Pieter T. Visscher

14.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
147 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Pieter T. Visscher is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Pieter T. Visscher has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Paleontology, 52 papers in Ecology and 43 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Pieter T. Visscher's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (55 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (43 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (31 papers). Pieter T. Visscher is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (55 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (43 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (31 papers). Pieter T. Visscher collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Pieter T. Visscher's co-authors include Christophe Dupraz, R. Pamela Reid, Alan W. Decho, Olivier Braissant, R. Sean Norman, Hans van Gemerden, John F. Stolz, Brad M. Bebout, Laura K. Baumgartner and Ronald P. Kiene and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Pieter T. Visscher

145 papers receiving 10.5k 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.

Processes of carbonate precipitation in modern microbial mats

2008 1.2k citations Christophe Dupraz, Olivier Braissant et al. profile →
Microbial lithification in marine stromatolites and hypersaline mats

2005 603 citations Christophe Dupraz, Pieter T. Visscher Trends in Microbiology profile →
The role of microbes in accretion, lamination and early lithification of modern marine stromatolites

2000 596 citations Pieter T. Visscher, Alan W. Decho et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pieter T. Visscher United States	52	4.3k	3.5k	2.7k	2.3k	1.8k	147	10.7k
André Mariotti France	71	3.5k 0.8×	7.7k 2.2×	2.9k 1.1×	3.2k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	174	17.3k
Liane G. Benning United Kingdom	63	1.4k 0.3×	2.2k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	2.9k 1.3×	940 0.5×	257	13.3k
Lorenz Schwark Germany	55	3.5k 0.8×	3.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	3.3k 1.4×	776 0.4×	203	11.6k
Kurt O. Konhauser Canada	66	8.2k 1.9×	1.6k 0.5×	2.6k 1.0×	3.1k 1.3×	842 0.5×	334	16.9k
Fred T. Mackenzie United States	65	2.3k 0.5×	3.7k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	3.1k 1.4×	5.8k 3.2×	161	14.4k
R. Pamela Reid United States	37	3.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	80	6.7k
Eric Roden United States	67	1.9k 0.4×	2.3k 0.7×	4.1k 1.5×	892 0.4×	670 0.4×	174	13.7k
William M. Berelson United States	55	2.4k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	4.1k 2.2×	160	9.0k
Joachim Reitner Germany	53	4.5k 1.0×	2.4k 0.7×	3.3k 1.2×	2.9k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	287	10.5k
Wolfgang E. Krumbein Germany	50	1.9k 0.4×	1.8k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	160	7.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Visscher, Pieter T., Christophe Dupraz, Olivier Braissant, et al.. (2026). A critical role of heterotrophic bacteria in early diagenesis of carbonates through exopolymer degradation and calcium release. The Depositional Record. 12(1).

Kranendonk, Martin J. Van, Stefano Caruso, Kathleen A. Campbell, et al.. (2024). Pyritic stromatolites from the Paleoarchean Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton: Resolving biogenicity and hydrothermally influenced ecosystem dynamics. Geobiology. 22(4). e12610–e12610. 5 indexed citations

Visscher, Pieter T., et al.. (2023). Viral enumeration using cost-effective wet-mount epifluorescence microscopy for aquatic ecosystems and modern microbialites. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 89(12). e0174423–e0174423. 2 indexed citations

Vennin, Emmanuelle, Anthony Bouton, Emmanuelle Gérard, et al.. (2021). The Limagne Basin: a journey through modern and fossil microbial deposits. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 192. 41–41. 5 indexed citations

Bourillot, Raphaël, Pierre Pellenard, Johann Schnyder, et al.. (2020). Formation of microbial organic carbonates during the Late Jurassic from the Northern Tethys (Amu Darya Basin, Uzbekistan): Implications for Jurassic anoxic events. Global and Planetary Change. 186. 103127–103127. 9 indexed citations

Vennin, Emmanuelle, et al.. (2019). Carbonate Precipitation in Mixed Cyanobacterial Biofilms Forming Freshwater Microbial Tufa. Minerals. 9(7). 409–409. 14 indexed citations

Bouton, Anthony, Emmanuelle Vennin, Raphaël Bourillot, et al.. (2016). Linking the distribution of microbial deposits from the Great Salt Lake(Utah, USA) to tectonic and climatic processes. Biogeosciences. 13(19). 5511–5526. 45 indexed citations

Visscher, Pieter T.. (2014). THE ROLE OF ARSENIC CYCLING IN CARBONATE PRECIPITATION IN MICROBIALITES THROUGH TIME. 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014). 2 indexed citations

Sforna, Marie-Catherine, Pascal Philippot, Andréa Somogyi, et al.. (2014). Evidence for arsenic metabolism and cycling by microorganisms 2.7 billion years ago. Nature Geoscience. 7(11). 811–815. 84 indexed citations

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Gallagher, Kimberley L., Christophe Dupraz, & Pieter T. Visscher. (2013). Two opposing effects of sulfate reduction on carbonate precipitation in normal marine, hypersaline, and alkaline environments: COMMENT. Geology. 42(1). e313–e314. 42 indexed citations

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Gallagher, Kimberley L., et al.. (2010). Growth and Mineralization of a Biofilm of Sulfate-reducing Bacteria: Laboratory Microbialites?. LPICo. 1538. 5498. 1 indexed citations

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Decho, Alan W., R. Sean Norman, & Pieter T. Visscher. (2010). Quorum sensing in natural environments: emerging views from microbial mats. Trends in Microbiology. 18(2). 73–80. 121 indexed citations

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Dupraz, Christophe & Pieter T. Visscher. (2009). Interactions in the Geo-Biosphere: Processes of Carbonate Precipitation in Microbial Mats. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Marvasi, Massimiliano, Pieter T. Visscher, Brunella Perito, Giorgio Mastromei, & Lilliam Casillas-Martínez. (2009). Physiological requirements for carbonate precipitation during biofilm development ofBacillus subtilis etfAmutant. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 71(3). 341–350. 36 indexed citations

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Warthmann, R., et al.. (2003). A unique model system of microbial carbonate precipitation: Stromatolites of Lagoa Vermelha, Brazil. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 12742. 1 indexed citations

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Visscher, Pieter T., Laura K. Baumgartner, Daniel H. Buckley, et al.. (2003). Dimethyl sulphide and methanethiol formation in microbial mats: potential pathways for biogenic signatures. Environmental Microbiology. 5(4). 296–308. 141 indexed citations

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Visscher, Pieter T., Barrie F. Taylor, & Ronald P. Kiene. (1995). Microbial consumption of dimethyl sulfide and methanethiol in coastal marine sediments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 18(2). 145–154. 22 indexed citations

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Diaz, Mara R., Pieter T. Visscher, & Barrie F. Taylor. (1992). Metabolism of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and glycine betaine by a marine bacterium. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 96(1). 61–65. 41 indexed citations

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Visscher, Pieter T. & Hans van Gemerden. (1991). Photo-autotrophic growth ofThiocapsa roseopersicinaon dimethyl sulfide. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 81(3). 247–250. 56 indexed citations

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Visscher, Pieter T.. (1991). Photo-autotrophic growth of Thiocapsa roseopersicina on dimethyl sulfide. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 81(3). 247–250. 6 indexed citations

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