John H. Ryther

18.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
98 papers, 14.7k citations indexed

About

John H. Ryther is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, John H. Ryther has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Oceanography, 27 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in John H. Ryther's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (28 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (18 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (16 papers). John H. Ryther is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (28 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (18 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (16 papers). John H. Ryther collaborates with scholars based in United States and Bermuda. John H. Ryther's co-authors include Robert R. L. Guillard, William M. Dunstan, David W. Menzel, C. S. Yentsch, Brian E. Lapointe, Joel C. Goldman, John E. Bardach, L.D. Williams, Thomas A. DeBusk and Ralph F. Vaccaro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

John H. Ryther

97 papers receiving 12.9k 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.

STUDIES OF MARINE PLANKTONIC DIATOMS: I. CYCLOTELLA NANA HUSTEDT, AND DETONULA CONFERVACEA (CLEVE) GRAN.

1962 6.8k citations Robert R. L. Guillard, John H. Ryther Canadian Journal of Microbiology profile →
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Eutrophication in the Coastal Marine Environment

1971 1.4k citations John H. Ryther et al. profile →
Photosynthesis and Fish Production in the Sea

1969 1.1k citations John H. Ryther profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John H. Ryther

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John H. Ryther. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John H. Ryther 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 John H. Ryther. John H. Ryther is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cultivation of Gracilaria verrucosa (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) Strain G-16 for agar 1990 ·Hydrobiologia ·Kimon T. Bird, John H. Ryther	21
2	Some correlations between substrate compositions and biogas yields. 1984 ·Clifford Habig, John H. Ryther	5
3	Evapotranspiration of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) solms and Lemna minor L. in central Florida: Relation to canopy structure and season 1983 ·Aquatic Botany ·Thomas A. DeBusk, John H. Ryther, L.D. Williams	16
4	Methane production from the anaerobic digestion of some marine macrophytes 1983 ·Resources and Conservation ·Clifford Habig, John H. Ryther	22
5	Swordfish and mercury: a case history 1981 ·OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) ·Charles B. Officer, John H. Ryther	2
6	Nitrogen uptake and storage by the red alga Gracilaria tikvahiae (McLachlan, 1979) 1981 ·Aquaculture ·John H. Ryther, Nathaniel Corwin, Thomas A. DeBusk, L.D. Williams	131
7	Concentrations of elements in a marine food chain cultured in sewage wastewater 1981 ·Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ·A. Keith Furr, T.F. Parkinson, John H. Ryther, Carl Bache, Walter H. Gutenmann, Irene S. Pakkala, Donald J. Lisk	5
8	Studies on biomass and biogas production by aquatic macrophytes. 1980 ·John H. Ryther, (unknown), Thomas A. DeBusk, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Craig S. Tucker, L.D. Williams	2
9	Acid rain, zooplankton fecal pellets and the global carbon budget 1977 ·OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) ·(unknown), (unknown), John H. Ryther, George M. Woodwell	1
10	Marine polyculture based on natural food chains and recycled wastes 1976 ·Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution eBooks ·John H. Ryther	4
11	MICROBES AS FOOD IN MARICULTURE 1975 ·Annual Review of Microbiology ·John H. Ryther, Joel C. Goldman	20
12	Inorganic nitrogen removal in a combined tertiary treatment—marine aquaculture system—I. Removal efficiences 1974 ·Water Research ·Joel C. Goldman, Kenneth R. Tenore, John H. Ryther, Nathaniel Corwin	56
13	Biological Sciences: Is the World's Oxygen Supply Threatened ? 1970 ·Nature ·John H. Ryther	14
14	COMPARISON OF THE ¹⁴C‐TECHNIQUE WITH DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC CARBON FIXATION1 1965 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·John H. Ryther, David W. Menzel	18
15	STUDIES OF MARINE PLANKTONIC DIATOMS: I. CYCLOTELLA NANA HUSTEDT, AND DETONULA CONFERVACEA (CLEVE) GRAN. breakdown → 1962 ·Canadian Journal of Microbiology ·Robert R. L. Guillard, John H. Ryther	6758
16	Nutrients limiting the production of phytoplankton in the Sargasso sea, with special reference to iron 1961 ·Deep Sea Research (1953) ·David W. Menzel, John H. Ryther	102
17	Annual variations in primary production of the Sargasso sea off Bermuda 1961 ·Deep Sea Research (1953) ·David W. Menzel, John H. Ryther	146
18	The Sargasso Sea 1956 ·Scientific American ·John H. Ryther	29
19	Photosynthesis in the Ocean as a Function of Light Intensity1 1956 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·John H. Ryther	336
20	Interrelation between Photosynthesis and Respiration in the Marine Flagellate, Dunaliella euchlora 1956 ·Nature ·John H. Ryther	32

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