Jason Kapit

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jason Kapit is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jason Kapit has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6 papers in Oceanography and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jason Kapit's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (8 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (5 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (5 papers). Jason Kapit is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (8 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (5 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (5 papers). Jason Kapit collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Jason Kapit's co-authors include D. W. Ming, R. C. Quinn, M. H. Hecht, B. C. Clark, Samuel P. Kounaves, K. Gospodinova, David C. Catling, S. M. M. Young, Steven J. West and Lauren DeFlores and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Jason Kapit

25 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Detection of Perchlorate and the Soluble Chemistry of Mar... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 250 500 750
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. Detection of Perchlorate and the Soluble Chemistry of Martian Soil at the Phoenix Lander Site
    2009 793 citations M. H. Hecht, Samuel P. Kounaves et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jason Kapit United States 11 915 279 186 148 133 26 1.2k
K. Gospodinova United States 8 915 1.0× 277 1.0× 159 0.9× 135 0.9× 132 1.0× 10 1.1k
J. Hanley United States 13 851 0.9× 255 0.9× 115 0.6× 231 1.6× 92 0.7× 57 1.1k
A. Cousin France 25 1.0k 1.1× 160 0.6× 143 0.8× 230 1.6× 33 0.2× 128 1.6k
I. L. ten Kate Netherlands 15 604 0.7× 49 0.2× 142 0.8× 73 0.5× 63 0.5× 54 803
Pierre‐Yves Meslin France 23 864 0.9× 95 0.3× 96 0.5× 184 1.2× 38 0.3× 96 1.2k
L. K. Tamppari United States 19 1.2k 1.3× 129 0.5× 106 0.6× 253 1.7× 106 0.8× 83 1.4k
Aaron P. Zent United States 26 2.0k 2.1× 181 0.6× 207 1.1× 480 3.2× 168 1.3× 44 2.2k
C. A. Malespin United States 17 672 0.7× 42 0.2× 153 0.8× 125 0.8× 37 0.3× 53 789
Germán Martínez United States 24 1.4k 1.5× 77 0.3× 77 0.4× 181 1.2× 240 1.8× 106 1.6k
A. C. McAdam United States 15 547 0.6× 56 0.2× 125 0.7× 103 0.7× 29 0.2× 95 747

Countries citing papers authored by Jason Kapit

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jason Kapit

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jason Kapit

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jason Kapit. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jason Kapit 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 Jason Kapit. Jason Kapit 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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Panieri, Giuliana, Claudio Argentino, Alessandra Savini, et al.. (2025). Sanctuary for vulnerable Arctic species at the Borealis Mud Volcano. Nature Communications. 16(1). 504–504. 4 indexed citations
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Moore, Michael J., Randall S. Wells, Jason Kapit, et al.. (2024). Development of single-pin, un-barbed, pole-tagging of free-swimming dolphins and sharks with satellite-linked transmitters. Animal Biotelemetry. 12(1). 2 indexed citations
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Kapit, Jason, et al.. (2024). Development of a quantum cascade laser absorption spectrometer for simultaneous measurement of 13 C– 18 O and 18 O– 18 O clumping in CO 2. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 38(16). e9836–e9836. 1 indexed citations
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Kapit, Jason, et al.. (2024). An Underwater Methane Sensor Based on Laser Spectroscopy in a Hollow Core Optical Fiber. ACS Sensors. 9(11). 5896–5905. 2 indexed citations
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Apprill, Amy, Yogesh Girdhar, T. Aran Mooney, et al.. (2023). Toward a New Era of Coral Reef Monitoring. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(13). 5117–5124. 19 indexed citations
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Wankel, Scott D., et al.. (2023). Corals and sponges are hotspots of reactive oxygen species in the deep sea. PNAS Nexus. 2(11). pgad398–pgad398. 5 indexed citations
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Kapit, Jason, et al.. (2022). Discovering hydrothermalism from Afar: In Situ methane instrumentation and change-point detection for decision-making. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 6 indexed citations
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Kapit, Jason, et al.. (2022). Development of a Deep-Sea Submersible Chemiluminescent Analyzer for Sensing Short-Lived Reactive Chemicals. Sensors. 22(5). 1709–1709. 1 indexed citations
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Kapit, Jason, et al.. (2019). Development of a Handheld Submersible Chemiluminescent Sensor: Quantification of Superoxide at Coral Surfaces. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(23). 13850–13858. 16 indexed citations
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Michel, Anna P. M., Jason Kapit, Mark F. Witinski, & Romain Blanchard. (2017). Open-path spectroscopic methane detection using a broadband monolithic distributed feedback-quantum cascade laser array. Applied Optics. 56(11). E23–E23. 15 indexed citations
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Michel, Anna P. M. & Jason Kapit. (2016). Deep Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diode (LED)-Based Sensing of Sulfur Dioxide. Applied Spectroscopy. 71(5). 996–1003. 9 indexed citations
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Michel, Anna P. M., Scott D. Wankel, Jason Kapit, Peter R. Girguis, & Manish Gupta. (2015). Advancing a Deep Sea Near-Infrared Laser Spectrometer for Dual Isotope Measurements. 47. ATu4J.6–ATu4J.6. 2 indexed citations
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Kounaves, Samuel P., M. H. Hecht, Jason Kapit, et al.. (2010). Wet Chemistry experiments on the 2007 Phoenix Mars Scout Lander mission: Data analysis and results. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(E1). 125 indexed citations
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Kounaves, Samuel P., M. H. Hecht, Jason Kapit, et al.. (2010). Confirmation of Soluble Sulfate at the Phoenix Landing Site: Implications for Martian Geochemistry and Habitability. 2199. 4 indexed citations
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Kounaves, Samuel P., David C. Catling, B. C. Clark, et al.. (2009). Aqueous Carbonate Chemistry of the Martian Soil at the Phoenix Landing Site. LPI. 2489. 11 indexed citations
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Hecht, M. H., David C. Catling, B. C. Clark, et al.. (2009). Perchlorate in Martian Soil: Evidence and Implications. LPI. 2420. 13 indexed citations
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Hecht, M. H., Samuel P. Kounaves, R. C. Quinn, et al.. (2009). Detection of Perchlorate and the Soluble Chemistry of Martian Soil at the Phoenix Lander Site. Science. 325(5936). 64–67. 793 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kounaves, Samuel P., M. H. Hecht, Steven J. West, et al.. (2009). The MECA Wet Chemistry Laboratory on the 2007 Phoenix Mars Scout Lander. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(E3). 51 indexed citations
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Hecht, M. H., Samuel P. Kounaves, R. C. Quinn, et al.. (2008). Discovery of Perchlorate at the Phoenix Landing Site. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 2 indexed citations
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Lynch, Kennda, et al.. (2007). Microbial Detection Array (MDA), a Novel Instrument for Unambiguous Detection of Microbial Metabolic Activity in Astrobiology Applications. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 1 indexed citations

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