Karim Benzerara

12.0k total citations
168 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Karim Benzerara is a scholar working on Paleontology, Biomaterials and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karim Benzerara has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Paleontology, 44 papers in Biomaterials and 43 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Karim Benzerara's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (76 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (40 papers) and Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (36 papers). Karim Benzerara is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (76 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (40 papers) and Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (36 papers). Karim Benzerara collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Mexico. Karim Benzerara's co-authors include Purificación López‐García, François Guyot, Olivier Beyssac, David Moreira, Sylvain Bernard, Gordon E. Brown, Nicolas Menguy, Jennyfer Miot, Fériel Skouri‐Panet and Guillaume Morin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Karim Benzerara

162 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karim Benzerara France 49 2.2k 1.6k 1.3k 1.3k 1.3k 168 7.5k
F. G. Ferris Canada 55 1.9k 0.9× 2.4k 1.5× 915 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 117 9.3k
Christophe Dupraz United States 29 3.8k 1.7× 1.4k 0.9× 429 0.3× 1.4k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 47 6.3k
Liane G. Benning United Kingdom 63 1.4k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 831 0.6× 2.2k 1.6× 2.9k 2.2× 257 13.3k
Pieter T. Visscher United States 52 4.3k 1.9× 1.8k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 3.5k 2.6× 1.3k 1.0× 147 10.7k
Susan A. Welch United States 33 690 0.3× 1.8k 1.1× 533 0.4× 867 0.7× 977 0.8× 115 7.2k
Huifang Xu United States 55 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 457 0.3× 399 0.3× 1.1k 0.9× 257 10.7k
Gordon Southam Australia 60 1.1k 0.5× 2.1k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 710 0.6× 264 11.7k
R. Pamela Reid United States 37 3.7k 1.7× 1.2k 0.7× 523 0.4× 2.1k 1.6× 839 0.7× 80 6.7k
François Guyot France 65 915 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 657 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 291 13.0k
Christopher S. Romanek United States 41 1.3k 0.6× 893 0.5× 976 0.7× 2.4k 1.8× 408 0.3× 133 6.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karim Benzerara

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Benzerara, Karim, Giovanna Rosa Fois, Stefania Viola, et al.. (2025). Exploring the potential of Gloeomargarita lithophora for radionuclides bioremediation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 492. 138155–138155. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yanyang, Yuanjia Han, Xiao Gao, et al.. (2025). The Monomolecular-Layer Selective Adsorption of Amino Acids on Microbial Proto-Dolomite Induced by the Cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya Boryana. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 9(7). 1946–1957. 1 indexed citations
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Thomazo, Christophe, Miguel Iniesto, Didier Jézéquel, et al.. (2025). Untangling the Primary Biotic and Abiotic Controls on Oxygen, Inorganic and Organic Carbon Isotope Signals in Modern Microbialites. Geobiology. 23(1). e70012–e70012. 2 indexed citations
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Benzerara, Karim, et al.. (2023). The chemical conditions necessary for the formation of microbialites. Geochemical Perspectives Letters. 25. 30–35. 7 indexed citations
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Bouchez, Julien, Kirsten van Zuilen, Harold J. Bradbury, et al.. (2023). Barium and strontium isotope fractionation by cyanobacteria forming intracellular carbonates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 356. 165–178. 14 indexed citations
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Thomazo, Christophe, Miguel Iniesto, Didier Jézéquel, et al.. (2023). Biogeochemical processes captured by carbon isotopes in redox-stratified water columns: a comparative study of four modern stratified lakes along an alkalinity gradient. Biogeosciences. 20(12). 2347–2367. 5 indexed citations
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Frutos, M. de, Imène Esteve, Marie Albéric, et al.. (2023). Chemical and Structural Insights of the Nano Organo–Mineral Interfaces in Growing Abalone Nacre. Chemistry of Materials. 35(15). 6059–6069. 2 indexed citations
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Chevrier, Daniel M., Amélie Juhin, Nicolas Menguy, et al.. (2023). Collective magnetotaxis of microbial holobionts is optimized by the three-dimensional organization and magnetic properties of ectosymbionts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(10). e2216975120–e2216975120. 10 indexed citations
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Ackerer, Philippe, et al.. (2023). Linking calcite surface roughness resulting from dissolution to the saturation state of the bulk solution. Chemical Geology. 637. 121680–121680. 6 indexed citations
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Benzerara, Karim, Élodie Duprat, Tristan Bitard‐Feildel, et al.. (2022). A New Gene Family Diagnostic for Intracellular Biomineralization of Amorphous Ca Carbonates by Cyanobacteria. Genome Biology and Evolution. 14(3). 22 indexed citations
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Li, Jinhua, Peiyu Liu, Nicolas Menguy, et al.. (2022). Intracellular silicification by early-branching magnetotactic bacteria. Science Advances. 8(19). eabn6045–eabn6045. 22 indexed citations
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Halary, Sébastien, Cécile Bernard, Charlotte Duval, et al.. (2022). Widespread formation of intracellular calcium carbonates by the bloom‐forming cyanobacterium Microcystis . Environmental Microbiology. 25(3). 751–765. 7 indexed citations
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Muller, Élodie, Magali Ader, Giovanni Aloisi, et al.. (2022). Successive Modes of Carbonate Precipitation in Microbialites along the Hydrothermal Spring of La Salsa in Laguna Pastos Grandes (Bolivian Altiplano). Geosciences. 12(2). 88–88. 4 indexed citations
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Bernard, Sylvain, Pierre Guériau, Cristian Mocuta, et al.. (2019). Exceptional preservation requires fast biodegradation: thylacocephalan specimens from La Voulte‐sur‐Rhône (Callovian, Jurassic, France). Palaeontology. 63(3). 395–413. 17 indexed citations
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Beyssac, Olivier, M. Gauthier, A. Fau, et al.. (2017). Nanosecond Time-Resolved Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Insights for Mineral and Organics Characterization. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1545. 1 indexed citations
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Engrand, C., J. Duprat, E. Dartois, et al.. (2016). Variations in cometary dust composition fromGiottotoRosetta, clues to their formation mechanisms. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 462(Suppl 1). S323–S330. 21 indexed citations
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Miot, Jennyfer, Jinhua Li, Karim Benzerara, et al.. (2014). Formation of single domain magnetite by green rust oxidation promoted by microbial anaerobic nitrate-dependent iron oxidation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 139. 327–343. 58 indexed citations
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Miot, Jennyfer, Karim Benzerara, Neil R. Banerjee, et al.. (2007). Study at the nanoscale of the alteration of submarine basaltic glass from the Ontong Java Plateau. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 71. 1 indexed citations
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Benzerara, Karim, Virginie Chapon, David Moreira, et al.. (2006). Microbial diversity on the Tatahouine meteorite. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 41(8). 1249–1265. 21 indexed citations

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