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71
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James E. Cloern 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 James E. Cloern sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 188 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James E. Cloern 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 James E. Cloern sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

James E. Cloern is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular emphasis on oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and information systems and management.

The main topics of James E. Cloern's work cover various aspects of marine and coastal ecosystems, marine biology and ecology research, fish ecology and management studies, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine and fisheries research, scientific computing and data management, and land use and ecosystem services.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cloern include Tara S. Schraga, Erica Nejad, Michael W. Lomas, Bridget R. Deemer, and Scott Hotaling.

The scientist has published several papers in notable venues. These include:

  • Nutrient Status of San Francisco Bay and Its Management Implications, 2020, Estuaries and Coasts
  • Machine learning identifies a strong association between warming and reduced primary productivity in an oligotrophic ocean gyre, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • On the human appropriation of wetland primary production, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Use Care When Interpreting Correlations: The Ammonium Example in the San Francisco Estuary, 2021, San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
  • Phytoplankton as indicators of global warming?, 2023, Limnology and Oceanography Letters

James E. Cloern frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin
  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Science of The Total Environment

In recognition of contributions to the field, Cloern was named Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Our evolving conceptual model of the coastal eutrophication problem

    James E. Cloern

  • Phytoplankton bloom dynamics in coastal ecosystems: A review with some general lessons from sustained investigation of San Francisco Bay, California

    James E. Cloern

  • Turbidity as a control on phytoplankton biomass and productivity in estuaries

    James E. Cloern

  • Does the benthos control phytoplankton biomass in South San Francisco Bay

    James E. Cloern

  • A comment on the use of flushing time, residence time, and age as transport time scales

    Nancy E. Monsen;James E. Cloern;Lisa V. Lucas;Stephen G. Monismith

  • Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of aquatic and terrestrial plants of the San Francisco Bay estuarine system

    James E. Cloern;Elizabeth A. Canuel;David Harris

  • The Modification of an Estuary

    Frederic H. Nichols;James E. Cloern;Samuel N. Luoma;David H. Peterson

  • Phytoplankton primary production in the world's estuarine-coastal ecosystems

    James E. Cloern;S.Q. Foster;S.Q. Foster;A.E. Kleckner

  • Trophic interactions and direct physical effects control phytoplankton biomass and production in an estuary

    Andrea E. Alpine;James E. Cloern

  • An empirical model of the phytoplankton chlorophyll : carbon ratio‐the conversion factor between productivity and growth rate

    James E. Cloern;Christian Grenz;Lisa Vidergar‐Lucas

  • Nutrient pollution of coastal rivers, bays, and seas

    Robert W. Howarth;D. B. Anderson;James E. Cloern;Chris Elfring

  • Human activities and climate variability drive fast‐paced change across the world's estuarine–coastal ecosystems

    James Cloern;Paulo Cesar Oliveira Vergne de Abreu;Jacob Carstensen;Laurent Chauvaud

  • Isohaline Position as a Habitat Indicator for Estuarine Populations

    Alan D. Jassby;William J. Kimmerer;Stephen G. Monismith;Charles Armor

  • The relative importance of light and nutrient limitation of phytoplankton growth: a simple index of coastal ecosystem sensitivity to nutrient enrichment

    James E. Cloern

  • Drivers of change in estuarine-coastal ecosystems: Discoveries from four decades of study in San Francisco Bay

    James E. Cloern;Alan D. Jassby

  • Phytoplankton community ecology: principles applied in San Francisco Bay

    James E. Cloern;Richard Dufford

  • Patterns and scales of phytoplankton variability in estuarine-coastal ecosystems.

    James E. Cloern;Alan D. Jassby

  • Tidal stirring and phytoplankton bloom dynamics in an estuary

    James E. Cloern

  • The annual cycles of phytoplankton biomass

    Monika Winder;James E. Cloern

  • River discharge controls phytoplankton dynamics in the northern San Francisco Bay estuary

    James E. Cloern;Andrea E. Alpine;Brian E. Cole;Raymond L.J. Wong

  • ISOHALINE POSITION AS A HABITAT INDICATOR FOR

    Alan D. Jassby;William J. Kimmerer;Stephen G. Monismith;Charles Armor

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan D. Jassby
Alan D. Jassby University of California, Davis
Stephen G. Monismith
Stephen G. Monismith Stanford University
David H. Schoellhamer
David H. Schoellhamer United States Geological Survey
Elizabeth A. Canuel
Elizabeth A. Canuel Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Jeffrey R. Koseff
Jeffrey R. Koseff Stanford University
Thomas M. Powell
Thomas M. Powell University of California, Berkeley
Monika Winder
Monika Winder Stockholm University
Ronald S. Oremland
Ronald S. Oremland United States Geological Survey
Raphael M. Kudela
Raphael M. Kudela University of California, Santa Cruz
Richard C. Dugdale
Richard C. Dugdale San Francisco State University

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