Nancy N. Rabalais

30.3k total citations · 10 hit papers
168 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

Nancy N. Rabalais is a scholar working on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy N. Rabalais has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Oceanography, 54 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 51 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Nancy N. Rabalais's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (103 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (45 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (27 papers). Nancy N. Rabalais is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (103 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (45 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (27 papers). Nancy N. Rabalais collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Nancy N. Rabalais's co-authors include R. Eugene Turner, Dubravko Justić, William J. Wiseman, Quay Dortch, Robert J. Díaz, J. Zhang, Lisa A. Levin, Denis Gilbert, Donald Scavia and Barun K. Sen Gupta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Nancy N. Rabalais

167 papers receiving 17.5k citations

Hit Papers

Climate Change Impacts on... 1991 2026 2002 2014 2011 2002 2010 2009 1996 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
    2011 2.1k citations Nancy N. Rabalais et al. profile →
  2. Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia, A.K.A. “The Dead Zone”
    2002 964 citations Nancy N. Rabalais, R. Eugene Turner et al. profile →
  3. Dynamics and distribution of natural and human-caused hypoxia
    2010 907 citations Nancy N. Rabalais, Lisa A. Levin et al. Biogeosciences profile →
  4. Global change and eutrophication of coastal waters
    2009 827 citations Nancy N. Rabalais, R. Eugene Turner et al. profile →
  5. Nutrient Changes in the Mississippi River and System Responses on the Adjacent Continental Shelf
    1996 621 citations Nancy N. Rabalais, R. Eugene Turner et al. profile →
  6. Nitrogen in Aquatic Ecosystems
    2002 617 citations Nancy N. Rabalais profile →
  7. Coastal eutrophication near the Mississippi river delta
    1994 588 citations R. Eugene Turner, Nancy N. Rabalais profile →
  8. Effects of natural and human-induced hypoxia on coastal benthos
    2009 557 citations Lisa A. Levin, Werner Ekau et al. Biogeosciences profile →
  9. Changes in nutrient structure of river-dominated coastal waters: stoichiometric nutrient balance and its consequences
    1995 539 citations Dubravko Justić, Nancy N. Rabalais et al. profile →
  10. Changes in Mississippi River Water Quality This Century
    1991 501 citations R. Eugene Turner, Nancy N. Rabalais profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nancy N. Rabalais United States 64 10.9k 6.7k 5.4k 4.7k 2.4k 168 18.6k
R. Eugene Turner United States 70 9.0k 0.8× 8.5k 1.3× 5.3k 1.0× 4.5k 1.0× 2.6k 1.1× 236 19.6k
Daniel J. Conley Sweden 69 8.7k 0.8× 5.5k 0.8× 6.1k 1.1× 2.7k 0.6× 1.9k 0.8× 212 19.2k
Yves T. Prairie Canada 55 7.2k 0.7× 5.1k 0.8× 5.5k 1.0× 4.7k 1.0× 2.3k 1.0× 141 14.0k
Patricia M. Glibert United States 69 14.7k 1.4× 8.6k 1.3× 8.4k 1.5× 3.4k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 216 21.2k
James E. Cloern United States 61 10.6k 1.0× 6.8k 1.0× 3.3k 0.6× 5.5k 1.2× 1.2k 0.5× 157 15.8k
Jonathan J. Cole United States 75 12.6k 1.2× 11.2k 1.7× 8.3k 1.5× 5.7k 1.2× 2.0k 0.8× 158 22.0k
Peter A. Raymond United States 71 10.9k 1.0× 7.6k 1.1× 7.3k 1.3× 6.2k 1.3× 3.7k 1.5× 183 22.5k
Iván Valiela United States 67 8.8k 0.8× 11.9k 1.8× 2.6k 0.5× 4.5k 1.0× 767 0.3× 274 18.2k
John M. Mélack United States 80 7.7k 0.7× 9.6k 1.4× 7.5k 1.4× 9.0k 1.9× 5.9k 2.4× 343 25.2k
N. F. Caraco United States 17 4.4k 0.4× 4.7k 0.7× 6.0k 1.1× 2.2k 0.5× 3.3k 1.4× 18 12.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pannard, Alexandrine, Philippe Souchu, Christian Chauvin, et al.. (2024). Why are there so many definitions of eutrophication?. Ecological Monographs. 94(3). 7 indexed citations
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Turner, R. Eugene, et al.. (2024). A temperature tipping point in hypoxic zone size. Limnology and Oceanography. 69(12). 2954–2962. 1 indexed citations
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Keppeler, Friedrich W., James R. Junker, Annette Summers Engel, et al.. (2023). Can biodiversity of preexisting and created salt marshes match across scales? An assessment from microbes to predators. Ecosphere. 14(3). 3 indexed citations
