 Herring has written or contributed to over 250 scientific papers and textbooks on marine zoology.His paper "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms" has been cited at least 175 times, while "The spectral characteristics of luminous marine organisms" has been cited over 165 times.The paper "The roles of filters in the photophores of oceanic animals and their relation to vision in the oceanic environment" has been cited at least 105 times and "Longwave-sensitive visual pigments in some deep-sea fishes