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D-Index
80
Citations
20258
World Ranking
977
National Ranking
420

Samantha B. Joye 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 Samantha B. Joye sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 301 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Samantha B. Joye 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 Samantha B. Joye sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Samantha B. Joye is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Pollution, and Oceanography.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Guangchao Zhuang
  • Andreas Teske
  • Sara Kleindienst
  • Kimberley S. Hunter
  • Marguerite V. Langwig

They have published extensively in several scientific venues, particularly:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Among their recent papers are:

  • The Geology and Biogeochemistry of Hydrocarbon Seeps (2020), published in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Saltwater Intrusion and Submarine Groundwater Discharge: Acceleration of Biogeochemical Reactions in Changing Coastal Aquifers (2021), published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Invisible oil beyond the Deepwater Horizon satellite footprint (2020), published in Science Advances
  • Aerobic oxidation of methane significantly reduces global diffusive methane emissions from shallow marine waters (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • Microbial Communities Under Distinct Thermal and Geochemical Regimes in Axial and Off-Axis Sediments of Guaymas Basin (2021), published in Frontiers in Microbiology

They have also contributed to book publications, including the volume Recent Advances in Natural Methane Seep and Gas Hydrate Systems (2023) published by Frontiers Media.

Samantha B. Joye has been recognized by professional societies with fellowships from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) awarded in 2017 and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Forecasting the effects of accelerated sea‐level rise on tidal marsh ecosystem services

    Christopher Craft;Jonathan Clough;Jeff Ehman;Samantha Joye

  • Eutrophication of freshwater and marine ecosystems

    Val H. Smith;Samantha B. Joye;Robert W. Howarth

  • The anaerobic oxidation of methane and sulfate reduction in sediments from Gulf of Mexico cold seeps

    Samantha B Joye;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius;Beth N Orcutt;Joseph P Montoya

  • Influence of sulfide inhibition of nitrification on nitrogen regeneration in sediments

    Samantha B. Joye;James T. Hollibaugh

  • Biocomplexity in Mangrove Ecosystems

    Ilka C. Feller;Catherine E. Lovelock;U. Berger;Karen L. McKee

  • Anaerobic oxidation of short-chain hydrocarbons by marine sulphate-reducing bacteria

    Olaf Kniemeyer;Florin Musat;Stefan M. Sievert;Katrin Knittel

  • Bacterial taxa that limit sulfur flux from the ocean.

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

  • Oil Impacts on Coastal Wetlands: Implications for the Mississippi River Delta Ecosystem after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

    Irving A. Mendelssohn;Gary L. Andersen;Donald M. Baltz;Rex H. Caffey

  • Ramifications of increased salinity in tidal freshwater sediments: Geochemistry and microbial pathways of organic matter mineralization

    Nathaniel B. Weston;Nathaniel B. Weston;Ray E. Dixon;Samantha B. Joye

  • Chemical dispersants can suppress the activity of natural oil-degrading microorganisms

    Sara Kleindienst;Michael Seidel;Kai Ziervogel;Sharon L. Grim

  • Characterization of subsurface polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at the Deepwater Horizon site

    Arne R. Diercks;Arne R. Diercks;Raymond C. Highsmith;Vernon L. Asper;Vernon L. Asper;Dongjoo Joung

  • Using dispersants after oil spills: impacts on the composition and activity of microbial communities.

    Sara Kleindienst;John H. Paul;Samantha B. Joye

  • High rates of anaerobic methane oxidation in freshwater wetlands reduce potential atmospheric methane emissions

    K. E. A. Segarra;F. Schubotz;V. Samarkin;M. Y. Yoshinaga

  • Enhancement of coupled nitrification‐denitrification by benthic photosynthesis in shallow estuarine sediments

    Soonmo An;Samantha B. Joye

  • Thermogenic gas hydrates and hydrocarbon gases in complex chemosynthetic communities, Gulf of Mexico continental slope

    Roger Sassen;Samantha Joye;Stephen T Sweet;Debra A DeFreitas

  • Estimates of flushing times, submarine groundwater discharge, and nutrient fluxes to Okatee Estuary, South Carolina

    Willard S. Moore;Jackson O. Blanton;Samantha B. Joye

  • Magnitude and oxidation potential of hydrocarbon gases released from the BP oil well blowout

    Samantha B. Joye;Ian R. MacDonald;Ira Leifer;Vernon L. Asper

  • Impact of electron acceptor availability on the anaerobic oxidation of methane in coastal freshwater and brackish wetland sediments

    Katherine E.A. Segarra;Christopher Comerford;Julia Slaughter;Samantha B. Joye

  • Effect of salinity and inorganic nitrogen concentrations on nitrification and denitrification rates in intertidal sediments and rocky biofilms of the Douro River estuary, Portugal.

    Catarina M. Magalhães;Samantha B. Joye;Rosa M. Moreira;William J. Wiebe;William J. Wiebe

  • Deepwater Horizon, 5 years on

    Samantha B. Joye

  • Molecular biogeochemistry of sulfate reduction, methanogenesis and the anaerobic oxidation of methane at Gulf of Mexico cold seeps

    Beth! Orcutt;Antje Boetius;Marcus Elvert;Vladimir Samarkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas P Teske
Andreas P Teske University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen
Ian R. MacDonald
Ian R. MacDonald Florida State University
Marcus Elvert
Marcus Elvert University of Bremen
Joseph P. Montoya
Joseph P. Montoya Georgia Institute of Technology
Willard S. Moore
Willard S. Moore University of South Carolina
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Christof Meile
Christof Meile University of Georgia
James T. Hollibaugh
James T. Hollibaugh University of Georgia
Michael T. Madigan
Michael T. Madigan Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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