François Primeau

9.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
105 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

François Primeau is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, François Primeau has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Oceanography, 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 30 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in François Primeau's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (64 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (45 papers) and Climate variability and models (30 papers). François Primeau is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (64 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (45 papers) and Climate variability and models (30 papers). François Primeau collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. François Primeau's co-authors include Tim DeVries, Mark Holzer, J. Keith Moore, Adam C. Martiny, Samar Khatiwala, Eun Young Kwon, Martín G. Cole, Jane McCusker, Tim Hall and Jorge L. Sarmiento and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

François Primeau

103 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Reconstruction of the history of anthropogenic CO2 concentrations in the ocean

2009 461 citations François Primeau et al. profile →
Strong latitudinal patterns in the elemental ratios of marine plankton and organic matter

2013 415 citations Adam C. Martiny, François Primeau et al. profile →
Sustained climate warming drives declining marine biological productivity

2018 308 citations J. Keith Moore, Weiwei Fu et al. Science profile →
Convergent estimates of marine nitrogen fixation

2019 217 citations Wei‐Lei Wang, J. Keith Moore et al. profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by François Primeau

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Primeau

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of François Primeau. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of François Primeau 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 François Primeau. François Primeau is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The weak land carbon sink hypothesis 2025 ·Science Advances ·James T. Randerson, Yue Li, Weiwei Fu, François Primeau, (unknown), M. Mu, Forrest M. Hoffman, Anna T. Trugman, Linqing Yang, Chao Wu, Jonathan Wang, William R. L. Anderegg, Alessandro Baccini, M. A. Friedl, Sassan Saatchi, Scott Denning, Michael L. Goulden	0
2	Surface-to-Interior Transport Timescales and Ventilation Patterns in a Time-Dependent Circulation Driven by Sustained Climate Warming 2023 ·Journal of Physical Oceanography ·Yi Liu, François Primeau	1
3	Optimal parameters for the ocean's nutrient, carbon, and oxygen cycles compensate for circulation biases but replumb the biological pump 2023 ·Biogeosciences ·(unknown), Mark Holzer, Matthew A. Chamberlain, Richard J. Matear, Nathaniel L. Bindoff, François Primeau	3
4	Rejuvenating the ocean: mean ocean radiocarbon, CO ₂ release, and radiocarbon budget closure across the last deglaciation 2023 ·Climate of the past ·Luke C Skinner, François Primeau, Aurich Jeltsch‐Thömmes, Fortunat Joos, Peter Köhler, Édouard Bard	9
5	Depth Variance of Organic Matter Respiration Stoichiometry in the Subtropical North Atlantic and the Implications for the Global Oxygen Cycle 2023 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·(unknown), (unknown), François Primeau, Allison R. Moreno, (unknown), Rodney J. Johnson, Adam C. Martiny	3
6	Estimating Three‐Dimensional Carbon‐To‐Phosphorus Stoichiometry of Exported Marine Organic Matter 2022 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Eun Young Kwon, Mark Holzer, Axel Timmermann, François Primeau	8
7	Reduced CO2 uptake and growing nutrient sequestration from slowing overturning circulation 2022 ·Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Yi Liu, J. Keith Moore, François Primeau, Wei‐Lei Wang	1
8	AIBECS.jl: A tool for exploring global marine biogeochemical cycles. 2022 ·The Journal of Open Source Software ·(unknown), François Primeau, Seth G. John	5
9	Reduced CO2 uptake and growing nutrient sequestration from slowing overturning circulation 2022 ·Nature Climate Change ·Yi Liu, J. Keith Moore, François Primeau, Wei‐Lei Wang	20
10	Reduced CO2 uptake and growing nutrient sequestration from slowing overturning circulation 2022 ·Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Yi Liu, J. Keith Moore, François Primeau, Wei‐Lei Wang	1
11	Modeling Ocean Color Niche Selection by Synechococcus Blue‐Green Acclimaters 2021 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·(unknown), (unknown), François Primeau, Adam C. Martiny, Katherine R. M. Mackey	2
12	Anthropogenic Impacts on Atmospheric Carbonyl Sulfide Since the 19th Century Inferred From Polar Firn Air and Ice Core Measurements 2020 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Murat Aydın, Gregory L. Britten, S. A. Montzka, Christo Buizert, François Primeau, V. V. Petrenko, (unknown), (unknown), John D. Patterson, Benjamin Hmiel, E. S. Saltzman	11
13	Latitudinal gradient in the respiration quotient and the implications for ocean oxygen availability 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Allison R. Moreno, Catherine A. Garcia, Alyse A. Larkin, Jenna A. Lee, Wei‐Lei Wang, J. Keith Moore, François Primeau, Adam C. Martiny	23
14	Sustained climate warming drives declining marine biological productivity breakdown → 2018 ·Science ·J. Keith Moore, Weiwei Fu, François Primeau, Gregory L. Britten, Keith Lindsay, Matthew C. Long, Scott C. Doney, N. M. Mahowald, Forrest M. Hoffman, James T. Randerson	308
15	Modeling oceanic nitrite concentrations and isotopes using a 3Dinverse N cycle model 2018 ·Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union) ·(unknown), François Primeau, Karen L. Casciotti	1
16	Marine denitrification rates determined from a global 3-D inverse model 2013 ·Biogeosciences ·Tim DeVries, Curtis Deutsch, Patrick A. Rafter, François Primeau	123
17	An Improved Method for Estimating Water-Mass Ventilation Age from Radiocarbon Measurements 2009 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Tim DeVries, François Primeau	4
18	How much water forms in the Southern Ocean? A maximum entropy approach to global water mass analysis. 2008 ·AGUFM ·François Primeau, (unknown)	1
19	A Maximum Entropy Approach to Water Mass Analysis 2006 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown), François Primeau	3
20	Use of Medications With Anticholinergic Effect Predicts Clinical Severity of Delirium Symptoms in Older Medical Inpatients 2001 ·Archives of Internal Medicine ·Ling Han, Jane McCusker, Martín G. Cole, Michał Abrahamowicz, François Primeau, Michel Élie	334

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