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15028
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Neal E. Blair 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 Neal E. Blair sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 94 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Neal E. Blair 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 Neal E. Blair sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Neal E. Blair is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, focusing extensively on interactions between soil, water, and atmospheric processes.

The primary fields of study in Neal E. Blair's work include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these broader disciplines, their research covers several subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Soil Science.

Themes central to their research topics include:

  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Neal E. Blair has contributed to academic literature through various publications including these recent papers:

  • "Fate of Ayeyarwady and Thanlwin Rivers Sediments in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal," 2020, Marine Geology
  • "Carbonate Mineral Identification and Quantification in Sediment Matrices Using Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy," 2020, Environmental Chemistry Letters
  • "Magnetic Fly Ash as a Chronological Marker in Post-Settlement Alluvial and Lacustrine Sediment: Examples from North Carolina and Illinois," 2021, Minerals
  • "Storm-Induced Dynamics of Particulate Organic Carbon in Clear Creek, Iowa: An Intensively Managed Landscape Critical Zone Observatory Story," 2020, Frontiers in Water
  • "Emergent Role of Critical Interfaces in the Dynamics of Intensively Managed Landscapes," 2023, Earth-Science Reviews

Their research findings have appeared frequently in journals such as Frontiers in Water, The Science of The Total Environment, Goldschmidt2022 abstracts, Marine Geology, and Environmental Chemistry Letters. The highest number of publications are found in Frontiers in Water.

Neal E. Blair regularly collaborates with several coauthors, with frequent collaborations including:

  • T. R. Filley
  • H.S. Kim
  • David A. Grimley
  • A. N. Papanicolaou
  • Alison M. Anders

Best Publications

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. "The carbon isotope biogeochemistry of acetate from methanogenic marine sediment." by N. E. Blair and W. D. Carter Jr. published in 56, 1247-1258

    N.E. Blair

  • The fate of terrestrial organic carbon in the marine environment.

    Neal E. Blair;Robert C. Aller

  • Carbon isotopic fractionation in heterotrophic microbial metabolism.

    N Blair;A Leu;E Muñoz;J Olsen

  • Centers of organic carbon burial and oxidation at the land-ocean interface

    Thomas S. Bianchi;Xingqian Cui;Xingqian Cui;Neal E. Blair;David J. Burdige

  • Remineralization rates, recycling, and storage of carbon in Amazon shelf sediments

    R.C. Aller;N.E. Blair;Q. Xia;P.D. Rude

  • Rapid subduction of organic matter by maldanid polychaetes on the North Carolina slope

    L. Levin;N. Blair;D. DeMaster;G. Plaia

  • The persistence of memory: The fate of ancient sedimentary organic carbon in a modern sedimentary system

    Neal E Blair;Elana L Leithold;Shawn T Ford;Kelly A Peeler

  • Carbon remineralization in the Amazon–Guianas tropical mobile mudbelt: A sedimentary incinerator

    Robert C. Aller;Neal E. Blair

  • Geomorphologic controls on the age of particulate organic carbon from small mountainous and upland rivers

    Elana L. Leithold;Neal E. Blair;David W. Perkey

  • From bedrock to burial: the evolution of particulate organic carbon across coupled watershed-continental margin systems

    Neal E. Blair;Elana L. Leithold;Robert C. Aller

  • The short-term fate of fresh algal carbon in continental slope sediments

    Neal E. Blair;Lisa A. Levin;David J. DeMaster;Gayle Plaia

  • The carbon isotope biogeochemistry of acetate from a methanogenic marine sediment

    N. E. Blair;W. D. Carter

  • Source-to-sink sedimentary systems and global carbon burial: A river runs through it

    Elana L. Leithold;Neal E. Blair;Karl W. Wegmann

  • Anaerobic methane oxidation on the Amazon shelf

    Neal E. Blair;Robert C. Aller

  • Methane emission from rice: Stable isotopes, diurnal variations, and CO2 exchange

    J. P. Chanton;G. J. Whiting;N. E. Blair;C. W. Lindau

  • Early diagenetic remineralization of sedimentary organic C in the Gulf of Papua deltaic complex (Papua New Guinea): Net loss of terrestrial C and diagenetic fractionation of C isotopes

    Robert C Aller;Neal E Blair

  • Benthic fluxes and porewater concentration profiles of dissolved organic carbon in sediments from the North Carolina continental slope

    Marc J. Alperin;Christopher S. Martens;Daniel B. Albert;Ismail B. Suayah

  • Microbial methane from in situ biodegradation of coal and shale: A review and reevaluation of hydrogen and carbon isotope signatures

    David S. Vinson;Neal E. Blair;Anna M. Martini;Steve Larter

  • Seasonal variations in the stable carbon isotopic signature of biogenic methane in a coastal sediment.

    Christopher S. Martens;Neal E. Blair;Carol D. Green;David J. Des Marais

  • Early diagenetic cycling, incineration, and burial of sedimentary organic carbon in the central Gulf of Papua (Papua New Guinea)

    Robert C. Aller;Neal E. Blair;Neal E. Blair;Gregg J. Brunskill

  • Macrofaunal processing of phytodetritus at two sites on the Carolina margin:in situ experiments using 13C-labeled diatoms

    L. A. Levin;N. E. Blair;C. M. Martin;D. J. DeMaster

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert C. Aller
Robert C. Aller Stony Brook University
David J. DeMaster
David J. DeMaster North Carolina State University
Lisa A. Levin
Lisa A. Levin University of California, San Diego
Christopher S. Martens
Christopher S. Martens University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Adam S. Ward
Adam S. Ward Oregon State University
Jennifer C. McIntosh
Jennifer C. McIntosh University of Arizona
Marc J. Alperin
Marc J. Alperin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Henry Lin
Henry Lin Pennsylvania State University
Bruce L. Rhoads
Bruce L. Rhoads University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Anna M. Martini
Anna M. Martini Amherst College

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