Douglas C. Nelson

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Douglas C. Nelson is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas C. Nelson has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, 25 papers in Oceanography and 23 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Douglas C. Nelson's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (24 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (23 papers) and Microbial Applications in Construction Materials (19 papers). Douglas C. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (24 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (23 papers) and Microbial Applications in Construction Materials (19 papers). Douglas C. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Denmark. Douglas C. Nelson's co-authors include Jason T. DeJong, Brina M. Mortensen, Brian Martinez, Holger W. Jannasch, E. Erin Mack, Carl O. Wirsen, Michael G. Gomez, Charles M. R. Graddy, Emily J. Fleming and Peter G. Green and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Environmental Science & Technology and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Douglas C. Nelson

66 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Bio-mediated soil improvement

2009 1.3k citations Jason T. DeJong, Brina M. Mortensen et al. profile →
Effects of environmental factors on microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation

2011 463 citations Brina M. Mortensen, Markus Haber et al. Journal of Applied Microbiology profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douglas C. Nelson

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation (MICP) Soil Improvement Techniques 2025 ·Applied Sciences ·(unknown), Jason T. DeJong, Michael G. Gomez, Alissa Kendall, (unknown), (unknown), Charles M. R. Graddy, Douglas C. Nelson	4
2	Improving the spatial control of soil biocementation using indigenous microorganisms: Column experiments and reactive transport modeling 2023 ·Engineering Geology ·(unknown), Michael G. Gomez, Charles M. R. Graddy, (unknown), Jason T. DeJong, Douglas C. Nelson	16
3	Stimulated microbial growth for permeability reductions in granular soils 2022 ·Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Ground Improvement ·Mary J. S. Roth, Laurie F. Caslake, Jason T. DeJong, (unknown), Douglas C. Nelson, (unknown)	0
4	Meter-Scale Biocementation Experiments to Advance Process Control and Reduce Impacts: Examining Spatial Control, Ammonium By-Product Removal, and Chemical Reductions 2020 ·Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), Charles M. R. Graddy, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jason T. DeJong, Michael G. Gomez, Douglas C. Nelson	52
5	Biogeochemical Changes During Bio-cementation Mediated by Stimulated and Augmented Ureolytic Microorganisms 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Michael G. Gomez, Charles M. R. Graddy, Jason T. DeJong, Douglas C. Nelson	66
6	Investigating Ammonium By-product Removal for Ureolytic Bio-cementation Using Meter-scale Experiments 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Michael G. Gomez, (unknown), (unknown), Charles M. R. Graddy, Jason T. DeJong, Douglas C. Nelson	61
7	Diversity of Sporosarcina-like Bacterial Strains Obtained from Meter-Scale Augmented and Stimulated Biocementation Experiments 2018 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Charles M. R. Graddy, Michael G. Gomez, (unknown), (unknown), Jason T. DeJong, Douglas C. Nelson	61
8	Stimulation of Native Microorganisms for Biocementation in Samples Recovered from Field-Scale Treatment Depths 2017 ·Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ·Michael G. Gomez, Charles M. R. Graddy, Jason T. DeJong, Douglas C. Nelson, Michael Tsesarsky	121
9	Large-Scale Bio-Cementation Improvement of Sands 2016 ·Michael G. Gomez, Jason T. DeJong, (unknown), Douglas C. Nelson, Charles M. R. Graddy	11
10	Effects of environmental factors on microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation breakdown → 2011 ·Journal of Applied Microbiology ·Brina M. Mortensen, Markus Haber, Jason T. DeJong, Laurie F. Caslake, Douglas C. Nelson	463
11	Soil engineering in vivo : harnessing natural biogeochemical systems for sustainable, multi-functional engineering solutions 2010 ·Journal of The Royal Society Interface ·Jason T. DeJong, Kenichi Soga, Steven A. Banwart, W. R. Whalley, Timothy R. Ginn, Douglas C. Nelson, Brina M. Mortensen, Brian Martinez, Tammer Barkouki	155
12	CultivatedBeggiatoaspp. define the phylogenetic root of morphologically diverse, noncultured, vacuolate sulfur bacteria 2006 ·Canadian Journal of Microbiology ·Ahmad Azeem, Karen M. Kalanetra, Douglas C. Nelson	17
13	Crystal Structure of ATP Sulfurylase from the Bacterial Symbiont of the Hydrothermal Vent Tubeworm Riftia pachyptila^, 2001 ·Biochemistry ·(unknown), Ian J. MacRae, (unknown), Douglas C. Nelson, Irwin H. Segel, Andrew J. Fisher	29
14	Factors Influencing Ultraviolet Disinfection Performance Part I: Light Penetration to Wastewater Particles 1999 ·Water Environment Research ·Frank J. Loge, Robert W. Emerick, Donald E. Thompson, Douglas C. Nelson, Jeannie L. Darby	69
15	ATP sulfurylase from trophosome tissue of Riftia pachyptila (hydrothermal vent tube worm) 1991 ·Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics ·Franco Renosto, Robert L. Martin, (unknown), Douglas C. Nelson, Irwin H. Segel	40
16	DNA-DNA Solution Hybridization Studies of the Bacterial Symbionts of Hydrothermal Vent Tube Worms ( Riftia pachyptila and Tevnia jerichonana ) 1991 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown), Douglas C. Nelson	22
17	Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase of the procaryotic symbiont of a hydrothermal vent tube worm: kinetics, activity and gene hybridization 1988 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·C. A. Williams, Douglas C. Nelson, (unknown), Holger W. Jannasch, Jessup Shively	14
18	Bacterial zonation, photosynthesis, and spectral light distribution in hot spring microbial mats of Iceland 1988 ·Microbial Ecology ·Bo Barker Jørgensen, Douglas C. Nelson	43
19	Growth Pattern and Yield of a Chemoautotrophic Beggiatoa sp. in Oxygen-Sulfide Microgradients 1986 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Douglas C. Nelson, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Niels Peter Revsbech	166
20	Chemoautotrophic growth of a marine Beggiatoa in sulfide-gradient cultures 1983 ·Archives of Microbiology ·Douglas C. Nelson, Holger W. Jannasch	159

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