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, L. L. Jahnke, Gordon D. Love, Graham A. Logan, John M. Hayes, Kai‐Uwe Hinrichs, Christopher J. Boreham, J. P. Grotzinger, David A. Fike and Alex L. Sessions 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

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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.

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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Roger E. Summons	9.5k	7.8k	5.9k	5.3k	5.1k	370	24.2k
Richard D. Pancost	6.5k 0.7×	4.4k 0.6×	11.8k 2.0×	6.7k 1.3×	6.3k 1.2×	335	21.0k
J.W. de Leeuw	3.5k 0.4×	12.9k 1.7×	5.1k 0.9×	4.2k 0.8×	3.6k 0.7×	395	24.9k
John M. Hayes	3.9k 0.4×	4.0k 0.5×	5.8k 1.0×	6.7k 1.3×	4.0k 0.8×	311	21.3k
Andrew H. Knoll	25.9k 2.7×	3.2k 0.4×	14.0k 2.4×	5.2k 1.0×	4.3k 0.8×	367	39.1k
G. Eglinton	3.2k 0.3×	9.8k 1.3×	10.3k 1.7×	6.6k 1.3×	4.2k 0.8×	340	25.3k
Katherine H. Freeman	4.4k 0.5×	2.8k 0.4×	7.7k 1.3×	5.1k 1.0×	2.3k 0.5×	182	14.3k
Donald E. Canfield	18.2k 1.9×	4.2k 0.5×	11.4k 1.9×	9.5k 1.8×	9.9k 1.9×	282	42.8k
I. R. Kaplan	3.1k 0.3×	4.9k 0.6×	5.7k 1.0×	4.5k 0.9×	3.7k 0.7×	228	20.3k
Stefan Schouten	8.5k 0.9×	9.0k 1.2×	24.0k 4.0×	20.4k 3.9×	14.1k 2.8×	565	46.7k
Daniel P. Schrag	9.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.2×	10.7k 1.8×	4.3k 0.8×	3.9k 0.8×	183	19.9k

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Love, Gordon D., et al.. (2025). Chemical characterization of C ₃₁ sterols from sponges and Neoproterozoic fossil sterane counterparts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(41). e2503009122–e2503009122. 2 indexed citations

Elling, Felix J., T. Evans, Jordon Hemingway, et al.. (2022). Marine and terrestrial nitrifying bacteria are sources of diverse bacteriohopanepolyols. Geobiology. 20(3). 399–420. 15 indexed citations

Cui, Xingqian, Gaozhong Shen, Jian Ma, et al.. (2020). Niche expansion for phototrophic sulfur bacteria at the Proterozoic–Phanerozoic transition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(30). 17599–17606. 41 indexed citations

Sistiaga, Ainara, David Uribelarrea, David Martín‐Perea, et al.. (2020). Microbial biomarkers reveal a hydrothermally active landscape at Olduvai Gorge at the dawn of the Acheulean, 1.7 Ma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(40). 24720–24728. 15 indexed citations

Cui, Xingqian, et al.. (2020). Molecular and isotopic evidence reveals the end-Triassic carbon isotope excursion is not from massive exogenous light carbon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(48). 30171–30178. 42 indexed citations

Schubotz, Florence, et al.. (2020). Carbon oxidation state in microbial polar lipids suggests adaptation to hot spring temperature and redox gradients. Frontiers A Journal of Women Studies. 1 indexed citations

Wright, S., Barbara Sherwood Lollar, S. K. Atreya, et al.. (2019). Astrobiology Science Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe. 233.

Flannery, David, Abigail C. Allwood, Robert Hodyss, et al.. (2018). Microbially influenced formation of Neoarchean ooids. Geobiology. 17(2). 151–160. 11 indexed citations

Zumberge, J. Alex, Gordon D. Love, Paco Cárdenas, et al.. (2018). Demosponge steroid biomarker 26-methylstigmastane provides evidence for Neoproterozoic animals. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(11). 1709–1714. 86 indexed citations

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McMahon, Sean, Tanja Bosak, J. P. Grotzinger, et al.. (2018). A Field Guide to Finding Fossils on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 123(5). 1012–1040. 85 indexed citations

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O’Reilly, Shane S., Roger E. Summons, Gérald Mayr, & Jakob Vinther. (2017). Preservation of uropygial gland lipids in a 48-million-year-old bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1865). 20171050–20171050. 12 indexed citations

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Biller, Steven J., Florence Schubotz, Sara E. Roggensack, et al.. (2014). Bacterial Vesicles in Marine Ecosystems. Science. 343(6167). 183–186. 384 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lincoln, Sara A., et al.. (2014). Planktonic Euryarchaeota are a significant source of archaeal tetraether lipids in the ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(27). 9858–9863. 119 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaolei, Roger E. Summons, & Kai‐Uwe Hinrichs. (2012). Extending the known range of glycerol ether lipids in the environment: structural assignments based on tandem mass spectral fragmentation patterns. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 26(19). 2295–2302. 107 indexed citations

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Welander, Paula V., et al.. (2012). Identification and characterization of Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 hopanoid biosynthesis mutants. PMC. 2 indexed citations

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Welander, Paula V., Maureen L. Coleman, Alex L. Sessions, Roger E. Summons, & Dianne K. Newman. (2010). Identification of a methylase required for 2-methylhopanoid production and implications for the interpretation of sedimentary hopanes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(19). 8537–8542. 172 indexed citations

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Gupta, Neal S., A. L. D. Kilcoyne, Deg Briggs, Roger E. Summons, & George D. Cody. (2010). Identification of Chitin Preserved in a Pennsylvanian Age Fossil Scorpion Cuticle. LPICo. 1538. 5423. 1 indexed citations

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Doughty, David M., et al.. (2009). 2-Methylhopanoids are maximally produced in akinetes of Nostoc punctiforme: geobiological implications. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Jahnke, L. L., Wolfgang Eder, Robert Huber, et al.. (2001). Signature Lipids and Stable Carbon Isotope Analyses of Octopus Spring Hyperthermophilic Communities Compared with Those of Aquificales Representatives. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67(11). 5179–5189. 140 indexed citations

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Logan, Graham A., Clive R. Calver, Paul Gorjan, et al.. (1999). Terminal Proterozoic Benthic Microbial Mats and Their Environmental Significance. 7307.

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