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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 50 5081 4866 224 222 142 7646

Sophie Bonnet publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sophie Bonnet between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sophie Bonnet published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 6.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2016. 18 of the 186 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2016. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 0 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 2 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 1 publication 2008: 4 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 10 publications
1998 2025

186 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sophie Bonnet: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 1
2003 0
2004 1
2005 2
2006 1
2007 1
2008 4
2009 7
2010 3
2011 11
2012 15
2013 15
2014 4
2015 5
2016 23
2017 12
2018 22
2019 4
2020 5
2021 7
2022 13
2023 11
2024 8
2025 10
Total 186
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Sophie Bonnet 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 Sophie Bonnet sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 141–150 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 142 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541 142
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Sophie Bonnet 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 Sophie Bonnet sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 50 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263 50
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Sophie Bonnet is a researcher affiliated with the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography in France. Their scientific contributions focus on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on oceanography and ecology.

The scientist's research subfields include:

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Global and Planetary Change

Main topics addressed in their work encompass:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Sophie Bonnet has published multiple scientific papers with a focus on nitrogen fixation processes and microbial contributions to oceanic biogeochemical cycles. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Natural iron fertilization by shallow hydrothermal sources fuels diazotroph blooms in the ocean," 2023, Science
  • "Diazotrophs are overlooked contributors to carbon and nitrogen export to the deep ocean," 2022, The ISME Journal
  • "Sinking Trichodesmium fixes nitrogen in the dark ocean," 2022, The ISME Journal
  • "Global oceanic diazotroph database version 2 and elevated estimate of global oceanic N 2 fixation," 2023, Earth system science data
  • "A critical review of the 15N2 tracer method to measure diazotrophic production in pelagic ecosystems," 2020, Limnology and Oceanography Methods

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Mar Benavides
  • Cécile Guieu
  • Olivier Grosso
  • Ilana Berman-Frank
  • Frédéric A.C. Le Moigne

The primary venues where Sophie Bonnet has frequently published are:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • ISME Communications
  • Earth system science data
  • The ISME Journal
  • FEMS Microbiology Letters

The work of this scientist contributes to understanding microbial ecology, marine biogeochemical cycles, and environmental processes affecting marine systems. Their studies span topics from isotope analysis techniques to the role of diazotrophs in ocean nutrient cycles and carbon export, adding data and reviews relevant to oceanography and environmental science communities.

Best Publications

  • Atmospheric Iron Deposition: Global Distribution, Variability, and Human Perturbations*

    Natalie M. Mahowald;Sebastian Engelstaedter;Chao Luo;Andrea Sealy

  • Atlas of modern dinoflagellate cyst distribution based on 2405 data points

    Karin A.F. Zonneveld;Fabienne Marret;Gerard J.M. Versteegh;Kara Bogus

  • Database of diazotrophs in global ocean: abundance, biomass and nitrogen fixation rates

    Y. W. Luo;S. C. Doney;L. A. Anderson;Mar Benavides

  • Marine ecosystems' responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean

    X. Durrieu de Madron;C. Guieu;R. Sempéré;P. Conan

  • Biomass burning as a source of dissolved iron to the open ocean

    Cécile Guieu;Sophie Bonnet;Thibaut Wagener;Marie Dominique Loÿe-Pilot

  • Revisiting atmospheric dust export to the Southern Hemisphere ocean: Biogeochemical implications

    Thibaut Wagener;Cécile Guieu;Rémi Losno;Sophie Bonnet

  • Dinocyst-based reconstructions of sea ice cover concentration during the Holocene in the Arctic Ocean, the northern North Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas

    Anne de Vernal;Claude Hillaire-Marcel;André Rochon;Bianca Fréchette

  • Dissolution of atmospheric iron in seawater

    Sophie Bonnet;Cécile Guieu

  • Nutrient limitation of primary productivity in the Southeast Pacific (BIOSOPE cruise)

    S. Bonnet;C. Guieu;F. Bruyant;O. Prášil

  • Nitrogen fixation in the western equatorial Pacific: Rates, diazotrophic cyanobacterial size class distribution, and biogeochemical significance

    Sophie Bonnet;Sophie Bonnet;Isabelle C. Biegala;Pierre Dutrieux;Lia O. Slemons

  • Atmospheric forcing on the annual iron cycle in the western Mediterranean Sea: A 1-year survey

    Sophie Bonnet;Cécile Guieu

  • Hot spot of N2 fixation in the western tropical South Pacific pleads for a spatial decoupling between N2 fixation and denitrification.

    Sophie Bonnet;Mathieu Caffin;Hugo Berthelot;Thierry Moutin

  • Aphotic N2 fixation in the Eastern Tropical South Pacific Ocean.

    Sophie Bonnet;Julien Dekaezemacker;Kendra A. Turk-Kubo;Thierry Moutin

  • Effect of atmospheric nutrients on the autotrophic communities in a low nutrient, low chlorophyll system

    Sophie Bonnet;Cécile Guieu;Jacques Chiaverini;Joséphine Ras

  • Direct evidence of a biologically active coastal silicate pump: Ecological implications

    Olivier Ragueneau;Laurent Chauvaud;Aude Leynaert;Gérard Thouzeau

  • Chasing after Non-cyanobacterial Nitrogen Fixation in Marine Pelagic Environments.

    Pia H. Moisander;Mar Benavides;Sophie Bonnet;Ilana Berman-Frank

  • Vitamin B12 excretion by cultures of the marine cyanobacteria Crocosphaera and Synechococcus

    Sophie Bonnet;Sophie Bonnet;Eric A. Webb;Caterina Panzeca;David M. Karl

  • Evidence of active dinitrogen fixation in surface waters of the eastern tropical South Pacific during El Niño and La Niña events and evaluation of its potential nutrient controls

    J. Dekaezemacker;J. Dekaezemacker;Sophie Bonnet;O. Grosso;T. Moutin

  • Geographic distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments

    Karin A F Zonneveld;Fabienne Marret;Gerard J M Versteegh;Kara A Bogus

  • Variability of sea-surface temperature and sea-ice cover in the Fram Strait over the last two millennia

    Sophie Bonnet;Anne de Vernal;Claude Hillaire-Marcel;Taoufik Radi

  • Diazotroph derived nitrogen supports diatom growth in the South West Pacific: A quantitative study using nanoSIMS

    Sophie Bonnet;Hugo Berthelot;Kendra Turk-Kubo;Véronique Cornet-Barthaux

Frequent Co-Authors

Thierry Moutin
Thierry Moutin Aix-Marseille University
Cécile Guieu
Cécile Guieu Université Paris Cité
Anne de Vernal
Anne de Vernal University of Quebec at Montreal
Ilana Berman-Frank
Ilana Berman-Frank University of Haifa
Martine Rodier
Martine Rodier Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Anne Lorrain
Anne Lorrain Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Christophe E. Menkès
Christophe E. Menkès Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Douglas G. Capone
Douglas G. Capone University of Southern California
Pia H. Moisander
Pia H. Moisander University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Patrick Raimbault
Patrick Raimbault Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography

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