2026 Dennis A. Hansell: 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	77	623	550	304	259	191	21129

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Dennis A. Hansell is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States and has a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, with notable focus areas including:

Marine and coastal ecosystems
Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
Marine Biology and Ecology Research
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Isotope Analysis in Ecology
Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Hansell's recent published papers include:

"Enigmatic persistence of dissolved organic matter in the ocean," 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
"The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
"An operational overview of the EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) Northeast Pacific field deployment," 2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
"Determination of dissolved organic carbon and total dissolved nitrogen in seawater using High Temperature Combustion Analysis," 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
"What Is Refractory Organic Matter in the Ocean?", 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors in Hansell's research include:

Craig A. Carlson
Colin A. Stedmon
Youhei Yamashita
Mónica V. Orellana
Chelsea N. Lopez

Regarding publication venues, Hansell has regularly published in:

Frontiers in Marine Science
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Gels
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Dennis A. Hansell has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2019 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018.

Best Publications

Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: long-term carbon storage in the global ocean.

Nianzhi Jiao;Gerhard J. Herndl;Dennis A. Hansell;Ronald Benner

1829
Citations
Biogeochemistry of marine dissolved organic matter

Dennis A. Hansell;Craig A. Carlson

1257
Citations
Dissolved organic matter in the ocean. A controversy stimulates new insights

Dennis A. Hansell;Craig A. Carlson;Daniel J. Repeta;Reiner Schlitzer

1119
Citations
Eddy/Wind Interactions Stimulate Extraordinary Mid-Ocean Plankton Blooms

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

939
Citations
Recalcitrant Dissolved Organic Carbon Fractions

Dennis A. Hansell

886
Citations
Global distribution and dynamics of colored dissolved and detrital organic materials

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

558
Citations
Carbon and nitrogen cycling within the Bering/Chukchi Seas: Source regions for organic matter effecting AOU demands of the Arctic Ocean

J. J. Walsh;C. P. McRoy;L. K. Coachman;J. J. Goering

542
Citations
DOM Sources, Sinks, Reactivity, and Budgets

Craig A. Carlson;Dennis A. Hansell

439
Citations
Deep-ocean gradients in the concentration of dissolved organic carbon

Dennis A. Hansell;Craig A. Carlson

385
Citations
Biogeochemistry of total organic carbon and nitrogen in the Sargasso Sea: control by convective overturn

Dennis A Hansell;Craig A Carlson

329
Citations
Organic carbon partitioning during spring phytoplankton blooms in the Ross Sea polynya and the Sargasso Sea

Craig A. Carlson;Hugh W. Ducklow;Dennis A. Hansell;Walker O. Smith

326
Citations
Net community production of dissolved organic carbon

Dennis A. Hansell;Craig A. Carlson

322
Citations
Dissolved organic carbon export and subsequent remineralization in the mesopelagic and bathypelagic realms of the North Atlantic basin

Craig A. Carlson;Dennis A. Hansell;Norman B. Nelson;David A. Siegel

288
Citations
Assessing the apparent imbalance between geochemical and biochemical indicators of meso- and bathypelagic biological activity: What the @#! is wrong with present calculations of carbon budgets?

Adrian B. Burd;Dennis A. Hansell;Deborah K. Steinberg;Thomas R. Anderson

286
Citations
Changes in ocean heat, carbon content, and ventilation : a review of the first decade of GO-SHIP Global Repeat Hydrography

Lynne D. Talley;Richard A. Feely;Bernadette M. Sloyan;Rik Wanninkhof

277
Citations
Effect of nutrient amendments on bacterioplankton production, community structure, and DOC utilization in the northwestern Sargasso Sea

Craig A. Carlson;Craig A. Carlson;Stephen J. Giovannoni;Dennis A. Hansell;Stuart J. Goldberg;Stuart J. Goldberg

269
Citations
Net removal of major marine dissolved organic carbon fractions in the subsurface ocean

Dennis A. Hansell;Craig A. Carlson;Reiner Schlitzer

239
Citations
Interactions among dissolved organic carbon, microbial processes, and community structure in the mesopelagic zone of the northwestern Sargasso Sea

Craig A. Carlson;Stephen J. Giovannoni;Dennis A. Hansell;Dennis A. Hansell;Stuart J. Goldberg

235
Citations
Degradation of Terrigenous Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Western Arctic Ocean

Dennis A. Hansell;David Kadko;Nicholas R. Bates

235
Citations
An increasing CO2 sink in the Arctic Ocean due to sea‐ice loss

Nicholas R. Bates;S. Bradley Moran;Dennis A. Hansell;Jeremy T. Mathis

229
Citations
Chapter 15 – DOC in the Global Ocean Carbon Cycle

Dennis A. Hansell

222
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig A. Carlson University of California, Santa Barbara

Nicholas R. Bates Arizona State University

Jeremy T. Mathis National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Gerhard J. Herndl University of Vienna

Walker O. Smith Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Jacqueline M. Grebmeier University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences

Richard A. Feely University of Washington

Xosé Antón Álvarez-Salgado Spanish National Research Council

David Kadko Florida International University

Joseph M. Prospero University of Miami

External Links

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