J. Michael Beman

9.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
32 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

J. Michael Beman is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Michael Beman has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Ecology, 21 papers in Oceanography and 9 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in J. Michael Beman's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (23 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (18 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (10 papers). J. Michael Beman is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (23 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (18 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (10 papers). J. Michael Beman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Bermuda. J. Michael Beman's co-authors include Christopher Francis, K. Roberts, Alyson E. Santoro, Brian B. Oakley, Brian N. Popp, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Pamela A. Matson, Kevin R. Arrigo, Jed A. Fuhrman and Steven Y. Litvin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

J. Michael Beman

32 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

Ubiquity and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in wa... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2007 2011 500 1000 1.5k
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. Ubiquity and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in water columns and sediments of the ocean
    2005 2.0k citations Christopher Francis, K. Roberts et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. New processes and players in the nitrogen cycle: the microbial ecology of anaerobic and archaeal ammonia oxidation
    2007 593 citations Christopher Francis, J. Michael Beman et al. The ISME Journal profile →
  3. Marine bacterial, archaeal and protistan association networks reveal ecological linkages
    2011 515 citations Joshua A. Steele, Peter D. Countway et al. The ISME Journal 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. Michael Beman United States 24 4.1k 2.2k 1.9k 1.4k 1.2k 32 5.8k
Alyson E. Santoro United States 35 4.7k 1.2× 2.2k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 1.8k 1.3× 1.4k 1.2× 79 6.4k
Qinglong L. Wu China 44 4.4k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 2.3k 1.7× 1.9k 1.5× 190 6.9k
Willm Martens‐Habbena United States 24 2.6k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 908 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 886 0.7× 46 3.9k
Hidetoshi Urakawa United States 29 2.7k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 806 0.4× 1.3k 1.0× 785 0.6× 77 4.0k
Anna M. Romaní Spain 41 3.1k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 728 0.4× 621 0.5× 2.0k 1.6× 137 6.0k
Manabu Fukui Japan 35 2.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 420 0.2× 1.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 172 4.2k
Anne E. Bernhard United States 20 3.0k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 775 0.4× 1.3k 0.9× 929 0.8× 35 4.8k
Sven Leininger Norway 16 2.9k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 272 0.1× 1.4k 1.0× 861 0.7× 17 4.8k
Guang Gao China 38 2.6k 0.6× 911 0.4× 2.8k 1.5× 692 0.5× 3.1k 2.5× 171 6.0k
Byron C. Crump United States 45 6.0k 1.5× 1.0k 0.5× 3.2k 1.7× 2.7k 2.0× 1.8k 1.5× 102 8.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Michael Beman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Michael Beman

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All Works

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Ul-Hasan, Sabah, Robert M. Bowers, Alexei F. Licea-Navarro, et al.. (2019). Community ecology across bacteria, archaea and microbial eukaryotes in the sediment and seawater of coastal Puerto Nuevo, Baja California. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0212355–e0212355. 54 indexed citations
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Wilson, Jesse M., et al.. (2019). Climatic, physical, and biogeochemical changes drive rapid oxygen loss and recovery in a marine ecosystem. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16114–16114. 6 indexed citations
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Smith, Jason M., et al.. (2015). Transcriptomic evidence for microbial sulfur cycling in the eastern tropical North Pacific oxygen minimum zone. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 334–334. 37 indexed citations
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Carey, Chelsea J., J. Michael Beman, Valerie T. Eviner, Carolyn M. Malmström, & Stephen C. Hart. (2015). Soil microbial community structure is unaltered by plant invasion, vegetation clipping, and nitrogen fertilization in experimental semi-arid grasslands. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 466–466. 61 indexed citations
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Wilson, Jesse M., et al.. (2014). Ocean-Scale Patterns in Community Respiration Rates along Continuous Transects across the Pacific Ocean. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e99821–e99821. 8 indexed citations
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Beman, J. Michael, et al.. (2013). Deoxygenation alters bacterial diversity and community composition in the ocean’s largest oxygen minimum zone. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2705–2705. 81 indexed citations
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Beman, J. Michael, et al.. (2013). Nitrite oxidation in the upper water column and oxygen minimum zone of the eastern tropical North Pacific Ocean. The ISME Journal. 7(11). 2192–2205. 93 indexed citations
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Steele, Joshua A., Peter D. Countway, Patrick D. Vigil, et al.. (2011). Marine bacterial, archaeal and protistan association networks reveal ecological linkages. The ISME Journal. 5(9). 1414–1425. 515 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gilly, William F., J. Michael Beman, Steven Y. Litvin, & Bruce H. Robison. (2011). Oceanographic and Biological Effects of Shoaling of the Oxygen Minimum Zone. Annual Review of Marine Science. 5(1). 393–420. 274 indexed citations
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Beman, J. Michael, Cheryl‐Emiliane T. Chow, Andrew L. King, et al.. (2010). Global declines in oceanic nitrification rates as a consequence of ocean acidification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(1). 208–213. 263 indexed citations
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Beman, J. Michael, Rohan Sachdeva, & Jed A. Fuhrman. (2010). Population ecology of nitrifying Archaea and Bacteria in the Southern California Bight. Environmental Microbiology. 12(5). 1282–1292. 87 indexed citations
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Beman, J. Michael, Brian N. Popp, & Christopher Francis. (2008). Molecular and biogeochemical evidence for ammonia oxidation by marine Crenarchaeota in the Gulf of California. The ISME Journal. 2(4). 429–441. 369 indexed citations
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Beman, J. Michael, et al.. (2008). Alteration of Oceanic Nitrification Under Elevated Carbon Dioxide Concentrations. AGUFM. 2008. 4 indexed citations
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Francis, Christopher, J. Michael Beman, & Marcel M. M. Kuypers. (2007). New processes and players in the nitrogen cycle: the microbial ecology of anaerobic and archaeal ammonia oxidation. The ISME Journal. 1(1). 19–27. 593 indexed citations breakdown →
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Beman, J. Michael & Christopher Francis. (2006). Diversity of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria in the Sediments of a Hypernutrified Subtropical Estuary: Bahia del Tobari, Mexico. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(12). 7767–7777. 218 indexed citations
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Francis, Christopher, K. Roberts, J. Michael Beman, Alyson E. Santoro, & Brian B. Oakley. (2005). Ubiquity and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in water columns and sediments of the ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(41). 14683–14688. 1977 indexed citations breakdown →
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Beman, J. Michael, Kevin R. Arrigo, & Pamela A. Matson. (2005). Agricultural runoff fuels large phytoplankton blooms in vulnerable areas of the ocean. Nature. 434(7030). 211–214. 414 indexed citations

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