Roger François

16.4k citations

115 papers · 12.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 51

Oceanography top 0.05%
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 40
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research 18
Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 64
Environmental Chemistry top 0.1%
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena 25
Geochemistry and Petrology top 0.1%
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis 15
Paleontology top 0.5%
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 10
Ecology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology 40
Earth-Surface Processes
- Geological formations and processes 18

Co-authors: Mark A. Altabet Susumu Honjo Jerry F McManus Michael P. Bacon Jeanne-Marie Gherardi Lloyd D Keigwin Daniel M. Sigman Steven J. Manganini
Cited by: Oceanography Atmospheric Science Environmental Chemistry
Journals: Nature (8 papers)Science (1 paper)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Germany

In The Last Decade

Roger François

115 papers receiving 11.9k 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.

2008 Progress In Oceanography
2004 Nature
2000 Global and Planetary Change
1994 Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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1	Distribution, sources and dispersion of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the water column of the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada The Science of The Total Environment ·Yuanji Sun,Roger François,Richard Pawlowicz,María T. Maldonado,Samuel W. Stevens,Maureen Soon	2023	1
2	Controlling factors and impacts of river-borne neodymium isotope signatures and rare earth element concentrations supplied to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Mélanie Grenier,Kristina A. Brown,Manuel Colombo,Moustafa Belhadj,Isabelle Baconnais,Viet Quoc Pham,Maureen Soon,Paul G. Myers,Catherine Jeandel,Roger François	2021	11
3	GEOSECS to GEOTRACES: Lessons Learned from Large Programs Studying Ocean Chemistry AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Robert F. Anderson,Roger François,Martin Frank,Gideon M. Henderson,Catherine Jeandel,Mukul Sharma	2019	1
4	Chromium isotopes in marine hydrothermal sediments Chemical Geology ·Kohen W. Bauer,Devon B. Cole,Dan Asael,Roger François,Stephen E. Calvert,Simon W. Poulton,Noah J. Planavsky,Sean A. Crowe	2019	22
5	Constraining the transport time of lithogenic sediments to the Okinawa Trough (East China Sea) Chemical Geology ·Chao Li,Roger François,Shouye Yang,Jane Barling,Sophie Darfeuil,Yiming Luo,Dominique Weis	2016	14
6	POC fluxes measured by sediment traps and 234Th:238U disequilibrium in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia Marine Chemistry ·Yiming Luo,Lisa A. Miller,Bart De Baere,Maureen Soon,Roger François	2014	8
7	Understanding the Role of the Biological Pump in the Global Carbon Cycle: An Imperative for Ocean Science Oceanography ·Susumu Honjo,Timothy I. Eglinton,Craig D. Taylor,Kevin M. Ulmer,Stefan M. Sievert,Astrid Bracher,Christopher R. German,Virginia P. Edgcomb,Roger François,M. Débora Iglesias‐Rodríguez,Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy,Daniel J. Repeta	2014	90
8	Trace Element Signatures of Particles in the Fraser River Estuary AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·A. M. Snauffer,O. Menard,Beth Kieffer,Roger François,Dominique Weis,Pcigr	2010	2
9	Sediment ²³¹ Pa/ ²³⁰ Th as a recorder of the rate of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation: insights from a 2-D model Ocean science ·Yiming Luo,Roger François,Susan E. Allen	2010	50
10	Glacial-Interglacial circulation changes inferred from sediment 231 Pa/ 230 Th in the North Atlantic GeCAS ·Jeanne-Marie Gherardi,Roger François,L. Labeyrie,Silvia Osorio Nave,Jerry F McManus,Elsa Cortijo,Samuel L. Jaccard	2008	1
11	Uranium isotope fractionation in Saanich Inlet Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement ·Chris Holmden,Marghaleray Amini,Roger François	2008	6
12	Carbon dioxide release from the North Pacific abyss during the last deglaciation Nature ·Eric D. Galbraith,Samuel L. Jaccard,Thomas F. Pedersen,Daniel M. Sigman,Gerald H. Haug,M. S. Cook,John Southon,Roger François	2007	192
13	Geochemical cycling of U, Re and Mo in coastal sediments Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement ·Jennifer L. Morford,William R. Martin,Linda H. Kalnejais,Roger François,Ida-Maja Karle	2005	2
14	Collapse and rapid resumption of Atlantic meridional circulation linked to deglacial climate changesbreakdown → Nature ·Jerry F McManus,Roger François,Jeanne-Marie Gherardi,Lloyd D Keigwin,S. Brown-Leger	2004	1677
15	Lower export production during glacial periods in the equatorial Pacific derived from (²³¹Pa/²³⁰Th)_xs,0 measurements in deep‐sea sediments Paleoceanography ·Sylvain Pichat,Kenneth W.W. Sims,Roger François,Jerry F McManus,Susan Brown Leger,Francis Albarède	2004	65
16	Export fluxes of calcite in the eastern equatorial Pacific from the Last Glacial Maximum to present Paleoceanography ·Paul Loubere,Figen Mekik,Roger François,Sylvain Pichat	2004	65
17	Nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry of the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone at 170°W Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography ·Mark A. Altabet,Roger François	2001	103
18	Lithofacies change revealed by SAR ERS imagery in the Przemysl sigmoid, Carpathians: implication of a NE-striking paleofault on the North Tethyan passive margin Tectonophysics ·Jean Chorowicz,Catherine Méring,Dorothy E. Raymond,R. Szczucki,Roger François	1999	1
19	Global deep‐sea burial rate of calcium carbonate during the Last Glacial Maximum Paleoceanography ·Nina R Catubig,David Archer,Roger François,Peter B deMenocal,W Howard,Ein‐Fen Yu	1998	84
20	The influence of humic substances on the geochemistry of iodine in nearshore and hemipelagic marine sediments Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Roger François	1987	101

About Roger François

Roger François is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Geochemistry and Petrology, having authored 115 papers that have together received 12.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (64 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (40 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (40 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (25 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (18 papers), Geological formations and processes (18 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (15 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (5.7k citations), Atmospheric Science (7.8k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (3.1k citations). Roger François has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Mark A. Altabet, Susumu Honjo, Jerry F McManus, Michael P. Bacon, Jeanne-Marie Gherardi, Lloyd D Keigwin, Daniel M. Sigman, Steven J. Manganini, Richard Krishfield and Ein‐Fen Yu. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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