Silke Severmann

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Silke Severmann is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Silke Severmann has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 23 papers in Paleontology and 22 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Silke Severmann's work include Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (39 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (22 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers). Silke Severmann is often cited by papers focused on Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (39 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (22 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers). Silke Severmann collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Silke Severmann's co-authors include Timothy W. Lyons, James McManus, William M. Berelson, Ariel D. Anbar, Douglas E. Hammond, Brian L. Beard, Clark M. Johnson, Benjamin C. Gill, Clint Scott and S. Little and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Silke Severmann

57 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

A critical look at iron paleoredox proxies: New insights ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. A critical look at iron paleoredox proxies: New insights from modern euxinic marine basins
    2006 515 citations Timothy W. Lyons, Silke Severmann Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Silke Severmann United States 28 2.4k 2.0k 1.1k 785 684 60 3.8k
Jennifer L. Morford United States 18 1.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 642 0.6× 335 0.4× 506 0.7× 31 2.5k
Rachel A. Mills United Kingdom 30 1.4k 0.6× 675 0.3× 856 0.7× 621 0.8× 908 1.3× 75 2.9k
David Z. Piper United States 32 2.8k 1.2× 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 303 0.4× 1.2k 1.7× 66 4.0k
Dalton Hardisty United States 26 1.5k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 794 0.7× 256 0.3× 768 1.1× 44 2.5k
Leslie J. Robbins Canada 27 1.9k 0.8× 1.8k 0.9× 590 0.5× 191 0.2× 951 1.4× 83 3.0k
Peter Halbach Germany 34 2.4k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 1000 0.9× 257 0.3× 1.5k 2.2× 80 3.5k
Christian März United Kingdom 29 838 0.4× 888 0.4× 1.0k 0.9× 461 0.6× 296 0.4× 73 2.4k
Christopher R. Pearce United Kingdom 29 1.3k 0.5× 898 0.4× 840 0.7× 200 0.3× 478 0.7× 49 2.4k
Philipp Böning Germany 29 928 0.4× 649 0.3× 1.0k 0.9× 348 0.4× 362 0.5× 56 2.2k
Rob Raiswell United Kingdom 15 955 0.4× 857 0.4× 1.0k 0.9× 467 0.6× 374 0.5× 21 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Silke Severmann

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Siqi, et al.. (2025). Refining the signature of thallium isotopes in low oxygen marine environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 407. 338–356.
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Horner, Tristan J., Sune G. Nielsen, Andy W. Heard, et al.. (2025). Evolution of the South Pacific's Iron Cycle Over the Cenozoic. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 40(7). 1 indexed citations
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Slomp, Caroline P., Martijn Hermans, Niels A. G. M. van Helmond, et al.. (2025). A niche for diverse cable bacteria in continental margin sediments overlain by oxygen-deficient waters. Biogeosciences. 22(18). 4885–4902.
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McAnena, A., Silke Severmann, Romain Guilbaud, & Simon W. Poulton. (2024). Iron isotope fractionation during sulfide-promoted reductive dissolution of iron (oxyhydr)oxide minerals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 369. 17–34. 5 indexed citations
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Owens, Jeremy D., R. Raiswell, Simon W. Poulton, et al.. (2024). Long-range transport of dust enhances oceanic iron bioavailability. Frontiers in Marine Science. 11.
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Deng, Kai, Jörg Rickli, Tim Jesper Suhrhoff, et al.. (2023). Dominance of benthic fluxes in the oceanic beryllium budget and implications for paleo-denudation records. Science Advances. 9(23). eadg3702–eadg3702. 13 indexed citations
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Palevsky, Hilary I., et al.. (2020). Using Authentic Data from NSF’s Ocean Observatories Initiative in Undergraduate Teaching: An Invitation. Oceanography. 33(1). 9 indexed citations
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Berelson, William M., James McManus, Silke Severmann, & Nick E. Rollins. (2019). Benthic fluxes from hypoxia-influenced Gulf of Mexico sediments: Impact on bottom water acidification. Marine Chemistry. 209. 94–106. 23 indexed citations
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Ndungù, Kuria, Cheryl M. Zurbrick, Sharon Stammerjohn, et al.. (2016). Lead Sources to the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(12). 6233–6239. 18 indexed citations
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Severmann, Silke. (2015). Uranium Stable Isotopes: A Proxy For Productivity Or Ocean Oxygenation?. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 2 indexed citations
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Scholz, Florian, Silke Severmann, James McManus, & Christian Hensen. (2013). Beyond the Black Sea paradigm: The sedimentary fingerprint of an open-marine iron shuttle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 127. 368–380. 105 indexed citations
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Homoky, William B., Silke Severmann, James McManus, et al.. (2012). Dissolved oxygen and suspended particles regulate the benthic flux of iron from continental margins. Marine Chemistry. 134-135. 59–70. 69 indexed citations
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Yager, Patricia L., Robert M. Sherrell, Sharon Stammerjohn, et al.. (2012). ASPIRE: The Amundsen Sea Polynya International Research Expedition. Oceanography. 25(3). 40–53. 102 indexed citations
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McAnena, A., Silke Severmann, & Simon W. Poulton. (2009). Abiotic Fe isotope fractionation during sulfide mediated reductive dissolution of Fe oxide minerals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 1 indexed citations
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Gilhooly, William, et al.. (2009). Diverse pathways of sulfur cycling in the modern Black Sea captured in rare sulfur isotope signatures. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 1 indexed citations
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McManus, James, et al.. (2009). Molybdenum behavior during early diagenesis: Insights from Mo isotopes. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 10(6). 162 indexed citations
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Severmann, Silke, et al.. (2006). The isotopic expression of Fe shuttling in modern and ancient euxinic sediments: Implications for the rise of oxygen. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 70(18). A572–A572. 1 indexed citations
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Severmann, Silke, Clark M. Johnson, Brian L. Beard, et al.. (2004). Fe and S isotope variations in cyanobacterial mats: modern analogues of ancient stromatolites. AGUFM. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Severmann, Silke, et al.. (2003). The modification of hydrothermal Fe-isotopic signature during plume-processes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 67(18). 424. 2 indexed citations
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Severmann, Silke & J. Thomson. (1998). Investigation of the ingrowth of radioactive daughters of 238U in Mediterranean sapropels as a potential dating tool. Chemical Geology. 150(3-4). 317–330. 7 indexed citations

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