Richard G. Keil

13.7k citations

88 papers · 10.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 43

Co-authors: John I. Hedges Ronald Benner Allan H. Devol Thórarinn S. Arnarson David L. Kirchman Daniel B. Montluçon Jeffrey E. Richey Hilairy E. Hartnett
Topics: Marine and coastal ecosystems (66 papers)Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (29 papers)Marine Biology and Ecology Research (18 papers)
Cited by: Oceanography Environmental Chemistry Ecology
Journals: Nature Science Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Partner nations: United States Brazil Germany

In The Last Decade

Richard G. Keil

87 papers receiving 10.0k citations

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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.

Sedimentary organic matter preservation: an assessment and speculative synthesis

1995 1.9k citations John I. Hedges, Richard G. Keil Marine Chemistry profile →
What happens to terrestrial organic matter in the ocean?

1997 1.2k citations John I. Hedges, Richard G. Keil et al. profile →
Influence of oxygen exposure time on organic carbon preservation in continental margin sediments

1998 662 citations Richard G. Keil, John I. Hedges et al. profile →
Sorptive preservation of labile organic matter in marine sediments

1994 656 citations Richard G. Keil, John I. Hedges et al. profile →

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1	Contributions of Vertically Migrating Metazoans to Sinking and Suspended Particulate Matter Fuel N₂ Production in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Oxygen Deficient Zone 2025 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Clara A. Fuchsman,Megan Duffy,Jacob A. Cram,(unknown),(unknown),Louis V. Plough,James J. Pierson,(unknown),Allan H. Devol,Richard G. Keil	1
2	Protein cycling in the eastern tropical North Pacific oxygen‐deficient zone: A de novo‐discovery peptidomic approach 2022 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·Megan Duffy,(unknown),(unknown),Rachel A. Lundeen,Gabrielle Rocap,Anitra E. Ingalls,Clara A. Fuchsman,Richard G. Keil	1
3	Rapid, Concurrent Formation of Organic Sulfur and Iron Sulfides During Experimental Sulfurization of Sinking Marine Particles 2021 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Morgan Reed Raven,Richard G. Keil,Samuel M. Webb	17
4	Microbial sulfate reduction and organic sulfur formation in sinking marine particles 2021 ·Science ·Morgan Reed Raven,Richard G. Keil,Samuel M. Webb	77
5	Slow Particle Remineralization, Rather Than Suppressed Disaggregation, Drives Efficient Flux Transfer Through the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Oxygen Deficient Zone 2021 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Jacob A. Cram,Clara A. Fuchsman,Megan Duffy,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Shirley Leung,Klaus B. Huebert,Thomas Weber,Daniele Bianchi,(unknown),Allan H. Devol,Richard G. Keil,Andrew M. P. McDonnell	15
6	Cyanobacteria and cyanophage contributions to carbon and nitrogen cycling in an oligotrophic oxygen-deficient zone 2019 ·The ISME Journal ·Clara A. Fuchsman,Hilary I. Palevsky,Brittany Widner,Megan Duffy,Michael Carlson,(unknown),Margaret R. Mulholland,Richard G. Keil,Allan H. Devol,Gabrielle Rocap	64
7	Archaeal Sources of Intact Membrane Lipid Biomarkers in the Oxygen Deficient Zone of the Eastern Tropical South Pacific 2019 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown),Laura Villanueva,Ellen C. Hopmans,Richard G. Keil,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	24
8	Reviews and syntheses: Anthropogenic perturbations to carbon fluxes in Asian river systems – concepts, emerging trends, and research challenges 2018 ·Biogeosciences ·Ji‐Hyung Park,(unknown),Most Shirina Begum,Chea Eliyan,Jens Hartmann,Richard G. Keil,Sanjeev Kumar,Xixi Lu,Lishan Ran,Jeffrey E. Richey,V. V. S. S. Sarma,Shafi M. Tareq,Do Thi Xuan,Ruihong Yu	71
9	A multiproxy approach to understanding the "enhanced" flux of organic matter through the oxygen-deficient waters of the Arabian Sea 2016 ·Biogeosciences ·Richard G. Keil,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Allan H. Devol	68
10	Anthropogenic Forcing of Carbonate and Organic Carbon Preservation in Marine Sediments 2016 ·Annual Review of Marine Science ·Richard G. Keil	77
11	Intact polar lipids of Thaumarchaeota and anammox bacteria as indicators of N cycling in the eastern tropical North Pacific oxygen-deficient zone 2015 ·Biogeosciences ·(unknown),Ellen C. Hopmans,Stefan Schouten,Richard G. Keil,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté	17
12	The reactivity of plant-derived organic matter in the Amazon River and implications on aquatic carbon fluxes to the atmosphere and ocean 2014 ·2014 AGU Fall Meeting ·Nicholas Ward,Henrique O. Sawakuchi,Richard G. Keil,(unknown),Daimio C. Brito,Alan Cavalcanti da Cunha,William Gagne‐Maynard,(unknown),Vania Neu,Thomas S. Bianchi,Alex V. Krusche,Jeffrey E. Richey	1
13	Benefits and Limitations of iPads in the High School Science Classroom and a Trophic Cascade Lesson Plan 2013 ·Journal of Geoscience Education ·Nicholas Ward,(unknown),Richard G. Keil,(unknown)	16
14	A new liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry method for the analysis of underivatized aliphatic long‐chain polyamines: application to diatom‐rich sediments 2011 ·Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry ·Maxime C. Bridoux,Vadim V. Annenkov,Henning Menzel,Richard G. Keil,Anitra E. Ingalls	8
15	Sources and transport of terrestrial organic matter in Vancouver Island fjords and the Vancouver‐Washington Margin: A multiproxy approach using d13Corg, lignin phenols, and the ether lipid BIT index 2008 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·(unknown),Anitra E. Ingalls,Richard G. Keil	132
16	Quantifying ³ H‐thymidine incorporation rates by a phylogenetically defined group of marine planktonic bacteria ( Bacteriodetes phylum) 2004 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy,Allan H. Devol,Richard G. Keil	8
17	Organic geochemical perspectives on estuarine processes: sorption reactions and consequences 1999 ·Marine Chemistry ·John I. Hedges,Richard G. Keil	167
18	33. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ORGANIC CARBON PRESERVATION AND MINERAL SURFACE AREA IN AMAZON FAN SEDIMENTS (HOLES 932A AND 942A) 1 1997 ·Richard G. Keil,(unknown),(unknown),John I. Hedges,Miguel A. Goñi	24
19	Diatomeen als Indikatoren des reinigungseffektes bei der trinkwasseraufbereitung 1969 ·Hydrobiologia ·(unknown),Richard G. Keil,(unknown)	1
20	Das Gütebild der Warnow 1963 ·Aquatic Sciences ·Richard G. Keil,(unknown),(unknown)	7

About Richard G. Keil

Richard G. Keil is a scholar working on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology, having authored 88 papers that have together received 10.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (66 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (29 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (6.0k citations), Environmental Chemistry (2.7k citations) and Ecology (4.8k citations). Richard G. Keil has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Germany. Frequent co-authors include John I. Hedges, Ronald Benner, Allan H. Devol, Thórarinn S. Arnarson, David L. Kirchman, Daniel B. Montluçon, Jeffrey E. Richey, Hilairy E. Hartnett, Fredrick G. Prahl and J. Calvin Giddings. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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