Julia Uitz

8.5k citations

56 papers · 4.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Oceanography top 0.1%
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
Ecology top 1%
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Papers in ⓘ

Oceanography 50
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 50
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research 28
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 20
Ecology 23
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology 13
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 7
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies 6

Co-authors: Hervé Claustre (31 shared papers)Stanford B. Hooker (2 shared papers)Bernard Gentili (11 shared papers)Joséphine Ras (8 shared papers)Dariusz Stramski (5 shared papers)Fabrizio D’Ortenzio (16 shared papers)Annick Bricaud (15 shared papers)Louis Legendre (3 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans (9 papers)Frontiers in Marine Science (5 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (4 papers)Global Biogeochemical Cycles (4 papers)Remote Sensing of Environment (3 papers)
Partner nations: France United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Julia Uitz

54 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Vertical distribution of phytoplankton communities in open ocean: An assessment based on surface chlorophyll 2006 · 720 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2006 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
2005 Global Change Biology

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1	Vertical distribution of phytoplankton communities in open ocean: An assessment based on surface chlorophyll Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Julia Uitz, Hervé Claustre, André Morel, Stanford B. Hooker Hit paper breakdown →	2006	720
2	Ecosystem dynamics based on plankton functional types for global ocean biogeochemistry models Global Change Biology ·Corinne Le Quéré, Sandy P. Harrison, I. Colin Prentice, Erik T. Buitenhuis, Olivier Aumont, Laurent Bopp, Hervé Claustre, Letícia Cotrim da Cunha, Richard J. Geider, Xavier Giraud, Christine Klaas, Karen E. Kohfeld, Louis Legendre, Manfredi Manizza, Trevor Platt, Richard B. Rivkin, Shubha Sathyendranath, Julia Uitz, Andrew Watson, Dieter Wolf‐Gladrow Hit paper breakdown →	2005	644
3	Phytoplankton class‐specific primary production in the world's oceans: Seasonal and interannual variability from satellite observations Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Julia Uitz, Hervé Claustre, Bernard Gentili, Dariusz Stramski	2010	280
4	Spatial variability of phytoplankton pigment distributions in the Subtropical South Pacific Ocean: comparison between in situ and predicted data Joséphine Ras, Hervé Claustre, Julia Uitz	2007	241
5	Extreme diversity in noncalcifying haptophytes explains a major pigment paradox in open oceans Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Liu Hui, Ian Probert, Julia Uitz, Hervé Claustre, Stéphane Aris‐Brosou, Miguel J. Frada, Fabrice Not, Colomban de Vargas	2009	216
6	Recommendations for obtaining unbiased chlorophyll estimates from in situ chlorophyll fluorometers: A global analysis of WET Labs ECO sensors Limnology and Oceanography Methods ·Collin S. Roesler, Julia Uitz, Hervé Claustre, Emmanuel Boss, Xiaogang Xing, Emanuele Organelli, Nathan Briggs, Annick Bricaud, Catherine Schmechtig, Antoine Poteau, Fabrizio D’Ortenzio, Joséphine Ras, Susan Drapeau, Nils Haëntjens, Marie Barbieux	2017	211
7	Understanding the seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton biomass and the deep chlorophyll maximum in oligotrophic environments: A Bio‐Argo float investigation Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Alexandre Mignot, Hervé Claustre, Julia Uitz, Antoine Poteau, Fabrizio D’Ortenzio, Xiaogang Xing	2014	180
8	A Consumer's Guide to Satellite Remote Sensing of Multiple Phytoplankton Groups in the Global Ocean Frontiers in Marine Science ·Colleen B. Mouw, Nick J. Hardman-Mountford, S. Alvain, Astrid Bracher, Robert J. W. Brewin, Annick Bricaud, Áurea Maria Ciotti, Emmanuel Devred, Amane Fujiwara, Takafumi Hirata, Toru Hirawake, Tihomir S. Kostadinov, Shovonlal Roy, Julia Uitz	2017	130
9	The microbial carbon pump concept: Potential biogeochemical significance in the globally changing ocean Progress In Oceanography ·Louis Legendre, Richard B. Rivkin, Markus G. Weinbauer, Lionel Guidi, Julia Uitz	2015	130
