Elizabeth C. Minor

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Elizabeth C. Minor is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Elizabeth C. Minor has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Oceanography, 27 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Elizabeth C. Minor's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (47 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (23 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (11 papers). Elizabeth C. Minor is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (47 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (23 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (11 papers). Elizabeth C. Minor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Switzerland. Elizabeth C. Minor's co-authors include Kenneth Mopper, Aron Stubbins, Jason D. Ritchie, David J. Kieber, John R. Helms, K. M. Schreiner, Erik M. Hendrickson, Hussain Abdulla, Patrick G. Hatcher and Alan R. Oyler and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Analytical Chemistry and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth C. Minor

83 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Absorption spectral slopes and slope ratios as indicators of molecular weight, source, and photobleaching of chromophoric dissolved organic matter

2008 2.3k citations John R. Helms, Aron Stubbins et al. Limnology and Oceanography profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elizabeth C. Minor United States	31	2.9k	1.6k	1.2k	1.1k	972	86	5.4k
Paula G. Coble United States	27	4.6k 1.6×	1.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	986 0.9×	964 1.0×	49	6.8k
Dolly N. Kothawala Sweden	34	2.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	632 0.5×	471 0.4×	1.8k 1.8×	60	4.9k
Stiig Markager Denmark	39	5.9k 2.0×	2.8k 1.7×	1.5k 1.2×	661 0.6×	1.8k 1.9×	92	8.3k
Peter W. Swarzenski United States	46	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	529 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	173	6.5k
Jing Zhang China	48	3.5k 1.2×	2.4k 1.5×	364 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	245	7.2k
David J. Kieber United States	37	5.0k 1.7×	1.9k 1.2×	736 0.6×	769 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	90	7.8k
Xosé Antón Álvarez‐Salgado Spain	41	3.5k 1.2×	2.3k 1.4×	549 0.5×	958 0.9×	728 0.7×	136	5.4k
Richard Sempéré France	44	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	2.5k 2.3×	680 0.7×	124	7.0k
Steven Loiselle Italy	38	1.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	957 0.8×	579 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	147	4.1k
Gui‐Peng Yang China	37	2.6k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	349 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	830 0.9×	404	6.1k

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Zhang, Yao, et al.. (2026). Micro/nanoplastics as environmental mediators: A systematic review of sources and interfacial processes driving cross-media transport and impacts. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 504. 141257–141257.

Schreiner, K. M., Joseph Marchand, Elizabeth C. Minor, et al.. (2024). Variability in the drivers of microplastic consumption by fish across four lake ecosystems. Frontiers in Earth Science. 12. 6 indexed citations

Munno, Keenan, Amy Lusher, Elizabeth C. Minor, et al.. (2023). Patterns of microparticles in blank samples: A study to inform best practices for microplastic analysis. Chemosphere. 333. 138883–138883. 45 indexed citations

Minor, Elizabeth C., et al.. (2023). Total alkalinity measurement using an open‐source platform. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 21(6). 334–344. 2 indexed citations

Schreiner, K. M., et al.. (2022). Microplastics in the Water Column of Western Lake Superior. ACS ES&T Water. 2(10). 1659–1666. 7 indexed citations

Kruger, Brittany R., Josef P. Werne, & Elizabeth C. Minor. (2022). Sediment organic matter compositional changes in a tropical rift lake as a function of water depth and distance from shore. Organic Geochemistry. 175. 104527–104527. 3 indexed citations

Sterner, Robert W., et al.. (2018). Tale of Two Storms: Impact of Extreme Rain Events on the Biogeochemistry of Lake Superior. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 123(5). 1719–1731. 31 indexed citations

Hendrickson, Erik M., Elizabeth C. Minor, & K. M. Schreiner. (2018). Microplastic Abundance and Composition in Western Lake Superior As Determined via Microscopy, Pyr-GC/MS, and FTIR. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(4). 1787–1796. 326 indexed citations

Minor, Elizabeth C.. (2015). Classroom Composition and Racial Differences in Opportunities to Learn. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR). 20(3). 238–262. 10 indexed citations

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Kruger, Brittany R., Josef P. Werne, Donn K. Branstrator, et al.. (2015). Organic matter transfer in Lake Superior's food web: Insights from bulk and molecular stable isotope and radiocarbon analyses. Limnology and Oceanography. 61(1). 149–164. 20 indexed citations

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Li, Hongyu & Elizabeth C. Minor. (2015). Biogeochemical characteristics of settling particulate organic matter in Lake Superior: A seasonal comparison. Organic Geochemistry. 85. 76–88. 11 indexed citations

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Minor, Elizabeth C., et al.. (2014). The effect of a flood pulse on the water column of western Lake Superior, USA. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 40(2). 455–462. 24 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiuju, Steven M. Colman, Erik T. Brown, Elizabeth C. Minor, & Hongyu Li. (2013). Estimation of carbonate, total organic carbon, and biogenic silica content by FTIR and XRF techniques in lacustrine sediments. Journal of Paleolimnology. 50(3). 387–398. 90 indexed citations

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Zigah, Prosper K., Elizabeth C. Minor, Josef P. Werne, & S. Leigh McCallister. (2012). An isotopic (Δ ¹⁴ C, δ ¹³ C, and δ ¹⁵ N) investigation of particulate organic matter and zooplankton biomass in Lake Superior and across a size-gradient of aquatic systems. 1 indexed citations

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Zigah, Prosper K., Elizabeth C. Minor, Josef P. Werne, & S. Leigh McCallister. (2012). An isotopic (Δ ¹⁴ C, δ ¹³ C, and δ ¹⁵ N) investigation of the composition of particulate organic matter and zooplankton food sources in Lake Superior and across a size-gradient of aquatic systems. Biogeosciences. 9(9). 3663–3678. 41 indexed citations

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Zigah, Prosper K., Elizabeth C. Minor, & Josef P. Werne. (2012). Radiocarbon and stable‐isotope geochemistry of organic and inorganic carbon in Lake Superior. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 26(1). 58 indexed citations

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Helms, John R., Aron Stubbins, Jason D. Ritchie, et al.. (2008). Absorption spectral slopes and slope ratios as indicators of molecular weight, source, and photobleaching of chromophoric dissolved organic matter. Limnology and Oceanography. 53(3). 955–969. 2283 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dalzell, B. J. & Elizabeth C. Minor. (2006). Salinity Effects on the Isolation and Subsequent Molecular-Level Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Minor, Elizabeth C., et al.. (2006). Effects of salinity changes on the photodegradation and ultraviolet-visible absorbance of terrestrial dissolved organic matter. Limnology and Oceanography. 51(5). 2181–2186. 60 indexed citations

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Minor, Elizabeth C., Timothy I. Eglinton, Robert Olson, & Jaap J. Boon. (1998). The compositional heterogeneity of particulate organic matter from the surface ocean: an investigation using flow cytometry and DT-MS. Organic Geochemistry. 29(5-7). 1561–1582. 23 indexed citations

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