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Top Oceanography Researchers

Eugenia Kalnay ranks first, out of 5,646 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 Eugenia Kalnay United States · #936 worldwide 5k citations · 95 works
  2. 2 J. E. Brau United Kingdom · #1,373 worldwide 5.6k citations · 227 works
  3. 3 M. Razzano France · #1,524 worldwide 3.1k citations · 96 works
  4. 4 Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg Australia · #1,610 worldwide 2.9k citations · 99 works
  5. 5 Frank J. Millero United States · #2,568 worldwide 2k citations · 109 works
  6. 6 Jimy Dudhia United States · #2,672 worldwide 2.3k citations · 75 works
  7. 7 Thibault Damour France · #3,194 worldwide 3.2k citations · 111 works
  8. 8 Édouard Bard France · #3,225 worldwide 1.9k citations · 114 works
  9. 9 Kevin E. Trenberth United States · #3,298 worldwide 2.3k citations · 109 works
  10. 10 S. Mitra India · #4,128 worldwide 2.4k citations · 96 works
  11. 11 Andrew R. Liddle United Kingdom · #4,177 worldwide 2.4k citations · 106 works
  12. 12 A. Lasenby United Kingdom · #4,360 worldwide 3.3k citations · 167 works
  13. 13 Tom Fenchel Denmark · #4,731 worldwide 1.3k citations · 78 works
  14. 14 Richard C. Thompson United Kingdom · #4,782 worldwide 1.3k citations · 108 works
  15. 15 F. Longo Italy · #5,006 worldwide 4k citations · 267 works
  16. 16 Peter Convey United Kingdom · #5,802 worldwide 2k citations · 105 works
  17. 17 Robert W. Howarth United States · #6,110 worldwide 2k citations · 59 works
  18. 18 Benjamin S. Halpern United States · #6,315 worldwide 2k citations · 62 works
  19. 19 Kurt Lambeck Australia · #6,363 worldwide 1.6k citations · 110 works
  20. 20 B. S. Sathyaprakash United Kingdom · #6,955 worldwide 2k citations · 131 works
  21. 21 N. M. Mahowald United States · #7,108 worldwide 1.2k citations · 103 works
  22. 22 Hans W. Paerl United States · #7,348 worldwide 1.4k citations · 101 works
  23. 23 M. A. Bizouard France · #7,361 worldwide 1.6k citations · 110 works
  24. 24 S. Husa Germany · #7,523 worldwide 2.1k citations · 97 works
  25. 25 Farooq Azam United States · #7,633 worldwide 1.6k citations · 57 works
  26. 26 Milica Stojanovic United States · #7,674 worldwide 1.2k citations · 89 works
  27. 27 Harold Jeffreys United States · #7,694 worldwide 771 citations · 107 works
  28. 28 Stefan Rahmstorf Germany · #7,742 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  29. 29 Richard A. Feely United States · #7,810 worldwide 1.9k citations · 102 works
  30. 30 Lisa A. Levin United States · #7,891 worldwide 1.5k citations · 115 works
  31. 31 I. W. Harry United States · #7,963 worldwide 1.6k citations · 86 works
  32. 32 B. Krishnan Germany · #7,968 worldwide 1.4k citations · 76 works
  33. 33 J. H. Taylor United States · #7,989 worldwide 1.3k citations · 67 works
  34. 34 Carlos M. Duarte Saudi Arabia · #8,035 worldwide 4.1k citations · 254 works
  35. 35 Núria Marbà Spain · #8,059 worldwide 1.4k citations · 66 works
  36. 36 A. F. Brooks United States · #8,244 worldwide 1.5k citations · 77 works
  37. 37 B. Allen Germany · #8,273 worldwide 1.8k citations · 113 works
  38. 38 Paul G. Falkowski United States · #8,515 worldwide 2.1k citations · 52 works
  39. 39 Richard Bamler Germany · #8,539 worldwide 1.1k citations · 98 works
  40. 40 Scott C. Doney United States · #8,734 worldwide 1.7k citations · 102 works
  41. 41 Klaus Hasselmann Germany · #8,782 worldwide 989 citations · 65 works
  42. 42 R. Weiss United States · #8,790 worldwide 1.4k citations · 70 works
  43. 43 David S. Battisti United States · #8,806 worldwide 1.1k citations · 77 works
  44. 44 I. S. Heng United Kingdom · #9,024 worldwide 1.4k citations · 86 works
  45. 45 B. O’Reilly United States · #9,105 worldwide 1.4k citations · 84 works
  46. 46 E. Majorana France · #9,137 worldwide 1.7k citations · 120 works
  47. 47 A. Lazzarini United States · #9,270 worldwide 1.4k citations · 86 works
  48. 48 F. Landis Markley United States · #9,292 worldwide 630 citations · 64 works
  49. 49 T. B. Littenberg United States · #9,321 worldwide 1.6k citations · 80 works
