D. Shankar

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

D. Shankar is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Shankar has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Oceanography, 42 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 36 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in D. Shankar's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (65 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (34 papers) and Climate variability and models (30 papers). D. Shankar is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (65 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (34 papers) and Climate variability and models (30 papers). D. Shankar collaborates with scholars based in India, France and United States. D. Shankar's co-authors include S.R. Shetye, S. S. C. Shenoi, P. N. Vinayachandran, A.S. Unnikrishnan, Fabien Durand, Julian P. McCreary, Weiqing Han, Abhisek Chatterjee, D. Sundar and Clément de Boyer Montégut and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

D. Shankar

84 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

The monsoon currents in the north Indian Ocean 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 200 400 600
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. The monsoon currents in the north Indian Ocean
    2002 646 citations D. Shankar, P. N. Vinayachandran et al. Progress In Oceanography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. Shankar India 40 4.4k 2.8k 2.0k 589 334 85 5.3k
S. S. C. Shenoi India 36 3.9k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 468 0.8× 375 1.1× 88 4.7k
Patrick Marchesiello France 42 5.4k 1.2× 3.5k 1.2× 3.0k 1.5× 796 1.4× 638 1.9× 99 6.4k
Alexey Mishonov United States 26 3.3k 0.7× 2.1k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 935 1.6× 215 0.6× 48 4.5k
Bruno Blanke France 36 3.2k 0.7× 2.5k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 440 0.7× 171 0.5× 76 4.2k
Xiaopei Lin China 28 2.2k 0.5× 2.2k 0.8× 2.3k 1.1× 514 0.9× 363 1.1× 144 4.0k
Julio Candela Mexico 35 2.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 799 1.4× 634 1.9× 87 3.8k
M. Susan Lozier United States 41 3.5k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 2.2k 1.1× 469 0.8× 266 0.8× 108 4.3k
Edmo Campos Brazil 33 2.9k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 1.0k 1.7× 566 1.7× 90 4.2k
Hernan E. Garcia United States 24 3.9k 0.9× 2.7k 0.9× 2.4k 1.2× 936 1.6× 215 0.6× 35 5.2k
R. R. Leben United States 31 4.0k 0.9× 3.2k 1.1× 2.5k 1.2× 631 1.1× 215 0.6× 100 5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by D. Shankar

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. Shankar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Shankar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of D. Shankar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of D. Shankar 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 D. Shankar. D. Shankar 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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Sahu, Ranjan K., et al.. (2025). Observed sea level and currents in the Indo-Sri Lanka channel: Seasonal transport, tidal characteristics, and the role of remote forcing. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 316. 109154–109154. 1 indexed citations
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Shankar, D., et al.. (2024). The water budget of the Mahadayi river and its implications for the inter-state dispute. Journal of Earth System Science. 133(4). 1 indexed citations
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Shankar, D., V. Vijith, D. Sundar, et al.. (2021). Variation of salinity in the Sundarbans Estuarine System during the Equinoctial Spring tidal phase of March 2011. Journal of Earth System Science. 130(3). 3 indexed citations
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Francis, P. A., et al.. (2020). Structure and dynamics of undercurrents in the western boundary current of the Bay of Bengal. Ocean Dynamics. 70(3). 387–404. 17 indexed citations
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Shankar, D., S G Aparna, Amol Prakash, et al.. (2020). Observed variability of the West India Coastal Current on the continental slope from 2009–2018. Journal of Earth System Science. 129(1). 27 indexed citations
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Shankar, D., et al.. (2020). Observed variability of the East India Coastal Current on the continental shelf during 2010–2018. Journal of Earth System Science. 129(1). 4 indexed citations
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Prakash, Amol, et al.. (2020). Modulation of chlorophyll concentration by downwelling Rossby waves during the winter monsoon in the southeastern Arabian Sea. Progress In Oceanography. 186. 102365–102365. 21 indexed citations
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Anil, Arga Chandrashekar, et al.. (2017). Picophytoplankton variability: Influence of winter convective mixing and advection in the northeastern Arabian Sea. Journal of Marine Systems. 180. 37–48. 16 indexed citations
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Subramanian, Ramanathan, D. Shankar, Nicu Sebe, & David Melcher. (2014). Emotion modulates eye movement patterns and subsequent memory for the gist and details of movie scenes. Journal of Vision. 14(3). 31–31. 31 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, A., D. Shankar, V. Fernando, et al.. (2014). Observed seasonal and intraseasonal variability of the East India Coastal Current on the continental slope. Journal of Earth System Science. 123(6). 1197–1232. 68 indexed citations
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Suprit, K., et al.. (2012). Simulating the daily discharge of the Mandovi River, west coast of India. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 57(4). 686–704. 12 indexed citations
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Prakash, Amol, D. Shankar, S G Aparna, et al.. (2012). Observational evidence from direct current measurements for propagation of remotely forced waves on the shelf off the west coast of India. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 117(C5). 49 indexed citations
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Durand, Fabien, D. Shankar, Florence Birol, & S. S. C. Shenoi. (2008). Estimating boundary currents from satellite altimetry: A case study for the east coast of India. Journal of Oceanography. 64(6). 831–845. 39 indexed citations
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Vinayachandran, P. N., D. Shankar, Jaison Kurian, Fabien Durand, & S. S. C. Shenoi. (2007). Arabian Sea mini warm pool and the monsoon onset vortex. Current Science. 93(2). 203–214. 62 indexed citations
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Shankar, D., et al.. (2007). Vertical propagation of baroclinic Kelvin waves along the west coast of India. Journal of Earth System Science. 116(4). 331–339. 28 indexed citations
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Shankar, D., et al.. (2005). Role of ocean in the genesis and annihilation of the core of the warm pool in the southeastern Arabian Sea. MAUSAM. 56(1). 147–160. 43 indexed citations
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Shetye, S.R., et al.. (2005). Estimating the seaward extent of sea breeze from QuikSCAT scatterometry. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(13). 45 indexed citations
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Shankar, D., et al.. (2004). A quantitative framework for estimating water resources in India. Current Science. 86(4). 543–552. 11 indexed citations
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Shenoi, S. S. C., D. Shankar, & S.R. Shetye. (2004). Remote forcing annihilates barrier layer in southeastern Arabian Sea. Geophysical Research Letters. 31(5). 68 indexed citations
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Shenoi, S. S. C., D. Shankar, & S.R. Shetye. (1999). On the sea surface temperature high in the Lakshadweep Sea before the onset of the southwest monsoon. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(C7). 15703–15712. 139 indexed citations

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