David J. DeMaster

13.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
108 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

David J. DeMaster is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. DeMaster has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Oceanography, 51 papers in Atmospheric Science and 40 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in David J. DeMaster's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (56 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (51 papers) and Geological formations and processes (33 papers). David J. DeMaster is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (56 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (51 papers) and Geological formations and processes (33 papers). David J. DeMaster collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Spain. David J. DeMaster's co-authors include Charles A. Nittrouer, David M. Nelson, Brent A. McKee, Steven A. Kuehl, Craig R. Smith, Paul Tréguer, Aude Leynaert, Bernard Quéguiner, A.J. Van Bennekom and Walker O Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

David J. DeMaster

108 papers receiving 10.2k citations

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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.

The Silica Balance in the World Ocean: A Reestimate

1995 1.2k citations Paul Tréguer, David M. Nelson et al. Science profile →
The supply and accumulation of silica in the marine environment

1981 1.0k citations David J. DeMaster Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
A review of the Si cycle in the modern ocean: recent progress and missing gaps in the application of biogenic opal as a paleoproductivity proxy

2000 584 citations Paul Tréguer, Aude Leynaert et al. profile →
Sedimentary features of the Yangtze River-derived along-shelf clinoform deposit in the East China Sea

2006 482 citations Paul Liu, David J. DeMaster et al. Continental Shelf Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David J. DeMaster United States	54	5.2k	5.0k	3.8k	2.5k	1.9k	108	10.8k
Hodaka Kawahata Japan	55	3.7k 0.7×	6.0k 1.2×	4.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	279	10.8k
Roger François United States	51	5.7k 1.1×	7.8k 1.6×	5.1k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	3.1k 1.7×	115	12.2k
Jess F. Adkins United States	62	3.5k 0.7×	9.1k 1.8×	5.0k 1.3×	2.5k 1.0×	2.9k 1.5×	182	14.3k
Gideon M. Henderson United Kingdom	63	2.0k 0.4×	7.4k 1.5×	3.1k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	206	11.6k
Philip N. Froelich United States	50	3.7k 0.7×	5.5k 1.1×	3.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	3.6k 1.9×	78	13.2k
Gert J. de Lange Netherlands	68	3.2k 0.6×	6.9k 1.4×	3.4k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	3.3k 1.8×	228	12.4k
Robert C. Aller United States	72	7.6k 1.5×	3.8k 0.8×	5.6k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	3.9k 2.1×	169	15.6k
Gert‐Jan Reichart Netherlands	60	4.0k 0.8×	7.8k 1.6×	4.6k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	2.4k 1.3×	335	12.5k
Philip A. Meyers United States	53	3.4k 0.7×	9.3k 1.9×	6.6k 1.7×	2.3k 0.9×	3.0k 1.6×	218	15.8k
Erwin Suess Germany	59	3.8k 0.7×	5.7k 1.2×	2.5k 0.7×	937 0.4×	7.3k 3.9×	160	13.8k

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DeMaster, David J., et al.. (2021). Using Radiocarbon to Assess the Abundance, Distribution, and Nature of Labile Organic Carbon in Marine Sediments. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 35(6). 1 indexed citations

Nittrouer, Charles A., David J. DeMaster, Emily Eidam, et al.. (2017). The Mekong Continental Shelf: The Primary Sink for Deltaic Sediment Particles and Their Passengers. Oceanography. 30(3). 60–70. 15 indexed citations

Liu, Paul, David J. DeMaster, Nguyen Trung Thanh, et al.. (2017). Stratigraphic Formation of the Mekong River Delta and Its Recent Shoreline Changes. Oceanography. 30(3). 72–83. 52 indexed citations

Thanh, Nguyen Trung, Karl Stattegger, Charles A. Nittrouer, et al.. (2017). Surface sediment grain-size distribution and sediment transport in the subaqueous Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Vietnam Journal of Earth Sciences. 39(3). 7 indexed citations

DeMaster, David J., Paul Liu, Emily Eidam, Charles A. Nittrouer, & Nguyen Trung Thanh. (2017). Determining rates of sediment accumulation on the Mekong shelf: Timescales, steady-state assumptions, and radiochemical tracers. Continental Shelf Research. 147. 182–196. 27 indexed citations

Schepisi, Elisabet Sañé, Enrique Isla, María Ángeles Bárcena, & David J. DeMaster. (2013). A Shift in the Biogenic Silica of Sediment in the Larsen B Continental Shelf, Off the Eastern Antarctic Peninsula, Resulting from Climate Change. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e52632–e52632. 13 indexed citations

O’Connor, John T., et al.. (2012). Monitoring Nitrate, Chlorophyll, and CDOM Cycling in a Reservoir using In Situ Mapping Techniques. NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries). 2013. 1 indexed citations

DeMaster, David J., et al.. (2008). 14C as a tracer of labile organic matter in Antarctic benthic food webs. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 55(22-23). 2438–2450. 39 indexed citations

Rebach, Steve, et al.. (2006). A comparison of blue crab and bivalve δ15N tissue enrichment in two North Carolina estuaries. Environmental Pollution. 145(1). 299–308. 18 indexed citations

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Verity, PG, James E. Bauer, Charles N. Flagg, David J. DeMaster, & Daniel J. Repeta. (2002). The Ocean Margins Program: an interdisciplinary study of carbon sources, transformations, and sinks in a temperate continental margin system. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 49(20). 4273–4295. 33 indexed citations

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Andrews, John T., Eugene W. Domack, Amy Leventer, et al.. (1999). Problems and Possible Solutions Concerning Radiocarbon Dating of Surface Marine Sediments, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Quaternary Research. 52(2). 206–216. 126 indexed citations

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Moore, Willard S., David J. DeMaster, Joseph M. Smoak, Brent A. McKee, & Peter W. Swarzenski. (1996). Radionuclide tracers of sediment-water interactions on the Amazon shelf. Continental Shelf Research. 16(5-6). 645–665. 50 indexed citations

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DeMaster, David J. & Robert H. Pope. (1996). Nutrient dynamics in Amazon shelf waters: results from AMASSEDS. Continental Shelf Research. 16(3). 263–289. 125 indexed citations

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Blair, Neal E., Lisa A. Levin, David J. DeMaster, & Gayle R. Plaia. (1996). The short‐term fate of fresh algal carbon in continental slope sediments. Limnology and Oceanography. 41(6). 1208–1219. 125 indexed citations

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Smith, Walker O & David J. DeMaster. (1996). Phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the Amazon River plume: correlation with seasonal river discharge. Continental Shelf Research. 16(3). 291–319. 175 indexed citations

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Tréguer, Paul, David M. Nelson, A.J. Van Bennekom, et al.. (1995). The Silica Balance in the World Ocean: A Reestimate. Science. 268(5209). 375–379. 1181 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nittrouer, Charles A., David J. DeMaster, Alberto G. Figueiredo, & James M. Rine. (1991). AmasSeds: An Interdisciplinary Investigation of a Complex Coastal Environment. Oceanography. 4(1). 3–7. 62 indexed citations

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DeMaster, David J. & Karl K. Turekian. (1987). The radiocarbon record in varved sediments of Carmen Basin, Gulf of California: A measure of upwelling intensity variation during the past several hundred years. Paleoceanography. 2(3). 249–254. 12 indexed citations

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DeMaster, David J. & James R. Cochran. (1982). Lead 210 and silicate profiles from sediments of the equatorial Pacific and South Atlantic. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

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DeMaster, David J.. (1981). The supply and accumulation of silica in the marine environment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 45(10). 1715–1732. 1004 indexed citations breakdown →

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