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Earth Science 72 858 757 408 350 279 17888

William M. Berelson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by William M. Berelson between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. William M. Berelson published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 7.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2016. 23 of the 315 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 2016. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 2 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 2 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 29 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 16 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 11 publications
1982 2025

315 publications in total across all disciplines

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William M. Berelson: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 0
1984 1
1985 2
1986 1
1987 2
1988 1
1989 0
1990 4
1991 3
1992 3
1993 0
1994 2
1995 2
1996 4
1997 3
1998 2
1999 6
2000 3
2001 3
2002 4
2003 6
2004 8
2005 4
2006 6
2007 3
2008 5
2009 8
2010 14
2011 7
2012 15
2013 10
2014 11
2015 16
2016 29
2017 14
2018 16
2019 14
2020 10
2021 16
2022 17
2023 16
2024 12
2025 11
Total 315
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William M. Berelson 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 William M. Berelson 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, 278–287 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: 279 publications — 84th percentile

84% 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
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
278–287 128 279
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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William M. Berelson 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 William M. Berelson 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, 72 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: 72 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% 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
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 72
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

William M. Berelson is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on oceanographic and environmental processes.

The primary fields of study for Berelson include Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these fields, their work delves into several subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Berelson's research covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Their recent scientific publications demonstrate a focus on biogeochemical cycles and ocean chemistry. These include:

  • "Shallow Calcium Carbonate Cycling in the North Pacific Ocean" (2022), published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "Nitrification and Nitrous Oxide Production in the Offshore Waters of the Eastern Tropical South Pacific" (2020), published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "Pelagic calcium carbonate production and shallow dissolution in the North Pacific Ocean" (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • "The Dissolution Rate of CaCO3 in the Ocean" (2020), published in Annual Review of Marine Science
  • "Mercury contents and isotope ratios from diverse depositional environments across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary: Towards a more robust mercury proxy for large igneous province magmatism" (2021), published in Earth-Science Reviews

Berelson frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
  • Geobiology
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including Jess F. Adkins, Nick E. Rollins, Sijia Dong, Frank A. Corsetti, and Jaclyn E.P. Cetiner.

Best Publications

  • Impact of Anthropogenic CO2 on the CaCO3 System in the Oceans

    Richard A. Feely;Christopher L. Sabine;Kitack Lee;Will Berelson

  • The flux of iron from continental shelf sediments: A missing source for global budgets

    Virginia A. Elrod;William M. Berelson;Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth S. Johnson

  • Geochemistry of barium in marine sediments: implications for its use as a paleoproxy

    James McManus;William M Berelson;Gary P Klinkhammer;Kenneth S Johnson

  • Authigenic uranium: Relationship to oxygen penetration depth and organic carbon rain

    James McManus;William M. Berelson;Gary P. Klinkhammer;Douglas E. Hammond

  • Molybdenum and uranium geochemistry in continental margin sediments: Paleoproxy potential

    James McManus;William M. Berelson;Silke Severmann;Rebecca L. Poulson

  • The continental shelf benthic iron flux and its isotope composition

    Silke Severmann;James McManus;William M. Berelson;Douglas E. Hammond

  • Particle settling rates increase with depth in the ocean

    William M Berelson

  • Phosphorus regeneration in continental margin sediments

    James McManus;William M. Berelson;Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth S. Johnson;Kenneth S. Johnson

  • Authigenic molybdenum isotope signatures in marine sediments

    Rebecca L. Poulson;Christopher Siebert;James McManus;William M. Berelson

  • Mercury anomalies and the timing of biotic recovery following the end-Triassic mass extinction

    Alyson M. Thibodeau;Alyson M. Thibodeau;Kathleen Ritterbush;Joyce A. Yager;A. Joshua West

  • Relating estimates of CaCO3 production, export, and dissolution in the water column to measurements of CaCO3 rain into sediment traps and dissolution on the sea floor: A revised global carbonate budget

    W. M. Berelson;W. M. Balch;R. Najjar;R. A. Feely

  • Blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia and domoic acid in the San Pedro Channel and Los Angeles harbor areas of the Southern California Bight, 2003-2004

    Astrid Schnetzer;Peter E. Miller;Rebecca A. Schaffner;Beth A. Stauffer

  • Benthic Nutrient Recycling in Port Phillip Bay, Australia

    W.M. Berelson;D. Heggie;A. Longmore;T. Kilgore

  • Multiple B-vitamin depletion in large areas of the coastal ocean

    Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy;Lynda S. Cutter;Reginaldo Durazo;Emily A. Smail

  • Observing Biogeochemical Cycles at Global Scales With Profiling Floats and Gliders Prospects for a Global Array

    Kenneth S. Johnson;William M. Berelson;Emmanuel S. Boss;Zanna Chase

  • Benthic fluxes in San Francisco Bay

    Douglas E. Hammond;Christopher Fuller;Dana Harmon;Blayne Hartman

  • The Flux of Particulate Organic Carbon Into the Ocean Interior: A Comparison of Four U.S. JGOFS Regional Studies

    William Berelson

  • Molybdenum isotope signatures in continental margin marine sediments

    Christopher Siebert;James McManus;Angela Bice;Rebecca Poulson

  • Latitudinal variations in benthic processes in the abyssal equatorial Pacific: control by biogenic particle flux

    Craig R. Smith;Will Berelson;David J. Demaster;Fred C. Dobbs

  • Benthic chamber and profiling landers in oceanography-A review of design, technical solutions and functioning.

    A. Tengberg;F. De Bovee;P. Hall;W. Berelson

  • Benthic fluxes and the cycling of biogenic silica and carbon in two southern California borderland basins

    W.M Berelson;W.M Berelson;D.E Hammond;D.E Hammond;K.S Johnson;K.S Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank A. Corsetti
Frank A. Corsetti University of Southern California
Douglas E. Hammond
Douglas E. Hammond University of Southern California
John R. Spear
John R. Spear Colorado School of Mines
David J. Bottjer
David J. Bottjer University of Southern California
James McManus
James McManus Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Kenneth S. Johnson
Kenneth S. Johnson Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
A. Joshua West
A. Joshua West University of Southern California
Jess F. Adkins
Jess F. Adkins California Institute of Technology
Kenneth H. Coale
Kenneth H. Coale Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Douglas G. Capone
Douglas G. Capone University of Southern California

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