, Cindy Lee, Stuart G. Wakeham, & Robert A. Armstrong. (2011). Using principal components analysis (PCA) with cluster analysis to study the organic geochemistry of sinking particles in the ocean. Organic Geochemistry. 42(4). 356–367. 73 indexed citations
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Arı́stegui, Javier, et al.. (2010). Regional and temporal variability of sinking organic matter in the subtropical northeast Atlantic Ocean: a biomarker diagnosis. Biogeosciences. 7(7). 2101–2115. 24 indexed citations
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Engel, Anja, et al.. (2008). Investigating the effect of ballasting by CaCO3 in Emiliania huxleyi: I. Formation, settling velocities and physical properties of aggregates. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 56(18). 1396–1407. 77 indexed citations
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Plavšić, Marta, Božena Ćosović, & Cindy Lee. (2005). Copper complexing properties of melanoidins and marine humic material. The Science of The Total Environment. 366(1). 310–319. 61 indexed citations
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Lee, Cindy, Stuart G. Wakeham, & Carol Arnosti. (2004). Particulate Organic Matter in the Sea: The Composition Conundrum. AMBIO. 33(8). 565–575. 191 indexed citations
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Lee, Cindy. (2004). Transformations in the “Twilight Zone” and beyond. Marine Chemistry. 92(1-4). 87–90. 4 indexed citations
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Mulholland, Margaret R., Cindy Lee, & Patricia M. Glibert. (2003). Extracellular enzyme activity and uptake of carbon and nitrogen along an estuarine salinity and nutrient gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 258. 3–17. 55 indexed citations
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Hedges, John I., Jeff Baldock, Yves Gélinas, et al.. (2001). Evidence for non-selective preservation of organic matter in sinking marine particles. Nature. 409(6822). 801–804. 304 indexed citations
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Lee, Cindy, Robert W. Howarth, & Brian L. Howes. (1980). Sterols in decomposing Spartina alterniflora and the use of ergosterol in estimating the contribution of fungi to detrital nitrogen1. Limnology and Oceanography. 25(2). 290–303. 94 indexed citations
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Lee, Cindy & Jeffrey L. Bada. (1975). Amino acids in equatorial Pacific Ocean water. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 26(1). 61–68. 77 indexed citations

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