Marcus Elvert

9.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Marcus Elvert is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcus Elvert has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 56 papers in Ecology and 43 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Marcus Elvert's work include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (82 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (43 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (41 papers). Marcus Elvert is often cited by papers focused on Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (82 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (43 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (41 papers). Marcus Elvert collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Marcus Elvert's co-authors include Kai‐Uwe Hinrichs, Antje Boëtius, Helge Niemann, Michael J. Whiticar, Erwin Suess, Katrin Knittel, Verena B. Heuer, Julius S. Lipp, Frauke Schmidt and Helen Sturt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Marcus Elvert

107 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Heterotrophic Archaea dominate sedimentary subsurface ecosystems off Peru

2006 548 citations Julius S. Lipp, Marcus Elvert et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marcus Elvert Germany	43	4.8k	3.4k	2.1k	1.8k	1.4k	110	6.9k
Tina Treude Germany	39	3.7k 0.8×	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	98	5.4k
Timothy G. Ferdelman Germany	48	3.6k 0.7×	3.8k 1.1×	969 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	120	7.9k
Ursula Witte United Kingdom	36	2.5k 0.5×	2.7k 0.8×	999 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	91	5.4k
Urumu Tsunogai Japan	41	2.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	730 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	183	5.5k
Christopher S. Martens United States	54	4.5k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	3.0k 1.7×	1.8k 1.3×	103	8.8k
William S. Reeburgh United States	40	5.0k 1.0×	2.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	3.6k 2.0×	2.3k 1.6×	70	8.4k
Walter Michaelis Germany	51	3.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	2.9k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	124	8.6k
Barry A. Cragg United Kingdom	33	3.0k 0.6×	2.8k 0.8×	880 0.4×	764 0.4×	782 0.5×	50	4.5k
Michael J. Whiticar Canada	38	5.6k 1.2×	1.7k 0.5×	3.9k 1.8×	3.5k 2.0×	2.4k 1.6×	85	8.5k
Sabine Kasten Germany	43	2.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	880 0.5×	2.4k 1.7×	131	5.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcus Elvert

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Lin, Yu‐Shih, et al.. (2025). The energy-efficient reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle drives carbon uptake and transfer to higher trophic levels within the Kueishantao shallow-water hydrothermal system. Biogeosciences. 22(7). 1853–1863.

Wegener, Gunter, et al.. (2025). Marine Cold Seep ANME ‐2/ SRB Consortia Produce Their Lipid Biomass From Inorganic Carbon. Environmental Microbiology. 27(12). e70213–e70213.

Yin, Xiuran, Guo‐Wei Zhou, Haihua Wang, et al.. (2024). Unexpected carbon utilization activity of sulfate-reducing microorganisms in temperate and permanently cold marine sediments. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 3 indexed citations

Wei, Bingbing, Michael Seidel, Gesine Mollenhauer, et al.. (2024). Rapid Down‐Slope Transport of Fresh Dissolved Organic Matter to the Deep Ocean in the Eastern North Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(21). 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Qingzeng, Marcus Elvert, Travis B. Meador, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive molecular‐isotopic characterization of archaeal lipids in the Black Sea water column and underlying sediments. Geobiology. 22(2). e12589–e12589. 4 indexed citations

Zhu, Qingzeng, Xiuran Yin, Heidi Taubner, et al.. (2024). Secondary production and priming reshape the organic matter composition in marine sediments. Science Advances. 10(20). eadm8096–eadm8096. 15 indexed citations

Wang, Jinpeng, Bin Zhao, Peng Yao, et al.. (2023). Size-fractionated distribution of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether core lipids in surface sediments of a large-river delta-front estuary. The Science of The Total Environment. 912. 169626–169626. 2 indexed citations

Stief, Peter, Clemens Schauberger, Kevin W. Becker, et al.. (2023). Hydrostatic pressure induces transformations in the organic matter and microbial community composition of marine snow particles. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 7 indexed citations

Zabel, Matthias, Ronnie N. Glud, Hamed Sanei, et al.. (2022). High Carbon Mineralization Rates in Subseafloor Hadal Sediments—Result of Frequent Mass Wasting. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 23(9). 12 indexed citations

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Stief, Peter, Marcus Elvert, & Ronnie N. Glud. (2021). Respiration by “marine snow” at high hydrostatic pressure: Insights from continuous oxygen measurements in a rotating pressure tank. Limnology and Oceanography. 66(7). 2797–2809. 18 indexed citations

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Zhu, Qingzeng, Marcus Elvert, Travis B. Meador, et al.. (2021). Stable carbon isotopic compositions of archaeal lipids constrain terrestrial, planktonic, and benthic sources in marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 307. 319–337. 9 indexed citations

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Wegener, Gunter, et al.. (2021). Sulfate-dependent reversibility of intracellular reactions explains the opposing isotope effects in the anaerobic oxidation of methane. Science Advances. 7(19). 21 indexed citations

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Probst, Alexander J., Felix J. Elling, Cindy J. Castelle, et al.. (2020). Lipid analysis of CO2-rich subsurface aquifers suggests an autotrophy-based deep biosphere with lysolipids enriched in CPR bacteria. The ISME Journal. 14(6). 1547–1560. 29 indexed citations

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Wu, Weichao, Travis B. Meador, Martin Könneke, et al.. (2020). Substrate‐dependent incorporation of carbon and hydrogen for lipid biosynthesis by Methanosarcina barkeri. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 12(5). 555–567. 16 indexed citations

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Yin, Xiuran, Weichao Wu, Tim Richter‐Heitmann, et al.. (2019). CO 2 conversion to methane and biomass in obligate methylotrophic methanogens in marine sediments. The ISME Journal. 13(8). 2107–2119. 33 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Guangchao, Verena B. Heuer, Cassandre Sara Lazar, et al.. (2018). Relative importance of methylotrophic methanogenesis in sediments of the Western Mediterranean Sea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 224. 171–186. 81 indexed citations

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Roos, Per, et al.. (2017). Pacific Proving Grounds radioisotope imprint in the Philippine Sea sediments. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 186. 131–141. 7 indexed citations

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Kellermann, Matthias Y., Gunter Wegener, Marcus Elvert, et al.. (2012). Autotrophy as a predominant mode of carbon fixation in anaerobic methane-oxidizing microbial communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(47). 19321–19326. 117 indexed citations

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Elvert, Marcus, Antje Boëtius, Katrin Knittel, & Bo Barker Jørgensen. (2003). Characterization of specific membrane fatty acids as chemotaxonomic markers for sulfatereducing bacteria of the genus Desulfosarcina/Desulfococcus involved in anaerobic oxidation of methane.. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 4 indexed citations

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Treude, Tina, Antje Boëtius, Katrin Knittel, et al.. (2003). Anaerobic oxidation of methane at Hydrate Ridge (OR). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 67(18). 491. 5 indexed citations

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