Edward J. Carpenter

22.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
203 papers, 15.1k citations indexed

About

Edward J. Carpenter is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward J. Carpenter has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 15.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Oceanography, 93 papers in Ecology and 38 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Edward J. Carpenter's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (110 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (66 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (52 papers). Edward J. Carpenter is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (110 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (66 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (52 papers). Edward J. Carpenter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Germany. Edward J. Carpenter's co-authors include Douglas G. Capone, K.L. Smith, Birgitta Bergman, Jonathan P. Zehr, Ajit Subramaniam, Senjie Lin, Joseph P. Montoya, Hans W. Paerl, Susan J. Anderson and Joel C. Goldman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Edward J. Carpenter

190 papers receiving 14.2k 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.

Plastics on the Sargasso Sea Surface

1972 1.2k citations Edward J. Carpenter et al. profile →
Trichodesmium , a Globally Significant Marine Cyanobacterium

1997 1.0k citations Douglas G. Capone, Jonathan P. Zehr et al. profile →
Polystyrene Spherules in Coastal Waters

1972 819 citations Edward J. Carpenter et al. profile →
Dinitrogen fixation in the world's oceans

2002 547 citations Birgitta Bergman, Douglas G. Capone et al. profile →
Nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium spp.: An important source of new nitrogen to the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

2005 505 citations Douglas G. Capone, Troy Gunderson et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required

2023 215 citations Marcus Eriksen, Win Cowger et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edward J. Carpenter

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Global floating algae blooms are expanding 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Lin Qi, Menghua Wang, Brian B. Barnes, Douglas G. Capone, Joaquim I. Goés, Edward J. Carpenter, Yuyuan Xie, Chuanmin Hu	0
2	A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required breakdown → 2023 ·PLoS ONE ·Marcus Eriksen, Win Cowger, (unknown), Scott Coffin, Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez, Charles J. Moore, Edward J. Carpenter, Robert H. Day, Martín Thiel, Chris Wilcox	215
3	Microbial Mats of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Oases of Biological Activity in a Very Cold Desert 2020 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Jill A. Sohm, Thomas D. Niederberger, Alexander E. Parker, (unknown), Troy Gunderson, S. Craig Cary, Douglas G. Capone, Edward J. Carpenter	15
4	Effect of ocean acidification on the nutritional quality of marine phytoplankton for copepod reproduction 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), William P. Cochlan, Edward J. Carpenter, Wim Kimmerer	22
5	Rapid Microbial Dynamics in Response to an Induced Wetting Event in Antarctic Dry Valley Soils 2019 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Thomas D. Niederberger, Eric Bottos, Jill A. Sohm, Troy Gunderson, Alexander E. Parker, Kathryn J. Coyne, Douglas G. Capone, Edward J. Carpenter, S. Craig Cary	27
6	Nonlinear Self-Action of Light through Biological Suspensions 2017 ·Physical Review Letters ·Anna Bezryadina, Tobias Hansson, Rekha Gautam, Benjamin Wetzel, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Edward J. Carpenter, A. Ichimura, Roberto Morandotti, Zhigang Chen	44
7	Fate of the Amazon River dissolved organic matter in the tropical Atlantic Ocean 2015 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Patricia M. Medeiros, Michael Seidel, Nicholas Ward, Edward J. Carpenter, Helga do Rosário Gomes, Jutta Niggemann, Alex V. Krusche, Jeffrey E. Richey, Patricia L. Yager, Thorsten Dittmar	175
8	Microbial community composition of transiently wetted Antarctic Dry Valley soils 2015 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Thomas D. Niederberger, Jill A. Sohm, Troy Gunderson, Alexander E. Parker, (unknown), Douglas G. Capone, Edward J. Carpenter, S. Craig Cary	65
9	Carbon-Fixation Rates and Associated Microbial Communities Residing in Arid and Ephemerally Wet Antarctic Dry Valley Soils 2015 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Thomas D. Niederberger, Jill A. Sohm, Troy Gunderson, (unknown), Douglas G. Capone, Edward J. Carpenter, S. Craig Cary	22
10	Detecting In Situ Copepod Diet Diversity Using Molecular Technique: Development of a Copepod/Symbiotic Ciliate-Excluding Eukaryote-Inclusive PCR Protocol 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Zhiling Guo, Tao Li, Edward J. Carpenter, Sheng Liu, Senjie Lin	26
11	Nitrogen Fixation, Suspension Characteristics, and Chemical Composition of Rhizosolenia Mats in the Central North Pacific Gyre 2013 ·Tracy A. Villareal, Edward J. Carpenter	12
12	Trichodesmium– a widespread marine cyanobacterium with unusual nitrogen fixation properties 2012 ·FEMS Microbiology Reviews ·Birgitta Bergman, Gustaf Sandh, Senjie Lin, John Larsson, Edward J. Carpenter	181
13	REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR AMPLIFICATION OF CYANOBACTERIAL SYMBIONT 16S RRNA SEQUENCES FROM SINGLE NON‐PHOTOSYNTHETIC EUKARYOTIC MARINE PLANKTONIC HOST CELLS ¹ 2006 ·Journal of Phycology ·Rachel A. Foster, Jackie L. Collier, Edward J. Carpenter	39
14	INTENSE GRAZING AND PREY‐DEPENDENT GROWTH OF PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA (DINOPHYCEAE)¹ 2004 ·Journal of Phycology ·Senjie Lin, Margaret R. Mulholland, Huan Zhang, Timothy N. Feinstein, Frank J. Jochem, Edward J. Carpenter	23
15	Buoyancy Regulation and the Potential for Vertical Migration in the Oceanic Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium 2003 ·Microbial Ecology ·Tracy A. Villareal, Edward J. Carpenter	131
16	Molecular Cloning and Antiserum Development of Cyclin Box in the Brown Tide Alga Aureococcus anophagefferens 2000 ·Marine Biotechnology ·Senjie Lin, Erika Magaletti, Edward J. Carpenter	4
17	New perspectives on nitrogen-fixing microorganisms in tropical and subtropical oceans 2000 ·Trends in Microbiology ·Jonathan P. Zehr, Edward J. Carpenter, Tracy A. Villareal	100
18	Nitrogen Fixation, Suspension Characteristics, and Chemical Composition of Rhizosolenia Mats in the Central North Pacific Gyre 1989 ·Tracy A. Villareal, Edward J. Carpenter	1
19	Nitrogen sources for neotropical nasute termites: Fixation and selective foraging 1980 ·Oecologia ·Glenn D. Prestwich, Barbara L. Bentley, Edward J. Carpenter	51
20	Some friends of Walt Whitman : a study in sex-psychology 1969 ·Edward J. Carpenter	8

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