Gerhard J. Herndl

30.9k citations

306 papers · 22.3k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 74

Ecology top 0.01%
Oceanography top 0.01%
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
Environmental Chemistry top 0.05%
Pollution top 0.1%

Co-authors: Jesús M. Arrieta Thomas Reinthaler Eva Sintes Mitchell L. Sogin Ingrid Obernosterer Markus G. Weinbauer David B. Mark Welch Susan M. Huse
Topics: Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (224 papers)Marine and coastal ecosystems (155 papers)Marine Biology and Ecology Research (65 papers)
Cited by: Oceanography Ecology Environmental Chemistry
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: Netherlands Austria Spain

In The Last Decade

Gerhard J. Herndl

305 papers receiving 21.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Microbial diversity in the deep sea and the underexplored “rare biosphere”

2006 2.7k citations Jesús M. Arrieta, Gerhard J. Herndl et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: long-term carbon storage in the global ocean

2010 1.3k citations Gerhard J. Herndl, Dennis A. Hansell et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Archaeal nitrification in the ocean

2006 918 citations Cornelia Wuchter, Ben Abbas et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Dissolved organic carbon leaching from plastics stimulates microbial activity in the ocean

2018 541 citations Gerhard J. Herndl et al. Nature Communications profile →
The microbial carbon pump and climate change

2024 122 citations Gerhard J. Herndl, Ronald Benner et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerhard J. Herndl

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Functional vertical connectivity of microbial communities in the ocean 2024 ·Science Advances ·(unknown),Zhang-Xian Xie,(unknown),Jianwei Chen,Dongxu Li,Pengfei Wu,Ling Peng,(unknown),Chunming Dong,Zihao Zhao,Guangyi Fan,Siqi Liu,Gerhard J. Herndl,Da‐Zhi Wang	3
2	Metaproteomic analysis decodes trophic interactions of microorganisms in the dark ocean 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Zihao Zhao,(unknown),Thomas Reinthaler,Federico Baltar,Mónica V. Orellana,Gerhard J. Herndl	10
3	Database of nitrification and nitrifiers in the global ocean 2023 ·Earth system science data ·Weiyi Tang,Bess B. Ward,(unknown),Laura A. Bristow,Darren R. Clark,Sarah E. Fawcett,Claudia Frey,François Fripiat,Gerhard J. Herndl,(unknown),Fabien Paulot,Xuefeng Peng,Alyson E. Santoro,Takuhei Shiozaki,Eva Sintes,Charles A. Stock,Xin Sun,Xianhui Wan,Min Xu,(unknown)	14
4	Seasonal patterns in microbial carbon and iron transporter expression in the Southern Ocean 2023 ·Microbiome ·Pavla Debeljak,Barbara Bayer,Ying Sun,Gerhard J. Herndl,Ingrid Obernosterer	8
5	Characterization of membrane vesicles in Alteromonas macleodii indicates potential roles in their copiotrophic lifestyle 2022 ·PubMed ·Eduard Fadeev,(unknown),(unknown),Steven J. Biller,Daniel Sher,Matthias Wietz,Gerhard J. Herndl	7
6	Phylogeny and Metabolic Potential of the Candidate Phylum SAR324 2022 ·Biology ·(unknown),Clara Martínez‐Pérez,Zihao Zhao,Gerhard J. Herndl,Federico Baltar	20
7	Effects of the Invasion of Caulerpa cylindracea in a Cymodocea nodosa Meadow in the Northern Adriatic Sea 2020 ·Frontiers in Marine Science ·Mirjana Najdek,Marino Korlević,(unknown),(unknown),Ingrid Ivančić,Ljiljana Iveša,Igor Felja,Gerhard J. Herndl	7
8	The microbiome of coral surface mucus has a key role in mediating holobiont health and survival upon disturbance 2016 ·The ISME Journal ·Bettina Glasl,Gerhard J. Herndl,Pedro R. Frade	247
9	Physiological and genomic characterization of two novel marine thaumarchaeal strains indicates niche differentiation 2015 ·The ISME Journal ·Barbara Bayer,Jana Vojvoda,Pierre Offre,Ricardo Eloy Alves,Nathalie H. Elisabeth,Juan A. L. Garcia,Jean‐Marie Volland,Abhishek Srivastava,Christa Schleper,Gerhard J. Herndl	126
10	Potential impacts of black carbon on the marine microbial community 2015 ·Aquatic Microbial Ecology ·Andrea Malits,(unknown),Eva Sintes,Josep M. Gasol,Gerhard J. Herndl,Markus G. Weinbauer	20
11	Seasonal variation in marine-snow-associated and ambient-water prokaryotic communities in the northern Adriatic Sea 2014 ·Aquatic Microbial Ecology ·Jana Vojvoda,Dominique Lamy,Eva Sintes,Juan A. L. Garcia,Valentina Turk,Gerhard J. Herndl	27
12	Role of macroscopic particles in deep-sea oxygen consumption 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Alexander B. Bochdansky,Hendrik M. van Aken,Gerhard J. Herndl	63
13	The microbial carbon pump in the ocean 2010 ·Nature Reviews Microbiology ·(unknown),Gerhard J. Herndl,Dennis A. Hansell,Ronald Benner,Gerhard Kattner,Steven W. Wilhelm,(unknown),Markus G. Weinbauer,Tianlie Luo,(unknown),F Azam	3
14	Archaeal nitrification in the oceanbreakdown → 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Cornelia Wuchter,Ben Abbas,Marco J. L. Coolen,Lydie Herfort,Judith van Bleijswijk,Peer H. A. Timmers,Marc Strous,Eva Teira,Gerhard J. Herndl,Jack J. Middelburg,Stefan Schouten,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	918
15	Contribution of Archaea to Total Prokaryotic Production in the Deep Atlantic Ocean 2005 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Gerhard J. Herndl,Thomas Reinthaler,Eva Teira,Hendrik van Aken,(unknown),Annelie Pernthaler,Jakob Pernthaler	453
16	Stimulation of viral infection of bacterioplankton during a mesoscale iron fertilization experiment in the Southern Ocean 2003 ·EAEJA ·Markus G. Weinbauer,Jesús M. Arrieta,Gerhard J. Herndl	1
17	Interspecific Variability in Sensitivity to UV Radiation and Subsequent Recovery in Selected Isolates of Marine Bacteria 2000 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Jesús M. Arrieta,Markus G. Weinbauer,Gerhard J. Herndl	79
18	Ultrastructure of marine snow. I. Transmission electron microscopy methodology 1996 ·Marine Ecology Progress Series ·(unknown),Andreas Heissenberger,Gerhard J. Herndl	50
19	Ecology of amorphous aggregations (marine snow) in the Northern Adriatic Sea. II. Microbial density and activity in marine snow and its implication to overall pelagic processes 1988 ·Marine Ecology Progress Series ·Gerhard J. Herndl	81
20	Biomass distribution and physiological capabilities of bacteria in the water column above a sea grass system. 1984 ·Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) ·Branko Velimirov,Gerhard J. Herndl,Gerhard G. Kavka	1

About Gerhard J. Herndl

Gerhard J. Herndl is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 306 papers that have together received 22.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (224 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (155 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (65 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (10.3k citations), Ecology (15.9k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (4.9k citations). Gerhard J. Herndl has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Austria and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Jesús M. Arrieta, Thomas Reinthaler, Eva Sintes, Mitchell L. Sogin, Ingrid Obernosterer, Markus G. Weinbauer, David B. Mark Welch, Susan M. Huse, Julie A. Huber and Hilary G. Morrison. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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