Bryant Loomis

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Bryant Loomis is a scholar working on Oceanography, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryant Loomis has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Oceanography, 23 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 14 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bryant Loomis's work include Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (40 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (11 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (10 papers). Bryant Loomis is often cited by papers focused on Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (40 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (11 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (10 papers). Bryant Loomis collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Bryant Loomis's co-authors include S. B. Luthcke, Terence J. Sabaka, K. E. Rachlin, A. A. Arendt, Joanne Camp, John J. McCarthy, D. N. Wiese, Felix W. Landerer, R. S. Nerem and E. Mazarico and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Water Resources Research and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Bryant Loomis

45 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Antarctica, Greenland and Gulf of Alaska land-ice evoluti... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Antarctica, Greenland and Gulf of Alaska land-ice evolution from an iterated GRACE global mascon solution
    2013 331 citations S. B. Luthcke, Terence J. Sabaka et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bryant Loomis United States 17 1.1k 695 455 377 335 48 1.6k
Roelof Rietbroek Germany 18 1.2k 1.0× 407 0.6× 434 1.0× 385 1.0× 257 0.8× 34 1.4k
Henryk Dobslaw Germany 24 2.0k 1.8× 904 1.3× 951 2.1× 787 2.1× 250 0.7× 107 2.3k
P. Ditmar Netherlands 26 1.5k 1.3× 495 0.7× 671 1.5× 640 1.7× 357 1.1× 74 2.1k
Maik Thomas Germany 24 1.3k 1.2× 454 0.7× 397 0.9× 559 1.5× 575 1.7× 97 2.0k
D. S. Chinn United States 20 1.3k 1.2× 1.1k 1.6× 690 1.5× 452 1.2× 356 1.1× 60 2.4k
O. de Viron France 24 1.2k 1.1× 610 0.9× 454 1.0× 585 1.6× 253 0.8× 102 1.9k
Torsten Mayer‐Gürr Germany 26 2.0k 1.8× 860 1.2× 1.1k 2.5× 915 2.4× 154 0.5× 96 2.3k
Jacques Hinderer France 27 1.4k 1.2× 318 0.5× 439 1.0× 450 1.2× 179 0.5× 89 1.9k
Franz Barthelmes Germany 20 1.3k 1.2× 432 0.6× 660 1.5× 648 1.7× 174 0.5× 48 1.8k
Ernst Schrama Netherlands 24 1.7k 1.5× 431 0.6× 544 1.2× 526 1.4× 1.3k 4.0× 60 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bryant Loomis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bryant Loomis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bryant Loomis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bryant Loomis 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 Bryant Loomis. Bryant Loomis 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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Loomis, Bryant, et al.. (2025). Optimized J2 Recovery for Multi‐Decadal Geophysical Studies. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(7). 1 indexed citations
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Zaitchik, Benjamin F., et al.. (2024). Satellite-informed simulation of irrigation in South Asia: Opportunities and uncertainties. Journal of Hydrology. 641. 131758–131758. 2 indexed citations
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Nie, Wanshu, Sujay V. Kumar, Augusto Getirana, et al.. (2024). Nonstationarity in the global terrestrial water cycle and its interlinkages in the Anthropocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(45). e2403707121–e2403707121. 7 indexed citations
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Rodell, Matthew, Anne Barnoud, Franklin R. Robertson, et al.. (2024). An Abrupt Decline in Global Terrestrial Water Storage and Its Relationship with Sea Level Change. Surveys in Geophysics. 45(6). 1875–1902. 9 indexed citations
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Denis, F., et al.. (2023). Choice of observation type affects Bayesian calibration of Greenland Ice Sheet model simulations. ˜The œcryosphere. 17(11). 4661–4673. 3 indexed citations
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Ray, Richard D., Bryant Loomis, & Victor Zlotnicki. (2021). The mean seasonal cycle in relative sea level from satellite altimetry and gravimetry. Journal of Geodesy. 95(7). 80–80. 18 indexed citations
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Loomis, Bryant, K. E. Rachlin, D. N. Wiese, Felix W. Landerer, & S. B. Luthcke. (2020). Replacing GRACE/GRACE‐FO C30 With Satellite Laser Ranging: Impacts on Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Change. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(3). 179 indexed citations
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Cullather, Richard, Lauren C. Andrews, Nicolo E. DiGirolamo, et al.. (2020). Anomalous Circulation in July 2019 Resulting in Mass Loss on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(17). 21 indexed citations
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Loomis, Bryant, A. Richey, A. A. Arendt, et al.. (2019). Water Storage Trends in High Mountain Asia. Frontiers in Earth Science. 7. 30 indexed citations
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Loomis, Bryant, S. B. Luthcke, & Terence J. Sabaka. (2019). Regularization and error characterization of GRACE mascons. Journal of Geodesy. 93(9). 1381–1398. 204 indexed citations
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Ghobadi‐Far, Khosro, Shin‐Chan Han, Steven R. Weller, et al.. (2018). A Transfer Function Between Line‐of‐Sight Gravity Difference and GRACE Intersatellite Ranging Data and an Application to Hydrological Surface Mass Variation. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 123(10). 9186–9201. 17 indexed citations
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Brookfield, Andrea E., Mary C. Hill, Matthew Rodell, et al.. (2017). IN-SITU AND GRACE-BASED GROUNDWATER OBSERVATIONS: SIMILARITIES, DISCREPANCIES, AND EVALUATION IN THE HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER IN KANSAS. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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Goossens, Sander, F. G. Lemoine, Terence J. Sabaka, et al.. (2015). Global and Local Gravity Field Models of the Moon Using GRAIL Primary and Extended Mission Data. LPI. 1395. 2 indexed citations
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Goossens, Sander, F. G. Lemoine, J. B. Nicholas, et al.. (2014). Global Gravity Field Models of the Moon Using GRAIL Primary and Extended Mission Data. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1619.
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Goossens, Sander, F. G. Lemoine, J. B. Nicholas, et al.. (2013). High Degree and Order Gravity Field Models of the Moon Derived From GRAIL Primary and Extended Mission Data. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2382. 1 indexed citations
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Loomis, Bryant, R. S. Nerem, & S. B. Luthcke. (2011). Simulation study of a follow-on gravity mission to GRACE. Journal of Geodesy. 86(5). 319–335. 72 indexed citations
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Loomis, Bryant. (2009). Simulation study of a follow-on gravity mission to GRACE. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 3 indexed citations
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Bender, P. L., Bryant Loomis, M. M. Watkins, et al.. (2004). Development of an Interferometric Laser Ranging System for a Follow-On Gravity Mission to GRACE. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 4 indexed citations
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Loomis, Bryant, et al.. (1968). Time limits of cadaver lung viability. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 56(1). 132–140. 34 indexed citations

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