Björn Kjerfve

11.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Björn Kjerfve is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Björn Kjerfve has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Oceanography, 52 papers in Ecology and 41 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Björn Kjerfve's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (35 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (33 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (31 papers). Björn Kjerfve is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (35 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (33 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (31 papers). Björn Kjerfve collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Sweden. Björn Kjerfve's co-authors include James T. Morris, Christopher T. Nietch, P. V. Sundareshwar, Donald R. Cahoon, Juan D. Restrepo, U. Seeliger, William D. Heyman, Cesar Ribeiro, Alessandro Filippo and Gilberto Tavares de Macedo Dias and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Björn Kjerfve

119 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Björn Kjerfve United States	40	4.2k	2.4k	2.2k	1.9k	1.1k	123	7.0k
Robert R. Twilley United States	55	8.9k 2.1×	2.7k 1.1×	3.5k 1.6×	2.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.7×	178	11.2k
Denise J. Reed United States	37	7.0k 1.6×	1.8k 0.8×	3.9k 1.8×	2.7k 1.4×	1.7k 1.5×	89	9.2k
James T. Morris United States	51	7.1k 1.7×	1.5k 0.6×	3.8k 1.8×	1.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.7×	149	9.0k
Ken W. Krauss United States	50	8.1k 1.9×	1.4k 0.6×	3.2k 1.5×	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	164	9.3k
Albert Palanqués Spain	54	3.1k 0.7×	3.7k 1.6×	2.7k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	2.5k 2.2×	185	8.2k
Neil Saintilan Australia	45	6.4k 1.5×	1.2k 0.5×	2.5k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	181	7.5k
Gerardo M. E. Perillo Argentina	31	2.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	649 0.6×	202	4.8k
William J. Wiseman United States	37	1.8k 0.4×	2.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	65	5.5k
Pere Puig Spain	52	3.1k 0.7×	3.7k 1.6×	2.6k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	2.5k 2.2×	182	7.7k
Eric Wolanski Australia	64	9.1k 2.1×	4.2k 1.8×	4.2k 1.9×	4.5k 2.3×	2.1k 1.8×	273	13.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Björn Kjerfve

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Fields of papers citing papers by Björn Kjerfve

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Björn Kjerfve

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Cordeiro, Renato Campello, Luciane Silva Moreira, Bruno Turcq, et al.. (2025). Paleoenvironmental changes in a lower Rio Negro floodplain lake (Anavilhanas Archipelago, Brazil) during the past 4550 years. The Holocene. 35(9). 907–925.

Fernandes, Alexandre Macedo, et al.. (2021). Low-frequency circulation on the Ilha Grande channel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 50. 102129–102129. 4 indexed citations

Madden, Christopher J., et al.. (2016). Response of Thalassia Testudinum Morphometry and Distribution to Environmental Drivers in a Pristine Tropical Lagoon. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0164014–e0164014. 17 indexed citations

Filippo, Alessandro, Björn Kjerfve, Audálio Rebelo Torres, & Alexandre Macedo Fernandes. (2012). Low-frequency variability of sea level along the Mid-Atlantic Coast of South America, in 1983. Brazilian Journal of Geophysics. 30(1). 5 indexed citations

Sale, Peter F., David A. Feary, John A. Burt, et al.. (2010). The Growing Need for Sustainable Ecological Management of Marine Communities of the Persian Gulf. AMBIO. 40(1). 4–17. 179 indexed citations

Ezer, Tal, William D. Heyman, Chris Houser, & Björn Kjerfve. (2010). Modeling and observations of high-frequency flow variability and internal waves at a Caribbean reef spawning aggregation site. Ocean Dynamics. 61(5). 581–598. 26 indexed citations

Heyman, William D. & Björn Kjerfve. (2008). Characterization of Transient Multi-Species Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations at Gladden Spit, Belize. Bulletin of Marine Science. 83(3). 531–551. 107 indexed citations

Gardner, L. R., et al.. (2006). Tidal fluxes of dissolved oxygen at the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 67(3). 450–460. 18 indexed citations

Restrepo, Juan D., Juan D. Restrepo, Björn Kjerfve, et al.. (2005). Factors controlling sediment yield in a major South American drainage basin: the Magdalena River, Colombia. Journal of Hydrology. 316(1-4). 213–232. 152 indexed citations

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Heyman, William D., et al.. (2005). Spawning aggregations of Lutjanus cyanopterus(Cuvier) on the Belize Barrier Reef over a 6 year period. Journal of Fish Biology. 67(1). 83–101. 100 indexed citations

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Ezer, Tal, et al.. (2005). On the variability of the flow along the Meso-American Barrier Reef system: a numerical model study of the influence of the Caribbean current and eddies. Ocean Dynamics. 55(5-6). 458–475. 55 indexed citations

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Ezer, Tal, et al.. (2004). On the Sensitivity of the West Caribbean Sea Circulation to Tides, Wind, and Mesoscale Ocean Eddies: A Three-Dimensional Ocean Model Study. Ocean Dynamics. 1 indexed citations

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Ribeiro, Cesar & Björn Kjerfve. (2002). Anthropogenic influence on the water quality in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Regional Environmental Change. 3(1-3). 13–19. 55 indexed citations

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David, Laura & Björn Kjerfve. (1998). Tides and currents in a two-inlet coastal lagoon: Laguna de Términos, México. Continental Shelf Research. 18(10). 1057–1079. 60 indexed citations

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Kjerfve, Björn, et al.. (1997). Mangrove ecosystem studies in Latin America and Africa. 142 indexed citations

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Kjerfve, Björn, et al.. (1993). Tidal bores : first ever measurements. Ciencia e cultura. 45(2). 135–138. 28 indexed citations

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Kjerfve, Björn. (1988). Estuarine case studies. CRC Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations

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Wolaver, Thomas G., Gary J. Whiting, Björn Kjerfve, et al.. (1985). The flume design — a methodology for evaluating material fluxes between a vegetated salt marsh and the adjacent tidal creek. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 91(3). 281–291. 29 indexed citations

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Schwing, Franklin B., et al.. (1983). Nearshore coastal currents on the South Carolina continental shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 88(C8). 4719–4729. 17 indexed citations

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Kjerfve, Björn, et al.. (1978). Radiation balance over a salt marsh. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 14(1). 59–66. 8 indexed citations

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