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Earth Science 62 1735 1557 762 666 190 10118

Robert M. Sherrell publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Robert M. Sherrell between 1985 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Robert M. Sherrell published across 42 years, from 1985 to 2026, averaging 4.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2016. 7 of the 207 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2016. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 10 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 22 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 1 publication 2024: 1 publication 2025: 5 publications 2026: 2 publications
1985 2026

207 publications in total across all disciplines

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Robert M. Sherrell: publications per year, 1985 to 2026
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 0
1987 0
1988 1
1989 1
1990 0
1991 0
1992 2
1993 0
1994 1
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 2
1999 10
2000 5
2001 2
2002 3
2003 6
2004 10
2005 2
2006 5
2007 4
2008 8
2009 4
2010 6
2011 7
2012 7
2013 6
2014 5
2015 10
2016 22
2017 15
2018 16
2019 11
2020 15
2021 10
2022 1
2023 1
2024 1
2025 5
2026 2
Total 207
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Robert M. Sherrell 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 Robert M. Sherrell 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, 188–197 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: 190 publications — 59th percentile

59% 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
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
188–197 401 190
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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Robert M. Sherrell 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 Robert M. Sherrell 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, 62 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: 62 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103 62
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

Robert M. Sherrell 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 significant focus on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, as well as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their work involves key topics such as Marine and coastal ecosystems, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Mercury impact and mitigation studies, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Robert M. Sherrell has contributed to various recent publications including:

  • Changing Biogeochemistry of the Southern Ocean and Its Ecosystem Implications (2020), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • A comparison of marine Fe and Mn cycling: U.S. GEOTRACES GN01 Western Arctic case study (2020), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Particle-Size Distributions and Solubility of Aerosol Iron Over the Antarctic Peninsula During Austral Summer (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Seasonal dispersal of fjord meltwaters as an important source of iron and manganese to coastal Antarctic phytoplankton (2021), Biogeosciences
  • Concentrations, particle-size distributions, and dry deposition fluxes of aerosol trace elements over the Antarctic Peninsula in austral summer (2021), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jessica N. Fitzsimmons
  • Laramie T. Jensen
  • Tim M. Conway
  • Sian F. Henley
  • Emma L. Cavan

They have published extensively in scientific venues such as:

  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Best Publications

  • Iron availability, cellular iron quotas, and nitrogen fixation in Trichodesmium

    Ilana Berman-Frank;Jay T. Cullen;Yeala Shaked;Robert M. Sherrell

  • Characterization of atmospheric trace elements on PM2.5 particulate matter over the New York-New Jersey harbor estuary

    Yuan Gao;E. D. Nelson;M. P. Field;Q. Ding

  • Precise determination of element/calcium ratios in calcareous samples using sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.

    Rosenthal Y;Field Mp;Sherrell Rm

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • Controls on tropical Pacific Ocean productivity revealed through nutrient stress diagnostics

    Michael J. Behrenfeld;Kirby Worthington;Robert M. Sherrell;Francisco P. Chavez

  • Iron persistence in a distal hydrothermal plume supported by dissolved-particulate exchange

    Jessica N. Fitzsimmons;Jessica N. Fitzsimmons;Seth G. John;Seth G. John;Christopher M. Marsay;Christopher M. Marsay;Colleen L. Hoffman

  • Incorporation and preservation of Mg in Globigerinoides sacculifer: implications for reconstructing the temperature and 18O/16O of seawater

    Yair Rosenthal;G. P. Lohmann;K. C. Lohmann;Robert Sherrell

  • Interlaboratory study for coral Sr/Ca and other element/Ca ratio measurements

    Ed C. Hathorne;Alexander C. Gagnon;Thomas Felis;Jess F. Adkins

  • Modulation of cadmium uptake in phytoplankton by seawater CO2 concentration

    Jay T. Cullen;Todd W. Lane;François M. M. Morel;Robert M. Sherrell

  • Changing Biogeochemistry of the Southern Ocean and Its Ecosystem Implications

    Sian Frances Henley;Emma Louise Cavan;Sarah E. Fawcett;Rodrigo Kerr

  • Automated on-line flow-injection ICP-MS determination of trace metals (Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn) in open ocean seawater: Application to the GEOTRACES program

    M.E. Lagerström;M.P. Field;M. Séguret;L. Fischer

  • Phosphorus and trace metal limitation of algae and bacteria in Lake Superior

    Robert W. Sterner;Tanya M. Smutka;R. Michael L. McKay;Qin Xiaoming

  • Cadmium isotopic composition in the ocean

    Francois Lacan;Roger Francois;Yongcheng Ji;Robert M. Sherrell

  • Dissolved and particulate Fe in a hydrothermal plume at 9°45′N, East Pacific Rise:: Slow Fe (II) oxidation kinetics in Pacific plumes

    M.Paul Field;Robert M Sherrell

  • The trace metal composition of suspended particles in the oceanic water column near Bermuda

    Robert M. Sherrell;Edward A. Boyle

  • Effect of iron limitation on the cadmium to phosphorus ratio of natural phytoplankton assemblages from the Southern Ocean

    Jay T. Cullen;Zanna Chase;Kenneth H. Coale;Steve E. Fitzwater

  • The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean

    Matthew A. Charette;Lauren E. Kipp;Lauren E. Kipp;Laramie T. Jensen;Jessica S. Dabrowski

  • Uptake and fractionation of rare earth elements on hydrothermal plume particles at 9°45′N, East Pacific Rise

    Robert M. Sherrell;M.Paul Field;Greg Ravizza

  • Sampling for particulate trace element determination using water sampling bottles: methodology and comparison to in situ pumps

    Hélène Planquette;Robert M. Sherrell

  • ASPIRE: The Amundsen Sea Polynya International Research Expedition

    Patricia L. Yager;Robert M. Sherrell;Sharon E. Stammerjohn;Anne-Carlijn Alderkamp

  • Techniques for determination of trace metals in small samples of size-fractionated particulate matter: phytoplankton metals off central California

    Jay T Cullen;Robert M Sherrell

  • Direct determination of 10 trace metals in 50 µL samples of coastal seawater using desolvating micronebulization sector field ICP-MS

    M. Paul Field;Jay T. Cullen;Robert M. Sherrell

Frequent Co-Authors

Jessica N. Fitzsimmons
Jessica N. Fitzsimmons Texas A&M University
M. Paul Field
M. Paul Field Elemental Scientific
Jay T. Cullen
Jay T. Cullen University of Victoria
Patricia L. Yager
Patricia L. Yager University of Georgia
Oscar Schofield
Oscar Schofield Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Seth G. John
Seth G. John University of Southern California
Benjamin S. Twining
Benjamin S. Twining Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Sharon Stammerjohn
Sharon Stammerjohn Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Phoebe J. Lam
Phoebe J. Lam University of California, Santa Cruz

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