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102
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David A. Siegel publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David A. Siegel sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 237 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

David A. Siegel D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David A. Siegel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2009 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David A. Siegel is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Key subfields include Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work addresses several major topics such as Marine and coastal ecosystems, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Marine and fisheries research.

David A. Siegel has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some of the recent papers authored by or involving them are:

  • "Metrics that matter for assessing the ocean biological carbon pump," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Quantifying the Carbon Export and Sequestration Pathways of the Ocean's Biological Carbon Pump," 2022, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "Quantifying the Ocean's Biological Pump and Its Carbon Cycle Impacts on Global Scales," 2022, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • "Assessing the sequestration time scales of some ocean-based carbon dioxide reduction strategies," 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • "The oceans' twilight zone must be studied now, before it is too late," 2020, Nature

Collaborations with other researchers are notable in their body of work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ivona Cetinić (13 publications)
  • Tim DeVries (10 publications)
  • Sasha J. Kramer (9 publications)
  • Ken O. Buesseler (8 publications)
  • Jason R. Graff (8 publications)

David A. Siegel is recognized by professional societies and has received fellowships such as:

  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), awarded in 2009
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 2008

Best Publications

  • Ocean Color Chlorophyll Algorithms for SEAWIFS

    John E. O'Reilly;Stéphane Maritorena;B. Greg Mitchell;David A. Siegel

  • Climate-driven trends in contemporary ocean productivity

    Michael J. Behrenfeld;Robert T. O'Malley;David A. Siegel;Charles R. McClain

  • A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

    Erik Van Sebille;Erik Van Sebille;Chris Wilcox;Laurent Lebreton;Nikolai Maximenko

  • Carbon-based ocean productivity and phytoplankton physiology from space

    Michael J. Behrenfeld;Michael J. Behrenfeld;Emmanuel Boss;David A. Siegel;Donald M. Shea

  • Optimization of a semianalytical ocean color model for global-scale applications

    Stéphane Maritorena;David A. Siegel;Alan R. Peterson

  • Influence of mesoscale eddies on new production in the Sargasso Sea

    Dennis J. McGillicuddy;A. R. Robinson;D. A. Siegel;H. W. Jannasch

  • Eddy/Wind Interactions Stimulate Extraordinary Mid-Ocean Plankton Blooms

    Dennis J. McGillicuddy;Laurence A. Anderson;Nicholas R. Bates;Thomas Bibby

  • Carbon-based primary productivity modeling with vertically resolved photoacclimation

    T. Westberry;M. J. Behrenfeld;D. A. Siegel;Emmanuel Boss

  • Multi-faceted particle pumps drive carbon sequestration in the ocean

    Philip W. Boyd;Hervé Claustre;Marina Levy;David A. Siegel

  • Revisiting Carbon Flux Through the Ocean's Twilight Zone

    Ken O. Buesseler;Carl H. Lamborg;Philip W. Boyd;Phoebe J. Lam

  • Atmospheric correction of satellite ocean color imagery: the black pixel assumption

    David A. Siegel;Menghua Wang;Stéphane Maritorena;Wayne Robinson

  • Lagrangian descriptions of marine larval dispersion

    D. A. Siegel;B. P. Kinlan;B. Gaylord;S. D. Gaines

  • Inherent optical property inversion of ocean color spectra and its biogeochemical interpretation: 1. Time series from the Sargasso Sea

    Sara A. Garver;David A. Siegel

  • Ocean currents help explain population genetic structure

    Crow White;Kimberly A. Selkoe;James T Watson;David A. Siegel

  • The North Atlantic Spring Phytoplankton Bloom and Sverdrup's Critical Depth Hypothesis

    D. A. Siegel;S. C. Doney;J. A. Yoder

  • Global assessment of ocean carbon export by combining satellite observations and food‐web models

    David A. Siegel;Ken O. Buesseler;Scott C. Doney;Sevrine F. Sailley

  • Global distribution and dynamics of colored dissolved and detrital organic materials

    D. A. Siegel;S. Maritorena;N. B. Nelson;D. A. Hansell

  • Merged satellite ocean color data products using a bio-optical model: Characteristics, benefits and issues

    Stéphane Maritorena;Odille Hembise Fanton D'andon;Antoine Mangin;David A. Siegel

  • Seasonal dynamics of colored dissolved material in the Sargasso Sea

    N.B. Nelson;D.A. Siegel;A.F. Michaels

  • The Global Distribution and Dynamics of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter

    Norman B. Nelson;David A. Siegel

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Behrenfeld
Michael J. Behrenfeld Oregon State University
Alessandra Lanzara
Alessandra Lanzara University of California, Berkeley
Craig A. Carlson
Craig A. Carlson University of California, Santa Barbara
Tommy D. Dickey
Tommy D. Dickey University of California, Santa Barbara
Kyle C. Cavanaugh
Kyle C. Cavanaugh University of California, Los Angeles
Toby K. Westberry
Toby K. Westberry Oregon State University
Ken O. Buesseler
Ken O. Buesseler Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Daniel C. Reed
Daniel C. Reed University of California, Santa Barbara
Emmanuel Boss
Emmanuel Boss University of Maine
Scott C. Doney
Scott C. Doney University of Virginia

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