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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 47 4026 3694 1569 1392 124 8096

Seth G. John publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Seth G. John between 1990 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Seth G. John published across 37 years, from 1990 to 2026, averaging 5.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 33 publications in 2023. 17 of the 214 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 33. Peak 33 publications in 2023. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 23 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 23 publications 2023: 33 publications 2024: 21 publications 2025: 16 publications 2026: 1 publication
1990 2026

214 publications in total across all disciplines

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Seth G. John: publications per year, 1990 to 2026
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 2
2002 0
2003 0
2004 3
2005 3
2006 2
2007 4
2008 2
2009 2
2010 3
2011 4
2012 5
2013 3
2014 5
2015 13
2016 8
2017 7
2018 8
2019 7
2020 23
2021 15
2022 23
2023 33
2024 21
2025 16
2026 1
Total 214
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Seth G. John 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 Seth G. John 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, 118–127 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: 124 publications — 24th percentile

24% 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
118–127 540 124
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
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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Seth G. John 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 Seth G. John 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, 47 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: 47 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% 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 47
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
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

Seth G. John is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within Earth and Environmental Sciences, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. This work notably includes subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research addresses various topics, including:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Seth G. John has contributed to numerous scientific papers, with several recent publications that reflect a focus on marine and atmospheric sciences. Recent papers include:

  • "The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean" (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Anthropogenic Asian aerosols provide Fe to the North Pacific Ocean" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Latitudinal constraints on the abundance and activity of the cyanobacterium UCYN-A and other marine diazotrophs in the North Pacific" (2020), Limnology and Oceanography
  • "Iron colloids dominate sedimentary supply to the ocean interior" (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A comparison of marine Fe and Mn cycling: U.S. GEOTRACES GN01 Western Arctic case study" (2020), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

The venues that frequently publish their work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The researcher collaborates often with the following co-authors:

  • Shun-Chung Yang
  • Xiaopeng Bian
  • Nicholas J. Hawco
  • David M. Karl
  • Angelicque White

Best Publications

  • Metabolic and biogeochemical consequences of viral infection in aquatic ecosystems.

    Amy E. Zimmerman;Cristina Howard-Varona;David M. Needham;Seth G. John

  • Quantification of dissolved iron sources to the North Atlantic Ocean

    Tim M. Conway;Seth G. John

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

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

  • A simple and efficient method for concentration of ocean viruses by chemical flocculation.

    Seth G. John;Carolina B. Mendez;Li Deng;Bonnie Poulos

  • Geochemical evidence for iron-mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Orit Sivan;Michal Adler;Ann Pearson;Faina Gelman

  • Iron Isotope Systematics

    Nicolas Dauphas;Seth G. John;Olivier J. Rouxel

  • 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

  • Zinc isotope fractionation during high-affinity and low-affinity zinc transport by the marine diatom Thalassiosira oceanica

    Seth G. John;Robert W. Geis;Mak A. Saito;Edward A. Boyle

  • A role for scavenging in the marine biogeochemical cycling of zinc and zinc isotopes

    Seth G. John;Tim M. Conway

  • A new method for precise determination of iron, zinc and cadmium stable isotope ratios in seawater by double-spike mass spectrometry

    Tim M. Conway;Angela D. Rosenberg;Jess F. Adkins;Seth G. John

  • The Biogeochemical Cycling of Zinc and Zinc Isotopes in the North Atlantic Ocean

    Tim M. Conway;Tim M. Conway;Seth G. John

  • Zinc stable isotopes in seafloor hydrothermal vent fluids and chimneys

    Seth G. John;Olivier J. Rouxel;Paul R. Craddock;Alison M. Engwall

  • The cycling of iron, zinc and cadmium in the North East Pacific Ocean – Insights from stable isotopes

    Tim M. Conway;Seth G. John

  • Biological uptake and reversible scavenging of zinc in the global ocean.

    Thomas Weber;Seth John;Alessandro Tagliabue;Tim DeVries

  • Siderophore Mediated Plutonium Accumulation by Microbacterium flavescens (JG-9)

    Seth G. John;Christy E. Ruggiero;Larry E. Hersman;Chang-Shung Tung

  • Undocumented water column sink for cadmium in open ocean oxygen-deficient zones

    David J. Janssen;Tim M. Conway;Seth G. John;James R. Christian

  • Distinct iron isotopic signatures and supply from marine sediment dissolution.

    William B. Homoky;Seth G. John;Tim M. Conway;Rachel A. Mills

  • The isotopic composition of some common forms of anthropogenic zinc

    Seth G. John;J. Genevieve Park;Zhitong Zhang;Edward A. Boyle

  • 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

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2014

    Edward Mawji;Reiner Schlitzer;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Cyril Abadie

  • Biogeochemical cycling of cadmium isotopes along a high-resolution section through the North Atlantic Ocean

    Tim M. Conway;Seth G. John

Frequent Co-Authors

Jessica N. Fitzsimmons
Jessica N. Fitzsimmons Texas A&M University
David M. Karl
David M. Karl University of Hawaii at Manoa
Phoebe J. Lam
Phoebe J. Lam University of California, Santa Cruz
Jess F. Adkins
Jess F. Adkins California Institute of Technology
Robert M. Sherrell
Robert M. Sherrell Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Angelicque E. White
Angelicque E. White University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mak A. Saito
Mak A. Saito Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
William M. Landing
William M. Landing Florida State University
Benjamin S. Twining
Benjamin S. Twining Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences

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