A. Morel

13.3k citations

82 papers · 6.4k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Oceanography top 0.5%
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Papers in ⓘ

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 26
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 24
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 18
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research 16
Oceanography 22
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 22
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 7

Co-authors: Emily Fitzherbert (1 shared paper)Paul F. Donald (1 shared paper)Bernard Gentili (5 shared papers)Carsten A. Brühl (1 shared paper)Finn Danielsen (1 shared paper)Matthew J. Struebig (2 shared papers)Sassan Saatchi (2 shared papers)Nancy L. Harris (2 shared papers)
Journals: Nuclear Physics B (22 papers)Physics Letters B (6 papers)Biogeosciences (4 papers)International Journal of Remote Sensing (4 papers)Environmental Research Letters (2 papers)
Partner nations: France United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

A. Morel

80 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents 2011 · 1.6k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2008 Trends in Ecology & Evolution
1974 Medical Entomology and Zoology

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1	Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sassan Saatchi, Nancy L. Harris, Sandra Brown, M. A. Lefsky, Edward T. A. Mitchard, William Salas, Brian R. Zutta, Wolfgang Buermann, Simon L. Lewis, Stephen Hagen, Silvia Petrova, Lee White, Miles R. Silman, A. Morel Hit paper breakdown →	2011	1636
2	How will oil palm expansion affect biodiversity? Trends in Ecology & Evolution ·Emily Fitzherbert, Matthew J. Struebig, A. Morel, Finn Danielsen, Carsten A. Brühl, Paul F. Donald, B Phalan Hit paper breakdown →	2008	977
3	OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF PURE WATER AND PURE SEA WATER. Medical Entomology and Zoology ·A. Morel Hit paper breakdown →	1974	482
4	Parameters of photosynthesis: definitions, theory and interpretation of results Journal of Plankton Research ·Egil Sakshaug, Annick Bricaud, Yves Dandonneau, Paul G. Falkowski, Dale A. Kiefer, Louis Legendre, A. Morel, John Parslow, Masayuki Takahashi	1997	328
5	A three-component model of ocean colour and its application to remote sensing of phytoplankton pigments in coastal waters International Journal of Remote Sensing ·Shubha Sathyendranath, Louis Marie Prieur, A. Morel	1989	255
6	Flavours of lagrangian Susskind fermions Nuclear Physics B ·H. Kluberg-Stern, A. Morel, O. Napoly, B. Petersson	1983	232
7	Estimating aboveground biomass in forest and oil palm plantation in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo using ALOS PALSAR data Forest Ecology and Management ·A. Morel, Sassan Saatchi, Yadvinder Malhi, Nicholas Berry, Lindsay F. Banin, David F. R. P. Burslem, Reuben Nilus, Robert C. Ong	2011	159
8	Particle optical backscattering along a chlorophyll gradient in the upper layer of the eastern South Pacific Ocean Biogeosciences ·Yannick Huot, A. Morel, Michael Twardowski, Dariusz Stramski, Rick A. Reynolds	2008	149
9	Is desert dust making oligotrophic waters greener? Geophysical Research Letters ·Hervé Claustre, A. Morel, Stanford B. Hooker, Marcel Babin, David Antoine, Kadija Oubelkheir, Annick Bricaud, Karine Leblanc, Bernard Quéguiner, Stéphane Maritorena	2002	141
10	Remote sensing of sea surface Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence: consequences of natural variations in the optical characteristics of phytoplankton and the quantum yield of chlorophyll a fluorescence International Journal of Remote Sensing ·Marcel Babin, A. Morel, Bernard Gentili	1996	136
11	Ocean Optics Protocols For Satellite Ocean Color Sensor Validation, Revision 4. Volume III: Radiometric Measurements and Data Analysis Protocols. IOC of UNESCO (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission) ·James L. Mueller, A. Morel, Robert Frouin, C. E. Davis, Robert Arnone, Kendall L. Carder, Z. P. Lee, Robert G. Steward, Stanford B. Hooker, Curtis D. Mobley, Sean E. McLean, B. N. Holben, Mark A. Miller, Christophe Pietras, Kirk Knobelspiesse, Giulietta S. Fargion, John Porter, Kenneth J. Voss	2003	133
12	The most oligotrophic subtropical zones of the global ocean: similarities and differences in terms of chlorophyll and yellow substance Biogeosciences ·A. Morel, Hervé Claustre, Bernard Gentili	2010	128
13	Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking for a U(N) gauge theory on a lattice Nuclear Physics B ·H. Kluberg-Stern, A. Morel, O. Napoly, B. Petersson	1981	109
14	Degradation and forgone removals increase the carbon impact of intact forest loss by 626% Science Advances ·Sean Maxwell, Tom Evans, James Watson, A. Morel, Hedley S. Grantham, A. J. Duncan, Nancy L. Harris, Peter Potapov, Rebecca K. Runting, Oscar Venter, Stephanie Wang, Yadvinder Malhi	2019	93
15	Non-isotropy of the upward radiance field in typical coastal (Case 2) waters International Journal of Remote Sensing ·Hubert Loisel, A. Morel	2001	92
16	Realization of new production in coastal upwelling areas: A means to compare relative performance Limnology and Oceanography ·R. C. Dugdale, F. P. Wilkerson, A. Morel	1990	88
17	Natural variability of bio-optical properties in Case 1 waters: attenuation and reflectance within the visible and near-UV spectral domains, as observed in South Pacific and Mediterranean waters Biogeosciences ·A. Morel, Hervé Claustre, David Antoine, Bernard Gentili	2007	77
18	The relation of oceanic primary production to available photosynthetic irradiance Marine and Freshwater Research ·HR Jitts, A. Morel, Yasuaki Saijo	1976	75
19	Evaluating the potential to monitor aboveground biomass in forest and oil palm in Sabah, Malaysia, for 2000–2008 with Landsat ETM+ and ALOS-PALSAR International Journal of Remote Sensing ·A. Morel, Joshua B. Fisher, Yadvinder Malhi	2012	68
20	The dissolved yellow substance and the shades of blue in the Mediterranean Sea Biogeosciences ·A. Morel, Bernard Gentili	2009	65

About A. Morel

A. Morel is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Condensed Matter Physics, having authored 82 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (24 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (22 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (18 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (16 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (11 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (10 papers), Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (8 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (2.1k citations), Global and Planetary Change (2.3k citations), Horticulture (95 citations), Ecology (2.2k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (942 citations). A. Morel has collaborated with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Emily Fitzherbert, Paul F. Donald, Bernard Gentili, Carsten A. Brühl, Finn Danielsen, Matthew J. Struebig, Sassan Saatchi, Nancy L. Harris, William Salas and Silvia Petrova. Their work appears in journals such as Nuclear Physics B, Physics Letters B, Biogeosciences, International Journal of Remote Sensing and Environmental Research Letters.

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