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V. V. S. S. Sarma 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 V. V. S. S. Sarma sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 119 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

V. V. S. S. Sarma 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 V. V. S. S. Sarma sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in India Leader Award

Overview

V. V. S. S. Sarma is affiliated with the National Institute of Oceanography in India and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work focuses heavily on subfields including Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

Their research topics cover a range of marine and atmospheric studies with particular emphasis on:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Coastal vegetation and estuaries are collectively a greenhouse gas sink" (2023), published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Role of eddies on controlling total and size-fractionated primary production in the Bay of Bengal" (2020), published in Continental Shelf Research
  • "Global oceanic diazotroph database version 2 and elevated estimate of global oceanic N 2 fixation" (2023), published in Earth System Science Data
  • "Sources of organic matter and tracing of nutrient pollution in the coastal Bay of Bengal" (2020), published in Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Potential mechanisms responsible for occurrence of core oxygen minimum zone in the north-eastern Arabian Sea" (2020), published in Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

Frequent publication venues for V. V. S. S. Sarma include:

  • Continental Shelf Research
  • Journal of Earth System Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography

V. V. S. S. Sarma has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including B. Sridevi, Kunal Chakraborty, B. S. K. Kumar, D. Cardinal, and M. S. Krishna, reflecting a productive research network.

Best Publications

  • Increased marine production of N2O due to intensifying anoxia on the Indian continental shelf.

    S. W. A. Naqvi;D. A. Jayakumar;D. A. Jayakumar;P. V. Narvekar;H. Naik

  • A uniform, quality controlled Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

    B. Pfeil;B. Pfeil;B. Pfeil;A. Olsen;D.C.E. Bakker;S. Hankin

  • An update to the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT version 2)

    Dorothee C. E. Bakker;Benjamin Pfeil;Benjamin Pfeil;K. Smith;K. Smith;S. Hankin

  • Coastal vegetation and estuaries are collectively a greenhouse gas sink

    Unknown

  • Assessment of Godavari estuarine mangrove ecosystem through trace metal studies

    A.K. Ray;S.C. Tripathy;S. Patra;V.V. Sarma

  • Physical forcing of biological productivity in the Northern Arabian Sea during the Northeast Monsoon

    S.Prasanna Kumar;N. Ramaiah;Mangesh Gauns;V.V.S.S. Sarma

  • Influence of river discharge on plankton metabolic rates in the tropical monsoon driven Godavari estuary, India

    V. V. S. S. Sarma;S. N. M. Gupta;P. V. R. Babu;T. Acharya

  • Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) gridded data products

    C.L. Sabine;S. Hankin;H. Koyuk;H. Koyuk;D.C.E. Bakker

  • Physical control of primary productivity on a seasonal scale in central and eastern Arabian Sea

    S. Prasanna Kumar;M. Madhupratap;M. Dileep Kumar;M. Gauns

  • Influence of net ecosystem metabolism in transferring riverine organic carbon to atmospheric CO2 in a tropical coastal lagoon (Chilka Lake, India)

    G. V. M. Gupta;V. V. S. S. Sarma;R. S. Robin;A. V. Raman

  • High biological productivity in the central Arabian Sea during the summer monsoon driven by Ekman pumping and lateral advection

    S. Prasanna Kumar;M. Madhupratap;M. Dileep Kumar;P. M. Muraleedharan

  • A study of lead and cadmium speciation in some estuarine and coastal sediments

    Parthasarathi Chakraborty;P.V. Raghunadh Babu;V.V. Sarma

  • Controlling factors of the oxygen balance in the Arabian Sea's OMZ

    Laure Resplandy;Marina Lévy;Laurent Bopp;Vincent Echevin

  • The carbon budget of South Asia

    P. K. Patra;J. G. Canadell;R. A. Houghton;S. L. Piao

  • Effects of freshwater stratification on nutrients, dissolved oxygen, and phytoplankton in the Bay of Bengal

    V. V. S. S. Sarma;G. S. Rao;R. Viswanadham;C. K. Sherin

  • High CO2 emissions from the tropical Godavari estuary (India) associated with monsoon river discharges

    V. V. S. S. Sarma;N. A. Kumar;V. R. Prasad;V. Venkataramana

  • Export of dissolved inorganic nutrients to the northern Indian Ocean from the Indian monsoonal rivers during discharge period

    Unknown

  • Distribution and sources of particulate organic matter in the Indian monsoonal estuaries during monsoon

    Unknown

  • Seasonal variability of physico{chemical characteristics of the Haldia channel of Hooghly estuary, India

    Y. Sadhuram;V. V. Sarma;T. V. Ramana Murthy;B. Prabhakara Rao

  • Intra-annual variability in nutrients in the Godavari Estuary, India

    V.V.S.S. Sarma;V.R. Prasad;B.S.K. Kumar;K. Rajeev

  • Carbon dioxide emissions from Indian monsoonal estuaries

    V. V. S. S. Sarma;R. Viswanadham;G. D. Rao;V. R. Prasad

  • Reduced river discharge intensifies phytoplankton bloom in Godavari estuary, India

    T. Acharyya;V.V.S.S. Sarma;B. Sridevi;V. Venkataramana

  • Monthly variability in surface pCO2 and net air‐sea CO2 flux in the Arabian Sea

    V. V. S. S. Sarma

  • Atmospheric deposition and surface stratification as controls of contrasting chlorophyll abundance in the North Indian Ocean

    Prabir K. Patra;M. Dileep Kumar;Natalie Mahowald;V. V. S. S. Sarma

Frequent Co-Authors

Bronte Tilbrook
Bronte Tilbrook CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Truls Johannessen
Truls Johannessen University of Bergen
Andrew J. Watson
Andrew J. Watson University of Exeter
Ute Schuster
Ute Schuster University of Exeter
Abdirahman M Omar
Abdirahman M Omar NORCE Research
Yukihiro Nojiri
Yukihiro Nojiri National Institute for Environmental Studies
Mario Hoppema
Mario Hoppema Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Are Olsen
Are Olsen University of Bergen
Dorothee C. E. Bakker
Dorothee C. E. Bakker University of East Anglia
Simone R. Alin
Simone R. Alin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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