John M. Teal

13.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
139 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

John M. Teal is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, John M. Teal has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Ecology, 26 papers in Oceanography and 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in John M. Teal's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (43 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (13 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (12 papers). John M. Teal is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (43 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (13 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (12 papers). John M. Teal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. John M. Teal's co-authors include Iván Valiela, Francis G. Carey, Robert W. Howarth, John Kanwisher, Brian L. Howes, Kathryn Burns, Susan W. Vince, John J. Stegeman, John W. Farrington and Susan Peterson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John M. Teal

136 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

Energy Flow in the Salt Marsh Ecosystem of Georgia 1962 2026 1983 2004 1962 1966 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. Energy Flow in the Salt Marsh Ecosystem of Georgia
    1962 811 citations John M. Teal profile →
  2. HEAT CONSERVATION IN TUNA FISH MUSCLE
    1966 157 citations Francis G. Carey, John M. Teal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John M. Teal United States 55 6.2k 2.7k 2.0k 1.4k 1.3k 139 10.0k
C. Hopkinson United States 53 5.9k 1.0× 4.8k 1.8× 2.4k 1.2× 977 0.7× 2.9k 2.3× 140 11.3k
Stephen A. Macko United States 67 7.7k 1.3× 3.7k 1.4× 3.9k 2.0× 1.3k 0.9× 1.9k 1.5× 221 13.7k
André Mariotti France 71 7.7k 1.3× 1.5k 0.5× 2.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 2.9k 2.3× 174 17.3k
André F. Lotter Netherlands 66 5.7k 0.9× 2.7k 1.0× 1.4k 0.7× 958 0.7× 2.6k 2.1× 198 16.5k
Anne E. Giblin United States 53 6.2k 1.0× 2.7k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 3.0k 2.4× 134 11.8k
Iván Valiela United States 67 11.9k 1.9× 8.8k 3.3× 4.5k 2.3× 1.4k 1.0× 2.6k 2.0× 274 18.2k
Eville Gorham France 47 6.3k 1.0× 1.0k 0.4× 1.7k 0.9× 771 0.5× 2.2k 1.7× 173 9.7k
Stuart Findlay United States 56 7.2k 1.2× 3.8k 1.4× 1.4k 0.7× 2.6k 1.8× 4.9k 3.9× 126 11.9k
Irving A. Mendelssohn United States 52 6.9k 1.1× 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 902 0.6× 671 0.5× 153 9.2k
Robert G. Wetzel United States 63 8.6k 1.4× 5.7k 2.1× 1.4k 0.7× 3.1k 2.1× 8.1k 6.4× 237 17.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John M. Teal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John M. Teal

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Teal, John M.. (2017). The Ecology of Regularly Flooded Salt Marshes of New England: A Community Profile. 6 indexed citations
2.
Teal, John M. & Susan Peterson. (2005). Restoration benefits in a watershed context. Journal of Coastal Research. 132–140. 10 indexed citations
3.
Howes, Brian L., John M. Teal, & Susan Peterson. (2005). Experimental Phragmites control through enhanced sediment sulfur cycling. Ecological Engineering. 25(3). 292–303. 11 indexed citations
4.
Teal, John M. & Susan Peterson. (2005). The interaction Between Science and Policy in the Control of Phragmites in Oligohaline Marshes of Delaware Bay. Restoration Ecology. 13(1). 223–227. 16 indexed citations
5.
Teal, John M. & Susan Peterson. (1993). A solar aquatic system septage treatment plant. Environmental Science & Technology. 27(1). 34–37. 13 indexed citations
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Farrington, John W., et al.. (1986). Aromatic hydrocarbons in New York Bight polychaetes: ultraviolet fluorescence analyses and gas chromatography/gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses. Environmental Science & Technology. 20(1). 69–72. 28 indexed citations
7.
Teal, John M.. (1983). The long-term effects of oil pollution on marine populations, communities and ecosystems. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 14(5). 203–204. 12 indexed citations
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Giblin, Anne E., et al.. (1983). Response of a salt marsh microbial community to inputs of heavy metals: Aerobic heterotrophic metabolism. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2(3). 343–351. 5 indexed citations
9.
Ehrlich, Paul R., John Harte, Mark A. Harwell, et al.. (1983). Long-Term Biological Consequences of Nuclear War. Science. 222(4630). 1293–1300. 115 indexed citations
10.
Giblin, Anne E., Alain C.M. Bourg, Iván Valiela, & John M. Teal. (1980). Uptake and Losses of Heavy Metals in Sewage Sludge by a New England Salt Marsh. American Journal of Botany. 67(7). 1059–1059. 44 indexed citations
11.
Valiela, Iván & John M. Teal. (1979). The nitrogen budget of a salt marsh ecosystem. Nature. 280(5724). 652–656. 276 indexed citations
12.
Teal, John M., et al.. (1978). Autumnal Bird Migration Observed from Ships in the Western North Atlantic Ocean. Bird-Banding. 49(3). 262–262. 17 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Warren, John M. Teal, & Iván Valiela. (1977). Denitrification in salt marsh sediments: Evidence for seasonal temperature selection among populations of denitrifiers. Microbial Ecology. 3(3). 193–204. 33 indexed citations
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Vince, Susan W., et al.. (1976). Predation by the salt marsh killifish Fundulus heteroclitus (L.) in relation to prey size and habitat structure: Consequences for prey distribution and abundance. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 23(3). 255–266. 226 indexed citations
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Teal, John M., et al.. (1975). The Sargasso Sea. Little, Brown eBooks.
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Valiela, Iván, et al.. (1974). The effect of detritus and ration size on the growth of Fundulus heteroclitus (L.). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 16(1). 1–10. 67 indexed citations
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Polloni, Pamela T., Gilbert T. Rowe, & John M. Teal. (1973). Biremis blandi (Polychaeta: Terebellidae), new genus, new species, caught by D.S.R.V. ?Alvin? in the Tongue of the Ocean, new providence, Bahamas. Marine Biology. 20(2). 170–175. 6 indexed citations
18.
Harvey, George R. & John M. Teal. (1973). PCB and hydrocarbon contamination of plankton by nets. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 9(5). 287–290. 9 indexed citations
19.
Teal, John M. & Francis G. Carey. (1967). Skin Respiration and Oxygen Debt in the Mudskipper Periopthalmus sobrinus. Copeia. 1967(3). 677–677. 30 indexed citations
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Teal, John M.. (1957). Community Metabolism in a Temperate Cold Spring. Ecological Monographs. 27(3). 283–302. 229 indexed citations

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