Louis A. Kaplan

13.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
147 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Louis A. Kaplan is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Louis A. Kaplan has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 35 papers in Ecology and 32 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Louis A. Kaplan's work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (34 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (32 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (20 papers). Louis A. Kaplan is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (34 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (32 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (20 papers). Louis A. Kaplan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Canada. Louis A. Kaplan's co-authors include J. Denis Newbold, Tom J. Battin, Thomas L. Bott, K. E. Wilzbach, A. K. Aufdenkampe, Lars J. Tranvik, Andreas Richter, Sebastiaan Luyssaert, Patrick G. Hatcher and Aaron I. Packman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Louis A. Kaplan

146 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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 boundless carbon cycle

2009 1.2k citations Tom J. Battin, Sebastiaan Luyssaert et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
Biophysical controls on organic carbon fluxes in fluvial networks

2008 1.1k citations Tom J. Battin, Louis A. Kaplan et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
Contributions of microbial biofilms to ecosystem processes in stream mesocosms

2003 559 citations Tom J. Battin, Louis A. Kaplan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Louis A. Kaplan United States	55	3.6k	3.2k	2.8k	1.9k	1.3k	147	10.3k
M. Schnitzer Canada	64	3.7k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	279 0.2×	299	17.6k
J.P. Riley United Kingdom	50	4.9k 1.4×	8.5k 2.7×	5.0k 1.8×	2.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	184	27.9k
Klaus Kaiser Germany	61	4.6k 1.3×	4.7k 1.5×	1.4k 0.5×	873 0.5×	551 0.4×	210	15.5k
William D. Taylor Canada	45	3.0k 0.8×	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	675 0.4×	1.6k 1.3×	209	7.0k
Lars Peter Nielsen Denmark	61	5.2k 1.4×	3.7k 1.2×	4.1k 1.5×	791 0.4×	227 0.2×	149	13.4k
Richard G. Zepp United States	60	2.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	4.9k 1.8×	3.0k 1.6×	180 0.1×	164	14.5k
Patrick G. Hatcher United States	93	7.0k 1.9×	3.3k 1.0×	6.4k 2.3×	1.5k 0.8×	338 0.3×	398	26.7k
John Strickland United States	34	5.7k 1.6×	4.0k 1.3×	10.1k 3.6×	1.0k 0.5×	862 0.7×	68	15.8k
George W. Luther United States	80	4.0k 1.1×	5.3k 1.7×	5.6k 2.0×	2.4k 1.2×	162 0.1×	288	22.4k
Norbert Hertkorn Germany	53	3.6k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	3.7k 1.3×	783 0.4×	121 0.1×	144	10.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kaplan, Louis A., et al.. (2025). Seasonal and longitudinal dynamics of DOM within headwater streams of a tropical evergreen forest. Water Research. 281. 123668–123668.

Bier, Raven L., Jennifer J. Mosher, Louis A. Kaplan, & Jinjun Kan. (2023). Spatial scale impacts microbial community composition and distribution within and across stream ecosystems in North and Central America. Environmental Microbiology. 25(10). 1860–1874. 1 indexed citations

Kan, Jinjun, et al.. (2021). Spatial Variability in Streambed Microbial Community Structure across Two Watersheds. Microbiology Spectrum. 9(3). e0197221–e0197221. 4 indexed citations

Sleighter, Rachel L., Rose M. Cory, Louis A. Kaplan, Hussain Abdulla, & Patrick G. Hatcher. (2014). A Coupled Geochemical and Biogeochemical Approach to Characterize the Bioreactivity of Dissolved Organic Matter From a Headwater Stream. ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University). 1 indexed citations

Mosher, Jennifer J., Erin Bernberg, О. Г. Шевченко, Jinjun Kan, & Louis A. Kaplan. (2013). Efficacy of a 3rd generation high-throughput sequencing platform for analyses of 16S rRNA genes from environmental samples. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 95(2). 175–181. 103 indexed citations

