A. Morel

13.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
82 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

A. Morel is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Morel has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 22 papers in Oceanography and 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in A. Morel's work include Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (24 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (22 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (18 papers). A. Morel is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (24 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (22 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (18 papers). A. Morel collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. A. Morel's co-authors include Paul F. Donald, Carsten A. Brühl, Bernard Gentili, Emily Fitzherbert, Matthew J. Struebig, Finn Danielsen, Sassan Saatchi, Nancy L. Harris, Lee White and Silvia Petrova and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

A. Morel

80 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents
    2011 1.6k citations Sassan Saatchi, Nancy L. Harris et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. How will oil palm expansion affect biodiversity?
    2008 977 citations A. Morel et al. profile →
  3. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF PURE WATER AND PURE SEA WATER.
    1974 482 citations A. Morel profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. Morel France 31 2.3k 2.2k 2.1k 1.1k 942 82 6.4k
Michelle Devlin United Kingdom 41 1.8k 0.8× 2.5k 1.1× 1.9k 0.9× 80 0.1× 402 0.4× 158 5.7k
Sharon J. Hall United States 34 1.8k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 359 0.2× 422 0.4× 677 0.7× 116 4.5k
Christopher J. Walsh Australia 39 3.1k 1.3× 3.1k 1.4× 179 0.1× 3.7k 3.5× 1.6k 1.7× 132 8.5k
Raymond C. Smith United States 51 2.6k 1.2× 3.3k 1.5× 6.5k 3.1× 346 0.3× 360 0.4× 97 9.6k
George M. Woodwell United States 38 3.1k 1.4× 1.7k 0.8× 374 0.2× 613 0.6× 1.3k 1.4× 123 6.5k
John Harte United States 54 4.3k 1.9× 4.0k 1.8× 195 0.1× 610 0.6× 3.8k 4.0× 166 11.5k
Heather L. Reynolds United States 35 1.7k 0.7× 2.6k 1.2× 427 0.2× 157 0.1× 3.7k 3.9× 80 8.1k
D. W. Hopkins United Kingdom 50 841 0.4× 4.0k 1.8× 317 0.2× 512 0.5× 429 0.5× 203 10.0k
J. P. McFadden United States 40 2.5k 1.1× 899 0.4× 158 0.1× 1.2k 1.2× 300 0.3× 78 6.2k
Frank Müller‐Karger United States 71 5.1k 2.2× 6.3k 2.8× 10.1k 4.8× 688 0.6× 814 0.9× 325 16.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by A. Morel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Morel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A. Morel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A. Morel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with A. Morel. A. Morel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Morel, A., Zia Mehrabi, Sami W. Rifai, et al.. (2024). Landscape and management influences on smallholder agroforestry yields show shifts during a climate shock. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 366. 108930–108930. 3 indexed citations
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Maguire‐Rajpaul, Victoria A., Mark Hirons, Vinesh Rajpaul, et al.. (2024). What resilience theory and praxis can learn from multi-dimensional approaches to understanding poverty: A study of Ghanaian cocoa forest landscapes. World Development. 185. 106785–106785. 1 indexed citations
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Creedy, Thomas J., R. Asare, A. Morel, et al.. (2022). Climate change alters impacts of extreme climate events on a tropical perennial tree crop. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 19653–19653. 5 indexed citations
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Beauchamp, Emilie, E.J. Milner‐Gulland, Mark Hirons, et al.. (2019). The role of quantitative cross-case analysis in understanding tropical smallholder farmers’ adaptive capacity to climate shocks. Environmental Research Letters. 14(12). 125013–125013. 9 indexed citations
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Morel, A., et al.. (2016). Stranded assets in palm oil production: a case study of Indonesia. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 5 indexed citations
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Abram, Nicola K., Douglas C. MacMillan, Panteleimon Xofis, et al.. (2016). Identifying Where REDD+ Financially Out-Competes Oil Palm in Floodplain Landscapes Using a Fine-Scale Approach. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0156481–e0156481. 52 indexed citations
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Saatchi, Sassan, Nancy L. Harris, Sandra Brown, et al.. (2011). Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(24). 9899–9904. 1636 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morel, A., Hervé Claustre, & Bernard Gentili. (2010). The most oligotrophic subtropical zones of the global ocean: similarities and differences in terms of chlorophyll and yellow substance. Biogeosciences. 7(10). 3139–3151. 128 indexed citations
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d’Andon, O. Fanton, Antoine Mangin, David Antoine, et al.. (2009). GlobColour - the European Service for Ocean Colour. 17 indexed citations
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Morel, A. & Bernard Gentili. (2009). The dissolved yellow substance and the shades of blue in the Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences. 6(11). 2625–2636. 65 indexed citations
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Huot, Yannick, A. Morel, Michael Twardowski, Dariusz Stramski, & Rick A. Reynolds. (2008). Particle optical backscattering along a chlorophyll gradient in the upper layer of the eastern South Pacific Ocean. Biogeosciences. 5(2). 495–507. 149 indexed citations
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Voss, Kenneth J., A. Morel, & David Antoine. (2007). Detailed validation of the bidirectional effect in various Case 1 waters for application to Ocean Color imagery. 28 indexed citations
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Sakshaug, Egil, Annick Bricaud, Yves Dandonneau, et al.. (1997). Parameters of photosynthesis: definitions, theory and interpretation of results. Journal of Plankton Research. 19(11). 1637–1670. 328 indexed citations
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Morel, A., et al.. (1991). Atmospheric corrections and interpretation of marine radiances in czcs imagery, revisited. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 28 indexed citations
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Sathyendranath, Shubha, Louis Marie Prieur, & A. Morel. (1989). A three-component model of ocean colour and its application to remote sensing of phytoplankton pigments in coastal waters. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 10(8). 1373–1394. 255 indexed citations
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Morel, A. & J. P. Rodrigues. (1984). How to extract QCD baryons from a lattice theory with staggered fermions. Nuclear Physics B. 247(1). 44–60. 27 indexed citations
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Billoire, A., R. Lacaze, A. Morel, & H. Navelet. (1979). The use of QCD in hadronic cascades between heavy quark-antiquark bound states. Nuclear Physics B. 155(2). 493–508. 15 indexed citations

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