David A. Siegel

36.4k total citations · 13 hit papers
232 papers, 26.6k citations indexed

About

David A. Siegel is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Siegel has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 26.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 187 papers in Oceanography, 86 papers in Ecology and 58 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David A. Siegel's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (153 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (77 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (71 papers). David A. Siegel is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (153 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (77 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (71 papers). David A. Siegel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. David A. Siegel's co-authors include Stéphane Maritorena, Michael J. Behrenfeld, Emmanuel Boss, Charles R. McClain, Anthony F. Michaels, Scott C. Doney, Norman B. Nelson, Toby K. Westberry, Ken O. Buesseler and B. Greg Mitchell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David A. Siegel

229 papers receiving 25.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Ocean color chlorophyll algorithms for SeaWiFS

1998 2.0k citations Stéphane Maritorena, David A. Siegel et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Climate-driven trends in contemporary ocean productivity

2006 1.8k citations Michael J. Behrenfeld, David A. Siegel et al. Nature profile →
A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

2015 1.2k citations David A. Siegel et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
Carbon‐based ocean productivity and phytoplankton physiology from space

2005 884 citations Michael J. Behrenfeld, Emmanuel Boss et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
Influence of mesoscale eddies on new production in the Sargasso Sea

1998 821 citations Dennis J. McGillicuddy, Allan R. Robinson et al. Nature profile →
Optimization of a semianalytical ocean color model for global-scale applications

2002 760 citations Stéphane Maritorena, David A. Siegel et al. profile →
Eddy/Wind Interactions Stimulate Extraordinary Mid-Ocean Plankton Blooms

2007 710 citations Dennis J. McGillicuddy, Craig A. Carlson et al. Science profile →
Carbon‐based primary productivity modeling with vertically resolved photoacclimation

2008 576 citations Toby K. Westberry, Michael J. Behrenfeld et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
Multi-faceted particle pumps drive carbon sequestration in the ocean

2019 501 citations David A. Siegel et al. Nature profile →
Revisiting Carbon Flux Through the Ocean's Twilight Zone

2007 493 citations David A. Siegel, Deborah K. Steinberg et al. Science profile →
Global assessment of ocean carbon export by combining satellite observations and food‐web models

2014 373 citations David A. Siegel, Scott C. Doney et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
Quantifying the Carbon Export and Sequestration Pathways of the Ocean's Biological Carbon Pump

2022 146 citations Tim DeVries, David A. Siegel et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
Quantifying the Ocean's Biological Pump and Its Carbon Cycle Impacts on Global Scales

2022 103 citations David A. Siegel, Tim DeVries et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David A. Siegel

