Daniel G. Wright

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Daniel G. Wright is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel G. Wright has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Oceanography, 36 papers in Atmospheric Science and 24 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Daniel G. Wright's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (54 papers), Climate variability and models (22 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (20 papers). Daniel G. Wright is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (54 papers), Climate variability and models (22 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (20 papers). Daniel G. Wright collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Daniel G. Wright's co-authors include Thomas F. Stocker, Rainer Feistel, Trevor J. McDougall, Frank J. Millero, J. R. Lazier, John W. Loder, G. Mertz, Lawrence A. Mysak, D. R. Jackett and Wallace S. Broecker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Daniel G. Wright

82 papers receiving 4.0k 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. The composition of Standard Seawater and the definition of the Reference-Composition Salinity Scale
    2007 852 citations Frank J. Millero, Rainer Feistel et al. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel G. Wright Canada 33 2.3k 2.2k 1.6k 503 421 84 4.3k
Xinyu Guo China 37 3.0k 1.3× 1.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 327 0.7× 763 1.8× 257 4.6k
William E. Asher United States 32 2.0k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 978 0.6× 281 0.6× 209 0.5× 91 4.0k
Jia Wang United States 42 2.2k 1.0× 3.5k 1.6× 2.6k 1.6× 736 1.5× 754 1.8× 198 5.9k
Min Chen China 29 1.6k 0.7× 770 0.4× 469 0.3× 608 1.2× 717 1.7× 196 3.6k
Cameron McIntyre Switzerland 29 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.7× 650 0.4× 858 1.7× 1.2k 2.9× 77 3.8k
David T. Ho United States 34 2.3k 1.0× 1.0k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 611 1.2× 705 1.7× 91 3.8k
Robert K. Nelson United States 43 1.3k 0.6× 485 0.2× 1.5k 0.9× 604 1.2× 799 1.9× 132 6.1k
Ira Leifer United States 39 1.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 2.6k 1.6× 2.5k 4.9× 345 0.8× 120 5.0k
Anil K. Gupta India 39 1.3k 0.6× 4.7k 2.1× 1.1k 0.7× 559 1.1× 1.5k 3.6× 208 6.4k
Dieter Wolf‐Gladrow Germany 48 4.9k 2.2× 1.7k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 1.4k 2.7× 2.2k 5.3× 135 8.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel G. Wright

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel G. Wright

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Daniel G. Wright. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Daniel G. Wright 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 Daniel G. Wright. Daniel G. Wright 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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McKay, Kathy, et al.. (2025). “I was being true to myself”: Listening to young people talk about gender identity and transition. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health. 7. 100550–100550.
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Nixon, J.D., Daniel G. Wright, Prasanta Kumar Dey, Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, & P.A. Davies. (2013). A comparative assessment of waste incinerators in the UK. Waste Management. 33(11). 2234–2244. 56 indexed citations
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Wright, Daniel G., et al.. (2011). Bioenergy Decision Support Systems: Worth the Effort?. Linköping electronic conference proceedings. 57. 9–16. 3 indexed citations
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Seitz, Steffen, et al.. (2011). Metrological traceability of oceanographic salinity measurement results. Ocean science. 7(1). 45–62. 30 indexed citations
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Wright, Daniel G., Rich Pawlowicz, Trevor J. McDougall, Rainer Feistel, & G. M. Marion. (2011). Absolute Salinity, ''Density Salinity'' and the Reference-Composition Salinity Scale: present and future use in the seawater standard TEOS-10. Ocean science. 7(1). 1–26. 63 indexed citations
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Feistel, Rainer, G. M. Marion, Rich Pawlowicz, & Daniel G. Wright. (2010). Thermophysical property anomalies of Baltic seawater. Ocean science. 6(4). 949–981. 15 indexed citations
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Wright, Daniel G., Rainer Feistel, J. H. Reissmann, et al.. (2010). Numerical implementation and oceanographic application of the thermodynamic potentials of liquid water, water vapour, ice, seawater and humid air – Part 2: The library routines. Ocean science. 6(3). 695–718. 24 indexed citations
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Feistel, Rainer, H. Wolf, Steffen Seitz, et al.. (2010). Density and Absolute Salinity of the Baltic Sea 2006–2009. Ocean science. 6(1). 3–24. 121 indexed citations
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Feistel, Rainer, et al.. (2010). Thermodynamic properties of sea air. Ocean science. 6(1). 91–141. 37 indexed citations
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Feistel, Rainer, Daniel G. Wright, Allan H. Harvey, et al.. (2008). Mutually consistent thermodynamic potentials for fluid water, ice and seawater: a new standard for oceanography. Ocean science. 4(4). 275–291. 32 indexed citations
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Millero, Frank J., Rainer Feistel, Daniel G. Wright, & Trevor J. McDougall. (2007). The composition of Standard Seawater and the definition of the Reference-Composition Salinity Scale. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 55(1). 50–72. 852 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stocker, Thomas F. & Daniel G. Wright. (1996). Rapid changes in ocean circulation and atmospheric radiocarbon. Paleoceanography. 11(6). 773–795. 124 indexed citations
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Lazier, J. R. & Daniel G. Wright. (1993). Annual Velocity Variations in the Labrador Current. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 23(4). 659–678. 223 indexed citations
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Stocker, Thomas F., Lawrence A. Mysak, & Daniel G. Wright. (1992). A Zonally Averaged, Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model for Paleoclimate Studies. Journal of Climate. 5(8). 773–797. 214 indexed citations
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Middleton, John & Daniel G. Wright. (1990). Coastally Trapped Waves in a Stratified Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 20(9). 1521–1527. 6 indexed citations
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Middleton, John & Daniel G. Wright. (1988). Shelf Wave Scattering due to Longshore Jump in Topography. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 18(2). 230–242. 9 indexed citations
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Elder, R. L., et al.. (1979). Preliminary Studies Using Photon Correlation Velocimetry in Turbomachinery and Combustion Systems. Physica Scripta. 19(4). 441–446. 1 indexed citations

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