Roger E. Summons

42.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
370 papers, 24.2k citations indexed

About

Roger E. Summons is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Paleontology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger E. Summons has authored 370 papers receiving a total of 24.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 111 papers in Paleontology and 92 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Roger E. Summons's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (138 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (106 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (69 papers). Roger E. Summons is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (138 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (106 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (69 papers). Roger E. Summons collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Roger E. Summons's co-authors include T.G. Powell, Gordon D. Love, L. L. Jahnke, Graham A. Logan, John M. Hayes, Kai‐Uwe Hinrichs, Christopher J. Boreham, J. P. Grotzinger, David A. Fike and J. M. Hayes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Roger E. Summons

364 papers receiving 23.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Oxidation of the Ediacaran Ocean

2006 799 citations J. P. Grotzinger, Roger E. Summons et al. profile →
Photic Zone Euxinia During the Permian-Triassic Superanoxic Event

2005 663 citations Kliti Grice, Gordon D. Love et al. Science profile →
The Proterozoic Biosphere

1992 642 citations J. M. Hayes, Roger E. Summons et al. profile →
Fossil steroids record the appearance of Demospongiae during the Cryogenian period

2009 519 citations Gordon D. Love, Emmanuelle Grosjean et al. profile →
Biomarker evidence for green and purple sulphur bacteria in a stratified Palaeoproterozoic sea

2005 443 citations Gordon D. Love, Roger E. Summons et al. profile →
Bacterial Vesicles in Marine Ecosystems

2014 384 citations Steven J. Biller, Florence Schubotz et al. Science profile →
Rapid oxygenation of Earth’s atmosphere 2.33 billion years ago

2016 263 citations Roger E. Summons et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Chemical characterization of C ₃₁ sterols from sponges and Neoproterozoic fossil sterane counterparts 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Gordon D. Love, (unknown), (unknown), Paco Cárdenas, José‐Luis Giner, Roger E. Summons	2
2	Marine and terrestrial nitrifying bacteria are sources of diverse bacteriohopanepolyols 2022 ·Geobiology ·Felix J. Elling, T. Evans, (unknown), Jordon Hemingway, Jenan J. Kharbush, Barbara Bayer, Eva Spieck, (unknown), Roger E. Summons, Ann Pearson	15
3	Molecular and isotopic evidence reveals the end-Triassic carbon isotope excursion is not from massive exogenous light carbon 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Xingqian Cui, Jessica H. Whiteside, Paul E. Olsen, Roger E. Summons, Kliti Grice	42
4	Niche expansion for phototrophic sulfur bacteria at the Proterozoic–Phanerozoic transition 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xingqian Cui, (unknown), Gaozhong Shen, Jian Ma, (unknown), (unknown), John E. Zumberge, Donald A. Bryant, Roger E. Summons	41
5	Microbial biomarkers reveal a hydrothermally active landscape at Olduvai Gorge at the dawn of the Acheulean, 1.7 Ma 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ainara Sistiaga, (unknown), David Uribelarrea, David Martín‐Perea, (unknown), Katherine H. Freeman, Fernando Diéz Martín, Enrique Baquedano, Audax Mabulla, Manuel Domínguez‐Rodrigo, Roger E. Summons	15
6	Carbon oxidation state in microbial polar lipids suggests adaptation to hot spring temperature and redox gradients 2020 ·Frontiers A Journal of Women Studies ·(unknown), Florence Schubotz, Roger E. Summons, (unknown), Everett L. Shock	1
7	Astrobiology Science Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe 2019 ·S. Wright, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, S. K. Atreya, Alan P. Boss, Paul G. Falkowski, Jack D. Farmer, Olivier Guyon, Gerald F. Joyce, James F. Kasting, Victoria Meadows, (unknown), C. B. Pilcher, N. O. Rennó, K. L. Rogers, B. E. Schmidt, Roger E. Summons, Francès Westall	0
8	Microbially influenced formation of Neoarchean ooids 2018 ·Geobiology ·David Flannery, Abigail C. Allwood, Robert Hodyss, Roger E. Summons, Michael Tuite, Malcolm R. Walter, Kenneth H. Williford	11
9	Demosponge steroid biomarker 26-methylstigmastane provides evidence for Neoproterozoic animals 2018 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·J. Alex Zumberge, Gordon D. Love, Paco Cárdenas, Erik A. Sperling, Sunithi Gunasekera, Megan Rohrssen, Emmanuelle Grosjean, J. P. Grotzinger, Roger E. Summons	86
10	A Field Guide to Finding Fossils on Mars 2018 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Planets ·Sean McMahon, Tanja Bosak, J. P. Grotzinger, R. E. Milliken, Roger E. Summons, Mirna Daye, Sharon Newman, A. A. Fraeman, Kenneth H. Williford, Derek E. G. Briggs	85
11	Preservation of uropygial gland lipids in a 48-million-year-old bird 2017 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Shane S. O’Reilly, Roger E. Summons, Gérald Mayr, Jakob Vinther	12
12	Bacterial Vesicles in Marine Ecosystems breakdown → 2014 ·Science ·Steven J. Biller, Florence Schubotz, Sara E. Roggensack, Anne Thompson, Roger E. Summons, Sallie W. Chisholm	384
13	Planktonic Euryarchaeota are a significant source of archaeal tetraether lipids in the ocean 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sara A. Lincoln, (unknown), John M. Eppley, Matthew J. Church, Roger E. Summons, Edward F. DeLong	119
14	Identification of hopanoid, sterol, and tetrahymanol production in the aerobic methanotroph Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum 20Z 2013 ·AGUFM ·Paula V. Welander, Roger E. Summons	2
15	Extending the known range of glycerol ether lipids in the environment: structural assignments based on tandem mass spectral fragmentation patterns 2012 ·Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry ·Xiaolei Liu, Roger E. Summons, Kai‐Uwe Hinrichs	107
16	Identification and characterization of Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 hopanoid biosynthesis mutants 2012 ·PMC ·Paula V. Welander, David M. Doughty, (unknown), S. Méhay, Roger E. Summons, Dianne K. Newman	2
17	Identification of a methylase required for 2-methylhopanoid production and implications for the interpretation of sedimentary hopanes 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Paula V. Welander, Maureen L. Coleman, Alex L. Sessions, Roger E. Summons, Dianne K. Newman	172
18	Identification of Chitin Preserved in a Pennsylvanian Age Fossil Scorpion Cuticle 2010 ·LPICo ·Neal S. Gupta, A. L. D. Kilcoyne, Deg Briggs, Roger E. Summons, George D. Cody	1
19	Signature Lipids and Stable Carbon Isotope Analyses of Octopus Spring Hyperthermophilic Communities Compared with Those of Aquificales Representatives 2001 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·L. L. Jahnke, Wolfgang Eder, Robert Huber, Janet M. Hope, Kai‐Uwe Hinrichs, J. M. Hayes, David J. Des Marais, Sherry L. Cady, Roger E. Summons	140
20	Terminal Proterozoic Benthic Microbial Mats and Their Environmental Significance 1999 ·Graham A. Logan, Clive R. Calver, Paul Gorjan, Roger E. Summons, J. M. Hayes, Michael Walter	0

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