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Top Ocean Engineering Researchers

Ian F. Akyildiz ranks first, out of 5,129 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Ian F. Akyildiz United States · #45 worldwide 8.2k citations · 173 works
  2. 2 Kalyanmoy Deb United States · #287 worldwide 6.7k citations · 218 works
  3. 3 Элинор Остром United States · #503 worldwide 2.5k citations · 136 works
  4. 4 Johan Rockström Germany · #967 worldwide 3.9k citations · 93 works
  5. 5 Dirk Helbing Switzerland · #1,135 worldwide 3k citations · 163 works
  6. 6 Marc Lambert France · #1,779 worldwide 2.1k citations · 83 works
  7. 7 Y. Arai Japan · #2,486 worldwide 6k citations · 381 works
  8. 8 Soroosh Sorooshian United States · #2,630 worldwide 2.7k citations · 151 works
  9. 9 Hugh Durrant‐Whyte Australia · #2,702 worldwide 1.9k citations · 88 works
  10. 10 John J. Leonard United States · #2,849 worldwide 2k citations · 96 works
  11. 11 F. Rocca Italy · #3,262 worldwide 1.8k citations · 105 works
  12. 12 Billie F. Spencer United States · #3,486 worldwide 1.9k citations · 124 works
  13. 13 Arjen Y. Hoekstra Netherlands · #3,629 worldwide 1.8k citations · 128 works
  14. 14 David Powers Australia · #3,796 worldwide 1.3k citations · 112 works
  15. 15 Moe Z. Win United States · #4,220 worldwide 2.9k citations · 212 works
  16. 16 Claudia Pahl‐Wostl Germany · #4,493 worldwide 1.1k citations · 76 works
  17. 17 B. S. Sathyaprakash United Kingdom · #6,955 worldwide 2k citations · 131 works
  18. 18 M. A. Bizouard France · #7,361 worldwide 1.6k citations · 110 works
  19. 19 Norman Epstein Canada · #7,368 worldwide 1.8k citations · 56 works
  20. 20 Yunhao Liu China · #7,443 worldwide 1.4k citations · 56 works
  21. 21 M. Warner United Kingdom · #7,639 worldwide 2.6k citations · 52 works
  22. 22 Milica Stojanovic United States · #7,674 worldwide 1.2k citations · 89 works
  23. 23 Guust Nolet United States · #8,056 worldwide 1.1k citations · 77 works
  24. 24 Mohamed Younis United States · #8,070 worldwide 1.5k citations · 108 works
  25. 25 Stefan Iglauer Australia · #8,159 worldwide 1.3k citations · 108 works
  26. 26 Baoping Cai China · #8,719 worldwide 740 citations · 67 works
  27. 27 Parviz Moin United States · #8,807 worldwide 2.4k citations · 196 works
  28. 28 E. Majorana France · #9,137 worldwide 1.7k citations · 120 works
  29. 29 P. Cawley United Kingdom · #9,153 worldwide 1.2k citations · 95 works
  30. 30 Julien de Rosny France · #9,185 worldwide 1k citations · 83 works
  31. 31 Takayuki Kanda Japan · #9,771 worldwide 1.5k citations · 158 works
  32. 32 Lutz Mädler Germany · #10,056 worldwide 1.7k citations · 53 works
  33. 33 Odd M. Faltinsen Norway · #10,095 worldwide 729 citations · 73 works
  34. 34 Daniela Rus United States · #10,137 worldwide 3.2k citations · 304 works
  35. 35 M. Mercedes Maroto‐Valer United Kingdom · #10,623 worldwide 1.3k citations · 90 works
  36. 36 M. J. S. Lowe United Kingdom · #10,772 worldwide 895 citations · 101 works
  37. 37 A. Sircar Germany · #11,423 worldwide 1.4k citations · 93 works
  38. 38 R. L. Ward United Kingdom · #11,426 worldwide 1.5k citations · 103 works
  39. 39 C. Palomba France · #11,876 worldwide 1.5k citations · 101 works
  40. 40 Nicolas Roussel France · #12,092 worldwide 1k citations · 96 works
  41. 41 Paul Gader United States · #12,189 worldwide 1.2k citations · 114 works
  42. 42 Thor I. Fossen Norway · #12,239 worldwide 1.1k citations · 109 works
  43. 43 Christopher R. German United States · #12,598 worldwide 1.1k citations · 96 works
  44. 44 Marco Di Renzo France · #12,636 worldwide 3.6k citations · 306 works
  45. 45 E. Cuoco Italy · #12,711 worldwide 1.3k citations · 92 works
  46. 46 Richard C. Flagan United States · #12,802 worldwide 1.2k citations · 127 works
  47. 47 Qingqing Wu China · #12,865 worldwide 2.5k citations · 246 works
  48. 48 A. Freise United Kingdom · #13,065 worldwide 1.5k citations · 113 works
  49. 49 F. Garufi Italy · #13,414 worldwide 1.4k citations · 111 works
  50. 50 F. Travasso France · #13,896 worldwide 1.3k citations · 93 works
