John Beardall

23.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
305 papers, 17.3k citations indexed

About

John Beardall is a scholar working on Oceanography, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Beardall has authored 305 papers receiving a total of 17.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 211 papers in Oceanography, 139 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 80 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in John Beardall's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (173 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (139 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (53 papers). John Beardall is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (173 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (139 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (53 papers). John Beardall collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and China. John Beardall's co-authors include John A. Raven, Mario Giordano, Philip Heraud, Slobodanka Stojkovic, Kunshan Gao, Antonietta Quigg, Simon Roberts, Kevin J. Flynn, Erica B. Young and Katherine Richardson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

John Beardall

297 papers receiving 16.7k citations

Hit Papers

CO2 CONCENTRATING MECHANI... 1983 2026 1997 2011 2005 2009 1983 1983 2016 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. CO2 CONCENTRATING MECHANISMS IN ALGAE: Mechanisms, Environmental Modulation, and Evolution
    2005 1.1k citations John Beardall, John A. Raven et al. profile →
  2. Phytoplankton in a changing world: cell size and elemental stoichiometry
    2009 892 citations Zoe V. Finkel, John Beardall et al. profile →
  3. The Biology of Cyanobacteria
    1983 795 citations John Beardall profile →
  4. ADAPTATION OF UNICELLULAR ALGAE TO IRRADIANCE: AN ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIES
    1983 577 citations John Beardall, John A. Raven et al. New Phytologist profile →
  5. The Physiology of Microalgae
    2016 363 citations John Beardall, John A. Raven et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John Beardall 9.8k 5.3k 5.2k 3.4k 3.0k 305 17.3k
Richard J. Geider 10.2k 1.0× 2.7k 0.5× 5.2k 1.0× 2.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 111 13.1k
Ulf Karsten 5.7k 0.6× 3.8k 0.7× 3.7k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 356 11.9k
Peter J. Ralph 8.3k 0.9× 2.4k 0.5× 8.3k 1.6× 1.2k 0.4× 1.8k 0.6× 358 15.2k
Paul J. Harrison 12.8k 1.3× 2.9k 0.6× 6.3k 1.2× 4.3k 1.3× 1.6k 0.5× 249 18.4k
Kunshan Gao 6.9k 0.7× 2.8k 0.5× 2.4k 0.5× 1.3k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 337 10.5k
S. W. Jeffrey 6.8k 0.7× 3.2k 0.6× 4.0k 0.8× 2.4k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 79 12.3k
Lucas J. Stal 4.7k 0.5× 1.7k 0.3× 5.3k 1.0× 2.9k 0.8× 2.3k 0.8× 167 10.2k
Robert R. L. Guillard 7.4k 0.8× 3.5k 0.7× 4.2k 0.8× 3.7k 1.1× 3.0k 1.0× 51 13.2k
Jef Huisman 11.8k 1.2× 1.6k 0.3× 8.2k 1.6× 11.8k 3.5× 1.7k 0.5× 188 21.2k
Zvy Dubinsky 6.6k 0.7× 1.9k 0.4× 6.9k 1.3× 1.3k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 242 11.3k

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All Works

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Beer, Sven & John Beardall. (2025). Inorganic Carbon Acquisition and Photosynthetic Metabolism in Marine Photoautotrophs: A Summary. Plants. 14(6). 904–904. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Fenghuang, John Beardall, John A. Raven, et al.. (2024). The dynamics of adaptive evolution in microalgae in a high‐CO2 ocean. New Phytologist. 245(4). 1608–1624. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Dong, Xiao Fan, Xiaowen Zhang, et al.. (2023). Elevated CO2 reduces copper accumulation and toxicity in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 1113388–1113388. 3 indexed citations
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Barlow, Christopher K., et al.. (2022). Profiling of grazed cultures of the chlorophyte alga Dunaliella tertiolecta using an untargeted LC–MS approach. Journal of Phycology. 58(4). 568–581.
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Cook, Perran L. M., Wei Wen Wong, Wayne M. Koster, et al.. (2022). Environmental flows stimulate estuarine plankton communities by altered salinity structure and enhanced nutrient recycling. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 279. 108157–108157. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Kunshan & John Beardall. (2022). Using macroalgae to address UN Sustainable Development goals through CO2 remediation and improvement of the aquaculture environment. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 360–367. 10 indexed citations
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Beardall, John, et al.. (2021). FTIR combined with chemometric tools — a potential approach for early screening of grazers in microalgal cultures. Journal of Applied Phycology. 33(5). 2709–2722. 6 indexed citations
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Beardall, John, et al.. (2020). Non-photochemical quenching, a non-invasive probe for monitoring microalgal grazing: an early indicator of predation by Oxyrrhis marina and Euplotes sp.. Minerva Access (University of Melbourne). 1(1). 20–31. 9 indexed citations
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Malerba, Martino E., Dustin J. Marshall, Maria M. Palacios, John A. Raven, & John Beardall. (2020). Cell size influences inorganic carbon acquisition in artificially selected phytoplankton. New Phytologist. 229(5). 2647–2659. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Yitao, Xiao Fan, Guang Gao, et al.. (2020). Decreased motility of flagellated microalgae long-term acclimated to CO2-induced acidified waters. Nature Climate Change. 10(6). 561–567. 28 indexed citations
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Lines, Thomas, Philip T. Orr, & John Beardall. (2020). Elevated co2 has Differential Effects on Five Species of Microalgae from a Subtropical Freshwater Lake: Possible Implications for Phytoplankton Species Composition. Journal of Phycology. 57(1). 324–334. 5 indexed citations
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Gao, Guang, Xin Zhao, Peng Jin, Kunshan Gao, & John Beardall. (2020). Current understanding and challenges for aquatic primary producers in a world with rising micro- and nano-plastic levels. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 406. 124685–124685. 102 indexed citations
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Wu, Yaping, et al.. (2019). High copper and UVR synergistically reduce the photochemical activity in the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 192. 97–102. 10 indexed citations
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Kessler, Adam J., Ya-Jou Chen, David W. Waite, et al.. (2019). Bacterial fermentation and respiration processes are uncoupled in anoxic permeable sediments. Nature Microbiology. 4(6). 1014–1023. 79 indexed citations
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Pierangelini, Mattia, Rati Sinha, Anusuya Willis, et al.. (2015). Constitutive Cylindrospermopsin Pool Size in Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii under Different Light and CO 2 Partial Pressure Conditions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81(9). 3069–3076. 41 indexed citations
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Jin, Peng, Na Liu, Sam Dupont, et al.. (2013). Ocean acidification increases the accumulation of toxic phenolic compounds across trophic levels. Figshare. 6 indexed citations
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Beardall, John, Andrew P. Allen, Jason G. Bragg, et al.. (2008). Allometry and stoichiometry of unicellular, colonial and multicellular phytoplankton. New Phytologist. 181(2). 295–309. 134 indexed citations

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