J. S. Gray

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

J. S. Gray is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. S. Gray has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Oceanography, 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in J. S. Gray's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (14 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (9 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (6 papers). J. S. Gray is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (14 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (9 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (6 papers). J. S. Gray collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United Kingdom and Australia. J. S. Gray's co-authors include F Azam, T. Frede Thingstad, JG Field, Tom Fenchel, LA Meyer-Reil, G. A. Hobbs, KR Clarke, R.M. Warwick, John S. Gray and J.M. Bewers and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal of Animal Ecology and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

J. S. Gray

30 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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 Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea
    1983 4.2k citations F Azam, Tom Fenchel et al. Marine Ecology Progress Series 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. S. Gray Norway 16 4.0k 3.7k 1.1k 904 807 30 5.5k
JG Field South Africa 18 4.4k 1.1× 4.5k 1.2× 2.0k 1.7× 973 1.1× 814 1.0× 23 6.6k
Fereidoun Rassoulzadegan France 39 4.4k 1.1× 4.0k 1.1× 981 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 914 1.1× 76 6.0k
Bo Riemann Denmark 40 3.6k 0.9× 3.0k 0.8× 755 0.7× 1.8k 2.0× 391 0.5× 78 5.1k
Jefferson T. Turner United States 33 3.4k 0.9× 1.9k 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 445 0.6× 73 4.4k
F Azam United States 12 3.5k 0.9× 3.6k 1.0× 658 0.6× 981 1.1× 920 1.1× 13 4.8k
Lawrence R. Pomeroy United States 28 2.7k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 659 0.6× 870 1.0× 345 0.4× 56 3.9k
LA Meyer-Reil Germany 8 3.3k 0.8× 3.3k 0.9× 624 0.5× 937 1.0× 802 1.0× 8 4.4k
Karen Helen Wiltshire Germany 35 3.2k 0.8× 2.8k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 872 1.1× 193 5.4k
Barry F. Sherr United States 37 3.9k 1.0× 4.1k 1.1× 644 0.6× 1.4k 1.6× 1.4k 1.8× 55 6.0k
Robert W. Sanders United States 36 3.5k 0.9× 3.3k 0.9× 373 0.3× 1.7k 1.9× 1.0k 1.2× 90 4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by J. S. Gray

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. S. Gray

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. S. Gray

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of J. S. Gray. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of J. S. Gray based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with J. S. Gray. J. S. Gray is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Webb, K. E., DKA Barnes, & J. S. Gray. (2009). Benthic ecology of pockmarks in the Inner Oslofjord, Norway. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 387. 15–25. 16 indexed citations
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Randall, David, et al.. (2007). The use of scale increment as a means of indicating fish growth and growth impairment. Aquaculture. 266(1-4). 102–111. 17 indexed citations
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Gray, J. S.. (2003). Reply to Fisk et al.. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 46(4). 525–526. 3 indexed citations
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Stenseth, Nils Chr., et al.. (1999). Dynamics of coastal cod populations: intra- and intercohort density dependence and stochastic processes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 266(1429). 1645–1654. 75 indexed citations
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Bakke, T., Hein Rune Skjoldal, Jan Aure, et al.. (1997). The Norwegian North Sea Coastal Water. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 2 indexed citations
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Gray, J. S., et al.. (1997). Coastal and deep-sea benthic diversities compared. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 159. 97–103. 102 indexed citations
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Gray, J. S. & J.M. Bewers. (1996). Towards a scientific definition of the precautionary principle. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 32(11). 768–771. 49 indexed citations
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Gray, J. S. & John S. Gray. (1990). Statistics and the precautionary principle. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 21(4). 174–176. 68 indexed citations
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Gray, J. S., KR Clarke, R.M. Warwick, & G. A. Hobbs. (1990). Detection of initial effects of pollution on marine benthos: an example from the Ekofisk and Eldfisk oilfields, North Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 66. 285–299. 348 indexed citations
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Andersen, Tom, et al.. (1989). Metal-binding in Polychaetes: Quantitative and qualitative studies of five species. Marine Environmental Research. 28(1-4). 167–171. 7 indexed citations
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Gray, J. S.. (1987). Oil pollution studies of the Solbergstrand mesocosms. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 316(1181). 641–654. 4 indexed citations
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Gray, J. S.. (1985). Nitrogenous excretion by meiofauna from coral reef sediments: Mecor 5. Marine Biology. 89(1). 31–35. 11 indexed citations
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Gray, J. S., et al.. (1984). Stable macrofauna community structure despite fluctuating food supply in subtidal soft sediments of Oslofjord, Norway. Marine Biology. 82(3). 307–322. 37 indexed citations
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Azam, F, Tom Fenchel, JG Field, et al.. (1983). The Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 10. 257–263. 4161 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sleeman, D. P. & J. S. Gray. (1982). Some observations on fly-worry of deer. Journal of Zoology. 198. 535–541. 3 indexed citations
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Gray, J. S., et al.. (1981). Textural composition of shallow cores from the tidal Potomac River and Estuary; 1978 and 1979. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 1 indexed citations
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Gray, J. S.. (1979). Pollution-induced changes in populations. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 286(1015). 545–561. 254 indexed citations
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Gray, J. S., et al.. (1976). Physical factors controlling abundance of meiofauna on tidal and atidal beaches. Marine Biology. 34(1). 77–83. 51 indexed citations
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Gray, J. S.. (1976). Marine pollution and waste disposal. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 7(4). 78–78. 6 indexed citations
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Gray, J. S.. (1966). The Response of Protodrilus symbioticus (Giard) (Archiannelida) to Light. Journal of Animal Ecology. 35(1). 55–55. 13 indexed citations

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