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D-Index
44
Citations
9213
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6657
National Ranking
2377

Mark L. Wells 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 Mark L. Wells sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 111 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mark L. Wells 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 Mark L. Wells sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mark L. Wells is affiliated with the University of Maine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems, ocean acidification effects and responses, coral and marine ecosystem studies, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, marine biology and ecology research, marine and fisheries research, as well as methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Mark L. Wells has published numerous papers across various scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Coupling and Decoupling of High Biomass Phytoplankton Production and Hypoxia in a Highly Dynamic Coastal System: The Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary (2020) in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • A limited effect of sub-tropical typhoons on phytoplankton dynamics (2021) in Biogeosciences
  • Australian fire nourishes ocean phytoplankton bloom (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Enhanced Winter Carbon Export Observed by BGC-Argo in the Northwest Pacific Ocean (2020) in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Complexities of regulating climate by promoting marine primary production with ocean iron fertilization (2024) in Earth-Science Reviews

Their frequent co-authors include Fei Chai, Walter Dellisanti, Jiajun Wu, Leo Lai Chan, and Yuntao Wang. These collaborations suggest active engagement in multi-author, interdisciplinary research projects.

In terms of publication venues, Mark L. Wells has contributed to Frontiers in Marine Science, Biogeosciences, Preprints.org, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Earth-Science Reviews. Frontiers in Marine Science is the most frequent venue, with multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • Algae as nutritional and functional food sources: revisiting our understanding

    Mark L. Wells;Philippe Potin;James S. Craigie;John A. Raven

  • Harmful algal blooms and climate change: Learning from the past and present to forecast the future.

    Mark L. Wells;Vera L. Trainer;Theodore J. Smayda;Bengt S.O. Karlson

  • Future HAB science: Directions and challenges in a changing climate.

    Mark L. Wells;Mark L. Wells;Bengt Karlson;Angela Wulff;Raphael Kudela

  • Occurrence of small colloids in sea water

    Mark L. Wells;Edward D. Goldberg

  • Iron chemistry in seawater and its relationship to phytoplankton: a workshop report

    Mark L. Wells;Neil M. Price;Kenneth W. Bruland

  • The effect of Fe and Cu on growth and domoic acid production by Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries and Pseudo-nitzschia australis

    Maria T. Maldonado;Margaret P. Hughes;Eden L. Rue;Mark L. Wells

  • The complexation of `dissolved' Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb by soluble and colloidal organic matter in Narragansett Bay, RI

    Mark L. Wells;Peter B. Kozelka;Kenneth W. Bruland

  • Domoic acid: The synergy of iron, copper, and the toxicity of diatoms

    Mark L. Wells;Charles G. Trick;William P. Cochlan;Margaret P. Hughes

  • An intercomparison of cross-flow filtration techniques used for sampling marine colloids: Overview and organic carbon results

    K.O. Buesseler;J.E. Bauer;R.F. Chen;T.I. Eglinton

  • Colloid aggregation in seawater

    Mark L. Wells;Edward D. Goldberg

  • The distribution of colloids in the North Atlantic and Southern Oceans

    Mark L. Wells;Edward D. Goldberg

  • Marine submicron particles

    Mark L. Wells;Edward D. Goldberg

  • The photolysis of colloidal iron in the oceans

    Mark L. Wells;Mark L. Wells;Lawrence M. Mayer;Olivier F. X. Donard;Marta M. de Souza Sierra

  • Manipulating iron availability in nearshore waters

    Mark L. Wells

  • The phttoconversion of colloidal iron oxyhydroxides in seawater

    Mark L. Wells;Lawrence M. Mayer

  • The role of colloid chemistry in providing a source of iron to phytoplankton

    Mark L. Wells;Niko G. Zorkin;A. G. Lewis

  • Iron enrichment stimulates toxic diatom production in high-nitrate, low-chlorophyll areas

    Charles G. Trick;Brian D. Bill;William P. Cochlan;Mark L. Wells

  • The distribution of colloidal and particulate bioactive metals in Narragansett Bay, RI

    Mark L Wells;Mark L Wells;Geoffrey J Smith;K.W Bruland

  • Dissolved iron anomaly in the deep tropical-subtropical Pacific: Evidence for long-range transport of hydrothermal iron

    Jingfeng Wu;Mark L. Wells;Robert Rember

  • Marine colloids: A neglected dimension

    Mark L. Wells

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles G. Trick
Charles G. Trick University of Western Ontario
William P. Cochlan
William P. Cochlan San Francisco State University
Vera L. Trainer
Vera L. Trainer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fei Chai
Fei Chai Ministry of Land and Resources of the People's Republic of China
Kenneth W. Bruland
Kenneth W. Bruland University of California, Santa Cruz
Karl J. Kreutz
Karl J. Kreutz University of Maine
Lawrence M. Mayer
Lawrence M. Mayer University of Maine
Carl P. Tripp
Carl P. Tripp University of Maine
Huijie Xue
Huijie Xue University of Maine
Hiroaki Saito
Hiroaki Saito University of Tokyo

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