Stuart D. Sym

890 total citations
33 papers, 700 citations indexed

About

Stuart D. Sym is a scholar working on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stuart D. Sym has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 700 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Oceanography, 15 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Stuart D. Sym's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (12 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (10 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (9 papers). Stuart D. Sym is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (12 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (10 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (9 papers). Stuart D. Sym collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Japan and United States. Stuart D. Sym's co-authors include Vincent M. Gray, Ashira Roopnarain, Richard N. Pienaar, Pierre Durand, Richard E. Michod, Takeo Horiguchi, R. N. Pienaar, Grant C. Pitcher, Lizeth Botes and Masanobu Kawachi and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioresource Technology, Current Biology and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Stuart D. Sym

33 papers receiving 664 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stuart D. Sym South Africa 14 325 291 229 180 145 33 700
Ricardo M. Chaloub Brazil 15 374 1.2× 271 0.9× 219 1.0× 382 2.1× 107 0.7× 26 1.0k
Jacob J. Valenzuela United States 9 292 0.9× 302 1.0× 173 0.8× 166 0.9× 26 0.2× 13 598
Magali Siaut France 5 663 2.0× 674 2.3× 145 0.6× 134 0.7× 64 0.4× 5 1.0k
Cecilia Rad‐Menéndez United Kingdom 12 197 0.6× 211 0.7× 184 0.8× 280 1.6× 82 0.6× 27 582
Kazuo Okuda Japan 15 192 0.6× 222 0.8× 283 1.2× 159 0.9× 51 0.4× 54 658
Karen P. Fawley United States 13 359 1.1× 382 1.3× 281 1.2× 366 2.0× 156 1.1× 23 783
Karen Moll United States 8 346 1.1× 116 0.4× 91 0.4× 41 0.2× 77 0.5× 8 451
Laura T. Carney United States 10 220 0.7× 95 0.3× 311 1.4× 295 1.6× 120 0.8× 11 596
John W. La Claire United States 16 213 0.7× 287 1.0× 329 1.4× 150 0.8× 113 0.8× 35 709
Haruyo Yamaguchi Japan 13 87 0.3× 240 0.8× 185 0.8× 256 1.4× 160 1.1× 53 557

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stuart D. Sym

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All Works

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Kawachi, Masanobu, Takuro Nakayama, Mami Nomura, et al.. (2021). Rappemonads are haptophyte phytoplankton. Current Biology. 31(11). 2395–2403.e4. 22 indexed citations
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Sym, Stuart D., et al.. (2018). On the contribution of Mary Agard Pocock to developmental biology research of the genusVolvoxL.. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 73(3). 277–282. 1 indexed citations
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Sym, Stuart D., et al.. (2018). Bysmatrum austrafrum sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), a novel tidal pool dinoflagellate from South Africa. Phycologia. 57(2). 169–178. 5 indexed citations
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Pitcher, Grant C., et al.. (2017). A red tide forming dinoflagellate Prorocentrum triestinum: identification, phylogeny and impacts on St Helena Bay, South Africa. Phycologia. 56(6). 649–665. 15 indexed citations
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Durand, Pierre, Stuart D. Sym, & Richard E. Michod. (2016). Programmed Cell Death and Complexity in Microbial Systems. Current Biology. 26(13). R587–R593. 57 indexed citations
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Roopnarain, Ashira, Vincent M. Gray, & Stuart D. Sym. (2014). Phosphorus limitation and starvation effects on cell growth and lipid accumulation in Isochrysis galbana U4 for biodiesel production. Bioresource Technology. 156. 408–411. 88 indexed citations
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Roopnarain, Ashira, Stuart D. Sym, & Vincent M. Gray. (2014). Time of culture harvest affects lipid productivity of nitrogen-starved Isochrysis galbana U4 (Isochrysidales, Haptophyta). Aquaculture. 438. 12–16. 13 indexed citations
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Gray, Vincent M., et al.. (2011). Microalgal fatty acid composition: implications for biodiesel quality. Journal of Applied Phycology. 24(4). 791–801. 188 indexed citations
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Iyer, R. D., Olivier De Clerck, John J. Bolton, Vernon E. Coyne, & Stuart D. Sym. (2004). Morphological and taxonomic studies of Gracilaria and Gracilariopsis species (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from South Africa. South African Journal of Botany. 70(4). 521–539. 25 indexed citations
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Sym, Stuart D., et al.. (2004). Endophyllum macowanianum a new combination for Aecidium macowanianum (Uredinales — Pucciniaceae) and a note on E. macowanii. South African Journal of Botany. 70(4). 667–670. 4 indexed citations
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Pienaar, R. N. & Stuart D. Sym. (2002). The genus Pyramimonas (Prasinophyceae) from southern African inshore waters. South African Journal of Botany. 68(3). 283–298. 5 indexed citations
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Sym, Stuart D. & Masanobu Kawachi. (2000). Ultrastructure ofCalyptrosphaera radiata, sp. nov. (Prymnesiophyceae, Haptophyta). European Journal of Phycology. 35(3). 283–293. 11 indexed citations
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Sym, Stuart D. & R. N. Pienaar. (1997). Cell and Scale Morphology of an Isolate of Halosphaera (Prasinophyceae, Chlorophyta) from South Africa. South African Journal of Botany. 63(6). 410–415. 3 indexed citations
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Sym, Stuart D. & Richard N. Pienaar. (1995). Taxonomy ofPyramimonas obovataand other observations on the subgenusVestigiferaofPyramimonas(Prasinophyceae, Chlorophyta). Phycological Research. 43(1). 17–32. 6 indexed citations
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Sym, Stuart D.. (1993). The class Prasinophyceae. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9. 282–376. 46 indexed citations
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Sym, Stuart D. & Richard N. Pienaar. (1991). LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF A PUNCTATE SPECIES OF PYRAMIMONAS, P. MUCIFERA SP. NOV. (PRASINOPHYCEAE)1. Journal of Phycology. 27(2). 277–290. 16 indexed citations
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Sym, Stuart D., et al.. (1983). Diatoms and pollen in a trial core from Sandwich Harbour, South West Africa (Namibia). British Phycological Journal. 18(2). 121–129. 3 indexed citations

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