Francis A. Richards

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

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Francis A. Richards is a scholar working on Oceanography, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis A. Richards has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Oceanography, 6 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Francis A. Richards's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (15 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (5 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (4 papers). Francis A. Richards is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (15 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (5 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (4 papers). Francis A. Richards collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Francis A. Richards's co-authors include Alfred C. Redfield, Bostwick H. Ketchum, E.D. Wood, Fräser A. Armstrong, J. D. Cline, Louis A Codispoti, Michael Lamport Commons, Ralph F. Vaccaro, Larry P. Atkinson and Theodore T. Packard and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Analytical Chemistry and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Francis A. Richards

39 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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 influence of organisms on the composition of sea-water

1963 3.6k citations Alfred C. Redfield, Bostwick H. Ketchum et al. Symposium on Experimental and Efficient Algorithms profile →
Determination of nitrate in sea water by cadmium-copper reduction to nitrite

1967 1.1k citations E.D. Wood, Fräser A. Armstrong et al. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francis A. Richards United States	24	4.2k	2.1k	1.7k	1.1k	869	42	6.5k
Michael E. Q. Pilson United States	34	2.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	986 0.6×	947 0.9×	578 0.7×	68	4.0k
Richard W. Eppley United States	50	8.8k 2.1×	4.0k 1.9×	2.3k 1.4×	2.0k 1.9×	721 0.8×	95	10.5k
Richard C. Dugdale United States	52	9.0k 2.1×	4.3k 2.1×	2.3k 1.4×	2.0k 1.9×	1.4k 1.6×	122	11.1k
Larry E. Brand United States	33	3.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	544 0.5×	667 0.8×	57	5.5k
Peter Kilham United States	23	2.2k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	306 0.3×	579 0.7×	35	4.6k
A.W. Morris United Kingdom	35	2.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	897 0.5×	733 0.7×	263 0.3×	68	4.2k
V. Ittekkot Germany	51	5.6k 1.3×	3.7k 1.8×	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	2.8k 3.2×	120	8.9k
John M. Teal United States	55	2.7k 0.6×	6.2k 3.0×	1.3k 0.8×	2.0k 1.8×	638 0.7×	139	10.0k
Greg H. Rau United States	43	2.7k 0.6×	3.1k 1.5×	962 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	1.6k 1.9×	73	6.4k
Louis A Codispoti United States	46	5.9k 1.4×	2.6k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	2.1k 2.4×	78	7.4k

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Commons, Michael Lamport, et al.. (1998). Hierarchical Complexity of Tasks Shows the Existence of Developmental Stages. Developmental Review. 18(3). 237–278. 161 indexed citations

Hamilton, Stephen F., Michael Basseches, & Francis A. Richards. (1985). Participatory‐democratic work and adolescents mental health. American Journal of Community Psychology. 13(4). 467–486. 2 indexed citations

Hamilton, Stephen F., et al.. (1983). The use of the psychosocial maturity inventory in evaluations of youth conservation corps programs. Children and Youth Services Review. 5(4). 357–373. 1 indexed citations

Commons, Michael Lamport, Francis A. Richards, & Deanna Kuhn. (1982). Systematic and Metasystematic Reasoning: A Case for Levels of Reasoning beyond Piaget's Stage of Formal Operations. Child Development. 53(4). 1058–1058. 63 indexed citations

Codispoti, Louis A & Francis A. Richards. (1976). An analysis of the horizontal regime of denitrification in the eastern tropical North Pacific1. Limnology and Oceanography. 21(3). 379–388. 117 indexed citations

Richards, Francis A., et al.. (1972). Chemical Oceanographic Research: Present Status and Future Direction. 1 indexed citations

Richards, Francis A. & William W. Broenkow. (1971). CHEMICAL CHANGES, INCLUDING NITRATE REDUCTION, IN DARWIN BAY, GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO, OVER A 2‐MONTH PERIOD, 19691. Limnology and Oceanography. 16(5). 758–765. 20 indexed citations

Packard, Theodore T., et al.. (1971). VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE RESPIRATORY ELECTRON TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN MARINE PLANKTON1. Limnology and Oceanography. 16(1). 60–70. 127 indexed citations

Richards, Francis A., et al.. (1970). Spectrophotometric determination of fluoride in seawater. Analytical Chemistry. 42(12). 1435–1436. 23 indexed citations

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Richards, Francis A., et al.. (1969). A note on the sources of excess alkalinity in anoxic waters. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 16(2). 205–212. 8 indexed citations

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Adams, Donald D. & Francis A. Richards. (1968). Dissolved organic matter in an anoxic fjord, with special reference to the presence of mercaptans. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 15(4). 471–481. 8 indexed citations

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Wood, E.D., Fräser A. Armstrong, & Francis A. Richards. (1967). Determination of nitrate in sea water by cadmium-copper reduction to nitrite. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 47(1). 23–31. 1083 indexed citations breakdown →

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Richards, Francis A., J. D. Cline, William W. Broenkow, & Larry P. Atkinson. (1965). SOME CONSEQUENCES OF THE DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN LAKE NITINAT, AN ANOXIC FJORD1. Limnology and Oceanography. 10(suppl). 84 indexed citations

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Redfield, Alfred C., Bostwick H. Ketchum, & Francis A. Richards. (1963). The influence of organisms on the composition of sea-water. Symposium on Experimental and Efficient Algorithms. 2. 26–77. 3573 indexed citations breakdown →

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Richards, Francis A. & Bruce B. Benson. (1961). Nitrogen/argon and nitrogen isotope ratios in two anaerobic environments, the Cariaco Trench in the Caribbean Sea and Dramsfjord, Norway. Deep Sea Research (1953). 7(4). 254–264. 51 indexed citations

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Richards, Francis A.. (1960). Some chemical and hydrographic observations along the north coast of South America—I. Cabo Tres Puntas to Curaçao, including the Cariaco Trench and the Gulf of Cariaco. Deep Sea Research (1953). 7(3). 163–182. 42 indexed citations

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Richards, Francis A.. (1957). Some current aspects of chemical oceanography. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. 2. 77–128. 12 indexed citations

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Richards, Francis A., et al.. (1957). A bottom-water sampler. Deep Sea Research (1953). 4. 65–66. 2 indexed citations

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Richards, Francis A. & Nathaniel Corwin. (1956). Some Oceanographic Applications of Recent Determinations of the Solubility of Oxygen in Sea Water1. Limnology and Oceanography. 1(4). 263–267. 32 indexed citations

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Richards, Francis A. & Thomas G. Thompson. (1951). A Spectrophotometric Method for the Estimation of Plankton Pigments. ResearchWorks at the University of Washington (University of Washington). 27 indexed citations

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