Geno Pawlak

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Geno Pawlak is a scholar working on Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Geno Pawlak has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Oceanography, 29 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 26 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Geno Pawlak's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (40 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (27 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (23 papers). Geno Pawlak is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (40 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (27 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (23 papers). Geno Pawlak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Panama. Geno Pawlak's co-authors include Parker MacCready, Stephen G. Monismith, Laurence Armi, Kristen A. Davis, Ryan Lowe, Marion Bandet, Marlin J. Atkinson, James L. Falter, Jeffrey R. Koseff and Aryan Safaie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Geno Pawlak

73 papers receiving 1.8k 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. High frequency temperature variability reduces the risk of coral bleaching
    2018 262 citations Aryan Safaie, Nyssa J. Silbiger et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Geno Pawlak United States 24 998 740 647 545 337 75 1.8k
D. F. Hill United States 28 672 0.7× 527 0.7× 578 0.9× 1.2k 2.1× 463 1.4× 79 2.2k
Peter A. Davies United Kingdom 27 1.2k 1.2× 392 0.5× 619 1.0× 762 1.4× 386 1.1× 123 2.2k
Shih‐Chun Hsiao Taiwan 24 720 0.7× 364 0.5× 1.1k 1.8× 732 1.3× 213 0.6× 91 1.8k
Eugene A. Terray United States 24 2.3k 2.3× 431 0.6× 800 1.2× 1.2k 2.2× 428 1.3× 58 2.8k
Claudia Adduce Italy 27 679 0.7× 503 0.7× 1.2k 1.9× 618 1.1× 125 0.4× 68 1.8k
Alex E. Hay Canada 31 1.6k 1.6× 1.5k 2.1× 1.9k 2.9× 629 1.2× 173 0.5× 140 3.1k
J. Imberger Australia 27 1.7k 1.7× 543 0.7× 579 0.9× 783 1.4× 586 1.7× 60 3.0k
Grant B. Deane United States 30 1.7k 1.7× 408 0.6× 536 0.8× 993 1.8× 460 1.4× 135 3.3k
A.G. Davies United Kingdom 31 1.1k 1.1× 1.6k 2.2× 2.3k 3.6× 655 1.2× 225 0.7× 99 3.4k
James D. Irish United States 24 1.4k 1.4× 662 0.9× 943 1.5× 585 1.1× 590 1.8× 100 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Geno Pawlak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Geno Pawlak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Geno Pawlak. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Geno Pawlak. The network helps show where Geno Pawlak may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Geno Pawlak

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Geno Pawlak. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Geno Pawlak 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 Geno Pawlak. Geno Pawlak 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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Rogers, Justin S., et al.. (2025). Climate‐Driven Stratification Intensifies Internal Wave Cooling on a Shallow Island Reef. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(14).
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Masunaga, Eiji, et al.. (2025). Semidiurnal Inner Shelf Flow in the Southern California Bight. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 130(5).
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Collin, Rachel, Andrew H. Altieri, Kathryn E. Clark, et al.. (2024). Using forty years of research to view Bahía Almirante on the Caribbean Coast of Panama as an integrated social-ecological system. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 306. 108878–108878. 3 indexed citations
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Pawlak, Geno, et al.. (2024). The Influence of Caribbean Current Eddies on Coastal Circulation in the Southwest Caribbean Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 54(10). 2119–2132. 1 indexed citations
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Clark, Kathryn E., Sarah N. Giddings, Kristen A. Davis, et al.. (2022). Land Use and Land Cover Shape River Water Quality at a Continental Caribbean Land-Ocean Interface. Frontiers in Water. 4. 8 indexed citations
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Giddings, Sarah N., et al.. (2021). Generation of Low‐Latitude Seamount‐Trapped Waves: A Case Study of the Seychelles Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(8). 1 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Sutanu, et al.. (2021). Tidal Synchronization of Lee Vortices in Geophysical Wakes. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(4). 7 indexed citations
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Giddings, Sarah N., et al.. (2020). Observations and Modeling of Ocean Circulation in the Seychelles Plateau Region. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(2). 6 indexed citations
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Christianson, Caleb, et al.. (2020). Cephalopod-inspired robot capable of cyclic jet propulsion through shape change. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 16(1). 16014–16014. 48 indexed citations
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Giddings, Sarah N., Eric D. Stein, Jeffrey A. Crooks, et al.. (2020). Effects of Elevated Sea Levels and Waves on Southern California Estuaries During the 2015–2016 El Niño. Estuaries and Coasts. 43(2). 256–271. 14 indexed citations
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Giddings, Sarah N., et al.. (2020). Generation of Quasi‐Biweekly Yanai Waves in the Equatorial Indian Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(16). 7 indexed citations
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Safaie, Aryan, Nyssa J. Silbiger, Tim R. McClanahan, et al.. (2018). High frequency temperature variability reduces the risk of coral bleaching. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1671–1671. 262 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sánchez, Antonio L., C. Martı́nez-Bazán, C. Gutiérrez-Montes, et al.. (2018). On the bulk motion of the cerebrospinal fluid in the spinal canal. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 841. 203–227. 40 indexed citations
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Monismith, Stephen G., et al.. (2017). Buoyancy fluxes in stratified flows: observations and parameterizations. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Koseff, Jeffrey R., et al.. (2016). Direct measurements of flux Richardson number in the nearshore coastal ocean. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1(1). 1 indexed citations
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Davis, Kristen A., et al.. (2016). Dynamics of Cross-Shore Thermal Exchange Over Nonuniform Bathymetry. 2016. 1 indexed citations
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Pawlak, Geno, et al.. (2014). Diurnal cross‐shore thermal exchange on a tropical forereef. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 119(9). 6101–6120. 25 indexed citations
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Pawlak, Geno, et al.. (2011). Three-dimensional vortex dynamics in oscillatory flow separation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 674. 408–432. 9 indexed citations
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Vitousek, Sean, Charles H. Fletcher, M. A. Merrifield, Geno Pawlak, & Curt D. Storlazzi. (2007). Model Scenarios of Shoreline Change at Kaanapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii: Seasonal and Extreme Events. 1227–1240. 11 indexed citations
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Pawlak, Geno, Parker MacCready, Kathleen A. Edwards, & Ryan M. McCabe. (2003). Observations on the evolution of tidal vorticity at a stratified deep water headland. Geophysical Research Letters. 30(24). 39 indexed citations

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