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Oscar Schofield 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 Oscar Schofield sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 329 publications — 90th percentile

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

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

Oscar Schofield 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 Oscar Schofield sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

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

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

Overview

Oscar Schofield is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine biology and ecology research, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, polar research and ecology, and cryospheric studies and observations.

Recent publications by Oscar Schofield include:

  • Monitoring ocean biogeochemistry with autonomous platforms (2020), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Decline in plankton diversity and carbon flux with reduced sea ice extent along the Western Antarctic Peninsula (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • Zooplankton diel vertical migration during Antarctic summer (2020), published in Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • The Southern Ocean carbon and climate observations and modeling (SOCCOM) project: A review (2023), published in Progress In Oceanography
  • A surplus no more? Variation in krill availability impacts reproductive rates of Antarctic baleen whales (2023), published in Global Change Biology

Oscar Schofield frequently publishes in several scientific journals. The main publication venues include:

  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Marine Technology Society Journal
  • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

The scientist collaborates often with several colleagues, including:

  • Hugh W. Ducklow
  • Deborah K. Steinberg
  • Michael P. Meredith
  • Sharon Stammerjohn
  • Schuyler C. Nardelli

Best Publications

  • The Evolution of Modern Eukaryotic Phytoplankton

    Paul G. Falkowski;Miriam E. Katz;Andrew H. Knoll;Antonietta Quigg

  • The role of functional traits and trade‐offs in structuring phytoplankton communities: scaling from cellular to ecosystem level

    Elena Litchman;Christopher A. Klausmeier;Oscar M. Schofield;Paul G. Falkowski

  • Recent Changes in Phytoplankton Communities Associated with Rapid Regional Climate Change Along the Western Antarctic Peninsula

    Martin Montes-Hugo;Scott C. Doney;Hugh W. Ducklow;William Fraser

  • The evolutionary inheritance of elemental stoichiometry in marine phytoplankton

    Antonietta Quigg;Zoe V. Finkel;Andrew J. Irwin;Yair Rosenthal

  • Alteration of the Food Web Along the Antarctic Peninsula in Response to a Regional Warming Trend

    Mark A. Moline;Herve Claustre;Thomas K. Frazer;Oscar Schofield

  • How Do Polar Marine Ecosystems Respond to Rapid Climate Change

    Oscar Schofield;Hugh W. Ducklow;Douglas G. Martinson;Michael P. Meredith

  • Scaling-up from nutrient physiology to the size-structure of phytoplankton communities

    Andrew J. Irwin;Zoe V. Finkel;Oscar M. E. Schofield;Paul G. Falkowski

  • West Antarctic Peninsula: An Ice-Dependent Coastal Marine Ecosystem in Transition

    Hugh W. Ducklow;William R. Fraser;Michael P. Meredith;Sharon E. Stammerjohn;Sharon E. Stammerjohn

  • Seasonal time bombs: dominant temperate viruses affect Southern Ocean microbial dynamics

    Jennifer R Brum;Jennifer R Brum;Bonnie L Hurwitz;Oscar Schofield;Hugh W Ducklow

  • Slocum Gliders: Robust and ready

    Oscar Schofield;Josh Kohut;David Aragon;Liz Creed

  • Winter and spring controls on the summer food web of the coastal West Antarctic Peninsula

    Grace K. Saba;William R. Fraser;Vincent S. Saba;Richard A. Iannuzzi

  • The role of nutricline depth in regulating the ocean carbon cycle

    Pedro Cermeño;Stephanie Dutkiewicz;Roger P. Harris;Mick Follows

  • Detection of harmful algal blooms using photopigments and absorption signatures: A case study of the Florida red tide dinoflagellate, Gymnodinium breve

    David F. Millie;Oscar M. Schofield;Gary J. Kirkpatrick;Geir Johnsen

  • The role and evolution of superoxide dismutases in algae

    Felisa Wolfe-Simon;Daniel Grzebyk;Oscar Schofield;Paul G. Falkowski

  • Climatically driven macroevolutionary patterns in the size of marine diatoms over the Cenozoic.

    Zoe V. Finkel;Miriam E. Katz;James D. Wright;Oscar M. E. Schofield

  • Monitoring ocean biogeochemistry with autonomous platforms

    Fei Chai;Fei Chai;Kenneth S. Johnson;Hervé Claustre;Xiaogang Xing

  • Resource limitation alters the 3 ⁄ 4 size scaling of metabolic rates in phytoplankton

    Zoe V. Finkel;Andrew J. Irwin;Oscar Schofield

  • Optical Discrimination of a Phytoplankton Species in Natural Mixed Populations

    Gary J. Kirkpatrick;David F. Millie;Mark A. Moline;Oscar Schofield

  • Multi-nutrient, multi-group model of present and future oceanic phytoplankton communities

    E. Litchman;E. Litchman;C. A. Klausmeier;C. A. Klausmeier;James Miller;Oscar Schofield

  • Stratified coastal ocean interactions with tropical cyclones

    Scott Glenn;Travis Miles;G. N. Seroka;Y. Xu

  • Long-term (1993-2013) changes in macrozooplankton off the Western Antarctic Peninsula

    Deborah K. Steinberg;Kate E. Ruck;Miram R. Gleiber;Lori M. Garzio

  • Influence of zeaxanthin on quantum yield of photosynthesis of Synechococcus clone WH7803 (DC2)

    RR Bidigare;O Schofield;BB Prezelin

  • OPTICAL MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS FOR HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS: POSSIBILITY OR PIPE DREAM?

    Oscar Schofield;Joe Grzymski;W. Paul Bissett;Gary J. Kirkpatrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott Glenn
Scott Glenn Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Josh Kohut
Josh Kohut Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Mark A. Moline
Mark A. Moline University of Delaware
Paul G. Falkowski
Paul G. Falkowski Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Michael P. Meredith
Michael P. Meredith British Antarctic Survey
Deborah K. Steinberg
Deborah K. Steinberg Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Sharon Stammerjohn
Sharon Stammerjohn Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Scott C. Doney
Scott C. Doney University of Virginia
Steven E. Lohrenz
Steven E. Lohrenz University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Alan D. Chave
Alan D. Chave Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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