10	An intercomparison of bio-optical techniques for detecting dominant phytoplankton size class from satellite remote sensing Remote Sensing of Environment ·Robert J. W. Brewin, Nick J. Hardman‐Mountford, Samantha Lavender, ‪Dionysios E. Raitsos, Takafumi Hirata, Julia Uitz, Emmanuel Devred, Annick Bricaud, Áurea Maria Ciotti, Bernard Gentili	2010	121
11	A new look at ocean carbon remineralization for estimating deepwater sequestration Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Lionel Guidi, Louis Legendre, Gabriel Reygondeau, Julia Uitz, Lars Stemmann, Stephanie Henson	2015	112
12	A phytoplankton class-specific primary production model applied to the Kerguelen Islands region (Southern Ocean) Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers ·Julia Uitz, Hervé Claustre, F. Brian Griffiths, Joséphine Ras, Nicole Garcia, Valérie Sandroni	2008	104
13	Correction of pathlength amplification in the filter-pad technique for measurements of particulate absorption coefficient in the visible spectral region Applied Optics ·Dariusz Stramski, Rick A. Reynolds, S.M. Kaczmarek, Julia Uitz, Guangming Zheng	2015	92
14	Assessing phytoplankton community composition from hyperspectral measurements of phytoplankton absorption coefficient and remote-sensing reflectance in open-ocean environments Remote Sensing of Environment ·Julia Uitz, Dariusz Stramski, Rick A. Reynolds, Jean Dubranna	2015	77
15	Estimates of phytoplankton class‐specific and total primary production in the Mediterranean Sea from satellite ocean color observations Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Julia Uitz, Dariusz Stramski, Bernard Gentili, Fabrizio D’Ortenzio, Hervé Claustre	2012	71
16	Assessing the Variability in the Relationship Between the Particulate Backscattering Coefficient and the Chlorophyll a Concentration From a Global Biogeochemical‐Argo Database Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Marie Barbieux, Julia Uitz, Annick Bricaud, Emanuele Organelli, Antoine Poteau, Catherine Schmechtig, Bernard Gentili, Grigor Obolensky, Édouard Leymarie, Christophe Penkerc’h, Fabrizio D’Ortenzio, Hervé Claustre	2017	67
17	A neural network‐based method for merging ocean color and Argo data to extend surface bio‐optical properties to depth: Retrieval of the particulate backscattering coefficient Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Raphaëlle Sauzède, Hervé Claustre, Julia Uitz, Cédric Jamet, Giorgio Dall’Olmo, Fabrizio D’Ortenzio, Bernard Gentili, Antoine Poteau, Catherine Schmechtig	2016	65
18	Assessing Pigment-Based Phytoplankton Community Distributions in the Red Sea Frontiers in Marine Science ·Malika Kheireddine, Mustapha Ouhssain, Hervé Claustre, Julia Uitz, Bernard Gentili, Burton H. Jones	2017	59
19	Multivariate approach for the retrieval of phytoplankton size structure from measured light absorption spectra in the Mediterranean Sea (BOUSSOLE site) Applied Optics ·Emanuele Organelli, Annick Bricaud, David Antoine, Julia Uitz	2013	59
20	Retrieving the vertical distribution of chlorophyll a concentration and phytoplankton community composition from in situ fluorescence profiles: A method based on a neural network with potential for global‐scale applications Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Raphaëlle Sauzède, Hervé Claustre, Cédric Jamet, Julia Uitz, Joséphine Ras, Alexandre Mignot, Fabrizio D’Ortenzio	2015	56

About Julia Uitz

Julia Uitz is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Global and Planetary Change and Process Chemistry and Technology, having authored 56 papers that have together received 4.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (50 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (28 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (20 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (13 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (6 papers), Marine and fisheries research (5 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (3.8k citations), Ecology (1.7k citations), Global and Planetary Change (914 citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (352 citations) and Environmental Chemistry (397 citations). Julia Uitz has collaborated with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Hervé Claustre, Stanford B. Hooker, Bernard Gentili, Joséphine Ras, Dariusz Stramski, Fabrizio D’Ortenzio, Annick Bricaud, Louis Legendre, Antoine Poteau and Richard B. Rivkin. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Frontiers in Marine Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Global Biogeochemical Cycles and Remote Sensing of Environment.

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