Trevor Platt

24.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
207 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Trevor Platt is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Trevor Platt has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 172 papers in Oceanography, 63 papers in Ecology and 63 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Trevor Platt's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (168 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (61 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (61 papers). Trevor Platt is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (168 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (61 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (61 papers). Trevor Platt collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and India. Trevor Platt's co-authors include Shubha Sathyendranath, Alan D. Jassby, Carla Caverhill, W. G. Harrison, Alan R. Longhurst, Brian Irwin, Marlon R. Lewis, Venetia Stuart, Kenneth L. Denman and Heather A. Bouman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Trevor Platt

201 papers receiving 14.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Mathematical formulation of the relationship between photosynthesis and light for phytoplankton

1976 1.7k citations Alan D. Jassby, Trevor Platt Limnology and Oceanography profile →
An estimate of global primary production in the ocean from satellite radiometer data

1995 1.1k citations Alan R. Longhurst, Shubha Sathyendranath et al. profile →
Ecosystem dynamics based on plankton functional types for global ocean biogeochemistry models

2005 644 citations Trevor Platt, Shubha Sathyendranath et al. profile →
Oceanic Primary Production: Estimation by Remote Sensing at Local and Regional Scales

1988 528 citations Trevor Platt, Shubha Sathyendranath profile →
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND LIGHT FOR NATURAL ASSEMBLAGES OF COASTAL MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON¹

1976 419 citations Trevor Platt, Alan D. Jassby profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Trevor Platt Canada	62	13.2k	5.6k	4.7k	2.3k	1.3k	207	15.9k
Michael J. Behrenfeld United States	56	15.1k 1.1×	7.5k 1.3×	6.1k 1.3×	2.0k 0.9×	2.7k 2.0×	136	20.3k
Hervé Claustre France	71	15.4k 1.2×	6.7k 1.2×	3.6k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	217	17.8k
Shubha Sathyendranath United Kingdom	63	11.9k 0.9×	4.5k 0.8×	4.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	242	14.1k
Edward A. Laws United States	56	7.9k 0.6×	5.2k 0.9×	2.2k 0.5×	2.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.5×	236	12.2k
Emmanuel Boss United States	69	13.5k 1.0×	4.6k 0.8×	4.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	2.1k 1.5×	246	16.7k
Oscar Schofield United States	57	8.5k 0.6×	5.1k 0.9×	2.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	2.4k 1.8×	278	12.6k
Patricia M. Glibert United States	69	14.7k 1.1×	8.6k 1.5×	3.4k 0.7×	8.4k 3.7×	725 0.5×	216	21.2k
Iván Valiela United States	67	8.8k 0.7×	11.9k 2.1×	4.5k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	274	18.2k
Raphael M. Kudela United States	56	8.4k 0.6×	4.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.4×	4.6k 2.0×	924 0.7×	213	11.7k
Raymond C. Smith United States	51	6.5k 0.5×	3.3k 0.6×	2.6k 0.6×	793 0.3×	2.1k 1.6×	97	9.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Trevor Platt

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

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Sathyendranath, Shubha, Robert J. W. Brewin, Stefano Ciavatta, et al.. (2023). Ocean Biology Studied from Space. Surveys in Geophysics. 44(5). 1287–1308. 8 indexed citations

Anas, Abdulaziz, N. R. Menon, Grinson George, et al.. (2023). Distribution and antibiotic resistance of vibrio population in an urbanized tropical lake—the Vembanad—in the southwest coast of India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(54). 116066–116077.

Sathyendranath, Shubha, Žarko Kovač, Abdulaziz Anas, et al.. (2022). Analysis of non-pharmaceutical interventions and their impacts on COVID-19 in Kerala. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 584–584.

Balchand, A. N., Grinson George, B. R. Smitha, et al.. (2021). Spatio-temporal variability of chlorophyll-a in response to coastal upwelling and mesoscale eddies in the South Eastern Arabian Sea. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 42(13). 4836–4863. 22 indexed citations

Anas, Abdulaziz, K. S. Krishna, Grinson George, et al.. (2021). Dynamics of Vibrio cholerae in a Typical Tropical Lake and Estuarine System: Potential of Remote Sensing for Risk Mapping. Remote Sensing. 13(5). 1034–1034. 21 indexed citations

Jönsson, Bror, Shubha Sathyendranath, & Trevor Platt. (2020). Trends in Winter Light Environment Over the Arctic Ocean: A Perspective From Two Decades of Ocean Color Data. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(16). 6 indexed citations

Brewin, Robert J. W., Stefano Ciavatta, Shubha Sathyendranath, et al.. (2019). The Influence of Temperature and Community Structure on Light Absorption by Phytoplankton in the North Atlantic. Sensors. 19(19). 4182–4182. 18 indexed citations

Brewin, Robert J. W., Joseph D. Phillips, Abdulaziz Anas, et al.. (2019). A Printable Device for Measuring Clarity and Colour in Lake and Nearshore Waters. Sensors. 19(4). 936–936. 30 indexed citations

Racault, Marie‐Fanny, Abdulaziz Anas, Grinson George, et al.. (2019). Environmental Reservoirs of Vibrio cholerae: Challenges and Opportunities for Ocean-Color Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing. 11(23). 2763–2763. 26 indexed citations

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Platt, Trevor, et al.. (2018). Delineation of ocean surface provinces over a complex marine domain (off SW Iberia): An objective abiotic-based approach. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 18. 80–96. 11 indexed citations

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Kovač, Žarko, Trevor Platt, Živana Ninčević Gladan, et al.. (2018). A 55-Year Time Series Station for Primary Production in the Adriatic Sea: Data Correction, Extraction of Photosynthesis Parameters and Regime Shifts. Remote Sensing. 10(9). 1460–1460. 20 indexed citations

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Zhou, Guanhua, et al.. (2018). Canopy Reflectance Modeling of Aquatic Vegetation for Algorithm Development: Global Sensitivity Analysis. Remote Sensing. 10(6). 837–837. 23 indexed citations

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Sathyendranath, Shubha & Trevor Platt. (2007). Spectral effects in bio-optical control on the ocean system. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 41 indexed citations

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Platt, Trevor, Shubha Sathyendranath, & Venetia Stuart. (2006). Special contribution 生物海洋学への誘(いざな)い. 28(5). 542–557. 8 indexed citations

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Platt, Trevor, et al.. (2003). Spring algal bloom and larval fish survival. Nature. 423(6938). 398–399. 463 indexed citations

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Platt, Trevor, Shubha Sathyendranath, & Alan R. Longhurst. (1995). Remote sensing of primary production in the ocean: promise and fulfilment. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 348(1324). 191–202. 55 indexed citations

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Ulloa, Osvaldo, Shubha Sathyendranath, Trevor Platt, & Renato A. Quiñones. (1992). Light scattering by marine heterotrophic bacteria. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(C6). 9619–9629. 19 indexed citations

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Sathyendranath, Shubha & Trevor Platt. (1991). Angular distribution of the submarine light field: modification by multiple scattering. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 433(1888). 287–297. 8 indexed citations

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Fasham, M.J.R. & Trevor Platt. (1983). Photosynthetic response of phytoplankton to light: a physiological model. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 219(1217). 355–370. 35 indexed citations

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Jassby, Alan D. & Trevor Platt. (1976). Mathematical formulation of the relationship between photosynthesis and light for phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography. 21(4). 540–547. 1706 indexed citations breakdown →

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