Battin, Tom J., Sebastiaan Luyssaert, Louis A. Kaplan, et al.. (2009). The boundless carbon cycle. Nature Geoscience. 2(9). 598–600. 1223 indexed citations breakdown →

Kaplan, Louis A., Tracy N. Wiegner, J. Denis Newbold, Peggy H. Ostrom, & Hasand Gandhi. (2008). Untangling the complex issue of dissolved organic carbon uptake: a stable isotope approach. Freshwater Biology. 53(5). 855–864. 71 indexed citations

Gandhi, Hasand, Tracy N. Wiegner, Peggy H. Ostrom, Louis A. Kaplan, & Nathaniel E. Ostrom. (2004). Isotopic ( ¹³ C) analysis of dissolved organic carbon in stream water using an elemental analyzer coupled to a stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 18(8). 903–906. 38 indexed citations

Standley, Laurel J., Louis A. Kaplan, & Darrell B. Smith. (2000). Molecular Tracers of Organic Matter Sources to Surface Water Resources. Environmental Science & Technology. 34(15). 3124–3130. 112 indexed citations

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Newbold, J. Denis, Thomas L. Bott, Louis A. Kaplan, Bernard W. Sweeney, & Robin L. Vannote. (1997). Organic Matter Dynamics in White Clay Creek, Pennsylvania, USA. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 16(1). 46–50. 62 indexed citations

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Bott, Thomas L. & Louis A. Kaplan. (1990). Potential for Protozoan Grazing of Bacteria in Streambed Sediments. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 9(4). 336–345. 40 indexed citations

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Muscatello, Anthony C., E. Philip Horwitz, Dale G. Kalina, & Louis A. Kaplan. (1982). The Extraction of Am(III) and Eu(III) from Aqueous Ammonium Thiocyanate by Dihexyl-N,N-diethylcarbamoylmethylphosphonate and Related Compounds. Separation Science and Technology. 17(6). 859–875. 33 indexed citations

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Kalina, Dale G., E. Philip Horwitz, Louis A. Kaplan, & Anthony C. Muscatello. (1981). The Extraction of Am(III) and Fe(III) by Selected Dihexyl N,N-Dialkylcarbamoylmethyl-phosphonates, -Phosphinates and -Phosphine Oxides from Nitrate Media. Separation Science and Technology. 16(9). 1127–1145. 89 indexed citations

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Horwitz, E. Philip, Anthony C. Muscatello, Dale G. Kalina, & Louis A. Kaplan. (1981). The Extraction of Selected Transplutonium(III) and Lanthanide(III) Ions by Dihexyl-N, N-diethylcarbamoylmethylphosphonate from Aqueous Nitrate Media. Separation Science and Technology. 16(4). 417–437. 113 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Louis A., Laura Wendling, & K. E. Wilzbach. (1971). Photooxidation of aqueous benzene. I. Identification of the product as 1,3-cyclopentadiene-1-carboxaldehyde. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 93(15). 3819–3820. 20 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Louis A. & K. E. Wilzbach. (1968). Photolysis of benzene vapor. Benzvalene formation at wavelengths 2537-2370 A. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 90(12). 3291–3292. 85 indexed citations

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Wilzbach, K. E. & Louis A. Kaplan. (1964). Photoisomerization of Dialkylbenzenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 86(11). 2307–2308. 46 indexed citations

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Roth, Lloyd J., K. E. Wilzbach, Alfred Heller, & Louis A. Kaplan. (1959). Tritium-Labeled Meprobamate**University of Chicago, Dept. of Pharmacology, Chicago 37, Ill., and Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Ill. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (Scientific ed ). 48(7). 415–416. 5 indexed citations

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Wilzbach, K. E., et al.. (1954). Determination of Tritium by Ion Current Measurement. Analytical Chemistry. 26(5). 880–883. 36 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Louis A., et al.. (1952). Some Properties of Iron Biscyclopentadienyl. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74(21). 5531–5532. 50 indexed citations

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