J. Frederick Grassle

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

J. Frederick Grassle is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Frederick Grassle has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Oceanography, 18 papers in Ecology and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in J. Frederick Grassle's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (25 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (13 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (9 papers). J. Frederick Grassle is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (25 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (13 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (9 papers). J. Frederick Grassle collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. J. Frederick Grassle's co-authors include Nancy J. Maciolek, Judith P. Grassle, Howard L. Sanders, Ron J. Etter, Woollcott Smith, Karen Stocks, James A. Blake, George R. Hampson, Paul V. R. Snelgrove and G. Carleton Ray and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

J. Frederick Grassle

37 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Deep-Sea Species Richness: Regional and Local Diversity E... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Deep-Sea Species Richness: Regional and Local Diversity Estimates from Quantitative Bottom Samples
    1992 558 citations J. Frederick Grassle, Nancy J. Maciolek The American Naturalist 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. Frederick Grassle United States 23 2.2k 1.7k 1.1k 319 259 37 3.1k
J. Timothy Pennington United States 23 2.2k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 166 0.5× 345 1.3× 40 3.1k
Peter Tiselius Sweden 34 2.4k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 255 0.8× 145 0.6× 72 3.2k
Olav Giere Germany 30 1.6k 0.7× 1.6k 0.9× 722 0.7× 167 0.5× 125 0.5× 74 2.5k
Richard W. Osman United States 25 2.1k 1.0× 1.7k 1.0× 1.9k 1.8× 429 1.3× 73 0.3× 41 3.6k
Miquel Alcaraz Spain 34 2.0k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 354 1.1× 135 0.5× 94 2.9k
John C. Roff Canada 39 2.3k 1.1× 2.2k 1.3× 1.5k 1.4× 743 2.3× 153 0.6× 90 4.0k
J.F. Grassle United States 17 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 847 0.8× 253 0.8× 169 0.7× 28 2.3k
Bruce W. Frost United States 40 3.8k 1.7× 2.5k 1.4× 2.0k 1.8× 774 2.4× 261 1.0× 68 5.3k
Renato A. Quiñones Chile 26 1.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 416 1.3× 283 1.1× 116 2.9k
A. J. Southward United Kingdom 20 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 266 0.8× 158 0.6× 39 2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Frederick Grassle

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Grassle, J. Frederick, Howard L. Sanders, & Woollcott K. Smith. (2016). Faunal changes with depth in the deep-sea benthos (9). 4 indexed citations
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Grassle, J. Frederick. (2010). On the Abundance and Diversity of Oceanic Life: The 2010 Census of Marine Life. Ocean Yearbook Online. 24(1). 1–8. 1 indexed citations
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Grassle, J. Frederick, et al.. (2002). A portal for the Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Oceanologica Acta. 25(5). 193–197. 22 indexed citations
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Nowlin, Worth D., et al.. (2001). Evolution of a Sustained Ocean Observing System. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 82(7). 1369–1376. 11 indexed citations
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Snelgrove, Paul V. R., et al.. (1999). In situ habitat selection by settling larvae of marine soft‐sediment invertebrates. Limnology and Oceanography. 44(5). 1341–1347. 53 indexed citations
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Grassle, J. Frederick & Karen Stocks. (1999). A Global Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) for the Census of Marine Life. Oceanography. 12(3). 12–14. 31 indexed citations
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Blake, James A. & J. Frederick Grassle. (1994). Benthic community structure on the U.S. South Atlantic slope off the Carolinas: Spatial heterogeneity in a current-dominated system. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 41(4-6). 835–874. 74 indexed citations
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Psuty, Norbert P., et al.. (1993). The Mullica River—Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: A Unique Opportunity for Research, Preservation, and Management. 1557–1568. 25 indexed citations
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Grassle, J. Frederick & Nancy J. Maciolek. (1992). Deep-Sea Species Richness: Regional and Local Diversity Estimates from Quantitative Bottom Samples. The American Naturalist. 139(2). 313–341. 558 indexed citations breakdown →
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Etter, Ron J. & J. Frederick Grassle. (1992). Patterns of species diversity in the deep sea as a function of sediment particle size diversity. Nature. 360(6404). 576–578. 297 indexed citations
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Grassle, J. Frederick. (1991). Deep-Sea Benthic Biodiversity. BioScience. 41(7). 464–469. 55 indexed citations
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Grassle, J. Frederick. (1989). Species diversity in deep-sea communities. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 4(1). 12–15. 141 indexed citations
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Grassle, J. Frederick. (1985). Hydrothermal Vent Animals: Distribution and Biology. Science. 229(4715). 713–717. 130 indexed citations
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Oviatt, CA, et al.. (1984). Recovery of a polluted estuarine system: a mesocosm experiment. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 16. 203–217. 61 indexed citations
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Grassle, J. Frederick & J. Malcolm Shick. (1979). Introduction to the Symposium: Ecology of Asexual Reproduction in Animals. American Zoologist. 19(3). 667–668. 5 indexed citations
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Grassle, J. Frederick. (1978). Diversity and Population Dynamics of Benthic Organisms.. 11 indexed citations
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Farrington, John W., Howard L. Sanders, John M. Teal, & J. Frederick Grassle. (1977). The Argo Merchant Oil Spill. Science. 195(4282). 932–932. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Woollcott & J. Frederick Grassle. (1977). Sampling Properties of a Family of Diversity Measures. Biometrics. 33(2). 283–283. 150 indexed citations
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Grassle, J. Frederick & Howard L. Sanders. (1973). Life histories and the role of disturbance. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 20(7). 643–659. 269 indexed citations

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