Stuart Findlay

17.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
126 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

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Stuart Findlay is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Stuart Findlay has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Ecology, 61 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 44 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Stuart Findlay's work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (47 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (29 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (27 papers). Stuart Findlay is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (47 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (29 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (27 papers). Stuart Findlay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Australia. Stuart Findlay's co-authors include Michael L. Pace, David L. Strayer, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Nina F. Caraco, H. Maurice Valett, Jonathan J. Cole, Andrew J. Boulton, Pierre Marmonier, Emily H. Stanley and David Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Stuart Findlay

125 papers receiving 10.9k citations

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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.

Bacterial production in fresh and saltwater ecosystems: a cross-system overview

1988 1.2k citations Stuart Findlay, Michael L. Pace et al. Marine Ecology Progress Series profile →
THE FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HYPORHEIC ZONE IN STREAMS AND RIVERS

1998 926 citations Stuart Findlay et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stuart Findlay United States	56	7.2k	4.9k	3.8k	2.6k	2.3k	126	11.9k
Robert G. Wetzel United States	63	8.6k 1.2×	8.1k 1.6×	5.7k 1.5×	3.1k 1.2×	2.3k 1.0×	237	17.0k
N. F. Caraco United States	17	4.7k 0.6×	6.0k 1.2×	4.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.6×	3.3k 1.5×	18	12.3k
Peter J. Dillon Canada	61	4.3k 0.6×	7.2k 1.5×	3.0k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	3.6k 1.6×	194	11.6k
C. Hopkinson United States	53	5.9k 0.8×	2.9k 0.6×	4.8k 1.2×	977 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	140	11.3k
Karl E. Havens United States	49	4.1k 0.6×	6.9k 1.4×	4.1k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	2.5k 1.1×	181	10.8k
D. W. Schindler Canada	66	5.9k 0.8×	8.4k 1.7×	4.5k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	2.7k 1.2×	126	14.9k
Judy L. Meyer United States	54	8.7k 1.2×	5.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.4×	5.3k 2.1×	4.9k 2.1×	123	13.9k
William M. Lewis United States	59	7.1k 1.0×	4.6k 0.9×	3.0k 0.8×	3.8k 1.5×	2.0k 0.9×	249	12.9k
Jacques C. Finlay United States	55	4.1k 0.6×	2.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.4×	2.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	134	8.8k
Jeffrey E. Richey United States	58	4.9k 0.7×	3.4k 0.7×	5.7k 1.5×	1.5k 0.6×	2.7k 1.2×	133	12.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Stuart Findlay

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stuart Findlay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stuart Findlay

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Cotching, WE, et al.. (2017). Soil nutrient concentrations and farm gate nutrient balances for dairy farm management in Tasmania. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 60(2). 216–221. 8 indexed citations

Freimann, Remo, Helmut Bürgmann, Stuart Findlay, & Christopher T. Robinson. (2014). Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Major Bacterial Groups in Alpine Waters. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e113524–e113524. 14 indexed citations

Kaushal, Sujay S., Stuart Findlay, Tamara A. Newcomer, et al.. (2014). Longitudinal patterns in carbon and nitrogen fluxes and stream metabolism along an urban watershed continuum. Biogeochemistry. 121(1). 23–44. 89 indexed citations

Sinsabaugh, Robert L., David J. Horn, Jennifer J. Follstad Shah, & Stuart Findlay. (2010). Ecoenzymatic Stoichiometry in Relation to Productivity for Freshwater Biofilm and Plankton Communities. Microbial Ecology. 60(4). 885–893. 48 indexed citations

Findlay, Stuart, William H. McDowell, David Fischer, et al.. (2010). Total carbon analysis may overestimate organic carbon content of fresh waters in the presence of high dissolved inorganic carbon. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 8(5). 196–201. 28 indexed citations

Strayer, David L. & Stuart Findlay. (2010). Ecology of freshwater shore zones. Aquatic Sciences. 72(2). 127–163. 222 indexed citations

Findlay, Stuart, et al.. (2008). Predicting Carbon and Nutrient Transformations in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands of the Hudson River. Ecosystems. 11(5). 790–802. 25 indexed citations

Kaushal, Sujay S., Peter M. Groffman, Stuart Findlay, et al.. (2005). Potential Impacts of Organic Wastes on Small Stream Water Quality. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

Findlay, Stuart. (2005). Increased Carbon Transport in the Hudson River: Unexpected Consequence of Nitrogen Deposition?. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 3(3). 133–133. 4 indexed citations

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Findlay, Stuart, Peter M. Groffman, & Susan Dye. (2003). Effects of Phragmites australis removal on marsh nutrient cycling. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 11(3). 157–165. 49 indexed citations

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Sanzone, Diane M., Jennifer L. Tank, Judy L. Meyer, Patrick J. Mulholland, & Stuart Findlay. (2001). Microbial incorporation of nitrogen in stream detritus. Hydrobiologia. 464(1-3). 27–35. 28 indexed citations

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Strayer, David L., Nina F. Caraco, Jonathan J. Cole, Stuart Findlay, & Michael L. Pace. (1999). Transformation of Freshwater Ecosystems by Bivalves. BioScience. 49(1). 19–19. 410 indexed citations

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Findlay, Stuart, et al.. (1998). Original Articles: Sources of Dissolved Organic Carbon Supporting Planktonic Bacterial Production in the Tidal Freshwater Hudson River. Ecosystems. 1(3). 227–239. 57 indexed citations

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Findlay, Stuart, Christopher W. Hickey, & John M. Quinn. (1997). Microbial enzymatic response to catchment‐scale variations in supply of dissolved organic carbon. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 31(5). 701–706. 20 indexed citations

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Findlay, Stuart, Michael L. Pace, & David Fischer. (1996). Spatial and Temporal Variability in the Lower Food Web of the Tidal Freshwater Hudson River. Estuaries. 19(4). 866–866. 32 indexed citations

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Wehr, John D., et al.. (1991). Inorganic Phosphorus Stimulation of Bacterioplankton Production in a Meso-Eutrophic Lake. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 57(7). 2074–2078. 104 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Thomas S. & Stuart Findlay. (1990). Plant Pigments as Tracers of Emergent and Submergent Macrophytes from the Hudson River. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 47(3). 492–494. 23 indexed citations

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Findlay, Stuart & Clive G. Jones. (1990). Exposure of cottonwood plants to ozone alters subsequent leaf decomposition. Oecologia. 82(2). 248–250. 23 indexed citations

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Findlay, Stuart, et al.. (1982). Effect of a Free-Living Marine Nematode (Diplolaimella chitwoodi) on Detrital Carbon Mineralization. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 8. 161–166. 77 indexed citations

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Findlay, Stuart. (1956). Communications - The Synthesis of Allococaine and Allopseudococaine. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 21(6). 711–711. 5 indexed citations

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