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Citations
35988
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943
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408

Nancy N. Rabalais 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 Nancy N. Rabalais sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 214 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Nancy N. Rabalais 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 Nancy N. Rabalais sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2012 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Nancy N. Rabalais is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on earth and planetary sciences and environmental science, with significant contributions to oceanography, ecology, and environmental chemistry. The scientist's work encompasses marine and coastal ecosystems, ocean acidification effects and responses, marine biology and ecology research, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, isotope analysis in ecology, methane hydrates and related phenomena, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

Their recent publications offer insights into various aspects of oceanographic and ecological research. These include:

  • Historical Shifts in Benthic Infaunal Diversity in the Northern Gulf of Mexico since the Appearance of Seasonally Severe Hypoxia (2020, Diversity)
  • System controls of coastal and open ocean oxygen depletion (2021, Progress In Oceanography)
  • A Global Ocean Oxygen Database and Atlas for Assessing and Predicting Deoxygenation and Ocean Health in the Open and Coastal Ocean (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Body size, trophic position, and the coupling of different energy pathways across a saltmarsh landscape (2021, Limnology and Oceanography Letters)
  • Ocean acidification in the Gulf of Mexico: Drivers, impacts, and unknowns (2022, Progress In Oceanography)

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, with the most notable being:

  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Diversity
  • Limnology and Oceanography Letters

The research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as:

  • R. Eugene Turner
  • Brian J. Roberts
  • Christophe Rabouille
  • Friedrich W. Keppeler
  • Jill A. Olin

Nancy N. Rabalais has been recognized with multiple fellowships, including the Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2013, Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 2012, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems

    Scott C. Doney;Mary Ruckelshaus;J. Emmett Duffy;James P. Barry

  • Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters.

    Denise L. Breitburg;Lisa A. Levin;Andreas Oschlies;Marilaure Grégoire

  • Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia, A.K.A. “The Dead Zone”

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner;William J. Wiseman

  • Dynamics and distribution of natural and human-caused hypoxia

    N. N. Rabalais;Robert J. Diaz;L.A. Levin;R.E. Turner

  • Global change and eutrophication of coastal waters

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner;Robert J. Díaz;Dubravko Justić

  • Nitrogen in Aquatic Ecosystems

    Nancy N. Rabalais

  • Nutrient changes in the Mississippi River and system responses on the adjacent continental shelf

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner;Dubravko JustiĆ;Quay Dortch

  • Coastal eutrophication near the Mississippi river delta

    R. Eugene Turner;Nancy N. Rabalais

  • Changes in nutrient structure of river-dominated coastal waters: stoichiometric nutrient balance and its consequences

    Dubravko Justić;Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner;Quay Dortch

  • Beyond Science into Policy: Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia and the Mississippi River

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner;Donald Scavia

  • Effects of natural and human-induced hypoxia on coastal benthos

    L.A. Levin;W. Ekau;Andrew J. Gooday;F. Jorissen

  • Changes in Mississippi River Water Quality this CenturyImplications for coastal food webs

    Unknown

  • Linking Landscape and Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin for 200 Years

    R. Eugene Turner;Nancy N. Rabalais

  • Hypoxia-Related Processes in the Baltic Sea

    Daniel J. Conley;Svante Björck;Erik Bonsdorff;Jacob Carstensen

  • Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R.Eugene Turner;William J. Wiseman

  • Stoichiometric nutrient balance and origin of coastal eutrophication

    Dubravko Justić;Nancy N. Rabalais;R.Eugene Turner

  • Natural and human-induced hypoxia and consequences for coastal areas: synthesis and future development

    J. Zhang;D. Gilbert;A. Gooday;L. Levin

  • Coastal Hypoxia: consequences for living resources and ecosystems

    Nancy N. Rabalais;R. Eugene Turner

  • Gulf of Mexico hypoxia: alternate states and a legacy

    R. Eugene Turner;Nancy N. Rabalais;Dubravko Justic

  • Hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Does the science support the Plan to Reduce, Mitigate, and Control Hypoxia?

    N. N. Rabalais;R. E. Turner;B. K Sen Gupta;D. F. Boesch

  • Fluctuating silicate:nitrate ratios and coastal plankton food webs

    R E Turner;N Qureshi;N N Rabalais;Q Dortch

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Eugene Turner
R. Eugene Turner Louisiana State University
Dubravko Justic
Dubravko Justic Louisiana State University
Donald F. Boesch
Donald F. Boesch University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Robert J. Diaz
Robert J. Diaz Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Catherine L. Kling
Catherine L. Kling Cornell University
Lisa A. Levin
Lisa A. Levin University of California, San Diego
Philip W. Gassman
Philip W. Gassman Iowa State University
Wei-Jun Cai
Wei-Jun Cai University of Delaware
Brett J. Baker
Brett J. Baker The University of Texas at Austin

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