  50. 50 David A. Siegel United States · #9,571 worldwide 978 citations · 74 works
  51. 51 K. Wette Australia · #9,717 worldwide 1.4k citations · 75 works
  52. 52 M. Pürrer Germany · #9,718 worldwide 1.5k citations · 63 works
  53. 53 S. Babak France · #9,879 worldwide 1.4k citations · 66 works
  54. 54 Wallace S. Broecker United States · #9,910 worldwide 1.6k citations · 103 works
  55. 55 Norden E. Huang United States · #9,992 worldwide 5.4k citations · 47 works
  56. 56 M. Bitossi Italy · #10,056 worldwide 1.3k citations · 81 works
  57. 57 M. S. Longuet‐Higgins United States · #10,136 worldwide 1.5k citations · 50 works
  58. 58 J. A. Clark United States · #10,184 worldwide 1.7k citations · 127 works
  59. 59 P. R. Brady United States · #10,207 worldwide 1.8k citations · 101 works
  60. 60 Bo Barker Jørgensen Denmark · #10,308 worldwide 1.5k citations · 128 works
  61. 61 E. J. Daw United Kingdom · #10,450 worldwide 1.4k citations · 76 works
  62. 62 Erik Kristensen Denmark · #10,497 worldwide 1k citations · 68 works
  63. 63 J. Harms United States · #10,702 worldwide 1.6k citations · 108 works
  64. 64 Jyri Seppälä Finland · #10,737 worldwide 778 citations · 59 works
  65. 65 G. M. Guidi France · #10,886 worldwide 1.3k citations · 94 works
  66. 66 Kerry Emanuel United States · #10,949 worldwide 1.7k citations · 127 works
  67. 67 Jed A. Fuhrman United States · #10,968 worldwide 1.3k citations · 56 works
  68. 68 A. P. Lundgren Germany · #11,105 worldwide 1.5k citations · 73 works
  69. 69 P. Charlton United States · #11,270 worldwide 1.3k citations · 67 works
  70. 70 F. J. Raab United States · #11,356 worldwide 1.3k citations · 68 works
  71. 71 W. Del Pozzo United Kingdom · #11,385 worldwide 1.3k citations · 76 works
  72. 72 R. L. Ward United Kingdom · #11,426 worldwide 1.5k citations · 103 works
  73. 73 J. T. Whelan Germany · #11,565 worldwide 1.4k citations · 82 works
  74. 74 Katherine Richardson Denmark · #11,593 worldwide 871 citations · 72 works
  75. 75 J. D. E. Creighton United States · #11,632 worldwide 1.7k citations · 100 works
  76. 76 I. Bartos United States · #11,678 worldwide 1.5k citations · 102 works
  77. 77 Trevor Platt Canada · #11,700 worldwide 891 citations · 55 works
  78. 78 R. Bassiri United States · #11,757 worldwide 1.2k citations · 68 works
  79. 79 A. Królak France · #11,809 worldwide 1.4k citations · 93 works
  80. 80 G. Cagnoli France · #11,855 worldwide 1.3k citations · 83 works
  81. 81 C. Palomba France · #11,876 worldwide 1.5k citations · 101 works
  82. 82 D. Sigg United States · #11,884 worldwide 1.4k citations · 80 works
  83. 83 P. Leaci Italy · #11,889 worldwide 1.2k citations · 66 works
  84. 84 G. Greco France · #12,018 worldwide 1.1k citations · 77 works
  85. 85 John F. Bruno United States · #12,060 worldwide 1.3k citations · 59 works
  86. 86 M. Pitkin United Kingdom · #12,110 worldwide 1.3k citations · 75 works
  87. 87 Rik Wanninkhof United States · #12,131 worldwide 1.5k citations · 92 works
  88. 88 Laurent Bopp France · #12,165 worldwide 976 citations · 76 works
  89. 89 V. Raymond United Kingdom · #12,178 worldwide 1.4k citations · 74 works
  90. 90 B. Barr United Kingdom · #12,212 worldwide 1.3k citations · 72 works
  91. 91 E. Goetz United States · #12,393 worldwide 1.3k citations · 70 works
  92. 92 M. Lorenzini France · #12,409 worldwide 1.2k citations · 72 works
  93. 93 W. G. Anderson United States · #12,536 worldwide 1.4k citations · 75 works
  94. 94 E. Cesarini France · #12,549 worldwide 1.2k citations · 73 works
  95. 95 Christopher R. German United States · #12,598 worldwide 1.1k citations · 96 works
  96. 96 John M. Pandolfi Australia · #12,661 worldwide 1.2k citations · 53 works
  97. 97 E. Cuoco Italy · #12,711 worldwide 1.3k citations · 92 works
  98. 98 G. Hammond United Kingdom · #12,749 worldwide 1.2k citations · 75 works
  99. 99 M. Mantovani Italy · #12,868 worldwide 1.2k citations · 86 works
  100. 100 B. Willke Germany · #13,007 worldwide 1.3k citations · 94 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Oceanography, 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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