Michael W. Lomas

18.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
158 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Michael W. Lomas is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael W. Lomas has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Oceanography, 78 papers in Ecology and 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Michael W. Lomas's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (133 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (81 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (53 papers). Michael W. Lomas is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (133 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (81 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (53 papers). Michael W. Lomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bermuda and United Kingdom. Michael W. Lomas's co-authors include Patricia M. Glibert, Adam C. Martiny, Jasper A. Vrugt, David M. Karl, Sonya T. Dyhrman, S. Bradley Moran, P. G. Falkowski, Jean-Michel Escoubas, Julie LaRoche and François Primeau and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael W. Lomas

155 papers receiving 9.8k 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.

Present and future global distributions of the marine CyanobacteriaProchlorococcusandSynechococcus

2013 1.0k citations David M. Karl, Michael W. Lomas et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Phytoplankton in the ocean use non-phosphorus lipids in response to phosphorus scarcity

2009 595 citations Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy, Sonya T. Dyhrman et al. profile →
Light intensity regulation of cab gene transcription is signaled by the redox state of the plastoquinone pool.

1995 507 citations Michael W. Lomas et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Strong latitudinal patterns in the elemental ratios of marine plankton and organic matter

2013 415 citations Adam C. Martiny, Michael W. Lomas et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michael W. Lomas	7.2k	4.9k	1.8k	1.8k	1.4k	158	10.1k
Daniel J. Repeta	5.3k 0.7×	4.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	114	8.7k
David A. Hutchins	12.3k 1.7×	6.8k 1.4×	3.0k 1.7×	1.8k 1.0×	2.2k 1.6×	228	16.6k
Lucas J. Stal	4.7k 0.7×	5.3k 1.1×	2.9k 1.6×	2.3k 1.3×	574 0.4×	167	10.2k
Stephen C. Maberly	4.4k 0.6×	3.5k 0.7×	3.9k 2.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	186	9.9k
Zoe V. Finkel	5.2k 0.7×	3.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	802 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	102	7.5k
Richard J. Geider	10.2k 1.4×	5.2k 1.1×	2.9k 1.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	111	13.1k
Joseph P. Montoya	6.2k 0.9×	6.8k 1.4×	1.8k 1.0×	921 0.5×	2.3k 1.6×	118	9.9k
Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy	3.7k 0.5×	3.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	931 0.7×	97	7.2k
Antonietta Quigg	4.2k 0.6×	2.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1000 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	175	10.0k
James B. Cotner	3.3k 0.5×	4.7k 1.0×	2.9k 1.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	125	9.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael W. Lomas

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lomas, Michael W., et al.. (2025). Characterization of weakened Haematococcus pluvialis encapsulated in alginate‐based hydrogel. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 105(10). 5494–5506.

Bates, John M., Andrew Bentley, Dori L. Contreras, et al.. (2025). Integrating biological and environmental data to solve key scientific and societal challenges. BioScience. 76(1). 13–20.

Lomas, Michael W., et al.. (2025). Astaxanthin: An overview of its sources, extraction methods, encapsulation techniques, characterization, and bioavailability. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. 21. 101869–101869. 6 indexed citations

Bentley, Andrew, Barbara M. Thiers, William E. Moser, et al.. (2024). Community Action: Planning for Specimen Management in Funding Proposals. BioScience. 74(7). 435–439. 1 indexed citations

Nielsen, Jens M., Noel A. Pelland, Shaun W. Bell, et al.. (2023). Seasonal Dynamics of Primary Production in the Southeastern Bering Sea Assessed Using Continuous Temporal and Vertical Dissolved Oxygen and Chlorophyll‐a Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 128(5). 6 indexed citations

Johnson, Winifred M., Melissa C. Kido Soule, Krista Longnecker, et al.. (2022). Particulate and dissolved metabolite distributions along a latitudinal transect of the western Atlantic Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography. 68(2). 377–393. 10 indexed citations

Tanioka, Tatsuro, Katsumi Matsumoto, & Michael W. Lomas. (2021). Drawdown of Atmospheric pCO ₂ Via Variable Particle Flux Stoichiometry in the Ocean Twilight Zone. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(22). 4 indexed citations

Lomas, Michael W., et al.. (2021). Varying influence of phytoplankton biodiversity and stoichiometric plasticity on bulk particulate stoichiometry across ocean basins. Communications Earth & Environment. 2(1). 25 indexed citations

D’Alelio, Domenico, et al.. (2020). Machine learning identifies a strong association between warming and reduced primary productivity in an oligotrophic ocean gyre. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 3287–3287. 34 indexed citations

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Nettersheim, Benjamin J., Jochen J. Brocks, Arne Schwelm, et al.. (2019). Putative sponge biomarkers in unicellular Rhizaria question an early rise of animals. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(4). 577–581. 60 indexed citations

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Mordy, Calvin W., Allan H. Devol, Lisa B. Eisner, et al.. (2017). Nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics on the inner shelf of the eastern Bering Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 122(3). 2422–2440. 7 indexed citations

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Singh, Arvind, Steven E. Baer, Ulf Riebesell, Adam C. Martiny, & Michael W. Lomas. (2015). C : N : P stoichiometry at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study station in the North Atlantic Ocean. Biogeosciences. 12(21). 6389–6403. 39 indexed citations

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Martin, Patrick, Sonya T. Dyhrman, Michael W. Lomas, Nicole Poulton, & Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy. (2014). Accumulation and enhanced cycling of polyphosphate by Sargasso Sea plankton in response to low phosphorus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(22). 8089–8094. 149 indexed citations

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Bates, N. R., Michael W. Lomas, & Rodney J. Johnson. (2013). The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) enters its twenty-fifth year of ocean observations in the North Atlantic that illustrate change in ocean carbon. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations

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Buitenhuis, Erik T., Daniel Vaulot, Michael W. Lomas, et al.. (2012). Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean. Earth system science data. 4(1). 37–46. 203 indexed citations

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Parsons, Rachel, Mya Breitbart, Michael W. Lomas, & Craig A. Carlson. (2011). Ocean time-series reveals recurring seasonal patterns of virioplankton dynamics in the northwestern Sargasso Sea. The ISME Journal. 6(2). 273–284. 118 indexed citations

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Fawcett, Sarah E., Michael W. Lomas, Bess B. Ward, John R. Casey, & Daniel M. Sigman. (2010). Eukaryotes dominate new production in the Sargasso Sea. AGUFM. 2010. 2 indexed citations

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Orchard, Elizabeth D., Claudia R. Benitez‐Nelson, Perry J. Pellechia, Michael W. Lomas, & Sonya T. Dyhrman. (2010). Polyphosphate in Trichodesmium from the low‐phosphorus Sargasso Sea. Limnology and Oceanography. 55(5). 2161–2169. 74 indexed citations

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Mathis, Jeremy T., Jessica Cross, Nicholas R. Bates, et al.. (2010). Seasonal distribution of dissolved inorganic carbon and net community production on the Bering Sea shelf. Biogeosciences. 7(5). 1769–1787. 46 indexed citations

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Orchard, Elizabeth D., James W. Ammerman, Michael W. Lomas, & Sonya T. Dyhrman. (2010). Dissolved inorganic and organic phosphorus uptake in Trichodesmium and the microbial community: The importance of phosphorus ester in the Sargasso Sea. Limnology and Oceanography. 55(3). 1390–1399. 73 indexed citations

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