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Ralf Goericke publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ralf Goericke between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ralf Goericke published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 3.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 9 publications in 2012. 4 of the 117 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 9. Peak 9 publications in 2012. 1988: 2 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 4 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 3 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 6 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 0 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 6 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 1 publication
1988 2025

117 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ralf Goericke: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 2
1989 0
1990 1
1991 1
1992 4
1993 6
1994 1
1995 1
1996 1
1997 1
1998 3
1999 3
2000 3
2001 1
2002 6
2003 5
2004 3
2005 2
2006 2
2007 1
2008 0
2009 1
2010 6
2011 3
2012 9
2013 7
2014 3
2015 8
2016 3
2017 2
2018 6
2019 3
2020 4
2021 2
2022 7
2023 2
2024 3
2025 1
Total 117
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Ralf Goericke 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 Ralf Goericke sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 88–97 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 91 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376 91
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Ralf Goericke 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 Ralf Goericke sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 54 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163 54
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Ralf Goericke is affiliated with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the United States. Their research spans across multiple fields, including Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology. The scientist's work frequently addresses topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems, marine and fisheries research, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

Goericke has contributed to several publication venues, most notably:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Earth system science data
  • Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Goericke are:

  • State of the California Current 2019-2020: Back to the Future With Marine Heatwaves? (2021), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean colour satellite applications - version three (2022), published in Earth system science data
  • Influence of nutrient supply on plankton microbiome biodiversity and distribution in a coastal upwelling region (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • A database of ocean primary productivity from the 14C method (2020), published in Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • Lagrangian Studies of Marine Production: A Multimethod Assessment of Productivity Relationships in the California Current Ecosystem Upwelling Region (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Goericke include:

  • Edward D. Weber
  • Toby D. Auth
  • Simone Baumann-Pickering
  • Eric P. Bjorkstedt
  • Steven J. Bograd

Goericke's subfields of study encompass Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their research is strongly associated with the following main topics:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Climate variability and models

Best Publications

  • A novel free-living prochlorophyte abundant in the oceanic euphotic zone

    Sallie W. Chisholm;Robert J. Olson;Erik R. Zettler;Ralf Goericke

  • Comparative physiology of Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus: influence of light and temperature on growth, pigments, fluorescence and absorptive properties

    Lisa R. Moore;Ralf Goericke;Sallie W. Chisholm

  • Variations of marine plankton δ13C with latitude, temperature, and dissolved CO2 in the world ocean

    Ralf Goericke;Brian Fry

  • Prochlorococcus marinus nov. gen. nov. sp.: an oxyphototrophic marine prokaryote containing divinyl chlorophyll a and b

    Sallie W. Chisholm;Sheila L. Frankel;Ralf Goericke;Robert J. Olson

  • Changes in the δ13C of surface water particulate organic matter across the subtropical convergence in the SW Indian Ocean

    Roger Francois;Mark A. Altabet;Ralf Goericke;Daniel C. McCorkle

  • Primary productivity and its regulation in the Arabian Sea during 1995

    Richard T Barber;John Marra;Robert C Bidigare;Louis A Codispoti

  • Estimating the contribution of microalgal taxa to chlorophyll a in the field--variations of pigment ratios under nutrient- and light-limited growth

    Ralf Goericke;Joseph P. Montoya

  • The marine prochlorophyte Prochlorococcus contributes significantly to phytoplankton biomass and primary production in the Sargasso Sea

    Ralf Goericke;Nicholas A. Welschmeyer

  • Impact of declining intermediate-water oxygen on deepwater fishes in the California Current

    J. Anthony Koslow;Ralf Goericke;Ana Lara-Lopez;William Watson

  • Chlorophylls a and b and divinyl chlorophylls a and b in the open subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

    R. Goericke;DJ Repeta

  • Lagrangian studies of phytoplankton growth and grazing relationships in a coastal upwelling ecosystem off Southern California

    Michael R. Landry;Mark D. Ohman;Ralf Goericke;Michael R. Stukel

  • Mesoscale ocean fronts enhance carbon export due to gravitational sinking and subduction

    Michael R. Stukel;Lihini I. Aluwihare;Katherine A. Barbeau;Alexander M. Chekalyuk

  • Zeaxanthin and ß‐carotene in Synechococcus WH7803 respond differently to irradiance

    Todd M. Kana;Patricia M. Glibert;Ralf Goericke;Nicholas A. Welschmeyer

  • A novel niche for Prochlorococcus sp. in low-light suboxic environments in the Arabian Sea and the Eastern Tropical North Pacific

    R Goericke;R.J Olson;A Shalapyonok

  • Robust empirical relationships for estimating the carbonate system in the southern California Current System and application to CalCOFI hydrographic cruise data (2005–2011)

    Simone R. Alin;Richard A. Feely;Andrew G. Dickson;J. Martín Hernández-Ayón

  • State of the California Current 2014-15: Impacts of the Warm-Water "Blob"

    Andrew W. Leising;Isaac D. Schroeder;Steven J. Bograd;Jeffrey Abell

  • Oxygen in the Southern California Bight: Multidecadal trends and implications for demersal fisheries

    S. McClatchie;R. Goericke;R. Cosgrove;G. Auad;G. Auad

  • Changes in source waters to the Southern California Bight

    Steven J. Bograd;Mercedes Pozo Buil;Emanuele Di Lorenzo;Carmen G. Castro

  • Nitrogen and carbon isotopic ratios of chlorophyll from marine phytoplankton

    Julian P. Sachs;Daniel J. Repeta;Ralf Goericke

  • Primary production in the subarctic Pacific Ocean: Project SUPER

    Nicholas A. Welschmeyer;Nicholas A. Welschmeyer;Suzanne Strom;Ralf Goericke;Giacomo DiTullio

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Landry
Michael R. Landry University of California, San Diego
Mark D. Ohman
Mark D. Ohman University of California, San Diego
Steven J. Bograd
Steven J. Bograd National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William J. Sydeman
William J. Sydeman Farallon Institute
William T. Peterson
William T. Peterson National Marine Fisheries Service
Francisco P. Chavez
Francisco P. Chavez Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
John C. Field
John C. Field National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Franklin B. Schwing
Franklin B. Schwing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Daniel J. Repeta
Daniel J. Repeta Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Katherine A. Barbeau
Katherine A. Barbeau University of California, San Diego

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