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Richard S. Lampitt 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 Richard S. Lampitt sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Richard S. Lampitt 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 Richard S. Lampitt sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Richard S. Lampitt is affiliated with the National Oceanography Centre in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, contributing to 24 publications in the former and 17 in the latter. The subfields of study that Lampitt has engaged with include Oceanography, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, Ecology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Richard S. Lampitt has published in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Nature Communications
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • New Phytologist

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Lampitt include:

  • "Stakeholder alliances are essential to reduce the scourge of plastic pollution" (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • "High concentrations of plastic hidden beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Size does not matter after all: No evidence for a size-sinking relationship for marine snow" (2020), published in Progress In Oceanography
  • "Are all sediment traps created equal? An intercomparison study of carbon export methodologies at the PAP-SO site" (2020), published in Progress In Oceanography
  • "Microplastics in commercial marine fish species in the UK - A case study in the River Thames and the River Stour (East Anglia) estuaries" (2024), published in The Science of The Total Environment

Lampitt has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen
  • Stephanie Henson
  • Corinne Pebody
  • Katsiaryna Pabortsava
  • Daniel J. Mayor

Best Publications

  • Seasonal sedimentation of phytoplankton to the deep-sea benthos

    D. S. M. Billett;R. S. Lampitt;A. L. Rice;R. F. C. Mantoura

  • Evidence for the seasonal deposition of detritus to the deep-sea floor and its subsequent resuspension

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  • High concentrations of plastic hidden beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean

    Katsiaryna Pabortsava;Richard S. Lampitt

  • Reconciliation of the carbon budget in the ocean’s twilight zone

    Sarah L. C. Giering;Sarah L. C. Giering;Sarah L. C. Giering;Richard Sanders;Richard S. Lampitt;Thomas R. Anderson

  • Southern Ocean deep-water carbon export enhanced by natural iron fertilization

    Raymond T. Pollard;Ian Salter;Richard J. Sanders;Mike I. Lucas

  • Marine snow studies in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: distribution, composition and role as a food source for migrating plankton

    R. S. Lampitt;K. F. Wishner;C. M. Turley;M. V. Angel

  • Particle flux in deep seas : regional characteristics and temporal variability

    R. S. Lampitt;Avan Antia

  • Attenuation of sinking particulate organic carbon flux through the mesopelagic ocean

    Chris M. Marsay;Chris M. Marsay;Richard J. Sanders;Stephanie A. Henson;Katsiaryna Pabortsava;Katsiaryna Pabortsava

  • What happens to zooplankton faecal pellets? Implications for material flux

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  • Climate, carbon cycling, and deep-ocean ecosystems.

    K. L. Smith;H. A. Ruhl;B. J. Bett;D. S. M. Billett

  • Assessing the apparent imbalance between geochemical and biochemical indicators of meso- and bathypelagic biological activity: What the @#! is wrong with present calculations of carbon budgets?

    Adrian B. Burd;Dennis A. Hansell;Deborah K. Steinberg;Thomas R. Anderson

  • Toward the integrated marine debris observing system

    Nikolai Maximenko;Paolo Corradi;Kara Lavender Law;Erik Van Sebille

  • Seasonal deposition of phytodetritus to the deep-sea floor

    A. L. Rice;D. S. M. Billett;J. Fry;A. W. G. John

  • Material supply to the abyssal seafloor in the Northeast Atlantic

    R.S Lampitt;B.J Bett;K Kiriakoulakis;E.E Popova

  • Ocean iron fertilization-Moving forward in a sea of uncertainty

    Ken O. Buesseler;Scott C. Doney;David M. Karl;Philip W. Boyd

  • Seasonal and diel variation in the open ocean concentration of marine snow aggregates

    R. S. Lampitt;W. R. Hillier;P. G. Challenor

  • Ocean fertilization: a potential means of geoengineering?

    R. S. Lampitt;Eric P. Achterberg;T. R. Anderson;J. A. Hughes

  • Temporal and spatial variability of biogenic particles fluxes during the JGOFS northeast Atlantic process studies at 47°N, 20°W

    Philip P. Newton;Philip P. Newton;Richard S. Lampitt;Timothy D. Jickells;Penny King

  • Biomass of the invertebrate megabenthos from 500 to 4100 m in the northeast Atlantic Ocean

    R. S. Lampitt;D. S. M. Billett;A. L. Rice

  • Towards a global model of in situ weight-specific growth in marine planktonic copepods

    A. G. Hirst;R. S. Lampitt

  • Observing climate change trends in ocean biogeochemistry: when and where.

    Stephanie A. Henson;Claudie Beaulieu;Richard Lampitt

  • Export and mesopelagic particle flux during a North Atlantic spring diatom bloom

    Patrick Martin;Richard S. Lampitt;Mary Jane Perry;Richard Sanders

  • The institute of oceanographic sciences biology programme in the porcupine seabight : background and general introduction

    A. L. Rice;D. S. M. Billett;M. H. Thurston;R. S. Lampitt

  • Distribution, composition and flux of particulate material over the European margin at 47° 50°N

    I. N. McCave;Ian Robert Hall;A. N. Antia;L. Chou

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Sanders
Richard Sanders National Oceanography Centre
David S.M. Billett
David S.M. Billett National Oceanography Centre
Johannes Karstensen
Johannes Karstensen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
George A. Wolff
George A. Wolff University of Liverpool
Stephanie A. Henson
Stephanie A. Henson National Oceanography Centre
Uwe Send
Uwe Send University of California, San Diego
Henry A. Ruhl
Henry A. Ruhl Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Brian J. Bett
Brian J. Bett National Oceanography Centre
Humberto E. González
Humberto E. González Austral University of Chile
Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff
Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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