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Ruth E. Blake 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 Ruth E. Blake sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 87 publications — 5th percentile

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Ruth E. Blake 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 Ruth E. Blake sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 32 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - F.W. Clarke Award, Geochemical Society

Overview

Ruth E. Blake is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within engineering and environmental science, with a focus on ocean engineering, environmental chemistry, and ecology. The subfields of study also include oceanography and molecular biology.

The primary topics of Blake's work encompass drilling and well engineering, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, offshore engineering and technologies, microbial community ecology and physiology, marine and coastal ecosystems, soil and water nutrient dynamics, and aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics.

Recent publications by Blake include:

  • Phosphorus availability on the early Earth and the impacts of life, 2023, Nature Geoscience
  • Characterization of Mining-Related Aromatic Contaminants in Active and Abandoned Metal(loid) Tailings Ponds, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • New perspectives on lateritic weathering process over karst area - Geochemistry and Si-Li isotopic evidence, 2020, CATENA
  • Nutrient dynamics and microbial community response in macrophyte-dominated lakes: Implications for improved restoration strategies, 2022, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Oxygen isotopic fingerprints on the phosphorus cycle within the deep subseafloor biosphere, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Blake frequently publishes in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe at La Trobe University), Nature Geoscience, Journal of Environmental Management, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors:

  • Bo Barker Jørgensen
  • Steven D'Hondt
  • D.J. Miller
  • Juana Luz Solis Acosta
  • Ivano W. Aiello

Throughout their career, Blake has received recognition including the F.W. Clarke Award from the Geochemical Society in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments

    Steven D'Hondt;Bo Barker Jørgensen;D. Jay Miller;Anja Batzke

  • Oxygen isotope analysis of phosphates: a comparison of techniques for analysis of Ag3PO4

    Torsten W. Vennemann;Henry C. Fricke;Ruth E. Blake;James R. O'Neil

  • Transport of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Porous Media: Filtration Mechanisms and Reversibility

    Deb P Jaisi;Navid B Saleh;Ruth E Blake;Menachem Elimelech

  • Oxygen isotope systematics of biologically mediated reactions of phosphate: I. Microbial degradation of organophosphorus compounds

    R.E. Blake;J.R. O'neil;G.A. Garcia

  • Coupling between sulfur recycling and syndepositional carbonate dissolution: evidence from oxygen and sulfur isotope composition of pore water sulfate, South Florida Platform, U.S.A.

    T.C.W. Ku;L.M. Walter;M.L. Coleman;R.E. Blake

  • Biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus: Insights from oxygen isotope effects of phosphoenzymes

    Ruth E. Blake;James R. O’Neil;Aleksandr V. Surkov

  • Phosphate oxygen isotopic evidence for a temperate and biologically active Archaean ocean

    Ruth E. Blake;Sae Jung Chang;Aivo Lepland

  • Effects of petroleum contamination on soil microbial numbers, metabolic activity and urease activity.

    Huan Guo;Jun Yao;Jun Yao;Minmin Cai;Minmin Cai;Yiguang Qian

  • Kinetics of feldspar and quartz dissolution at 70–80°C and near-neutral pH: effects of organic acids and NaCl

    R.E. Blake;L.M. Walter

  • Precise calibration of equilibrium oxygen isotope fractionations between dissolved phosphate and water from 3 to 37 °C

    Sae Jung Chang;Ruth E. Blake

  • Marine phosphate oxygen isotopes and organic matter remineralization in the oceans.

    Albert S. Colman;Ruth E. Blake;David M. Karl;Marilyn L. Fogel

  • Oxygen isotope signature of Pi regeneration from organic compounds by phosphomonoesterases and photooxidation

    Y. Liang;R.E. Blake

  • Fractionation of oxygen isotopes in phosphate during its interactions with iron oxides

    Deb P. Jaisi;Ruth E. Blake;Ravi K. Kukkadapu

  • Effects of microbial activity on the delta 18 O of dissolved inorganic phosphate and textural features of synthetic apatites

    R. E. Blake;J. R. O'Neil;G. A. Garcia

  • Tracing sources and cycling of phosphorus in Peru Margin sediments using oxygen isotopes in authigenic and detrital phosphates

    Deb P. Jaisi;Ruth E. Blake

  • Compound- and enzyme-specific phosphodiester hydrolysis mechanisms revealed by δ18O of dissolved inorganic phosphate: Implications for marine P cycling

    Yuhong Liang;Ruth E. Blake

  • Sites of anomalous organic remineralization in the carbonate sediments of South Florida, USA: The sulfur cycle and carbonate-associated sulfate

    Timothy W. Lyons;Lynn M. Walter;Anne M. Gellatly;Anna M. Martini

  • Oxygen isotope ratios of PO4: An inorganic indicator of enzymatic activity and P metabolism and a new biomarker in the search for life

    Ruth E. Blake;Jeffrey C. Alt;Anna M. Martini

  • Archean phosphorus liberation induced by iron redox geochemistry.

    Barry Herschy;Sae Jung Chang;Ruth Blake;Aivo Lepland

  • Phosphorus availability on the early Earth and the impacts of life

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  • Biotic and Abiotic Pathways of Phosphorus Cycling in Minerals and Sediments: Insights from Oxygen Isotope Ratios in Phosphate

    Deb P Jaisi;Ravi K Kukkadapu;Lisa M Stout;Tamas Varga

  • Oxygen isotope fractionation between apatite and aqueous-phase phosphate: 20–45 °C

    Yuhong Liang;Ruth E. Blake

Frequent Co-Authors

Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Anna M. Martini
Anna M. Martini Amherst College
Michael E. Böttcher
Michael E. Böttcher Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Timothy G. Ferdelman
Timothy G. Ferdelman Max Planck Society
James R. O'Neil
James R. O'Neil United States Geological Survey
Lynn M. Walter
Lynn M. Walter University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Noah J. Planavsky
Noah J. Planavsky Yale University
Gerald R. Dickens
Gerald R. Dickens Trinity College Dublin
Nils G. Holm
Nils G. Holm Stockholm University
Hailiang Dong
Hailiang Dong China University of Geosciences

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