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D-Index
59
Citations
12357
World Ranking
2035
National Ranking
884

James McManus 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 James McManus sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 178 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James McManus 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 James McManus sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James McManus is affiliated with the Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a notable focus on Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their scholarly work include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Astro and Planetary Science, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

James McManus has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers published in respected scientific journals. Selected recent publications are:

  • Towards balancing the oceanic Ni budget, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Reactive-transport modeling of neodymium and its radiogenic isotope in deep-sea sediments: The roles of authigenesis, marine silicate weathering and reverse weathering, 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Potassium isotope signatures in modern marine sediments: Insights into early diagenesis, 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Microbial metabolism and adaptations in Atribacteria -dominated methane hydrate sediments, 2021, Environmental Microbiology
  • The nickel output to abyssal pelagic manganese oxides: A balanced elemental and isotope budget for the oceans, 2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Steven M. Bohaty
  • Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben
  • Laurel B. Childress
  • Odysseas A. Archontikis
  • Sietske J. Batenburg

James McManus has published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • Rare earth elements in pore waters of marine sediments

    Brian A Haley;Gary P Klinkhammer;James McManus

  • Geochemistry of barium in marine sediments: implications for its use as a paleoproxy

    James McManus;William M Berelson;Gary P Klinkhammer;Kenneth S Johnson

  • Authigenic uranium: Relationship to oxygen penetration depth and organic carbon rain

    James McManus;William M. Berelson;Gary P. Klinkhammer;Douglas E. Hammond

  • Molybdenum and uranium geochemistry in continental margin sediments: Paleoproxy potential

    James McManus;William M. Berelson;Silke Severmann;Rebecca L. Poulson

  • Fluid and chemical fluxes in and out of sediments hosting methane hydrate deposits on Hydrate Ridge, OR, I: Hydrological provinces

    M.E. Torres;J. McManus;D.E. Hammond;M.A. de Angelis

  • The continental shelf benthic iron flux and its isotope composition

    Silke Severmann;James McManus;William M. Berelson;Douglas E. Hammond

  • The effect of early diagenesis on the Fe isotope compositions of porewaters and authigenic minerals in continental margin sediments

    Silke Severmann;Clark M. Johnson;Brian L. Beard;James McManus

  • Phosphorus regeneration in continental margin sediments

    James McManus;William M. Berelson;Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth S. Johnson;Kenneth S. Johnson

  • A high-resolution paleoclimate record spanning the past 25,000 years in southern East Africa.

    Thomas C. Johnson;Erik T. Brown;James McManus;Sylvia Barry

  • Modern iron isotope perspective on the benthic iron shuttle and the redox evolution of ancient oceans

    Silke Severmann;Timothy W. Lyons;Ariel Anbar;James McManus

  • Authigenic molybdenum isotope signatures in marine sediments

    Rebecca L. Poulson;Christopher Siebert;James McManus;William M. Berelson

  • Controls on trace metal authigenic enrichment in reducing sediments: Insights from modern oxygen-deficient settings

    Susan H. Little;Derek Vance;Timothy W. Lyons;James McManus

  • The sedimentary flux of dissolved rare earth elements to the ocean

    April N. Abbott;Brian A. Haley;James McManus;James McManus;Clare E. Reimers

  • Molybdenum isotope signatures in continental margin marine sediments

    Christopher Siebert;James McManus;Angela Bice;Rebecca Poulson

  • Oceanic molybdenum isotope fractionation: Diagenesis and hydrothermal ridge-flank alteration

    James McManus;James McManus;Thomas F. Nägler;Christopher Siebert;C. Geoffrey Wheat

  • Early diagenesis of organic material in equatorial Pacific sediments: stpichiometry and kinetics

    D.E. Hammond;J. McManus;W.M. Berelson;T.E. Kilgore

  • Molybdenum behavior during early diagenesis: Insights from Mo isotopes

    Rebecca L. Poulson Brucker;James McManus;Silke Severmann;William M. Berelson

  • Measurements of transience and downward fluid flow near episodic methane gas vents, Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia

    Michael D. Tryon;Kevin M. Brown;Marta E. Torres;Anne M. Tréhu

  • A time series of benthic flux measurements from Monterey Bay, CA

    William Berelson;Jim McManus;Kenneth Coale;Ken Johnson

  • Centennial changes in North Pacific anoxia linked to tropical trade winds

    Curtis Deutsch;William Berelson;Robert Thunell;Thomas Weber

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan C. Mix
Alan C. Mix Oregon State University
William M. Berelson
William M. Berelson University of Southern California
Zanna Chase
Zanna Chase University of Tasmania
Brian A. Haley
Brian A. Haley Oregon State University
Douglas E. Hammond
Douglas E. Hammond University of Southern California
Robert W. Collier
Robert W. Collier Oregon State University
C. Geoffrey Wheat
C. Geoffrey Wheat University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jack Dymond
Jack Dymond Oregon State University
Florian Scholz
Florian Scholz Universität Hamburg
Timothy W. Lyons
Timothy W. Lyons University of California, Riverside

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