S. W. Nixon

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

S. W. Nixon is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, S. W. Nixon has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Oceanography, 14 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in S. W. Nixon's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (14 papers), Marine and fisheries research (8 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (8 papers). S. W. Nixon is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (14 papers), Marine and fisheries research (8 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (8 papers). S. W. Nixon collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. S. W. Nixon's co-authors include Stephen Granger, Betty A. Buckley, CA Oviatt, Jeffrey B. Frithsen, Barbara K. Sullivan, David I. Taylor, Barbara L. Nowicki, Robinson W. Fulweiler, Walter R. Boynton and J. Kirk Cochran and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Science of The Total Environment and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

S. W. Nixon

30 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

The fate of nitrogen and phosphorus at the land-sea margin of the North Atlantic Ocean

1996 555 citations S. W. Nixon et al. Biogeochemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. W. Nixon United States	20	1.4k	1.1k	564	537	333	31	2.3k
Christian Grenz France	26	1.4k 1.0×	844 0.7×	397 0.7×	666 1.2×	188 0.6×	51	2.2k
Piers Chapman United States	26	1.6k 1.2×	710 0.6×	373 0.7×	698 1.3×	726 2.2×	75	2.5k
Jonathan R. Pennock United States	18	1.3k 0.9×	872 0.8×	301 0.5×	434 0.8×	205 0.6×	30	1.8k
David T. Rudnick United States	23	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	307 0.5×	547 1.0×	319 1.0×	39	2.1k
Peter L. McCall United States	17	1.0k 0.7×	887 0.8×	266 0.5×	448 0.8×	482 1.4×	23	2.0k
Joachim W. Dippner Germany	28	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	380 0.7×	995 1.9×	328 1.0×	68	2.7k
Lars Rahm Sweden	28	1.8k 1.3×	747 0.7×	939 1.7×	404 0.8×	438 1.3×	84	2.8k
Mary Jo Richardson United States	27	1.8k 1.3×	616 0.5×	256 0.5×	419 0.8×	550 1.7×	48	2.3k
Günther Nausch Germany	33	2.3k 1.6×	828 0.7×	884 1.6×	752 1.4×	463 1.4×	84	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. W. Nixon

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Oehlert, Amanda M., S. W. Nixon, Erik J. Folkerts, et al.. (2024). Implications of dietary carbon incorporation in fish carbonates for the global carbon cycle. The Science of The Total Environment. 916. 169895–169895. 5 indexed citations

Folkerts, Erik J., Amanda M. Oehlert, Rachael M. Heuer, et al.. (2024). The role of marine fish-produced carbonates in the oceanic carbon cycle is determined by size, specific gravity, and dissolution rate. The Science of The Total Environment. 916. 170044–170044. 4 indexed citations

Fulweiler, Robinson W., S. W. Nixon, Betty A. Buckley, & Stephen Granger. (2007). Reversal of the net dinitrogen gas flux in coastal marine sediments. Nature. 448(7150). 180–182. 162 indexed citations

Harris, Lora A., et al.. (2004). Experimental studies of predation by bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix in varying densities of seagrass and macroalgae. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 281. 233–239. 20 indexed citations

Fulweiler, Robinson W., S. W. Nixon, Betty A. Buckley, & Stephen Granger. (2003). Export Of Organic Carbon From A Minimally Developed SouthernNew England Watershed. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 60. 2 indexed citations

Thomson, J., S. W. Nixon, Colin Summerhayes, et al.. (2000). Enhanced productivity on the Iberian margin during glacial/interglacial transitions revealed by barium and diatoms. Journal of the Geological Society. 157(3). 667–677. 47 indexed citations

Taylor, David I., S. W. Nixon, Stephen Granger, & Betty A. Buckley. (1999). Responses of Coastal Lagoon Plant Communities to Levels of Nutrient Enrichment: A Mesocosm Study. Estuaries. 22(4). 1041–1041. 45 indexed citations

Thomson, J., S. W. Nixon, Colin Summerhayes, et al.. (1999). Implications for sedimentation changes on the Iberian margin over the last two glacial/interglacial transitions from (230Thexcess)0 systematics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 165(3-4). 255–270. 63 indexed citations

Nixon, S. W.. (1998). The sources of musical settings of Thomas Carew's poetry. The Review of English Studies. 49(196). 424–460. 1 indexed citations

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Short, Frederick T., et al.. (1996). Long-term decline in eelgrass, Zostera marina L., linked to increased housing development. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester). 26 indexed citations

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Nixon, S. W.. (1996). Regional Coastal Research--What Is It? Why Do It? What Role Should NAML Play?. Biological Bulletin. 190(2). 252–259. 8 indexed citations

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Galloway, James N., Robert W. Howarth, Anthony F. Michaels, et al.. (1996). Nitrogen and phosphorus budgets of the North Atlantic Ocean and its watershed. Biogeochemistry. 35(1). 3–25. 70 indexed citations

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Taylor, David I., S. W. Nixon, Stephen Granger, & Betty A. Buckley. (1995). Impacts of different forms of nutrients on the roles of coastal lagoons as nutrient sources or sinks — A mesocosm study. Ophelia. 42(1). 353–370. 6 indexed citations

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Taylor, David I., S. W. Nixon, Stephen Granger, et al.. (1995). Responses of coastal lagoon plant communities to different forms of nutrient enrichment—a mesocosm experiment. Aquatic Botany. 52(1-2). 19–34. 74 indexed citations

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Taylor, David I., S. W. Nixon, Stephen Granger, & Betty A. Buckley. (1995). Nutrient limitation and the eutrophication of coastal lagoons. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 127. 235–244. 108 indexed citations

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Nixon, S. W., Stephen Granger, David I. Taylor, Peter Johnson, & Betty A. Buckley. (1994). Subtidal Volume Fluxes, Nutrient Inputs and the Brown Tide—an Alternate Hypothesis. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 39(3). 303–312. 32 indexed citations

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Nixon, S. W., et al.. (1989). Accretion Rates and Sediment Accumulation in Rhode Island Salt Marshes. Estuaries. 12(4). 300–300. 189 indexed citations

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Nixon, S. W., CA Oviatt, Jeffrey B. Frithsen, & Barbara K. Sullivan. (1986). NUTRIENTS AND THE PRODUCTIVITY OF ESTUARINE AND COASTAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 12(1-2). 43–71. 320 indexed citations

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Oviatt, CA, et al.. (1977). Multivariate analysis of experimental marine ecosystems. Helgoland Marine Research. 30(1-4). 30–46. 15 indexed citations

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Oviatt, CA, et al.. (1972). Environmental Effects of Atlantic Menhaden on Surrounding Waters. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 13(4). 321–321. 15 indexed citations

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