Uta Passow

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Uta Passow is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Uta Passow has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Oceanography, 5 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Uta Passow's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (16 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (10 papers) and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (4 papers). Uta Passow is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (16 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (10 papers) and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (4 papers). Uta Passow collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Uta Passow's co-authors include Christina L. De La Rocha, Matthias Witt, Gerhard Kattner, Boris Koch, Helle Ploug, Nicolas Nowald, Sebastian Steigenberger, Ken O. Buesseler, Nicolas Savoye and Carl H. Lamborg and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Geophysical Research Letters and Limnology and Oceanography.

In The Last Decade

Uta Passow

18 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in aquatic environments
    2002 832 citations Uta Passow Progress In Oceanography profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Uta Passow 1.7k 741 430 316 273 18 2.2k
Daniel C. O. Thornton 1.2k 0.7× 742 1.0× 449 1.0× 428 1.4× 407 1.5× 46 2.0k
Hermanni Kaartokallio 1.1k 0.7× 725 1.0× 531 1.2× 573 1.8× 220 0.8× 54 1.9k
Falk Pollehne 1.2k 0.7× 674 0.9× 508 1.2× 278 0.9× 234 0.9× 53 2.1k
Alexander E. Parker 1.2k 0.7× 853 1.2× 639 1.5× 338 1.1× 336 1.2× 52 2.1k
J. Dean Pakulski 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 1.5× 433 1.0× 240 0.8× 305 1.1× 28 2.2k
Susanna Hajdu 1.6k 0.9× 911 1.2× 661 1.5× 276 0.9× 366 1.3× 40 2.0k
Rupert Perkins 1.2k 0.7× 1.0k 1.4× 1.0k 2.4× 310 1.0× 216 0.8× 68 2.7k
Jens K. Gundersen 1.5k 0.9× 1.0k 1.4× 725 1.7× 304 1.0× 335 1.2× 21 2.7k
Serge Demers 1.5k 0.9× 806 1.1× 355 0.8× 504 1.6× 362 1.3× 59 2.0k
Eva Bucciarelli 1.3k 0.8× 499 0.7× 232 0.5× 508 1.6× 187 0.7× 40 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Uta Passow

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Uta Passow

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Benner, Ina & Uta Passow. (2024). Why biofouling cannot contribute to the vertical transport of small microplastic. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 19–19. 2 indexed citations
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Koch, Boris, Gerhard Kattner, Matthias Witt, & Uta Passow. (2014). Molecular insights into the microbial formation of marine dissolved organic matter: recalcitrant or labile?. Biogeosciences. 11(15). 4173–4190. 142 indexed citations
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Arnosti, Carol, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Rudolf Amann, & Uta Passow. (2012). Contrasting extracellular enzyme activities of particle-associated bacteria from distinct provinces of the North Atlantic Ocean. Frontiers in Microbiology. 3. 39 indexed citations
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Steigenberger, Sebastian, P. J. Statham, Christoph Völker, & Uta Passow. (2010). The role of polysaccharides and diatom exudates in the redox cycling of Fe and the photoproduction of hydrogen peroxide in coastal seawaters. Biogeosciences. 7(1). 109–119. 22 indexed citations
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Plavšić, Marta, et al.. (2010). Characterization of phytoplankton exudates and carbohydrates in relation to their complexation of copper, cadmium and iron. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 408. 33–46. 30 indexed citations
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Rocha, Christina L. De La, Nicolas Nowald, & Uta Passow. (2008). Interactions between diatom aggregates, minerals, particulate organic carbon, and dissolved organic matter: Further implications for the ballast hypothesis. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 22(4). 79 indexed citations
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Ploug, Helle & Uta Passow. (2007). Direct measurement of diffusivity within diatom aggregates containing transparent exopolymer particles. Limnology and Oceanography. 52(1). 1–6. 45 indexed citations
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Croot, Peter, et al.. (2007). Surface active substances in the upper water column during a Southern Ocean Iron Fertilization Experiment (EIFEX). Geophysical Research Letters. 34(3). 33 indexed citations
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Rocha, Christina L. De La & Uta Passow. (2007). Factors influencing the sinking of POC and the efficiency of the biological carbon pump. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 54(5-7). 639–658. 292 indexed citations
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Moriceau, Brivaëla, Mary Garvey, Olivier Ragueneau, & Uta Passow. (2007). Evidence for reduced biogenic silica dissolution rates in diatom aggregates. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 333. 129–142. 44 indexed citations
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Passow, Uta & Christina L. De La Rocha. (2006). Accumulation of mineral ballast on organic aggregates. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 20(1). 177 indexed citations
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Buesseler, Ken O., Claudia R. Benitez‐Nelson, S. Bradley Moran, et al.. (2006). An assessment of particulate organic carbon to thorium-234 ratios in the ocean and their impact on the application of 234Th as a POC flux proxy. Marine Chemistry. 100(3-4). 213–233. 235 indexed citations
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Passow, Uta. (2004). Switching perspectives: Do mineral fluxes determine particulate organic carbon fluxes or vice versa?. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 5(4). 98 indexed citations
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Rocha, Christina L. De La & Uta Passow. (2004). Recovery of Thalassiosira weissflogii from nitrogen and silicon starvation. Limnology and Oceanography. 49(1). 245–255. 24 indexed citations
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Passow, Uta, Anja Engel, & Helle Ploug. (2003). The role of aggregation for the dissolution of diatom frustules. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 46(3). 247–255. 36 indexed citations
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Passow, Uta. (2002). Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in aquatic environments. Progress In Oceanography. 55(3-4). 287–333. 832 indexed citations breakdown →
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Passow, Uta. (1991). Species-specific sedimentation and sinking velocities of diatoms. Marine Biology. 108(3). 449–455. 83 indexed citations
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