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Ronald P. Kiene publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ronald P. Kiene sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 162 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Ronald P. Kiene D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ronald P. Kiene sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ronald P. Kiene is affiliated with the University of South Alabama in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with specific work done in various subfields including Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Pollution, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main topics of study include marine and coastal ecosystems, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, microbial community ecology and physiology, microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, ocean acidification effects and responses, and odor and emission control technologies.

Recent publications by Ronald P. Kiene include the following papers:

  • "Bacterial responses to background organic pollutants in the northeast subarctic Pacific Ocean" (2021), published in Environmental Microbiology
  • "Potential roles of dimethysulfoxide in regional sulfur cycling and phytoplankton physiological ecology in the NE Subarctic Pacific" (2020), published in Limnology and Oceanography
  • "Impact of anthropogenic pH perturbation on dimethyl sulfide cycling" (2021), published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "A protocol for the synthesis of [35S]-labeled 3-dimethylsulfoniopropionate and dimethylsulfide from L-methionine for use in biogeochemical studies" (2024), published in Marine Chemistry

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Ronald P. Kiene include:

  • Alícia Martinez-Varela
  • Elena Cerro-Gálvez
  • Adrià Auladell
  • Shalabh Sharma
  • Mary Ann Moran

Ronald P. Kiene's work has been published across multiple venues, reflecting their interdisciplinary approach. These venues include:

  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Marine Chemistry

Best Publications

  • An antioxidant function for DMSP and DMS in marine algae

    W. Sunda;D. J. Kieber;R. P. Kiene;S. Huntsman

  • The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing

    Patrick J. Keeling;Patrick J. Keeling;Fabien Burki;Heather M. Wilcox;Bassem Allam

  • A global database of sea surface dimethylsulfide (DMS) measurements and a procedure to predict sea surface DMS as a function of latitude, longitude, and month

    A. J. Kettle;M. O. Andreae;D. Amouroux;T. W. Andreae

  • Comparison of microbial dynamics in marine and freshwater sediments: Contrasts in anaerobic carbon catabolism1

    Douglas G. Capone;Ronald P. Kiene

  • New and important roles for DMSP in marine microbial communities

    R.P. Kiene;L.J. Linn;J.A. Bruton

  • Genome sequence of Silicibacter pomeroyi reveals adaptations to the marine environment

    Mary Ann Moran;Alison Buchan;José M. González;John F. Heidelberg

  • Biological removal of dimethyl sulphide from sea water

    Ronald P. Kiene;Timothy S. Bates

  • Transformation of Sulfur Compounds by an Abundant Lineage of Marine Bacteria in the α-Subclass of the Class Proteobacteria

    José M. González;Ronald P. Kiene;Mary Ann Moran

  • Bacterial taxa that limit sulfur flux from the ocean.

    Erinn C. Howard;James R. Henriksen;Alison Buchan;Chris R. Reisch

  • Biological and environmental chemistry of DMSP and related sulfonium compounds

    Ronald P. Kiene;Pieter T. Visscher;Maureen D. Keller;Gunter O. Kirst

  • Low dissolved DMSP concentrations in seawater revealed by small‐volume gravity filtration and dialysis sampling

    Ronald P. Kiene;Doris Slezak

  • Metabolism of reduced methylated sulfur compounds in anaerobic sediments and by a pure culture of an estuarine methanogen.

    Ronald P. Kiene;Ronald S. Oremland;Anthony Catena;Laurence G. Miller

  • Linking the composition of bacterioplankton to rapid turnover of dissolved dimethylsulphoniopropionate in an algal bloom in the North Sea

    Mikhail V. Zubkov;Bernhard M. Fuchs;Stephen D. Archer;Ronald P. Kiene

  • Impact of dimethylsulfide photochemistry on methyl sulfur cycling in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

    David J. Kieber;Jianfu Jiao;Ronald P. Kiene;Timothy S. Bates

  • Dimethylsulfoniopropionate and Methanethiol Are Important Precursors of Methionine and Protein-Sulfur in Marine Bacterioplankton

    Ronald P. Kiene;Laura J. Linn;José González;Mary Ann Moran

  • Silicibacter pomeroyi sp. nov. and Roseovarius nubinhibens sp. nov., dimethylsulfoniopropionate- demethylating bacteria from marine environments

    José M. González;Joseph S. Covert;William B. Whitman;James R. Henriksen

  • The fate of dissolved dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in seawater: tracer studies using 35S-DMSP

    Ronald P Kiene;Laura J Linn

  • Contribution of SAR11 bacteria to dissolved dimethylsulfoniopropionate and amino acid uptake in the North Atlantic ocean.

    Rex R. Malmstrom;Ronald P. Kiene;Matthew T. Cottrell;David L. Kirchman

  • Methane production in aerobic oligotrophic surface water in the central Arctic Ocean

    Ellen Damm;Elisabeth Helmke;Silke Thoms;Ursula Schauer

  • Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Uptake by Marine Phytoplankton

    Maria Vila-Costa;Rafel Simó;Hyakubun Harada;Josep M. Gasol

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Ann Moran
Mary Ann Moran University of Georgia
David J. Kieber
David J. Kieber SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Maurice Levasseur
Maurice Levasseur Université Laval
Rafel Simó
Rafel Simó Spanish National Research Council
Patricia A. Matrai
Patricia A. Matrai Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
William B. Whitman
William B. Whitman University of Georgia
Timothy S. Bates
Timothy S. Bates University of Washington
Richard B. Rivkin
Richard B. Rivkin Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mark E. Hines
Mark E. Hines University of Massachusetts Lowell
Michel Gosselin
Michel Gosselin Université du Québec à Rimouski

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