Sarah Foster

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 848 citations indexed

About

Sarah Foster is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Foster has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 848 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Oceanography, 6 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Sarah Foster's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (6 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (3 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (3 papers). Sarah Foster is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (6 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (3 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (3 papers). Sarah Foster collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Kenya. Sarah Foster's co-authors include James E. Cloern, Amy E. Kleckner, Robinson W. Fulweiler, Emily J. Zakem, Matthew J. Church, Michael J. Follows, Gert L. van Dijken, Matthew M. Mills, Alia Al-Haj and Stephanie Dutkiewicz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Biogeosciences.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Foster

10 papers receiving 810 citations

Hit Papers

Phytoplankton primary production in the world's estuarine... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Phytoplankton primary production in the world's estuarine-coastal ecosystems
    2014 541 citations James E. Cloern, Sarah Foster et al. Biogeosciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sarah Foster United States 8 588 406 203 177 69 10 848
Xiangcheng Yuan China 16 592 1.0× 411 1.0× 234 1.2× 170 1.0× 46 0.7× 47 816
Kuninao Tada Japan 20 791 1.3× 549 1.4× 204 1.0× 231 1.3× 60 0.9× 82 1.1k
Luke Twomey Australia 10 445 0.8× 342 0.8× 181 0.9× 189 1.1× 76 1.1× 15 697
Claire Labry France 16 667 1.1× 375 0.9× 245 1.2× 324 1.8× 81 1.2× 24 960
Johannes Rick Germany 14 365 0.6× 274 0.7× 211 1.0× 113 0.6× 63 0.9× 54 710
Martin Plus France 16 717 1.2× 508 1.3× 200 1.0× 150 0.8× 50 0.7× 28 971
Sławomira Gromisz Poland 12 636 1.1× 424 1.0× 178 0.9× 214 1.2× 30 0.4× 27 829
Carla Rita Ferrari Italy 12 519 0.9× 238 0.6× 201 1.0× 149 0.8× 66 1.0× 19 740
Maija Huttunen Finland 9 845 1.4× 417 1.0× 152 0.7× 451 2.5× 41 0.6× 10 1.1k
Seung Ho Baek South Korea 19 634 1.1× 397 1.0× 153 0.8× 307 1.7× 59 0.9× 70 872

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah Foster

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah Foster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sarah Foster. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sarah Foster. The network helps show where Sarah Foster may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Foster

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sarah Foster. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sarah Foster based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sarah Foster. Sarah Foster is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Matika, Oswald, Sarah Foster, Naftaly Githaka, et al.. (2023). Investigating volatile semiochemical production from Bos taurus and Bos indicus as a novel phenotype for breeding host resistance to ixodid ticks. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 14(5). 102200–102200. 2 indexed citations
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Kamau, Luna, Oswald Matika, Sarah Foster, et al.. (2023). The potential for use of haematological and anti-IgE humoral responses as phenotypic markers for tick resistance in cattle. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 100159–100159. 1 indexed citations
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Foster, Sarah & Robinson W. Fulweiler. (2019). Estuarine Sediments Exhibit Dynamic and Variable Biogeochemical Responses to Hypoxia. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 124(4). 737–758. 29 indexed citations
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Zakem, Emily J., Alia Al-Haj, Matthew J. Church, et al.. (2018). Ecological control of nitrite in the upper ocean. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1206–1206. 122 indexed citations
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Newell, Silvia E., et al.. (2016). Molecular evidence for sediment nitrogen fixation in a temperate New England estuary. PeerJ. 4. e1615–e1615. 38 indexed citations
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Foster, Sarah & Robinson W. Fulweiler. (2016). Sediment Nitrous Oxide Fluxes Are Dominated by Uptake in a Temperate Estuary. Frontiers in Marine Science. 3. 36 indexed citations
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Cloern, James E., Sarah Foster, & Amy E. Kleckner. (2014). Phytoplankton primary production in the world's estuarine-coastal ecosystems. Biogeosciences. 11(9). 2477–2501. 541 indexed citations breakdown →
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Foster, Sarah & Robinson W. Fulweiler. (2014). Spatial and historic variability of benthic nitrogen cycling in an anthropogenically impacted estuary. Frontiers in Marine Science. 1. 27 indexed citations
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Chan, Pak Wai, K. K. Hon, & Sarah Foster. (2011). Wind data collected by a fixed-wing aircraft in the vicinity of a tropical cyclone over the south China coastal waters. Meteorologische Zeitschrift. 20(3). 313–321. 20 indexed citations
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Foster, Sarah. (1993). MEDICINAL PLANT CONSERVATION AND GENETIC RESOURCES: EXAMPLES FROM THE TEMPERATE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. Acta Horticulturae. 67–74. 32 indexed citations

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