2026 Arthur J. Spivack: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	57	2257	2048	957	846	128	12111

Overview

Arthur J. Spivack is affiliated with the University of Rhode Island in the United States. Their research spans multiple subfields within engineering and earth sciences, with a primary focus on ocean engineering.

Their main fields of study include:

Engineering

Within this broad field, their work delves further into several subfields:

Ocean Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Geophysics
Geology
Ecology

Spivack's research topics cover a variety of technical and scientific areas, notably:

Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
Drilling and Well Engineering
Offshore Engineering and Technologies
Geological and Geophysical Studies
Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Their recent scholarly output includes publications in various scientific venues, among which the most frequent are:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
Nature Communications
Science

Selected recent papers reflect Spivack's engagement with subseafloor biosphere and marine sediment life sciences as well as paleoceanographic reconstructions. Notable examples include:

Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone, 2020, published in Science
Rapid metabolism fosters microbial survival in the deep, hot subseafloor biosphere, 2022, published in Nature Communications
The contribution of water radiolysis to marine sedimentary life, 2021, published in Nature Communications
Deep North Atlantic Last Glacial Maximum Salinity Reconstruction, 2021, published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Microbial abundance and activity at IODP Site C0023, Nankai Trough subduction zone, 2020, published via the Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA)

Frequent collaboration occurs with other researchers in related fields, notably:

Fumio Inagaki
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Timothy G. Ferdelman
Barry A. Cragg
David C. Smith

Best Publications

Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments

Steven D'Hondt;Bo Barker Jørgensen;D. Jay Miller;Anja Batzke

889
Citations
Boron isotope exchange between seawater and the oceanic crust

A.J Spivack;J.M Edmond

769
Citations
Metabolic Activity of Subsurface Life in Deep-Sea Sediments

Steven D'Hondt;Scott Rutherford;Arthur J. Spivack

634
Citations
Chemical dynamics of the Changjiang estuary

J.M. Edmond;A. Spivack;B.C. Grant;Hu Ming-Hui

476
Citations
Temperature and pH controls over isotopic fractionation during adsorption of boron on marine clay

M.R. Palmer;A.J. Spivack;J.M. Edmond

466
Citations
The sedimentary cycle of the boron isotopes

A.J Spivack;M.R Palmer;J.M Edmond

448
Citations
Trace element behavior in hydrothermal experiments: Implications for fluid processes at shallow depths in subduction zones

C.-F. You;P.R. Castillo;J.M. Gieskes;L.H. Chan

408
Citations
Endospore abundance, microbial growth and necromass turnover in deep sub-seafloor sediment

Bente Aa. Lomstein;Alice T. Langerhuus;Steven D’Hondt;Bo B. Jørgensen

371
Citations
Chemical controls on the composition of vent fluids at 13°–11°N and 21°N, East Pacific Rise

Teresa Suter Bowers;Andrew C. Campbell;Chris I. Measures;Arthur J. Spivack

318
Citations
Subseafloor sedimentary life in the South Pacific Gyre

Steven D’Hondt;Arthur J. Spivack;Robert Pockalny;Timothy G. Ferdelman

317
Citations
Geochemical and boron, strontium, and oxygen isotopic constraints on the origin of the salinity in groundwater from the Mediterranean Coast of Israel

Avner Vengosh;Arthur J. Spivack;Yohanan Artzi;Avner Ayalon

296
Citations
Determination of boron isotope ratios by thermal ionization mass spectrometry of the dicesium metaborate cation

Arthur J. Spivack;John M. Edmond

287
Citations
Biological formation of ethane and propane in the deep marine subsurface.

Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;John M. Hayes;Wolfgang Bach;Arthur J. Spivack

286
Citations
Foraminiferal boron isotope ratios as a proxy for surface ocean pH over the past 21 Myr

Arthur J. Spivack;Chen Feng You;H. Jesse Smith

282
Citations
The boron isotopic composition of altered oceanic crust

H.Jesse Smith;Arthur J. Spivack;Hubert Staudigel;Stanley R. Hart

273
Citations
Presence of oxygen and aerobic communities from sea floor to basement in deep-sea sediments

Steven D'hondt;Steven D'hondt;Fumio Inagaki;Fumio Inagaki;Carlos Alvarez Zarikian;Carlos Alvarez Zarikian;Lewis J. Abrams

247
Citations
New insights into deformation and fluid flow processes in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: Results of Ocean Drilling Program Leg 190

Gregory F. Moore;Asahiko Taira;Adam Klaus;Luann Becker

240
Citations
A critical evaluation of the boron isotope- pH proxy: The accuracy of ancient ocean pH estimates

M. Pagani;Damien Lemarchand;Arthur Spivack;Jérôme Gaillardet

233
Citations
New cell extraction procedure applied to deep subsurface sediments

Jens Kallmeyer;David C. Smith;Arthur J. Spivack;Steven D'Hondt

207
Citations
Trace metal enrichments in the Mediterranean Sea

E.A. Boyle;S.D. Chapnick;X.X. Bai;A. Spivack

182
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven D'Hondt University of Rhode Island

Richard W. Murray Boston University

Miriam Kastner University of California, San Diego

David C. Smith University of Rhode Island

Fumio Inagaki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Yuki Morono Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Scott D. Wankel Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Timothy G. Ferdelman Max Planck Society

Jens Kallmeyer Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Robert N. Harris Oregon State University

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