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D-Index
67
Citations
16426
World Ranking
1220
National Ranking
77

Thomas W. Trull 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 Thomas W. Trull sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 212 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Thomas W. Trull 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 Thomas W. Trull sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas W. Trull is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their body of work spans several areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Environmental Science. Their research prominently covers subfields such as Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research interests center on topics including Marine and coastal ecosystems, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Recent publications by Thomas W. Trull include:

  • "Sinking Organic Particles in the Ocean-Flux Estimates From in situ Optical Devices," 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Warming stimulates sediment denitrification at the expense of anaerobic ammonium oxidation," 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • "Best Practice Data Standards for Discrete Chemical Oceanographic Observations," 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Distinct iron cycling in a Southern Ocean eddy," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Coccolithophore biodiversity controls carbonate export in the Southern Ocean," 2020, Biogeosciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas W. Trull include Diana M. Davies, Elizabeth H. Shadwick, Philip W. Boyd, Ruth Eriksen, and Michael J. Ellwood.

The primary venues where Thomas W. Trull publishes are:

  • IOC of UNESCO (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission)
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Biogeosciences
  • Nature Climate Change

Best Publications

  • A mesoscale phytoplankton bloom in the polar Southern Ocean stimulated by iron fertilization

    Philip W. Boyd;Andrew J. Watson;Cliff S. Law;Edward R. Abraham

  • Effect of natural iron fertilization on carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean

    Stéphane Blain;Bernard Quéguiner;Leanne Armand;Sauveur Belviso

  • Revisiting Carbon Flux Through the Ocean's Twilight Zone

    Ken O. Buesseler;Carl H. Lamborg;Philip W. Boyd;Phoebe J. Lam

  • An assessment of the use of sediment traps for estimating upper ocean particle fluxes

    Ken O. Buesseler;Avan N. Antia;Min Chen;Scott W. Fowler

  • Understanding the export of biogenic particles in oceanic waters: Is there consensus?

    P.W. Boyd;T.W. Trull

  • Reduced calcification in modern Southern Ocean planktonic foraminifera

    Andrew D. Moy;Andrew D. Moy;William R. Howard;Stephen G. Bray;Thomas W. Trull;Thomas W. Trull;Thomas W. Trull

  • On the Future of Argo: A Global, Full-Depth, Multi-Disciplinary Array

    Dean Roemmich;Matthew H. Alford;Hervé Claustre;Kenneth Johnson

  • An assessment of particulate organic carbon to thorium-234 ratios in the ocean and their impact on the application of 234Th as a POC flux proxy

    K.O. Buesseler;C.R. Benitez-Nelson;S.B. Moran;A. Burd

  • C-He systematics in hotspot xenoliths: implications for mantle carbon contents and carbon recycling

    T. Trull;S. Nadeau;F. Pineau;M. Polve

  • Diffusion of cosmogenic3He in olivine and quartz: implications for surface exposure dating

    T.W. Trull;M.D. Kurz;W.J. Jenkins

  • Biogeochemical iron budgets of the Southern Ocean south of Australia: Decoupling of iron and nutrient cycles in the subantarctic zone by the summertime supply

    Andrew R. Bowie;Delphine Lannuzel;Tomas A. Remenyi;Thibaut Wagener;Thibaut Wagener

  • Experimental measurements of 3He and 4He mobility in olivine and clinopyroxene at magmatic temperatures

    T.W. Trull;M.D. Kurz

  • Cosmic ray exposure dating with in situ produced cosmogenic 3He: Results from young Hawaiian lava flows

    Mark D. Kurz;Debra Colodner;Thomas W. Trull;Richard B. Moore

  • Circulation and seasonal evolution of polar waters south of Australia: implications for iron fertilization of the Southern Ocean

    Tom Trull;Stephen R Rintoul;Stephen R Rintoul;Mark Hadfield;Edward R Abraham

  • Moored sediment trap measurements of carbon export in the Subantarctic and Polar Frontal zones of the Southern Ocean, south of Australia

    T. W. Trull;S. G. Bray;S. J. Manganini;S. Honjo

  • Relevance of silicon isotopes to Si-nutrient utilization and Si-source assessment in Antarctic waters

    D. Cardinal;Laurent Alleman;Frank Dehairs;N. Savoye

  • Sensitivity of δ15N of nitrate, surface suspended and deep sinking particulate nitrogen to seasonal nitrate depletion in the Southern Ocean

    Martin J. Lourey;Martin J. Lourey;Martin J. Lourey;Thomas W. Trull;Daniel Mikhail Sigman

  • A BGC-Argo guide: Planning, deployment, data handling and usage

    Henry C. Bittig;Tanya L. Maurer;Joshua N. Plant;Catherine Schmechtig

  • In situ measurement of mesopelagic particle sinking rates and the control of carbon transfer to the ocean interior during the Vertical Flux in the Global Ocean (VERTIGO) voyages in the North Pacific

    T.W. Trull;T.W. Trull;T.W. Trull;S.G. Bray;K.O. Buesseler;C.H. Lamborg

  • Seasonal evolution of the mixed layer in the Subantarctic zone south of Australia

    Stephen R. Rintoul;Thomas W. Trull

  • New He, Nd, Pb, and Sr isotopic constraints on the constitution of the Hawaiian plume: Results from Koolau Volcano, Oahu, Hawaii, USA

    M.F Roden;T Trull;S.R Hart;F.A Frey

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew R. Bowie
Andrew R. Bowie University of Tasmania
Bronte Tilbrook
Bronte Tilbrook CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Philip W. Boyd
Philip W. Boyd University of Tasmania
Stéphane Blain
Stéphane Blain Université Paris Cité
Leanne K. Armand
Leanne K. Armand Macquarie University
Frank Dehairs
Frank Dehairs Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Damien Cardinal
Damien Cardinal Sorbonne University
Jason L. Roberts
Jason L. Roberts Australian Antarctic Division
Ken O. Buesseler
Ken O. Buesseler Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Nicolas Savoye
Nicolas Savoye University of Bordeaux

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