Karen McLaughlin

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Karen McLaughlin is a scholar working on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen McLaughlin has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Oceanography, 12 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Karen McLaughlin's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (26 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (13 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (9 papers). Karen McLaughlin is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (26 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (13 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (9 papers). Karen McLaughlin collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Karen McLaughlin's co-authors include Adina Paytan, Carol Kendall, Barbara J. Cade‐Menun, M. B. Young, Kristina L Faul, Robert Brown, Martha Sutula, Steven Silva, Mark Rollog and Meredith D.A. Howard and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Karen McLaughlin

44 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

The Oceanic Phosphorus Cycle

2007 623 citations Adina Paytan, Karen McLaughlin profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen McLaughlin United States	19	934	702	510	298	233	45	2.0k
Falk Pollehne Germany	26	1.2k 1.2×	508 0.7×	674 1.3×	463 1.6×	234 1.0×	53	2.1k
Tobias Goldhammer Germany	23	404 0.4×	754 1.1×	705 1.4×	249 0.8×	333 1.4×	60	1.7k
Brian T. Glazer United States	22	553 0.6×	572 0.8×	614 1.2×	470 1.6×	126 0.5×	29	1.9k
Anders Tengberg Sweden	26	1.3k 1.4×	487 0.7×	583 1.1×	224 0.8×	260 1.1×	60	2.0k
Morten Larsen Denmark	26	581 0.6×	456 0.6×	804 1.6×	135 0.5×	165 0.7×	40	2.2k
Cédric Morana Belgium	19	930 1.0×	665 0.9×	612 1.2×	152 0.5×	567 2.4×	38	1.6k
Edward C. V. Butler Australia	30	800 0.9×	415 0.6×	794 1.6×	169 0.6×	341 1.5×	77	2.5k
Nengwang Chen China	33	946 1.0×	992 1.4×	972 1.9×	280 0.9×	327 1.4×	125	2.8k
Eduardo Vicente Spain	26	854 0.9×	957 1.4×	895 1.8×	116 0.4×	215 0.9×	122	2.1k
Stefano Bonaglia Sweden	26	1.2k 1.3×	641 0.9×	1.2k 2.4×	296 1.0×	530 2.3×	81	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen McLaughlin

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Gray, Andrew B., Hannah Hapich, Win Cowger, et al.. (2025). Microplastic pollution in the water column and benthic sediment of the San Pedro Bay, California, USA. Environmental Research. 269. 120866–120866. 9 indexed citations

Kessouri, Fayçal, Martha Sutula, Daniele Bianchi, et al.. (2024). Cross-shore transport and eddies promote large scale response to urban eutrophication. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 7240–7240. 3 indexed citations

Petrik, Colleen M., et al.. (2024). The persistent DDT footprint of ocean disposal, and ecological controls on bioaccumulation in fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(45). e2401500121–e2401500121. 3 indexed citations

McLaughlin, Karen, Raphael D. Mazor, Martha Sutula, & Kenneth Schiff. (2023). Regional assessment of trash in Southern California coastal watersheds, United States. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 11. 2 indexed citations

Smith, J. L., Meredith D.A. Howard, George Robertson, et al.. (2021). Persistent domoic acid in marine sediments and benthic infauna along the coast of Southern California. Harmful Algae. 108. 102103–102103. 7 indexed citations

Sutula, Martha, et al.. (2021). Dataset of terrestrial fluxes of freshwater, nutrients, carbon, and iron to the Southern California Bight, U.S.A.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 35. 106802–106802. 7 indexed citations

Sutula, Martha, et al.. (2021). A baseline of terrestrial freshwater and nitrogen fluxes to the Southern California Bight, USA. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 170. 112669–112669. 14 indexed citations

Du‌, Bowen, Wenjian Lao, Charles S. Wong, Karen McLaughlin, & Kenneth Schiff. (2021). Scrutinizing surficial sediment along a 600-km-long urban coastal zone: Occurrence and risk assessment of fipronil and its three degradates. The Science of The Total Environment. 807(Pt 3). 151071–151071. 6 indexed citations

Bednaršek, Nina, Richard A. Feely, Ella L. Howes, et al.. (2019). Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Toward Synthesis of Thresholds of Ocean Acidification Impacts on Calcifying Pteropods and Interactions With Warming. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6. 81 indexed citations

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Nezlin, Nikolay P., Karen McLaughlin, J. Ashley T. Booth, et al.. (2017). Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Chlorophyll Concentration in the Southern California Bight. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(1). 231–245. 8 indexed citations

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McLaughlin, Karen, Stephen B. Weisberg, Andrew G. Dickson, et al.. (2015). Core Principles of the California Current Acidification Network: Linking Chemistry, Physics, and Ecological Effects. Oceanography. 25(2). 160–169. 48 indexed citations

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McLaughlin, Karen, Stephen B. Weisberg, Andrew Dickson, Gretchen E. Hofmann, & Jan Newton. (2013). California Current Acidification Network (C-CAN). 1 indexed citations

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Sanders, Brett F., et al.. (2008). Treatment of Dry Weather Urban Runoff in Tidal Saltwater Marshes: A Longitudinal Study of the Talbert Marsh in Southern California. Environmental Science & Technology. 42(10). 3609–3614. 9 indexed citations

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McLaughlin, Karen, et al.. (2007). Use of salinity mixing models to estimate the contribution of creek water fecal indicator bacteria to an estuarine environment: Newport Bay, California. Water Research. 41(16). 3595–3604. 13 indexed citations

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McLaughlin, Karen, Carol Kendall, Steven R. Silva, M. B. Young, & Adina Paytan. (2006). Phosphate oxygen isotope ratios as a tracer for sources and cycling of phosphate in North San Francisco Bay, California. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(G3). 69 indexed citations

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McLaughlin, Karen, Francisco P. Chávez, J. Timothy Pennington, & Adina Paytan. (2006). A time series investigation of the oxygen isotopic composition of dissolved inorganic phosphate in Monterey Bay, California. Limnology and Oceanography. 51(5). 2370–2379. 20 indexed citations

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McLaughlin, Karen, Steven Silva, Carol Kendall, Hilary Stuart‐Williams, & Adina Paytan. (2004). A precise method for the analysis of δ¹⁸O of dissolved inorganic phosphate in seawater. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 2(7). 202–212. 91 indexed citations

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Paytan, Adina, Barbara J. Cade‐Menun, Karen McLaughlin, & Kristina L Faul. (2003). Selective phosphorus regeneration of sinking marine particles: evidence from 31P-NMR. Marine Chemistry. 82(1-2). 55–70. 138 indexed citations

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McLaughlin, Karen, et al.. (1993). Binding activities of cis‐platin‐damage‐recognition proteins in human tumour cell lines. International Journal of Cancer. 53(4). 662–666. 11 indexed citations

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Bissett, D., et al.. (1993). Cisplatin-DNA damage recognition proteins in human tumour extracts. British Journal of Cancer. 67(4). 742–748. 16 indexed citations

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