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Phytoplankton communities quantified from hyperspectral ocean reflectance correspond to pigment-based communities 2024 ·Optics Express ·Sasha J. Kramer, Stéphane Maritorena, Ivona Cetinić, P. Jeremy Werdell, David A. Siegel	3
2	Metrics for quantifying the efficiency of atmospheric CO ₂ reduction by marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) 2024 ·Environmental Research Letters ·(unknown), Tim DeVries, David A. Siegel	4
3	Quantifying Biogeochemical Controls of Open Ocean CDOM From a Global Mechanistic Model 2024 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·(unknown), Tim DeVries, David A. Siegel, Norman B. Nelson	2
4	Toward a synthesis of phytoplankton community composition methods for global‐scale application 2024 ·Limnology and Oceanography Methods ·Sasha J. Kramer, Luis M. Bolaños, Dylan Catlett, Alison Chase, Michael J. Behrenfeld, Emmanuel Boss, (unknown), Stephen J. Giovannoni, Jason R. Graff, Nils Haëntjens, Lee Karp‐Boss, Emily E. Peacock, Collin S. Roesler, Heidi M. Sosik, David A. Siegel	6
5	Eddy Tracking From In Situ and Satellite Observations 2023 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Zachary K. Erickson, Erik Fields, Leah R. Johnson, Andrew F. Thompson, (unknown), Eric A. D’Asaro, David A. Siegel	7
6	The importance of transparent exopolymer particles over ballast in determining both sinking and suspension of small particles during late summer in the Northeast Pacific Ocean 2023 ·Elementa Science of the Anthropocene ·(unknown), Julia Sweet, Sarah L. C. Giering, David A. Siegel, Uta Passow	9
7	Quantifying the Carbon Export and Sequestration Pathways of the Ocean's Biological Carbon Pump breakdown → 2022 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·(unknown), Tim DeVries, David A. Siegel	146
8	The Outsized Role of Salps in Carbon Export in the Subarctic Northeast Pacific Ocean 2022 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Deborah K. Steinberg, Karen Stamieszkin, Amy E. Maas, Colleen A. Durkin, Uta Passow, Margaret Estapa, Melissa Omand, Andrew M. P. McDonnell, Lee Karp‐Boss, Moira Galbraith, David A. Siegel	28
9	Formation, Development, and Propagation of a Rare Coastal Coccolithophore Bloom 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Paul G. Matson, Libe Washburn, Erik Fields, Chris Gotschalk, (unknown), David A. Siegel, (unknown), M. Débora Iglesias‐Rodríguez	13
10	Characterizing storm water dispersion and dilution from small coastal streams 2016 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Leonel Romero, David A. Siegel, James C. McWilliams, Yusuke Uchiyama, Charles Jones	26
11	Carbon‐based primary productivity modeling with vertically resolved photoacclimation breakdown → 2008 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Toby K. Westberry, Michael J. Behrenfeld, David A. Siegel, Emmanuel Boss	576
12	The stochastic nature of larval connectivity among nearshore marine populations 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·David A. Siegel, Satoshi Mitarai, Christopher Costello, Steven D. Gaines, Bruce E. Kendall, Robert R. Warner, Kraig B. Winters	323
13	Quantifying Connectivity in the Coastal Ocean 2008 ·AGUFM ·Satoshi Mitarai, David A. Siegel, James R. Watson, Can Dong, J. C. McWilliams	4
14	Stocks and Distribution of Carbohydrates and the Bioreactivity of DOC Along Meridional Transects in the North Atlantic Basin 2004 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown), Craig A. Carlson, N. B. Nelson, David A. Siegel	1
15	The North Atlantic Spring Phytoplankton Bloom and Sverdrup's Critical Depth Hypothesis 2002 ·Science ·David A. Siegel, Scott C. Doney, James A. Yoder	426
16	Effects of the 1997–98 El Niño on seasonal variations in suspended and sinking particles in the Santa Barbara basin 2002 ·Progress In Oceanography ·R. Shipe, Uta Passow, Mark A. Brzezinski, William M. Graham, Dorothy K. Pak, David A. Siegel, Alice L. Alldredge	40
17	A Light Driven Upper-ocean Dimethylsulfide (DMS) Biogeochemical Cycling Model for the Sargasso Sea 2002 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Dierdre A. Toole, David A. Siegel, D. Slezak, Ronald P. Kiene, N. B. Nelson, J. W. H. Dacey	1
18	Simultaneous Determination of Oceanic and Atmospheric Parameters for Ocean Color Imagery by Spectral Optimization: A Validation 2001 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·R. Chomko, Howard R. Gordon, Stéphane Maritorena, David A. Siegel	3
19	Mesoscale eddies, satellite altimetry, and new production in the Sargasso Sea 1999 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·David A. Siegel, Dennis J. McGillicuddy, Erik Fields	236
20	Influence of mesoscale eddies on new production in the Sargasso Sea breakdown → 1998 ·Nature ·Dennis J. McGillicuddy, Allan R. Robinson, David A. Siegel, Hans W. Jannasch, Rodney J. Johnson, Tommy D. Dickey, J. McNeil, Anthony F. Michaels, Anthony H. Knap	821

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