Rafel Simó

12.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
148 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Rafel Simó is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafel Simó has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Atmospheric Science, 80 papers in Oceanography and 52 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Rafel Simó's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (90 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (74 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (38 papers). Rafel Simó is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (90 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (74 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (38 papers). Rafel Simó collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and United Kingdom. Rafel Simó's co-authors include Jordi Dachs, Carlos Pedrós‐Alió, Sergio M. Vallina, Joan O. Grimalt, Martí Galí, J. Albaigés, Josep M. Gasol, Maria Vila‐Costa, Elena Jurado and José M. González and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rafel Simó

144 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

An updated climatology of surface dimethlysulfide concentrations and emission fluxes in the global ocean

2011 559 citations Thomas G. Bell, Rafel Simó et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Rafel Simó	4.3k	4.0k	2.2k	2.2k	1.3k	148	7.8k
Gill Malin	3.0k 0.7×	4.3k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	658 0.5×	98	7.2k
Pieter T. Visscher	2.3k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	3.5k 1.6×	453 0.2×	1.0k 0.8×	147	10.7k
Jacqueline Stefels	1.9k 0.4×	2.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	807 0.4×	317 0.3×	60	4.2k
J.N. Cape	4.7k 1.1×	636 0.2×	1.6k 0.7×	2.8k 1.3×	2.3k 1.8×	240	10.7k
Cliff S. Law	2.6k 0.6×	6.1k 1.5×	1.8k 0.8×	2.7k 1.2×	341 0.3×	131	8.0k
Jordi Dachs	4.2k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	7.9k 6.3×	214	11.6k
Philippe D. Tortell	1.1k 0.3×	4.5k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	188 0.1×	115	6.0k
Timothy G. Ferdelman	1.2k 0.3×	2.4k 0.6×	3.8k 1.7×	1.2k 0.6×	319 0.3×	120	7.9k
Giacomo R. DiTullio	1.4k 0.3×	5.9k 1.5×	3.1k 1.4×	797 0.4×	480 0.4×	90	7.2k
Olivier Aumont	2.9k 0.7×	7.9k 2.0×	2.4k 1.1×	4.2k 1.9×	270 0.2×	177	10.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Rafel Simó

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafel Simó

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Simó, Rafel, et al.. (2025). Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds by Marine Sponges: Implications for Coastal Bioremediation. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(51). 27869–27880.

Mahajan, Anoop S., Christa Marandino, Martí Galí, et al.. (2024). Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) climatologies, fluxes, and trends – Part 2: Sea–air fluxes. Biogeosciences. 21(19). 4453–4467. 3 indexed citations

Ferracci, Valerio, James Weber, A. D. Robinson, et al.. (2024). Atmospheric isoprene measurements reveal larger-than-expected Southern Ocean emissions. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2571–2571. 8 indexed citations

Welti, André, Guangyu Li, Zamin A. Kanji, et al.. (2024). Glucose Enhances Salinity-Driven Sea Spray Aerosol Production in Eastern Arctic Waters. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(20). 8748–8759. 5 indexed citations

Li, Qinyi, Carlos A. Cuevas, Rafael P. Fernández, et al.. (2023). Marine biogenic emissions of benzene and toluene and their contribution to secondary organic aerosols over the polar oceans. Science Advances. 9(4). eadd9031–eadd9031. 19 indexed citations

Bell, Thomas G., Jane P. Mulcahy, Rafel Simó, et al.. (2023). Global analysis of the controls on seawater dimethylsulfide spatial variability. Biogeosciences. 20(9). 1813–1828. 3 indexed citations

Raina, Jean‐Baptiste, Johannes M. Keegstra, Zachary Landry, et al.. (2023). Strong chemotaxis by marine bacteria towards polysaccharides is enhanced by the abundant organosulfur compound DMSP. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8080–8080. 22 indexed citations

Calbet, Albert, et al.. (2023). Volatile Organic Compounds Released by Oxyrrhis marina Grazing on Isochrysis galbana. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 151–169. 3 indexed citations

Vincent, Flora, Matti Gralka, Daniella Schatz, et al.. (2023). Viral infection switches the balance between bacterial and eukaryotic recyclers of organic matter during coccolithophore blooms. Nature Communications. 14(1). 510–510. 33 indexed citations

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Brean, James, Manuel Dall’Osto, Rafel Simó, et al.. (2021). Open ocean and coastal new particle formation from sulfuric acid and amines around the Antarctic Peninsula. Nature Geoscience. 14(6). 383–388. 80 indexed citations

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Moallemi, Alireza, Sebastian Landwehr, Charlotte Robinson, et al.. (2021). Sources, Occurrence and Characteristics of Fluorescent Biological Aerosol Particles Measured Over the Pristine Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(11). e2021JD034811–e2021JD034811. 20 indexed citations

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Galí, Martí, Pau Cortés, Charlotte Robinson, et al.. (2020). Remote Sensing Retrieval of Isoprene Concentrations in the Southern Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(13). 11 indexed citations

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Decesari, Stefano, Marco Paglione, Matteo Rinaldi, et al.. (2020). Shipborne measurements of Antarctic submicron organic aerosols: an NMR perspective linking multiple sources and bioregions. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(7). 4193–4207. 33 indexed citations

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Lennartz, Sinikka T., Christa Marandino, Marc von Hobe, et al.. (2020). Marine carbonyl sulfide (OCS) and carbon disulfide (CS ₂ ): a compilation of measurements in seawater and the marine boundary layer. Earth system science data. 12(1). 591–609. 34 indexed citations

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Rinaldi, Matteo, Marco Paglione, Stefano Decesari, et al.. (2020). Contribution of Water-Soluble Organic Matter from Multiple Marine Geographic Eco-Regions to Aerosols around Antarctica. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(13). 7807–7817. 19 indexed citations

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Park, Jiyeon, Manuel Dall’Osto, Kihong Park, et al.. (2019). Arctic Primary Aerosol Production Strongly Influenced by Riverine Organic Matter. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(15). 8621–8630. 23 indexed citations

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Fossum, Kirsten N., Jurgita Ovadnevaitė, Darius Čeburnis, et al.. (2018). Summertime Primary and Secondary Contributions to Southern Ocean Cloud Condensation Nuclei. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 13844–13844. 73 indexed citations

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Simó, Rafel, Roy M. Harrison, David C. S. Beddows, et al.. (2018). Abiotic and biotic sources influencing spring new particle formation in North East Greenland. Atmospheric Environment. 190. 126–134. 29 indexed citations

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Lange, Robert, Manuel Dall’Osto, Henrik Skov, et al.. (2018). Characterization of distinct Arctic aerosol accumulation modes and their sources. Atmospheric Environment. 183. 1–10. 36 indexed citations

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Seymour, Justin R., Rafel Simó, Tanvir Ahmed, & Roman Stocker. (2010). Chemoattraction to Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Throughout the Marine Microbial Food Web. Science. 329(5989). 342–345. 287 indexed citations

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