R. A. Herbert

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

R. A. Herbert is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, R. A. Herbert has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Ecology, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 28 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in R. A. Herbert's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (34 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (19 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (17 papers). R. A. Herbert is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (34 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (19 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (17 papers). R. A. Herbert collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Germany. R. A. Herbert's co-authors include David T. Welsh, G.T. Macfarlane, Pierre Caumette, J. M. Shewan, Rutger de Wit, Kai Finster, Glenn R. Gibson, R. John Parkes, Irene A. Watson‐Craik and Jacques Castel and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Pollution and FEMS Microbiology Reviews.

In The Last Decade

R. A. Herbert

95 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Nitrogen cycling in coastal marine ecosystems 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Nitrogen cycling in coastal marine ecosystems
    1999 526 citations R. A. Herbert FEMS Microbiology Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. A. Herbert United Kingdom 35 1.9k 1.2k 954 837 741 97 4.0k
Frederica W. Valois United States 14 1.5k 0.8× 938 0.8× 603 0.6× 464 0.6× 630 0.9× 15 2.7k
Hendrik Schäfer United Kingdom 35 2.4k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.5× 733 0.9× 911 1.2× 73 4.3k
James B. Guckert United States 23 1.2k 0.6× 551 0.5× 915 1.0× 720 0.9× 510 0.7× 38 3.2k
Ralph J. Daley Canada 13 2.3k 1.2× 2.0k 1.7× 634 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 633 0.9× 18 4.5k
Patricia Bonin France 36 1.8k 0.9× 812 0.7× 840 0.9× 723 0.9× 1.5k 2.0× 128 3.8k
T. D. Brock United States 35 1.1k 0.6× 614 0.5× 1.0k 1.1× 952 1.1× 402 0.5× 76 3.3k
Carl O. Wirsen United States 41 3.1k 1.7× 1.7k 1.5× 1.5k 1.6× 1.7k 2.0× 700 0.9× 67 5.7k
J. C. Germon France 21 1.5k 0.8× 445 0.4× 379 0.4× 1.1k 1.3× 757 1.0× 28 3.5k
Hannah K. Marchant Germany 27 2.3k 1.2× 963 0.8× 608 0.6× 909 1.1× 1.8k 2.5× 45 4.8k
Marc Troussellier France 36 2.0k 1.1× 1.4k 1.2× 702 0.7× 826 1.0× 434 0.6× 96 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. A. Herbert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. A. Herbert

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Finster, Kai, et al.. (2009). Demequina lutea sp. nov., isolated from a high Arctic permafrost soil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 59(4). 649–653. 17 indexed citations
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Hansen, Aviaja Anna, et al.. (2007). Viability, diversity and composition of the bacterial community in a high Arctic permafrost soil from Spitsbergen, Northern Norway. Environmental Microbiology. 9(11). 2870–2884. 104 indexed citations
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Herbert, R. A., Andrew Gall, Takashi Maoka, et al.. (2007). Phototrophic purple sulfur bacteria as heat engines in the South Andros Black Hole. Photosynthesis Research. 95(2-3). 261–268. 10 indexed citations
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Welsh, David T. & R. A. Herbert. (1999). Osmotically induced intracellular trehalose, but not glycine betaine accumulation promotes desiccation tolerance inEscherichia coli. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 174(1). 57–63. 102 indexed citations
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Herbert, R. A.. (1999). Nitrogen cycling in coastal marine ecosystems. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 23(5). 563–590. 526 indexed citations breakdown →
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Caumette, Pierre, Jacques Castel, & R. A. Herbert. (1996). Coastal lagoon eutrophication and anaerobic processes (C.L.E.AN.) : nitrogen and sulfur cycles and population dynamics in coastal lagoons : a research programme of the environment programme of the EC (DG XII). Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Welsh, David T., et al.. (1996). Identification of trehalose and glycine betaine as compatible solutes in the moderately halophilic sulfate reducing bacterium, Desulfovibrio halophilus. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 140(2-3). 203–207. 33 indexed citations
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Welsh, David T., Sophie Bourguès, Rutger de Wit, & R. A. Herbert. (1996). Seasonal variations in nitrogen-fixation (acetylene reduction) and sulphate-reduction rates in the rhizosphere of Zostera noltii: nitrogen fixation by sulphate-reducing bacteria. Marine Biology. 125(4). 619–628. 97 indexed citations
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Welsh, David T. & R. A. Herbert. (1995). Glycine betaine transport in a halotolerantChromatiumspecies. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 128(1). 27–32. 7 indexed citations
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Parkes, R. John, N. J. E. Dowling, David C. White, R. A. Herbert, & Glenn R. Gibson. (1993). Characterization of sulphate-reducing bacterial populations within marine and estuarine sediments with different rates of sulphate reduction. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 102(3-4). 235–250. 60 indexed citations
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Ellwood, D. C., Margaret Hill, J.H.P. Watson, et al.. (1992). Pollution control using microorganisms and magnetic separation.. 89–112. 12 indexed citations
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Knowles, Christopher J., et al.. (1992). The degradation of cyanide and nitriles.. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 20(7). 113–128. 5 indexed citations
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Prince, Roger C., et al.. (1992). Bioremediation of oil spills, with particular reference to the spill from the Exxon Valdez.. 19–34. 18 indexed citations
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Welsh, David T., Robert H. Reed, & R. A. Herbert. (1991). The role of trehalose in the osmoadaptation of Escherichia coli NCIB 9484: interaction of trehalose, K+ and glutamate during osmoadaptation in continuous culture. Journal of General Microbiology. 137(4). 745–750. 56 indexed citations
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Parkes, R. John, Barry A. Cragg, John C. Fry, R. A. Herbert, & J. W. T. Wimpenny. (1990). Bacterial biomass and activity in deep sediment layers from the Peru margin. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 331(1616). 139–153. 72 indexed citations
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Plummer, D.H., Nick Owens, & R. A. Herbert. (1987). Bacteria—particle interactions in turbid estuarine environments. Continental Shelf Research. 7(11-12). 1429–1433. 30 indexed citations
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Herbert, R. A.. (1981). Nitrogen assimilation in a methanol-utilising strain of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 12(2). 183–186.
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Herbert, R. A. & J. M. Shewan. (1976). Roles played by bacterial and autolytic enzymes in the production of volatile sulphides in spoiling North Sea cod (Gadus morhua). Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 27(1). 89–94. 39 indexed citations

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