George Veronis

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
95 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

George Veronis is a scholar working on Oceanography, Computational Mechanics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, George Veronis has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Oceanography, 16 papers in Computational Mechanics and 15 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in George Veronis's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (49 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (15 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (10 papers). George Veronis is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (49 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (15 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (10 papers). George Veronis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Jordan. George Veronis's co-authors include E. A. Spiegel, Willem V. R. Malkus, Henry Stommel, Hilding Sundqvist, John R. Taylor, L. N. Howard, George Buzyna, Colin Y. Shen, R. W. Griffiths and Rory Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

George Veronis

90 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

On the Boussinesq Approximation for a Compressible Fluid. 1958 2026 1980 2003 1960 1958 200 400 600
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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.

  1. On the Boussinesq Approximation for a Compressible Fluid.
    1960 675 citations E. A. Spiegel, George Veronis The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. Finite amplitude cellular convection
    1958 486 citations George Veronis et al. Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Veronis United States 27 1.3k 1.1k 722 690 604 95 3.4k
Edward R. Benton United States 17 1.2k 0.9× 933 0.9× 497 0.7× 886 1.3× 362 0.6× 43 3.5k
F. H. Busse Germany 25 2.1k 1.6× 724 0.7× 814 1.1× 612 0.9× 329 0.5× 54 4.3k
Louis N. Howard United States 17 1.1k 0.9× 657 0.6× 236 0.3× 684 1.0× 438 0.7× 38 2.4k
T. Maxworthy United States 42 3.3k 2.5× 1.3k 1.2× 562 0.8× 1.1k 1.6× 303 0.5× 123 6.0k
Joël Sommeria France 35 1.9k 1.5× 1.1k 1.0× 347 0.5× 1.2k 1.7× 720 1.2× 107 4.3k
A. D. D. Craik United Kingdom 23 1.5k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 260 0.4× 617 0.9× 235 0.4× 90 3.3k
Melvin E. Stern United States 26 639 0.5× 2.0k 1.9× 260 0.4× 1.7k 2.4× 980 1.6× 92 3.5k
Willem V. R. Malkus United States 16 1.2k 0.9× 299 0.3× 552 0.8× 320 0.5× 266 0.4× 39 2.4k
E. J. Hopfinger France 29 3.0k 2.3× 301 0.3× 437 0.6× 485 0.7× 543 0.9× 61 4.5k
Robert E. Ecke United States 37 2.4k 1.8× 258 0.2× 531 0.7× 530 0.8× 768 1.3× 126 4.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Veronis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Veronis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Balmforth, Neil J. & George Veronis. (2009). 2008 program of studies : perspectives and challenges in GFD. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Andersson, Helén C. & George Veronis. (2003). Thermohaline circulation in a two-layer model with sloping boundaries and a mid-ocean ridge. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 51(1). 93–106. 3 indexed citations
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Veronis, George. (2000). Which one is correct, 2000 or 2001? How about 1995?. Eos. 81(26). 290–290.
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Veronis, George, et al.. (1994). Strong Deep Recirculations in a Two-Layer Wind-Driven Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 24(4). 759–776. 8 indexed citations
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Shen, Colin Y. & George Veronis. (1991). Scale transition of double-diffusive finger cells. Physics of Fluids A Fluid Dynamics. 3(1). 58–68. 13 indexed citations
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Veronis, George. (1987). The role of the buoyancy layer in determining the structure of salt fingers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 180. 327–342. 13 indexed citations
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Veronis, George. (1986). Comments on “Can a Tracer Field Be Inverted for Velocity?”. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 16(10). 1727–1730. 2 indexed citations
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Thompson, Rory & George Veronis. (1983). Poleward boundary current off Western Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 34(1). 173–185. 17 indexed citations
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Thompson, Rory O. R. Y. & George Veronis. (1980). Transport calculations in the Tasman and Coral seas. Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers. 27(5). 303–323. 14 indexed citations
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St.‐Maurice, J.‐P. & George Veronis. (1975). A multi-scaling analysis of the spin-up problem. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 68(3). 417–445. 16 indexed citations
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Veronis, George, et al.. (1970). The spin-up of a homogeneous fluid bounded below by a permeable medium. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 40(2). 225–239. 3 indexed citations
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Veronis, George, et al.. (1970). Distribution of tracers in the deep oceans of the world. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 17(1). 29–46. 29 indexed citations
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Sundqvist, Hilding & George Veronis. (1970). A simple finite-difference grid with non-constant intervals. Tellus. 22(1). 26–31. 28 indexed citations
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Veronis, George, et al.. (1967). Comparison of Some Recent Experimental and Numerical Results in Bénard Convection. The Physics of Fluids. 10(5). 927–930. 27 indexed citations
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Veronis, George. (1966). Wind-driven ocean circulation—Part 2. Numerical solutions of the non-linear problem. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 13(1). 31–55. 98 indexed citations
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Veronis, George. (1966). Generation of mean ocean circulation by fluctuating winds. Tellus. 18(1). 67–76. 13 indexed citations
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Spiegel, E. A. & George Veronis. (1960). On the Boussinesq Approximation for a Compressible Fluid.. The Astrophysical Journal. 131. 442–442. 675 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stommel, Henry & George Veronis. (1957). Steady Convective Motion in a Horizontal Layer of Fluid Heated Uniformly from Above and Cooled Non-uniformly from Below. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 9(3). 401–407. 17 indexed citations
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Veronis, George & Henry Stommel. (1956). THE ACTION OF VARIABLE WIND STRESSES ON A STRATIFIED OCEAN. 118 indexed citations
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Veronis, George. (1956). Partition of energy between geostrophic and non-geostrophic oceanic motions. Deep Sea Research (1953). 3(3). 157–177. 59 indexed citations

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