Ronald Benner

36.0k total citations · 9 hit papers
231 papers, 27.1k citations indexed

About

Ronald Benner is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald Benner has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 27.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Oceanography, 114 papers in Ecology and 49 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ronald Benner's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (136 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (68 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (38 papers). Ronald Benner is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (136 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (68 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (38 papers). Ronald Benner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Ronald Benner's co-authors include Rainer M. W. Amon, John I. Hedges, Karl Kaiser, Stephen P. Opsahl, Robert E. Hodson, Matthew D. McCarthy, Cédric G. Fichot, Bopaiah A. Biddanda, Richard G. Keil and Marilyn L. Fogel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ronald Benner

227 papers receiving 25.9k 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.

Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: long-term carbon storage in the global ocean

2010 1.3k citations Nianzhi Jiao, Gerhard J. Herndl et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
What happens to terrestrial organic matter in the ocean?

1997 1.2k citations Ronald Benner et al. profile →
Depletion of 13C in lignin and its implications for stable carbon isotope studies

1987 886 citations Ronald Benner, Robert E. Hodson et al. profile →
Bacterial utilization of different size classes of dissolved organic matter

1996 837 citations Rainer M. W. Amon, Ronald Benner profile →
Bulk Chemical Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Ocean

1992 748 citations Ronald Benner et al. profile →
Characterization of a major refractory component of marine dissolved organic matter

2006 745 citations Norbert Hertkorn, Ronald Benner et al. profile →
Production of Refractory Dissolved Organic Matter by Bacteria

2001 547 citations Karl Kaiser, Ronald Benner et al. profile →
The spectral slope coefficient of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (S_275–295) as a tracer of terrigenous dissolved organic carbon in river‐influenced ocean margins

2012 381 citations Cédric G. Fichot, Ronald Benner profile →
The microbial carbon pump and climate change

2024 122 citations Nianzhi Jiao, Tingwei Luo et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronald Benner

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The microbial carbon pump and climate change breakdown → 2024 ·Nature Reviews Microbiology ·Nianzhi Jiao, Tingwei Luo, Quanrui Chen, (unknown), Xilin Xiao, Jihua Liu, Zhimin Jian, Shucheng Xie, Helmuth Thomas, Gerhard J. Herndl, Ronald Benner, (unknown), Feng Chen, Wei‐Jun Cai, Carol Robinson	122
2	Soil organic matter diagenetic state informs boreal forest ecosystem feedbacks to climate change 2023 ·Biogeosciences ·Allison Myers‐Pigg, Karl Kaiser, Ronald Benner, Susan E. Ziegler	2
3	Ciguatoxin in Hawai'i: Fisheries forecasting using geospatial and environmental analyses for the invasive Cephalopholis argus (Epinephelidae) 2021 ·Environmental Research ·Christopher R. Loeffler, Ann Abraham, Justin E. Stopa, (unknown), Edward L.E. Jester, (unknown), Jonathan R. Deeds, Ronald Benner, Jason E. Adolf	11
4	Biochemical and structural controls on the decomposition dynamics of boreal upland forest moss tissues 2018 ·Biogeosciences ·Michael Philben, (unknown), Sharon Billings, Ronald Benner, Kate A. Edwards, Susan E. Ziegler	17
5	Biogenic Amine Production by and Phylogenetic Analysis of 23 Photobacterium Species 2018 ·Journal of Food Protection ·(unknown), A. Abraham, (unknown), Paul V. Dunlap, Ronald Benner	27
6	Radiocarbon in dissolved organic and inorganic carbon of the Arctic Ocean 2017 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Ellen R. M. Druffel, S. Griffin, Carolyn Glynn, Ronald Benner, Brett D. Walker	21
7	Marine sequestration of carbon in bacterial metabolites 2015 ·Nature Communications ·Oliver J. Lechtenfeld, Norbert Hertkorn, Yuan Shen, Matthias Witt, Ronald Benner	226
8	Effect of P-limitation on prokaryotic and viral production in surface waters of the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea 2014 ·Journal of Plankton Research ·Chiaki Motegi, Karl Kaiser, Ronald Benner, Markus G. Weinbauer	12
9	Pan-Arctic distributions of continental runoff in the Arctic Ocean 2013 ·Scientific Reports ·Cédric G. Fichot, Karl Kaiser, Stanford B. Hooker, Rainer M. W. Amon, Marcel Babin, Simon Bélanger, Sally A. Walker, Ronald Benner	198
10	Carbon fluxes in the Canadian Arctic: patterns and drivers of bacterial abundance, production and respiration on the Beaufort Sea margin 2012 ·Eva Ortega‐Retuerta, Wade H. Jeffrey, Marcel Babin, Simon Bélanger, Ronald Benner, Dominique Marie, Atsushi Matsuoka, (unknown), Fabien Joux	43
11	Dissolved organic matter composition and bioavailability reflect ecosystem productivity in the Western Arctic Ocean 2012 ·Biogeosciences ·Yuan Shen, Cédric G. Fichot, Ronald Benner	56
12	Comparison of molecular detection methods for Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus 2011 ·Food Microbiology ·Jessica Jones, Yukiko Hara‐Kudo, (unknown), Ronald Benner, A Smith, Timothy R. Dambaugh, John C. Bowers, Angelo DePaola	36
13	Dissolved Oxygen as an Indicator of Bioavailable Dissolved Organic Carbon in Groundwater 2011 ·Ground Water ·Francis H. Chapelle, Paul M. Bradley, Peter B. McMahon, Karl Kaiser, Ronald Benner	32
14	Creating a Quality of Life Assessment Measure for Residents in Long Term Care 2011 ·Journal of the American Medical Directors Association ·Madelyn Iris, (unknown), Ronald Benner, (unknown), John Ridings	14
15	The microbial carbon pump in the ocean 2010 ·Nature Reviews Microbiology ·(unknown), Gerhard J. Herndl, Dennis A. Hansell, Ronald Benner, Gerhard Kattner, Steven W. Wilhelm, (unknown), Markus G. Weinbauer, Tianlie Luo, (unknown), F Azam	3
16	Effects of On-Board and Dockside Handling on the Formation of Biogenic Amines in Mahimahi (Coryphaena hippurus), Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), and Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) 2004 ·Journal of Food Protection ·(unknown), James D. Barnett, Patricia L. Rogers, Ronald Benner, (unknown), J. W. Cook	37
17	Characterization and Origin of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Yegua Ground Water in Brazos County, Texas 2001 ·Ground Water ·Joyanto Routh, Ethan L. Grossman, Ellyn M. Murphy, Ronald Benner	32
18	Enhanced bacterioplankton production and respiration at intermediate salinities in the Mississippi River plume 1992 ·Marine Ecology Progress Series ·Gerardo Chin-Leo, Ronald Benner	128
19	Influence of Soluble Components of Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) Leaves on Microbial Decomposition of Structural (Lignocellulosic) Leaf Components in Seawater 1990 ·Bulletin of Marine Science ·Kyu‐Ho Lee, Mary Ann Moran, Ronald Benner, Robert E. Hodson	18
20	Anaerobic Biodegradation of the Lignin and Polysaccharide Components of Lignocellulose and Synthetic Lignin by Sediment Microflora 1984 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Ronald Benner, A. E. Maccubbin, Robert E. Hodson	303

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