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Douglas G. Capone publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Douglas G. Capone sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 267 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Douglas G. Capone D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Douglas G. Capone sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 91 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Douglas G. Capone is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental and earth sciences, with a strong focus on oceanography and ecology. The scientist's work frequently appears in prominent scientific journals and covers aspects of marine nitrogen cycles, microbial ecology, and biogeochemical processes.

Capone's main fields of study include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these areas, they have concentrated on subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, and Environmental Chemistry. Their research topics address microbial community ecology and physiology, marine and coastal ecosystems, marine biology and ecology research, isotope analysis in ecology, polar research and ecology, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, and marine and coastal plant biology.

The scientist's recent significant publications include:

  • "Changing perspectives in marine nitrogen fixation" published in 2020 in Science
  • "The marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change" published in 2022 in Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Nitrification and Nitrous Oxide Production in the Offshore Waters of the Eastern Tropical South Pacific" published in 2020 in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "Global oceanic diazotroph database version 2 and elevated estimate of global oceanic N 2 fixation" published in 2023 in Earth system science data
  • "Nitrification and nitrous oxide dynamics in the Southern California Bight" published in 2020 in Limnology and Oceanography

Frequent coauthors in their work include Edward J. Carpenter, Jonathan P. Zehr, Troy Gunderson, David A. Hutchins, and Alyson E. Santoro. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary efforts to address complex issues in marine microbial ecology and biogeochemical processes.

Capone's research is regularly published in journals such as Frontiers in Microbiology, Nature Reviews Microbiology, Science, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, and Earth system science data. This range of venues highlights a consistent engagement with high-impact scientific communities.

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen cycles: past, present, and future

    J. N. Galloway;F. J. Dentener;D. G. Capone;E. W. Boyer

  • Trichodesmium, a Globally Significant Marine Cyanobacterium

    Douglas G. Capone;Jonathan P. Zehr;Hans W. Paerl;Birgitta Bergman

  • Impacts of atmospheric anthropogenic nitrogen on the open ocean.

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

  • Dinitrogen fixation in the world's oceans

    D. Karl;A. Michaels;B. Bergman;D.G. Capone

  • A Simple, High-Precision, High-Sensitivity Tracer Assay for N(inf2) Fixation.

    J P Montoya;M Voss;P Kahler;D G Capone

  • Nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium spp.: An important source of new nitrogen to the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

    Douglas G. Capone;James A. Burns;Joseph P. Montoya;Ajit Subramaniam

  • Phosphorus limitation of nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium in the central Atlantic Ocean

    Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy;Adam B. Kustka;Christopher J. Gobler;David A. Hutchins

  • Comparison of microbial dynamics in marine and freshwater sediments: Contrasts in anaerobic carbon catabolism1

    Douglas G. Capone;Ronald P. Kiene

  • High rates of N2 fixation by unicellular diazotrophs in the oligotrophic Pacific Ocean.

    Joseph P Montoya;Carolyn M Holl;Jonathan P Zehr;Andrew Hansen

  • ENCORE: the effect of nutrient enrichment on coral reefs. Synthesis of results and conclusions.

    K. Koop;D. Booth;A. Broadbent;J. Brodie

  • Use of “Specific” Inhibitors in Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology

    Ronald S. Oremland;Douglas G. Capone

  • Emerging patterns of marine nitrogen fixation

    Jill A. Sohm;Eric A. Webb;Douglas G. Capone

  • Nitrogen fixation in the marine environment.

    Douglas G. Capone;Edward J. Carpenter

  • Changing perspectives in marine nitrogen fixation.

    Jonathan P. Zehr;Douglas G. Capone

  • Nitrogen Fixation and Nitrogen Isotope Abundances in Zooplankton of the Oligotrophic North Atlantic

    Joseph P. Montoya;Edward J. Carpenter;Douglas G. Capone

  • Database of diazotrophs in global ocean: abundance, biomass and nitrogen fixation rates

    Y. W. Luo;S. C. Doney;L. A. Anderson;Mar Benavides

  • Bacterial activity in South Pole snow.

    Edward J. Carpenter;Senjie Lin;Douglas G. Capone

  • Extensive bloom of a N2-fixing diatom/cyanobacterial association in the tropical Atlantic Ocean

    Edward J. Carpenter;Joseph P. Montoya;James Burns;Margaret R. Mulholland

  • Biogeochemical tracers of the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium

    Edward J. Carpenter;H.Rodger Harvey;Brian Fry;Douglas G. Capone

  • Amazon River enhances diazotrophy and carbon sequestration in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean.

    A. Subramaniam;P. L. Yager;E. J. Carpenter;C. Mahaffey

  • The marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change

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  • Antibacterial residues in marine sediments and invertebrates following chemotherapy in aquaculture

    Douglas G. Capone;Donald P. Weston;Veronica Miller;Cynthia Shoemaker

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan P. Zehr
Jonathan P. Zehr University of California, Santa Cruz
Edward J. Carpenter
Edward J. Carpenter San Francisco State University
Joseph P. Montoya
Joseph P. Montoya Georgia Institute of Technology
Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy
Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy University of Southern California
Margaret R. Mulholland
Margaret R. Mulholland Old Dominion University
William M. Berelson
William M. Berelson University of Southern California
Jed A. Fuhrman
Jed A. Fuhrman University of Southern California
Sophie Bonnet
Sophie Bonnet Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
Raleigh R. Hood
Raleigh R. Hood University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Kenneth H. Nealson
Kenneth H. Nealson University of Southern California

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