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Bess B. Ward publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bess B. Ward sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 191 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Bess B. Ward D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bess B. Ward sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Bess B. Ward is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and works primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research extensively covers areas including Oceanography, Ecology, Pollution, Molecular Biology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work focuses on topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial community ecology and physiology, and wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal. Other research interests include marine biology and ecology, isotope analysis in ecology, protist diversity and phylogeny, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Recent publications by Bess B. Ward include significant contributions to understanding nitrogen-related processes in aquatic environments. Notable papers are:

  • Global Nitrogen Cycle: Critical Enzymes, Organisms, and Processes for Nitrogen Budgets and Dynamics (2020, Chemical Reviews)
  • Regulation of nitrous oxide production in low-oxygen waters off the coast of Peru (2020, Biogeosciences)
  • Nitrite oxidation exceeds reduction and fixed nitrogen loss in anoxic Pacific waters (2020, Marine Chemistry)
  • Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea exhibit differential nitrogen source preferences (2024, Nature Microbiology)
  • Microbial niche differentiation explains nitrite oxidation in marine oxygen minimum zones (2021, The ISME Journal)

Bess B. Ward frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Xin Sun
  • Amal Jayakumar
  • Claudia Frey
  • Weiyi Tang
  • Xianhui Wan

Their work has been published extensively in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Biogeosciences, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Limnology and Oceanography, and The ISME Journal.

Awards received by Bess B. Ward include:

  • Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology (2012)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004)
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2002)

Best Publications

  • Impacts of atmospheric anthropogenic nitrogen on the open ocean.

    R. A. Duce;J. LaRoche;K. Altieri;K. R. Arrigo

  • Nitrogen cycling in the ocean: New perspectives on processes and paradigms

    Jonathan P. Zehr;Bess B. Ward

  • Nitrogen Uptake, Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Release, and New Production

    Deborah A. Bronk;Patricia M. Glibert;Bess B. Ward

  • Linking Diversity and Stable Isotope Fractionation in Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria

    Karen L. Casciotti;Daniel Mikhail Sigman;Bettie Ward

  • The marine nitrogen cycle: recent discoveries, uncertainties and the potential relevance of climate change

    Maren Voss;Hermann W. Bange;Joachim W. Dippner;Jack J. Middelburg

  • Black Sea methane geochemistry

    William S. Reeburgh;Bess B. Ward;Stephen C. Whalen;Kenneth A. Sandbeck

  • Oligonucleotide microarray for the study of functional gene diversity in the nitrogen cycle in the environment.

    Gaspar Taroncher-Oldenburg;Erin M. Griner;Chris A. Francis;Bess B. Ward

  • Organic Matter Stoichiometry, Flux, and Oxygen Control Nitrogen Loss in the Ocean

    Andrew R. Babbin;Richard G. Keil;Allan H. Devol;Bess B. Ward

  • Global Nitrogen Cycle: Critical Enzymes, Organisms, and Processes for Nitrogen Budgets and Dynamics

    Xinning Zhang;Bess B. Ward;Daniel M. Sigman

  • Nitrification and denitrification: Probing the nitrogen cycle in aquatic environments

    Bess B. Ward

  • Nitrification in Marine Systems

    Bess B. Ward

  • Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (Anammox) in Chesapeake Bay Sediments

    Jeremy J. Rich;Olivia R. Dale;Bongkeun Song;Bess B. Ward

  • Comparison of Nucleic Acid Hybridization and Fluorometry for Measurement of the Relationship between RNA/DNA Ratio and Growth Rate in a Marine Bacterium.

    L. Kerkhof;B. B. Ward

  • Assimilation of upwelled nitrate by small eukaryotes in the Sargasso Sea

    Sarah E. Fawcett;Michael W. Lomas;John R. Casey;Bess B. Ward

  • Detection of ammonium-oxidizing bacteria of the beta-subclass of the class Proteobacteria in aquatic samples with the PCR.

    M A Voytek;B B Ward

  • Bacterial chemolithotrophy in the ocean is associated with sinking particles

    D. M. Karl;G. A. Knauer;J. H. Martin;B. B. Ward

  • Dissimilatory Nitrite Reductase Genes from Autotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria

    Karen L. Casciotti;Bess B. Ward

  • Sponge-mediated nitrification in tropical benthic communities

    M. C. Diaz;B. B. Ward

  • Diversity of ammonia monooxygenase ( amoA ) genes across environmental gradients in Chesapeake Bay sediments

    Chris A. Francis;Gregory D. O'Mullan;Bess B. Ward

  • The biogeochemical cycling of elemental mercury: Anthropogenic influences

    Robert P. Mason;W.F. Fitzgerald;François M M Morel;Haewon Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen L. Casciotti
Karen L. Casciotti Stanford University
Daniel M. Sigman
Daniel M. Sigman Princeton University
Christopher A. Francis
Christopher A. Francis Stanford University
Allan H. Devol
Allan H. Devol University of Washington
Calvin W. Mordy
Calvin W. Mordy Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Patrick S. G. Chain
Patrick S. G. Chain Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jonathan P. Zehr
Jonathan P. Zehr University of California, Santa Cruz
Martin G. Klotz
Martin G. Klotz City University of New York
Michael W. Lomas
Michael W. Lomas Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Margaret R. Mulholland
Margaret R. Mulholland Old Dominion University

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