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Howe, Kathryn L., Kiley W. Seitz, Brett J. Baker, et al.. (2022). Metagenomics and metatranscriptomics reveal broadly distributed, active, novel methanotrophs in the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone and in the marine water column. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 99(2). 8 indexed citations
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Quiñones‐Rivera, Zoraida J., Björn Wissel, R. Eugene Turner, et al.. (2022). Divergent effects of biological and physical processes on dissolved oxygen and dissolved inorganic carbon dynamics on a eutrophied and hypoxic continental shelf. Limnology and Oceanography. 67(11). 2603–2616. 3 indexed citations
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Ren, Ling, Nancy N. Rabalais, & R. Eugene Turner. (2020). Effects of Mississippi River water on phytoplankton growth and composition in the upper Barataria estuary, Louisiana. Hydrobiologia. 847(8). 1831–1850. 15 indexed citations
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Thrash, J. Cameron, et al.. (2019). Extent of the annual Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone influences microbial community structure. PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0209055–e0209055. 19 indexed citations
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Du, Jiabi, Kyeong Park, Jian Shen, et al.. (2019). A hydrodynamic model for Galveston Bay and the shelf in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Ocean science. 15(4). 951–966. 26 indexed citations
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Baustian, Melissa M., et al.. (2018). The polychaete, Paraprionospio pinnata, is a likely vector of domoic acid to the benthic food web in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Harmful Algae. 79. 44–49. 9 indexed citations
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Hu, Xinping, Qian Li, Wei‐Jen Huang, et al.. (2017). Effects of eutrophication and benthic respiration on water column carbonate chemistry in a traditional hypoxic zone in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Chemistry. 194. 33–42. 28 indexed citations
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Turner, R. Eugene, Nancy N. Rabalais, & Dubravko Justić. (2017). Trends in summer bottom-water temperatures on the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf from 1985 to 2015. PLoS ONE. 12(9). e0184350–e0184350. 31 indexed citations
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Polito, Michael J., Paola C. López‐Duarte, Jill A. Olin, et al.. (2017). Quantifying Trophic Interactions and Carbon Flow in Louisiana Salt Marshes Using Multiple Biomarkers. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Luo, Zhaohe, Bernd Krock, Kenneth Neil Mertens, et al.. (2016). Morphology, molecular phylogeny and azaspiracid profile of Azadinium poporum (Dinophyceae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Harmful Algae. 55. 56–65. 24 indexed citations
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Parsons, M. L., et al.. (2015). Phytoplankton and the Macondo oil spill: A comparison of the 2010 phytoplankton assemblage to baseline conditions on the Louisiana shelf. Environmental Pollution. 207. 152–160. 48 indexed citations
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Turner, R. Eugene, Nancy N. Rabalais, & Dubravko Justić. (2011). Predicting summer hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Redux. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 64(2). 319–324. 118 indexed citations
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Rabalais, Nancy N., et al.. (2011). Seasonal microphytobenthos on the hypoxic northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 436. 51–66. 17 indexed citations
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Levin, Lisa A., Werner Ekau, Andrew J. Gooday, et al.. (2009). Effects of natural and human-induced hypoxia on coastal benthos. Biogeosciences. 6(10). 2063–2098. 557 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rabalais, Nancy N., et al.. (2001). Coastal Hypoxia: Consequences for Living Resources and Ecosystems. 384 indexed citations
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Rabalais, Nancy N., Brian E. Cole, Ken Heck, et al.. (1995). Settlement of Callinectes sapidus megalopae on artificial collectors in four Gulf of Mexico estuaries. Bulletin of Marine Science. 57(3). 855–876. 66 indexed citations
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Boesch, Donald F. & Nancy N. Rabalais. (1989). Analysis of impacts: Produced waters in sensitive coastal habitats. Central coastal Gulf of Mexico. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 71(2). 94–109. 1 indexed citations

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