Victor Smetacek

23.7k total citations · 9 hit papers
128 papers, 15.3k citations indexed

About

Victor Smetacek is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Victor Smetacek has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 15.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Oceanography, 42 papers in Ecology and 27 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Victor Smetacek's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (64 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (40 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers). Victor Smetacek is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (64 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (40 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers). Victor Smetacek collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Norway. Victor Smetacek's co-authors include Paul G. Falkowski, Richard T. Barber, Adriana Zingone, John McN. Sieburth, Jürgen Lenz, PG Verity, Stephen Nicol, Ulf Riebesell, Dieter Wolf‐Gladrow and Bodo von Bodungen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Victor Smetacek

124 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Hit Papers

Biogeochemical Controls a... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1998 2000 1978 1985 2003 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Victor Smetacek 10.5k 6.2k 3.0k 2.6k 2.2k 128 15.3k
Ulf Riebesell 18.2k 1.7× 7.3k 1.2× 5.9k 2.0× 2.9k 1.1× 2.5k 1.1× 337 22.1k
Edward J. Carpenter 9.2k 0.9× 7.4k 1.2× 1.6k 0.5× 927 0.4× 2.5k 1.1× 203 15.1k
Michael J. Behrenfeld 15.1k 1.4× 7.5k 1.2× 6.1k 2.0× 2.7k 1.0× 2.0k 0.9× 136 20.3k
David A. Hutchins 12.3k 1.2× 6.8k 1.1× 2.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 3.0k 1.4× 228 16.6k
Alice L. Alldredge 8.5k 0.8× 5.8k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 2.2k 1.0× 76 12.2k
Philip W. Boyd 17.5k 1.7× 8.0k 1.3× 5.2k 1.7× 5.0k 1.9× 2.4k 1.1× 296 23.5k
Paul J. Harrison 12.8k 1.2× 6.3k 1.0× 2.9k 1.0× 1.1k 0.4× 4.3k 1.9× 249 18.4k
Daniel J. Conley 8.7k 0.8× 5.5k 0.9× 2.7k 0.9× 3.8k 1.4× 6.1k 2.7× 212 19.2k
Edward A. Laws 7.9k 0.8× 5.2k 0.8× 2.2k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 2.3k 1.0× 236 12.2k
TIMOTHY R. PARSONS 12.3k 1.2× 7.4k 1.2× 5.0k 1.7× 1.2k 0.5× 4.4k 2.0× 107 19.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Victor Smetacek

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Fields of papers citing papers by Victor Smetacek

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Victor Smetacek

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

All Works

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Schulz, I., Marina Montresor, Christine Klaas, et al.. (2018). Remarkable structural resistance of a nanoflagellate-dominated plankton community to iron fertilization during the Southern Ocean experiment LOHAFEX. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 601. 77–95. 7 indexed citations
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Smetacek, Victor. (2018). Seeing is Believing: Diatoms and the Ocean Carbon Cycle Revisited. Protist. 169(6). 791–802. 13 indexed citations
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Smetacek, Victor & Adriana Zingone. (2013). Green and golden seaweed tides on the rise. Nature. 504(7478). 84–88. 681 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smetacek, Victor. (2012). Making sense of ocean biota: How evolution and biodiversity of land organisms differ from that of the plankton. Journal of Biosciences. 37(4). 589–607. 33 indexed citations
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Smetacek, Victor & Stephen Nicol. (2005). Polar ocean ecosystems in a changing world. Nature. 437(7057). 362–368. 374 indexed citations
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Buck, Bela H., et al.. (2004). Endbericht des Projektes FV 142: Aquakultur in der Nordsee: Untersuchungen zum Ansiedlungs- und Wachstumspotential von Muscheln und Makroalgen in der Deutschen Bucht zur Überprüfung der Eignung von Offshore-Standorten für Marine Aquakultur. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 2 indexed citations
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Ianora, Adrianna, Antonio Miralto, Serge A. Poulet, et al.. (2004). Aldehyde suppression of copepod recruitment in blooms of a ubiquitous planktonic diatom. Nature. 429(6990). 403–407. 339 indexed citations
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Smetacek, Victor & Franz Mechsner. (2004). Making sense. Nature. 432(7013). 21–21. 22 indexed citations
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Hamm, Christian, et al.. (2003). Architecture and material properties of diatom shells provide effective mechanical protection. Nature. 421(6925). 841–843. 719 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smetacek, Victor. (2002). Microbial food webs: The ocean's veil. Nature. 419(6907). 565–565. 21 indexed citations
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Smetacek, Victor. (2002). Balance: Mind-grasping gravity. Nature. 415(6871). 481–481. 6 indexed citations
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Smetacek, Victor. (2001). The greening of a Southern Ocean eddy. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 1 indexed citations
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Smetacek, Victor. (2001). A watery arms race. Nature. 411(6839). 745–745. 161 indexed citations
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Baar, H. J. W. de, et al.. (1997). Deep-Sea Research II CD-ROM Appendix. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 8(2). 1 indexed citations
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Priddle, J., Victor Smetacek, & Ulrich Bathmann. (1992). Antarctic marine primary production, biogeochemical carbon cycles and climatic change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 338(1285). 289–297. 49 indexed citations
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Jenkinson, Ian R., Bopaiah A. Biddanda, CM Turley, et al.. (1991). Rheological properties of marine organic aggregates: Importance for vertical flux, turbulence and microzones. Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR). 5 indexed citations
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Smetacek, Victor, Ulrich Bathmann, Eva‐Maria Nöthig, & Renate Scharek. (1991). Coastal eutrophication: Causes and consequences. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 57 indexed citations
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Berger, Wolfgang, et al.. (1989). Productivity of the ocean : present and past : report of the Dahlem Workshop on Productivity of the Ocean, Present and Past, Berlin 1988, April 24-29. Wiley eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Smetacek, Victor, Bodo von Bodungen, Manfred Bölter, et al.. (1987). The Pelagic System. 32–68. 6 indexed citations

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