James M. Brooks

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

James M. Brooks is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, James M. Brooks has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 30 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 24 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in James M. Brooks's work include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (27 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (25 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (20 papers). James M. Brooks is often cited by papers focused on Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (27 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (25 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (20 papers). James M. Brooks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Russia. James M. Brooks's co-authors include Mahlon C. Kennicutt, Bernie B. Bernard, William M. Sackett, Terry L. Wade, Robert R. Bidigare, Thomas J. McDonald, Roger Fay, M.C. Kennicutt, G.J. Denoux and B. García-Romero and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James M. Brooks

87 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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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.

Light hydrocarbons in recent Texas continental shelf and slope sediments

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James M. Brooks United States	37	1.8k	1.8k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	88	4.5k
Mahlon C. Kennicutt United States	38	917 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	842 0.7×	110	4.6k
Ian R. MacDonald United States	44	2.9k 1.6×	2.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.6×	1.4k 1.2×	134	5.7k
Norman L. Guinasso United States	28	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	730 0.6×	1.6k 1.3×	608 0.5×	73	4.0k
David J. Hollander United States	37	991 0.5×	883 0.5×	1.7k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	78	5.6k
Richard B. Coffin United States	33	1.6k 0.9×	948 0.5×	1.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	723 0.6×	106	3.7k
Mark E. Conrad United States	41	984 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	302 0.2×	499 0.4×	129	4.6k
M.C. Kennicutt United States	21	742 0.4×	923 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	405 0.4×	25	2.7k
Ioanna Bouloubassi France	38	1.1k 0.6×	600 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	754 0.7×	80	4.0k
Ursula Witte United Kingdom	36	2.5k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	2.7k 2.1×	2.3k 1.9×	999 0.9×	91	5.4k
George A. Wolff United Kingdom	44	571 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	2.2k 1.8×	2.8k 2.3×	802 0.7×	136	5.4k

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Rattray, Jayne E., et al.. (2022). Endospores associated with deep seabed geofluid features in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Geobiology. 20(6). 823–836. 6 indexed citations

Dong, Xiyang, Chris Greening, Jayne E. Rattray, et al.. (2019). Metabolic potential of uncultured bacteria and archaea associated with petroleum seepage in deep-sea sediments. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1816–1816. 124 indexed citations

Chakraborty, Anirban, et al.. (2018). Thermophilic endospores associated with migrated thermogenic hydrocarbons in deep Gulf of Mexico marine sediments. The ISME Journal. 12(8). 1895–1906. 27 indexed citations

Fisher, Charles R., Pen‐Yuan Hsing, Carl L. Kaiser, et al.. (2014). Footprint of Deepwater Horizon blowout impact to deep-water coral communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(32). 11744–11749. 96 indexed citations

White, Helen K., Pen‐Yuan Hsing, Walter Cho, et al.. (2012). Impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on a deep-water coral community in the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(50). 20303–20308. 293 indexed citations

Krishnamurthy, Rajasekar, et al.. (2001). Organic Carbon Flow in the Ob, Yenisey Rivers and Kara Sea of the Arctic Region. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 42(9). 726–732. 37 indexed citations

Sericano, José L., et al.. (2001). Trace Contaminant Concentrations in the Kara Sea and its Adjacent Rivers, Russia. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 42(11). 1017–1030. 62 indexed citations

Jackson, Thomas J., Terry L. Wade, José L. Sericano, et al.. (1998). Galveston Bay: Temporal Changes in the Concentrations of Trace Organic Contaminants in National Status and Trends Oysters (1986-1994). Estuaries. 21(4). 718–718. 9 indexed citations

Baskaran, M., et al.. (1995). Distribution of 239,240Pu and 238Pu concentrations in sediments from the Ob and Yenisey Rivers and the Kara Sea. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 46(11). 1109–1119. 42 indexed citations

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Kennicutt, Mahlon C., William W. Schroeder, & James M. Brooks. (1995). Temporal and spatial variations in sediment characteristics on the Mississippi-Alabama continental shelf. Continental Shelf Research. 15(1). 1–18. 22 indexed citations

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García-Romero, B., et al.. (1993). Butyltin concentrations in oysters from the gulf of Mexico from 1989 to 1991. Environmental Pollution. 81(2). 103–111. 23 indexed citations

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Wade, Terry L., et al.. (1993). National status and trends mussel watch program: Chlordane-related compounds in Gulf of Mexico oysters, 1986–1990. Environmental Pollution. 82(1). 23–32. 24 indexed citations

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Payne, James R., et al.. (1993). SPILL-OF-OPPORTUNITY TESTING OF DISPERSANT EFFECTIVENESS AT THE MEGA BORG OIL SPILL. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings. 1993(1). 791–793. 6 indexed citations

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Comet, Paul A., et al.. (1993). Sterane and triterpane patterns as diagnostic tools in the mapping of oils, condensates and source rocks of the Gulf of Mexico region. Organic Geochemistry. 20(8). 1265–1296. 23 indexed citations

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Powell, Eric N., et al.. (1992). Oyster Disease and Climate Change. Are Yearly Changes in Perkinsus marinus Parasitism in Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) Controlled by Climatic Cycles in the Gulf of Mexico?. Marine Ecology. 13(3). 243–270. 47 indexed citations

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Brooks, James M., Michael E. Field, & Mahlon C. Kennicutt. (1991). Observations of gas hydrates in marine sediments, offshore northern California. Marine Geology. 96(1-2). 103–109. 87 indexed citations

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Kennicutt, Mahlon C., et al.. (1989). Benthic tars in the Gulf of Mexico: Chemistry and sources. Organic Geochemistry. 14(4). 433–439. 8 indexed citations

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Kennicutt, Mahlon C., James M. Brooks, Robert R. Bidigare, et al.. (1985). Vent-type taxa in a hydrocarbon seep region on the Louisiana slope. Nature. 317(6035). 351–353. 236 indexed citations

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Brooks, James M., Denis A. Wiesenburg, Roger A. Burke, & Mahlon C. Kennicutt. (1981). Gaseous and volatile hydrocarbon inputs from a subsurface oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Science & Technology. 15(8). 951–959. 10 indexed citations

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Burke, Roger A., James M. Brooks, & William M. Sackett. (1981). Light hydrocarbons in Red Sea brines and sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 45(5). 627–634. 20 indexed citations

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