Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies
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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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Reniers, Ad, et al.. (2008). Grain Size and Morphological Variability. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008.1 indexed citations
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Holman, R. A., Graham Symonds, Edward B. Thornton, & Roshanka Ranasinghe. (2006). Rip spacing and persistence on an embayed beach. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(C1).107 indexed citations
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Lippmann, T. C., et al.. (2002). A CFD Model for Wave Transformation and Breaking in the Surf Zone. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002.1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Edward B., et al.. (1999). Sand Bars at Duck, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Observations and Model Predictions. Coastal Sediments. 491–504.2 indexed citations
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Thornton, Edward B., et al.. (1999). Vertical and Horizontal Coherence Length Scales of Suspended Sediments. Coastal Sediments. 225–240.
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Svendsen, Ib A., Francisco Sancho, Joan Oltman‐Shay, & Edward B. Thornton. (1998). Modeling Nearshore Circulation Under Field Conditions. 765–776.2 indexed citations
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Lippmann, Thomas C., T. H. C. Herbers, & Edward B. Thornton. (1998). Cross-Shore Variability of Infragravity Wave Pressure and Velocities on a Barred Beach. Coastal dynamics. 1023–1032.3 indexed citations
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Lippmann, Thomas C., Edward B. Thornton, & Ad Reniers. (1996). Wave Stress and Longshore Current on Barred Profiles. Coastal dynamics. 401–412.8 indexed citations
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Thornton, Edward B., et al.. (1996). Vertical Profiles of Longshore Currents and Bed Shear Stress. Coastal dynamics. 449–459.3 indexed citations
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Thornton, Edward B., et al.. (1996). A Quasi-3D Model of Longshore Currents. Coastal dynamics. 389–400.2 indexed citations
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Reniers, Ad, Edward B. Thornton, & Thomas C. Lippmann. (1996). Longshore Currents Over Barred Beaches. Coastal dynamics. 413–424.10 indexed citations
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Thornton, Edward B., et al.. (1995). Acoustic sediment flux measurements from DUCK '94. Coastal dynamics. 739–748.1 indexed citations
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Birkemeier, William A. & Edward B. Thornton. (1994). The DUCK94 Nearshore Field Experiment. Coastal dynamics. 815–821.16 indexed citations
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Thornton, Edward B., et al.. (1991). Sediment Transport in the Swash Due to Obliquely Incident Wind-Waves Modulated by Infragravity Waves. Coastal Sediments. 100–113.9 indexed citations
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Scott, Katherine A., Edward B. Thornton, & William A. Birkemeier. (1991). Mean Currents and Sediment Transport at DELILAH. Coastal Sediments. 477–488.2 indexed citations
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Thornton, Edward B., et al.. (1987). Predicting Erosion on the Recessive Monterey Bay Shoreline. Coastal Sediments. 1809–1824.4 indexed citations
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