J. D. Kessler

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

J. D. Kessler is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, J. D. Kessler has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 43 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 22 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in J. D. Kessler's work include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (45 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (42 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (16 papers). J. D. Kessler is often cited by papers focused on Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (45 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (42 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (16 papers). J. D. Kessler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. J. D. Kessler's co-authors include C. Ruppel, S. A. Yvon‐Lewis, David L. Valentine, Mengran Du, William S. Reeburgh, Molly C. Redmond, Eric W. Chan, Fenix Garcia‐Tigreros, Stephanie D. Mendes and Lei Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

J. D. Kessler

58 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

The interaction of climate change and methane hydrates 2011 2026 2016 2021 2016 2011 200 400 600
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.

  1. The interaction of climate change and methane hydrates
    2016 610 citations C. Ruppel, J. D. Kessler profile →
  2. A Persistent Oxygen Anomaly Reveals the Fate of Spilled Methane in the Deep Gulf of Mexico
    2011 365 citations J. D. Kessler, David L. Valentine et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. D. Kessler United States 29 1.9k 1.5k 791 778 743 62 3.2k
Norman L. Guinasso United States 28 1.8k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 608 0.8× 665 0.9× 1.1k 1.4× 73 4.0k
Matthias Haeckel Germany 35 2.7k 1.4× 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.9× 359 0.5× 944 1.3× 149 4.1k
Andrew W. Dale Germany 35 1.7k 0.9× 821 0.5× 777 1.0× 221 0.3× 791 1.1× 109 3.6k
J. Pohlman United States 34 2.3k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 1.4× 132 0.2× 994 1.3× 88 3.2k
Gernot E. Friederich United States 38 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 346 0.4× 291 0.4× 816 1.1× 63 4.5k
Michael Schlüter Germany 28 1.8k 0.9× 781 0.5× 527 0.7× 192 0.2× 968 1.3× 64 3.3k
Roger Sassen United States 42 3.8k 2.0× 2.2k 1.5× 3.1k 4.0× 373 0.5× 1.3k 1.7× 95 6.1k
Gregor Rehder Germany 38 3.1k 1.6× 2.0k 1.3× 1.0k 1.3× 243 0.3× 1.1k 1.5× 119 4.1k
Jean‐Luc Charlou France 28 1.4k 0.8× 548 0.4× 826 1.0× 170 0.2× 1.2k 1.6× 57 4.3k
Teofilo A. Abrajano United States 30 515 0.3× 445 0.3× 469 0.6× 394 0.5× 545 0.7× 56 2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. D. Kessler

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kessler, J. D., et al.. (2025). Waterfalls enhance regional methane emissions by enabling dissolved methane to bypass microbial oxidation. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 1 indexed citations
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Kessler, J. D., et al.. (2023). The emission of low pH water from Gulf of Mexico seeps as revealed by δ13C–CO2 and methane oxidation data. Environmental Science Advances. 2(11). 1600–1606.
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Joung, DongJoo, C. Ruppel, John Southon, Thomas Weber, & J. D. Kessler. (2022). Negligible atmospheric release of methane from decomposing hydrates in mid-latitude oceans. Nature Geoscience. 15(11). 885–891. 14 indexed citations
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Joung, DongJoo, C. Ruppel, John Southon, & J. D. Kessler. (2021). Elevated levels of radiocarbon in methane dissolved in seawater reveal likely local contamination from nuclear powered vessels. The Science of The Total Environment. 806(Pt 2). 150456–150456. 2 indexed citations
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Chan, Eric W., Alan M. Shiller, DongJoo Joung, et al.. (2019). Investigations of Aerobic Methane Oxidation in Two Marine Seep Environments: Part 1—Chemical Kinetics. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124(12). 8852–8868. 18 indexed citations
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Chan, Eric W., Alan M. Shiller, DongJoo Joung, et al.. (2019). Investigations of Aerobic Methane Oxidation in Two Marine Seep Environments: Part 2—Isotopic Kinetics. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124(11). 8392–8399. 7 indexed citations
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Kessler, J. D., et al.. (2018). Comment on “The origin of methane in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf unraveled with triple isotope analysis” by Sapart et al. (2017). Biogeosciences. 15(15). 4777–4779. 2 indexed citations
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Shiller, Alan M., Eric W. Chan, DongJoo Joung, Molly C. Redmond, & J. D. Kessler. (2017). Light rare earth element depletion during Deepwater Horizon blowout methanotrophy. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10389–10389. 68 indexed citations
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Paytan, Adina, Alanna L Lecher, Natasha Dimova, et al.. (2015). Methane transport from the active layer to lakes in the Arctic using Toolik Lake, Alaska, as a case study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(12). 3636–3640. 60 indexed citations
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Du, Mengran & J. D. Kessler. (2012). Assessment of the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Bulk Hydrocarbon Respiration Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Environmental Science & Technology. 46(19). 10499–10507. 48 indexed citations
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Yvon‐Lewis, S. A., et al.. (2010). Methane Flux to the Atmosphere from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Leak. AGUFM. 2010.
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Hu, Lei, S. A. Yvon‐Lewis, J. D. Kessler, & Ian R. MacDonald. (2009). Air-sea flux of methane from selected marine hydrate/seep sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico during HYFLUX. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Kessler, J. D., William S. Reeburgh, & Susan Tyler. (2006). Controls on methane concentration and stable isotope (δ2H‐CH4 and δ13C‐CH4) distributions in the water columns of the Black Sea and Cariaco Basin. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 20(4). 45 indexed citations
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Kessler, J. D. & William S. Reeburgh. (2005). Preparation of natural methane samples for stable isotope and radiocarbon analysis. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 3(9). 408–418. 27 indexed citations
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Currie, Lloyd A., J. D. Kessler, Robert A. Fletcher, & Jack E. Dibb. (2005). Long range transport of biomass aerosol to Greenland: Multi-spectroscopic investigation of particles deposited in the snow. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 263(2). 399–411. 6 indexed citations
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Kessler, J. D., et al.. (2001). A Seasonal Record of Total Particulate Matter Embedded in Greenland Surface Snow. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 7(S2). 478–479. 1 indexed citations
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Currie, Lloyd A. & J. D. Kessler. (1999). Thermal Optical Isotopic Analysis of Elemental Carbon in Carbonaceous Particles. 7148. 3 indexed citations
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Currie, Lloyd A., Bruce A. Benner, Robert A. Cary, et al.. (1999). Interlaboratory Data on Elemental and Isotopic Carbon in the Carbonaceous Particle Reference Material, NIST SRM 1649A. 7149. 1 indexed citations

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