Sumner Richman

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Sumner Richman is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sumner Richman has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Oceanography, 10 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sumner Richman's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (9 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (8 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (4 papers). Sumner Richman is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (9 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (8 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (4 papers). Sumner Richman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. Sumner Richman's co-authors include Lawrence B. Slobodkin, Stanley I. Dodson, Donald R. Heinle, Paul E. Sager, Yossi Loya, Mark S. Berman, J. David Allan, J. Rudi Strickler, G.-A. Paffenhöfer and Murray Goodman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Ecology and Limnology and Oceanography.

In The Last Decade

Sumner Richman

23 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Transformation of Energy by Daphnia pulex 1958 2026 1980 2003 1958 100 200 300
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. The Transformation of Energy by Daphnia pulex
    1958 361 citations Sumner Richman Ecological Monographs profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sumner Richman United States 16 697 556 539 308 301 23 1.4k
W. D. Watt Canada 15 322 0.5× 457 0.8× 292 0.5× 184 0.6× 122 0.4× 21 976
Edward J. Maly Canada 17 389 0.6× 285 0.5× 315 0.6× 257 0.8× 121 0.4× 49 900
Gerhard Maier Germany 25 1.2k 1.7× 480 0.9× 564 1.0× 544 1.8× 195 0.6× 65 1.5k
Michael R. Reeve United States 23 499 0.7× 692 1.2× 324 0.6× 161 0.5× 581 1.9× 30 1.4k
William E. Neill Canada 16 605 0.9× 355 0.6× 532 1.0× 460 1.5× 192 0.6× 19 1.1k
G. H. Geen Canada 19 489 0.7× 358 0.6× 220 0.4× 672 2.2× 526 1.7× 44 1.3k
Carsten J. Loose Germany 9 589 0.8× 239 0.4× 599 1.1× 395 1.3× 190 0.6× 11 1.1k
S. M. Marshall United Kingdom 19 697 1.0× 1.1k 1.9× 331 0.6× 242 0.8× 708 2.4× 26 1.7k
Stefan Nehring Germany 21 776 1.1× 617 1.1× 300 0.6× 286 0.9× 322 1.1× 48 1.4k
John D. Orcutt United States 11 687 1.0× 419 0.8× 679 1.3× 323 1.0× 91 0.3× 17 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sumner Richman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sumner Richman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sumner Richman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sumner Richman 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 Sumner Richman. Sumner Richman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Paffenhöfer, G.-A., et al.. (1996). Motion behavior of nauplii and early copepodid stages of marine planktonic copepods. Journal of Plankton Research. 18(9). 1699–1715. 56 indexed citations
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Schulze, Peter, J. Rudi Strickler, Bo Bergström, et al.. (1992). Video systems for in situ studies of zooplankton. Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR). 13 indexed citations
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Sager, Paul E. & Sumner Richman. (1991). Functional Interaction of Phytoplankton and Zooplankton along the Trophic Gradient in Green Bay, Lake Michigan. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 48(1). 116–122. 50 indexed citations
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Richman, Sumner & Paul E. Sager. (1990). Patterns of phytoplankton-zooplankton interaction along a trophic gradient: II. Biomass and size distribution. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 24(1). 401–405. 3 indexed citations
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Sager, Paul E. & Sumner Richman. (1990). Patterns of phytoplankton-zooplankton interaction along a trophic gradient: I. Production and utilization. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 24(1). 393–396. 3 indexed citations
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Harris, Hallett J., et al.. (1987). Coupling ecosystem science with management: A Great Lakes perspective from Green Bay, Lake Michigan, USA. Environmental Management. 11(5). 619–625. 11 indexed citations
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Richman, Sumner, Murray Goodman, Thi M.‐D. Nguyen, & Peter W. Schiller. (1985). Synthesis and biological activity of linear and cyclic enkephalins modified at the Gly3‐Phe4amide bond. International journal of peptide & protein research. 25(6). 648–662. 32 indexed citations
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Richman, Sumner, et al.. (1984). Zooplankton standing stock, species composition and size distribution along a trophic gradient in Green Bay, Lake Michigan. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 22(1). 475–487. 15 indexed citations
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Richman, Sumner, et al.. (1984). Phytoplankton standing stock, size distribution, species composition and productivity along a trophic gradient in Green Bay, Lake Michigan. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 22(1). 460–469. 30 indexed citations
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Pallai, Peter V., Sumner Richman, R. Scott Struthers, & Murray Goodman. (1983). Approaches to the synthesis of retro‐inverso peptides. International journal of peptide & protein research. 21(1). 84–92. 25 indexed citations
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Richman, Sumner, et al.. (1977). Grazing by adult estuarine calanoid copepods of the Chesapeake Bay. Marine Biology. 42(1). 69–84. 110 indexed citations
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Richman, Sumner, et al.. (1975). The rate of mucus production by corals and its assimilation by the coral reef copepod Acartia negligens1. Limnology and Oceanography. 20(6). 918–923. 82 indexed citations
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Berman, Mark S. & Sumner Richman. (1974). The feeding behavior of Daphnia pulex from Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin1. Limnology and Oceanography. 19(1). 105–109. 41 indexed citations
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Richman, Sumner, et al.. (1969). THE FEEDING OF CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS ON SYNCHRONOUSLY GROWING POPULATIONS OF THE MARINE DIATOM DITYLUM BRIGHTWELLII1. Limnology and Oceanography. 14(5). 701–709. 80 indexed citations
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Richman, Sumner. (1966). The effect of phytoplankton concentration on the feeding rate of Diaptomus oregonensis. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 16(1). 392–398. 24 indexed citations
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Richman, Sumner. (1964). Energy transformation studies on Diaptomus oregonensis. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 15(2). 654–659. 13 indexed citations
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Slobodkin, Lawrence B. & Sumner Richman. (1961). Calories/gm. in Species of Animals. Nature. 191(4785). 299–299. 110 indexed citations
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Slobodkin, Lawrence B. & Sumner Richman. (1960). The Availability of a Miniature Bomb Calorimeter for Ecology. Ecology. 41(4). 784–784. 7 indexed citations
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Richman, Sumner. (1958). The Transformation of Energy by Daphnia pulex. Ecological Monographs. 28(3). 273–291. 361 indexed citations breakdown →
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Slobodkin, Lawrence B. & Sumner Richman. (1956). The Effect of Removal of Fixed Percentages of the Newborn on Size and Variability in Populations of Daphnia pulicaria (Forbes). Limnology and Oceanography. 1(3). 209–237. 60 indexed citations

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