  51. 51 Hong Yang Switzerland · #13,918 worldwide 893 citations · 93 works
  52. 52 H. Vocca Italy · #14,121 worldwide 1.4k citations · 99 works
  53. 53 Claudia Ringler United States · #14,723 worldwide 940 citations · 96 works
  54. 54 F. Vetrano Italy · #15,224 worldwide 1.3k citations · 100 works
  55. 55 M.S.A. Perera Australia · #15,294 worldwide 639 citations · 53 works
  56. 56 A. Gennai Italy · #15,340 worldwide 1.3k citations · 94 works
  57. 57 F. Fidecaro Italy · #15,527 worldwide 1.6k citations · 136 works
  58. 58 D. B. Spalding United Kingdom · #15,643 worldwide 994 citations · 113 works
  59. 59 R. Ferretti Switzerland · #15,890 worldwide 890 citations · 48 works
  60. 60 K. A. Strain United Kingdom · #15,973 worldwide 1.3k citations · 85 works
  61. 61 Zaili Yang United Kingdom · #15,998 worldwide 761 citations · 106 works
  62. 62 Alessandra Buonanno United States · #16,007 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
  63. 63 A. Brillet France · #16,185 worldwide 1.2k citations · 109 works
  64. 64 C. Zhao Australia · #16,201 worldwide 1.3k citations · 105 works
  65. 65 A. Viceré Italy · #16,368 worldwide 1.2k citations · 98 works
  66. 66 Shengli Zhou United States · #16,596 worldwide 855 citations · 91 works
  67. 67 F. L. Vernon United States · #16,677 worldwide 790 citations · 85 works
  68. 68 P. Rapagnani Italy · #16,973 worldwide 1.3k citations · 106 works
  69. 69 S. Ezekiel United States · #17,055 worldwide 487 citations · 55 works
  70. 70 G. Cella Italy · #17,222 worldwide 940 citations · 60 works
  71. 71 R. Passaquieti Italy · #17,679 worldwide 1.3k citations · 96 works
  72. 72 V. Dattilo Italy · #17,777 worldwide 1.2k citations · 86 works
  73. 73 Dameng Liu China · #17,833 worldwide 912 citations · 70 works
  74. 74 R.M. Bustin Canada · #17,880 worldwide 1k citations · 67 works
  75. 75 Jun‐Hong Cui United States · #17,990 worldwide 626 citations · 68 works
  76. 76 G. Losurdo Italy · #18,783 worldwide 1.3k citations · 105 works
  77. 77 Graeme C. Dandy Australia · #19,085 worldwide 671 citations · 58 works
  78. 78 Yutaka Tsuji Japan · #19,678 worldwide 663 citations · 90 works
  79. 79 Matej Kristan Slovenia · #19,746 worldwide 842 citations · 59 works
  80. 80 Burçin Becerik-Gerber United States · #19,790 worldwide 885 citations · 60 works
  81. 81 I. Ferrante France · #19,927 worldwide 1.6k citations · 124 works
  82. 82 Sheldon K. Friedlander United States · #20,157 worldwide 867 citations · 66 works
  83. 83 S. L. Danilishin Russia · #20,306 worldwide 1k citations · 71 works
  84. 84 Walter G. Chapman United States · #20,449 worldwide 1.1k citations · 75 works
  85. 85 François Molle France · #20,590 worldwide 340 citations · 73 works
  86. 86 E. Dendy Sloan United States · #20,759 worldwide 811 citations · 66 works
  87. 87 P.A. Witherspoon United States · #21,719 worldwide 609 citations · 46 works
  88. 88 Gianluca Antonelli Italy · #21,879 worldwide 697 citations · 85 works
  89. 89 Stefan Bachu Canada · #22,073 worldwide 674 citations · 44 works
  90. 90 Michael S. Triantafyllou United States · #22,231 worldwide 877 citations · 88 works
  91. 91 J. Hough United Kingdom · #22,313 worldwide 1.2k citations · 110 works
  92. 92 Kevin Lansey United States · #22,458 worldwide 649 citations · 79 works
  93. 93 B. Mours France · #22,498 worldwide 1.3k citations · 112 works
  94. 94 T. Bulik France · #22,516 worldwide 1.6k citations · 167 works
  95. 95 R. Romano Italy · #22,849 worldwide 1.3k citations · 115 works
  96. 96 Anthony J. Devaney United States · #22,876 worldwide 553 citations · 52 works
  97. 97 C. Bradaschia Italy · #23,119 worldwide 1.1k citations · 100 works
  98. 98 J. F. J. van den Brand Netherlands · #23,247 worldwide 2.2k citations · 215 works
  99. 99 Samuel Krevor United Kingdom · #23,576 worldwide 808 citations · 43 works
  100. 100 Niki Trigoni United Kingdom · #23,919 worldwide 1k citations · 100 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Ocean Engineering, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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