2026 Brian J. Bett: 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	52	3039	2772	345	320	183	10060

Overview

Brian J. Bett is affiliated with the National Oceanography Centre in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a substantial publication record within these fields. Bett's work covers a range of subfields including ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, ocean engineering, and molecular biology.

The main topics of Bett's research include marine and fisheries research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine biology and ecology research, isotope analysis in ecology, underwater acoustics research, marine animal studies overview, and identification and quantification in food.

Frequent coauthors in Bett's work include Jennifer M. Durden, Tammy Horton, Andrew R. Gates, Veerle A.I. Huvenne, and Noëlie M.A. Benoist. These collaborations reflect multidisciplinary efforts in progressing marine and environmental sciences.

Bett has published multiple papers in reputable venues such as Progress In Oceanography, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Frontiers in Marine Science, The International Journal of Robotics Research, and Ocean & Coastal Management. The highest number of publications appear in Progress In Oceanography, contributing six papers to the journal.

Notable recent publications by Brian J. Bett include:

"Recommendations for the Standardisation of Open Taxonomic Nomenclature for Image-Based Identifications" (2021), Frontiers in Marine Science
"Environment, ecology, and potential effectiveness of an area protected from deep-sea mining (Clarion Clipperton Zone, abyssal Pacific)" (2021), Progress In Oceanography
"Assessing the Repeatability of Automated Seafloor Classification Algorithms, with Application in Marine Protected Area Monitoring" (2020), Remote Sensing
"Enduring science: Three decades of observing the Northeast Atlantic from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO)" (2020), Progress In Oceanography
"Automated classification of fauna in seabed photographs: The impact of training and validation dataset size, with considerations for the class imbalance" (2021), Progress In Oceanography

Best Publications

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs): Their past, present and future contributions to the advancement of marine geoscience

Russell B. Wynn;Veerle A.I. Huvenne;Timothy P. Le Bas;Bramley J. Murton

1045
Citations
BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

482
Citations
Global Patterns and Predictions of Seafloor Biomass Using Random Forests

Chih-Lin Wei;Gilbert T. Rowe;Elva Escobar-Briones;Antje Boetius

417
Citations
Long-term change in the megabenthos of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (NE Atlantic)

D.S.M Billett;B.J Bett;A.L Rice;M.H Thurston

329
Citations
Climate, carbon cycling, and deep-ocean ecosystems.

K. L. Smith;H. A. Ruhl;B. J. Bett;D. S. M. Billett

292
Citations
Role of cold-water Lophelia pertusa coral reefs as fish habitat in the NE Atlantic

Mark J. Costello;Mona McCrea;André Freiwald;Tomas Lundälv

282
Citations
Global Observing Needs in the Deep Ocean

Lisa A. Levin;Brian J. Bett;Andrew R. Gates;Patrick Heimbach

278
Citations
Material supply to the abyssal seafloor in the Northeast Atlantic

R.S Lampitt;B.J Bett;K Kiriakoulakis;E.E Popova

239
Citations
UK Atlantic Margin Environmental Survey: Introduction and overview of bathyal benthic ecology

Brian J Bett

231
Citations
The IOSDL DEEPSEAS programme: introduction and photographic evidence for the presence and absence of a seasonal input of phytodetritus at contrasting abyssal sites in the northeastern atlantic

A.L. Rice;M.H. Thurston;B.J. Bett

219
Citations
Meiobenthos of the Deep Northeast Atlantic

M. Vincx;B. J. Bett;A. Dinet;T. Ferrero

216
Citations
Temporal variability in phytodetritus and megabenthic activity at the seabed in the deep northeast Atlantic

Brian J Bett;M.Gabriella Malzone;Bhavani E Narayanaswamy;Bhavani E Narayanaswamy;Benjamin D Wigham

214
Citations
Long-term change in the abyssal NE Atlantic: The ‘Amperima Event’ revisited

D.S.M. Billett;B.J. Bett;W.D.K. Reid;B. Boorman

198
Citations
The origin of deep-water, coral-topped mounds in the northern Rockall Trough, northeast Atlantic

D.G Masson;B.J Bett;D.S.M Billett;C.L Jacobs

187
Citations
Effectiveness of a deep-sea cold-water coral Marine Protected Area, following eight years of fisheries closure

V. A. I. Huvenne;B. J. Bett;D. G. Masson;T. P. Le Bas

185
Citations
Mass deposition of jellyfish in the deep Arabian Sea

D. S. M. Billett;B. J. Bett;C. L. Jacobs;I. P. Rouse

185
Citations
Habitat heterogeneity and its influence on benthic biodiversity in oxygen minimum zones

Andrew J. Gooday;Brian J. Bett;Elva Escobar;Baban Ingole

182
Citations
Faunal responses to oxygen gradients on the Pakistan margin: A comparison of foraminiferans, macrofauna and megafauna

A. J. Gooday;L. A. Levin;A. Aranda da Silva;B. J. Bett

180
Citations
The use of meiofauna in marine pollution impact assessment

Colin G. Moore;Brian J. Bett

138
Citations
Variations in the invertebrate abyssal megafauna in the North Atlantic Ocean

M.H. Thurston;B.J. Bett;A.L. Rice;P.A.B. Jackson

133
Citations
The influenceof hexactinellid sponge (Pheronema carpenteri) spicules on the patchy distribution of macrobenthos in the porcupine seabight (bathyal ne atlantic)

B. J. Bett;A. L. Rice

130
Citations
Biological effects 26 years after simulated deep-sea mining

Erik Simon-Lledó;Erik Simon-Lledó;Brian J. Bett;Veerle A. I. Huvenne;Kevin Köser

127
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry A. Ruhl Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Daniel O.B. Jones National Oceanography Centre

Kenneth L. Smith Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

David S.M. Billett National Oceanography Centre

Andrew J. Gooday National Oceanography Centre

Imants G. Priede University of Aberdeen

Gilbert T. Rowe Texas A&M University

Veerle A.I. Huvenne National Oceanography Centre

George A. Wolff University of Liverpool

Douglas G. Masson Seascape Consultants (United Kingdom)

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