James W. Moffett

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

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James W. Moffett is a scholar working on Oceanography, Pollution and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, James W. Moffett has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Oceanography, 30 papers in Pollution and 28 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in James W. Moffett's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (56 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (30 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (23 papers). James W. Moffett is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (56 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (30 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (23 papers). James W. Moffett collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and India. James W. Moffett's co-authors include Rod G. Zika, Mak A. Saito, Allan H. Devol, Anitra E. Ingalls, E. Virginia Armbrust, David A. Stahl, Wei Qin, Larry E. Brand, Jackson Ho and Christopher L. Dupont and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

James W. Moffett

98 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Basin-scale transport of hydrothermal dissolved metals across the South Pacific Ocean

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James W. Moffett United States	47	2.9k	1.9k	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	102	6.6k
Peter Croot Germany	52	4.3k 1.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	143	7.7k
Sergio A. Sañudo‐Wilhelmy United States	47	3.1k 1.1×	2.5k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	117	6.7k
Neil M. Price Canada	52	4.8k 1.7×	2.5k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	93	8.6k
Benjamin S. Twining United States	38	2.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	839 0.5×	877 0.6×	116	5.3k
Kenneth H. Coale United States	52	6.0k 2.1×	2.6k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	96	10.4k
Susan A. Huntsman United States	35	3.7k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	42	6.2k
Michael J. Ellwood Australia	42	2.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	969 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	142	5.2k
Mak A. Saito United States	54	4.1k 1.4×	3.6k 1.9×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	156	9.2k
Lawrence M. Mayer United States	53	3.5k 1.2×	2.9k 1.5×	879 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	117	9.2k
William M. Landing United States	48	2.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.5×	1.9k 1.2×	3.0k 2.1×	157	8.5k

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Johnson, Emma, et al.. (2024). More Than Deoxygenation: Linking Iodate Reduction to Nitrogen, Iron, and Sulfur Chemistry in Reducing Regimes. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 129(11). 2 indexed citations

Moffett, James W., et al.. (2023). Rapid Expansion of Fixed Nitrogen Deficit in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Revealed by 50‐Year Time Series. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(10). 4 indexed citations

Moffett, James W., et al.. (2023). Toward a Better Understanding of the Global Ocean Copper Distribution and Speciation Through a Data‐Constrained Model. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(9). 6 indexed citations

Hardisty, Dalton, et al.. (2023). Meridional Survey of the Central Pacific Reveals Iodide Accumulation in Equatorial Surface Waters and Benthic Sources in the Abyssal Plain. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(3). 12 indexed citations

John, Seth G., et al.. (2023). Cu Exists Predominantly as Kinetically Inert Complexes Throughout the Interior of the Equatorial and North Pacific Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(7). 6 indexed citations

Knœry, Joël, et al.. (2023). The role of seasonal hypoxia and benthic boundary layer exchange on iron redox cycling on the Oregon shelf. Limnology and Oceanography. 69(4). 742–756. 2 indexed citations

Moffett, James W. & Rene Boiteau. (2023). Metal Organic Complexation in Seawater: Historical Background and Future Directions. Annual Review of Marine Science. 16(1). 577–599. 8 indexed citations

Lam, Phoebe J., Maija I. Heller, Paul Lerner, James W. Moffett, & Kristen N. Buck. (2020). Unexpected Source and Transport of Iron from the Deep Peru Margin. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 4(7). 977–992. 26 indexed citations

Moffett, James W. & Michael R. Landry. (2019). Grazing control and iron limitation of primary production in the Arabian Sea: Implications for anticipated shifts in Southwest Monsoon intensity. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 179. 104687–104687. 10 indexed citations

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Heal, Katherine R., Wei Qin, François Ribalet, et al.. (2016). Two distinct pools of B ₁₂ analogs reveal community interdependencies in the ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(2). 364–369. 145 indexed citations

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Chappell, P. Dreux, et al.. (2016). Preferential depletion of zinc within Costa Rica upwelling dome creates conditions for zinc co-limitation of primary production. Journal of Plankton Research. 38(2). 244–255. 16 indexed citations

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Heller, Maija I., Phyllis Lam, & James W. Moffett. (2016). Westward Penetration of Particulate and Dissolved Iron Redox Species from the Peruvian Margin. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Naqvi, S.W.A., James W. Moffett, Mangesh Gauns, et al.. (2010). The Arabian Sea as a high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll region during the late Southwest Monsoon. Biogeosciences. 7(7). 2091–2100. 94 indexed citations

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Thompson, Richard B., et al.. (2008). Chapter 15 Instrumentation for Fluorescence‐Based Fiber Optic Biosensors. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 450. 311–337. 2 indexed citations

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Moffett, James W. & Christopher L. Dupont. (2007). Cu complexation by organic ligands in the sub-arctic NW Pacific and Bering Sea. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 54(4). 586–595. 121 indexed citations

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Saito, Mak A., James W. Moffett, & Giacomo R. DiTullio. (2003). Depletion of Cobalt as a micronutrient in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 67(18). 409. 1 indexed citations

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Moffett, James W., et al.. (1973). Thermal characteristics of Lake Michigan, 1954-55. 4 indexed citations

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Beeton, Alfred M. & James W. Moffett. (1964). Lake Michigan chemical data, 1954-55, 1960-61. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 7. 0–102. 2 indexed citations

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Applegate, Vernon C., et al.. (1961). Use of 3-trifluormethyl-4-nitrophenol as a selective sea lamprey larvicide. CTIT technical reports series. 0–35. 70 indexed citations

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Moffett, James W.. (1952). The study and interpretation of fish scales. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 15(2). 40–42. 5 indexed citations

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