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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 33 8359 7755 2765 2446 115 4153

Yrene Astor publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yrene Astor between 1998 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yrene Astor published across 26 years, from 1998 to 2023, averaging 4.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2013. 2 of the 120 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2013. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 5 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 14 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 1 publication 2022: 1 publication 2023: 1 publication
1998 2023

120 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yrene Astor: publications per year, 1998 to 2023
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 1
2000 0
2001 3
2002 0
2003 2
2004 14
2005 1
2006 5
2007 11
2008 5
2009 7
2010 6
2011 5
2012 8
2013 16
2014 4
2015 2
2016 3
2017 7
2018 1
2019 14
2020 1
2021 1
2022 1
2023 1
Total 120
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Yrene Astor 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 Yrene Astor 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, 108–117 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: 115 publications — 19th percentile

19% 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
108–117 484 115
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
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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Yrene Astor 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 Yrene Astor 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, 33 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: 33 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% 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 33
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
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

Yrene Astor is affiliated with the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics in Yrene Astor's work concentrate on Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses.

Their recent publications include a variety of studies and reports in diverse venues:

  • "Anomalous δ13C in Particulate Organic Carbon at the Chemoautotrophy Maximum in the Cariaco Basin" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • "Handbook of Methods for the Analysis of Oceanographic Parameters at the CARIACO Time-series Station: Cariaco Time Series Study." (2021), published by IOC of UNESCO (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission)
  • "Transport-limited reactions in microbial systems" (2022), published in Environmental Microbiology
  • "Regulation of CO2 by the sea in areas around Latin America in a context of climate change" (2023), published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Yrene Astor has collaborated frequently with several co-authors throughout their research career. Notable frequent collaborators include Frank Müller-Karger, with whom they have co-authored three papers; Gordon T. Taylor, with two joint publications; and also Mary I. Scranton, Robert C. Thunell, and Peter K. Swart, all of whom have appeared as co-authors in their work.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in certain publication venues, among which the Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, and the IOC of UNESCO (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission) have each hosted their research outputs.

Best Publications

  • A Time-Series View of Changing Ocean Chemistry Due to Ocean Uptake of Anthropogenic CO2 and Ocean Acidification

    Nicholas R. Bates;Yrene M. Astor;Matthew J Church;Kim Currie

  • Nitrogen Isotope Dynamics of the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela

    Robert C. Thunell;Daniel M. Sigman;Frank E. Muller-Karger;Yrene Astor

  • Annual cycle of primary production in the Cariaco Basin: Response to upwelling and implications for vertical export

    Frank E. Muller-Karger;Ramon Varela;Robert Thunell;Mary Scranton

  • Comparison of Vertical Distributions of Prokaryotic Assemblages in the Anoxic Cariaco Basin and Black Sea by Use of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization

    Xueju Lin;Stuart G. Wakeham;Isabell F. Putnam;Yrene M. Astor

  • Seasonal and Interannual Variation in the Hydrography of the Cariaco Basin: Implications for Basin Ventilation

    Yrene Astor;Frank Muller-Karger;Mary I Scranton

  • Ecosystem responses in the southern Caribbean Sea to global climate change

    Gordon T. Taylor;Frank E. Muller-Karger;Robert C. Thunell;Mary I. Scranton

  • Particulate Organic Carbon Fluxes Along Upwelling-Dominated Continental Margins: Rates and Mechanisms

    Robert C. Thunell;Claudia Benitez-Nelson;Ramon Varela;Yrene Astor

  • Si Cycle in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela: Seasonal Variability in Silicate Availability and the Si : C : N Composition of Sinking Particles

    Robert C. Thunell;Claudia Benitez-Nelson;Frank E. Muller-Karger;Laura Lorenzoni

  • Processes of coastal upwelling and carbon flux in the Cariaco Basin

    Frank Muller-Karger;Ramon Varela;Robert Thunell;Yrene Astor

  • Biogenic fluxes in the Cariaco Basin: a combined study of sinking particulates and underlying sediments

    Miguel A. Goñi;Heather L. Aceves;Robert C. Thunell;Eric Tappa

  • Controls on temporal variability of the geochemistry of the deep Cariaco Basin

    Mary I Scranton;Yrene Astor;Richard Bohrer;Tung-Yuan Ho

  • Biomarkers, chemistry and microbiology show chemoautotrophy in a multilayer chemocline in the Cariaco Basin

    Stuart G. Wakeham;Courtney Turich;Florence Schubotz;Agnieszka Podlaska

  • The oxygen isotope composition of planktonic foraminifera from the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela: Seasonal and interannual variations

    Kathy Tedesco;Robert Thunell;Yrene Astor;Frank Muller-Karger

  • Increased marine sediment suspension and fluxes following an earthquake

    Robert Thunell;Eric Tappa;Ramon Varela;Martin Llano

  • Planktonic foraminiferal area density as a proxy for carbonate ion concentration: A calibration study using the Cariaco Basin ocean time series

    Brittney J. Marshall;Robert C. Thunell;Michael J. Henehan;Yrene Astor

  • Modern climate forcing of terrigenous deposition in the tropics (Cariaco Basin, Venezuela)

    Nahysa C. Martinez;R.W. Murray;Robert C. Thunell;Larry C. Peterson

  • Vertical and temporal variability of redox zonation in the water column of the Cariaco Basin: implications for organic carbon oxidation pathways

    Tung-Yuan Ho;Gordon T. Taylor;Yrene Astor;Ramon Varela

  • Inorganic and organic sinking particulate phosphorus fluxes across the oxic/anoxic water column of Cariaco Basin, Venezuela

    Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson;Lauren P. O'Neill Madden;Renée M. Styles;Robert C. Thunell

  • Interannual Variability in Sea Surface Temperature and Fco2 Changes in the Cariaco Basin

    Y. M Astor;Laura Lorenzoni;R. Thunell;R. Varela

  • Controls on iron, manganese and intermediate oxidation state sulfur compounds in the Cariaco Basin

    Dane Percy;Xiaona Li;Gordon T. Taylor;Yrene Astor

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank E. Muller-Karger
Frank E. Muller-Karger University of South Florida
Robert C. Thunell
Robert C. Thunell University of South Carolina
Gordon T. Taylor
Gordon T. Taylor Stony Brook University
Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson
Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson University of South Carolina
Stuart G. Wakeham
Stuart G. Wakeham Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Miguel A. Goñi
Miguel A. Goñi Oregon State University
Richard W. Murray
Richard W. Murray Boston University
Larry C. Peterson
Larry C. Peterson University of Miami
David J. Hollander
David J. Hollander University of South Florida
Chuanmin Hu
Chuanmin Hu University of South Florida St. Petersburg

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