2026 Emmanuel Boss: 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	91	246	208	133	111	539	31485

Overview

Emmanuel Boss is affiliated with the University of Maine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with key interests in Oceanography, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work spans a variety of topics, including:

Marine and coastal ecosystems
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Marine Biology and Ecology Research
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Marine and fisheries research

Frequent collaborators include Colomban de Vargas, Fabien Lombard, Chris Bowler, Patrick Wincker, and Shinichi Sunagawa. Their partnership with these researchers has contributed to multiple scientific publications.

Emmanuel Boss has published extensively across several venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Frontiers in Marine Science
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Significant recent papers include:

"Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology," 2020, Nature Reviews Microbiology
"Airborne microplastic particles detected in the remote marine atmosphere," 2020, Communications Earth & Environment
"Cryptic and abundant marine viruses at the evolutionary origins of Earth's RNA virome," 2022, Science
"Monitoring ocean biogeochemistry with autonomous platforms," 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
"Robust algorithm for estimating total suspended solids (TSS) in inland and nearshore coastal waters," 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment

Their research integrates interdisciplinary approaches addressing oceanographic and atmospheric processes, particularly in marine ecosystems and microbial ecology. The emphasis on autonomous platforms and environmental monitoring highlights technological advancements in their work.

Best Publications

Climate-driven trends in contemporary ocean productivity

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

2868
Citations
Carbon-based ocean productivity and phytoplankton physiology from space

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

1303
Citations
Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean.

Lionel Guidi;Samuel Chaffron;Lucie Bittner;Damien Eveillard

869
Citations
Marine DNA Viral Macro- and Microdiversity from Pole to Pole.

Ann C. Gregory;Ahmed A. Zayed;Nádia Conceição-Neto;Ben Temperton

833
Citations
Carbon-based primary productivity modeling with vertically resolved photoacclimation

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

805
Citations
Modeling the spectral shape of absorption by chromophoric dissolved organic matter

Michael S. Twardowski;Emmanuel Boss;James M. Sullivan;Percy L. Donaghay

661
Citations
A model for estimating bulk refractive index from the optical backscattering ratio and the implications for understanding particle composition in case I and case II waters

Michael S. Twardowski;Emmanuel Boss;Jacob B. Macdonald;W. Scott Pegau

594
Citations
The role of seawater constituents in light backscattering in the ocean

Dariusz Stramski;Emmanuel Boss;Darek Bogucki;Kenneth J. Voss

542
Citations
Generalized ocean color inversion model for retrieving marine inherent optical properties

P. Jeremy Werdell;Bryan A. Franz;Sean W. Bailey;Gene C. Feldman

473
Citations
Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology.

Shinichi Sunagawa;Silvia G Acinas;Peer Bork;Peer Bork;Chris Bowler

471
Citations
Resurrecting the Ecological Underpinnings of Ocean Plankton Blooms

Michael J. Behrenfeld;Emmanuel S. Boss

470
Citations
Phase function effects on oceanic light fields.

Curtis D. Mobley;Lydia K. Sundman;Emmanuel Boss

470
Citations
Global Trends in Marine Plankton Diversity across Kingdoms of Life.

Federico M. Ibarbalz;Nicolas Henry;Manoela C. Brandão;Séverine Martini

436
Citations
Gene Expression Changes and Community Turnover Differentially Shape the Global Ocean Metatranscriptome

Guillem Salazar;Lucas Paoli;Adriana Alberti;Jaime Huerta-Cepas

429
Citations
On the Future of Argo: A Global, Full-Depth, Multi-Disciplinary Array

Dean Roemmich;Matthew H. Alford;Hervé Claustre;Kenneth Johnson

424
Citations
Satellite-detected fluorescence reveals global physiology of ocean phytoplankton

M. J. Behrenfeld;T. K. Westberry;Emmanuel Boss;R. T. O'Malley

411
Citations
Revaluating ocean warming impacts on global phytoplankton

Michael J. Behrenfeld;Robert T. O’Malley;Emmanuel S. Boss;Toby K. Westberry

400
Citations
The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem Mission: Status, Science, Advances

P. Jeremy Werdell;Michael J. Behrenfeld;Paula S. Bontempi;Emmanuel Boss

395
Citations
Nutrient fluxes to planktonic osmotrophs in the presence of fluid motion

L. Karp-Boss;E. Boss;P. A. Jumars

391
Citations
An overview of approaches and challenges for retrieving marine inherent optical properties from ocean color remote sensing.

P. Jeremy Werdell;Lachlan I.W. McKinna;Emmanuel Boss;Steven G. Ackleson

379
Citations
Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean

Lionel Guidi;Samuel Chaffron;Lucie Bittner;Damien Eveillard

199
Citations
Open science resources for the discovery and analysis of Tara Oceans data

Stéphane Pesant;Fabrice Not;Marc Picheral;Stefanie Kandels-Lewis

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Picheral Université Paris Cité

Gabriel Gorsky Sorbonne University

Lars Stemmann Sorbonne University

Hervé Claustre Université Paris Cité

Annick Bricaud Sorbonne University

Josephine Ras Université Paris Cité

Jean-Pierre Gattuso Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Laurent Coppola Sorbonne University

Nicolas Metzl Sorbonne University

Michael J. Behrenfeld Oregon State University

External Links

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