Gerard McCarthy

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Gerard McCarthy is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerard McCarthy has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 50 papers in Oceanography and 31 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Gerard McCarthy's work include Climate variability and models (52 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (46 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (18 papers). Gerard McCarthy is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (52 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (46 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (18 papers). Gerard McCarthy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and United States. Gerard McCarthy's co-authors include David Smeed, Harry L. Bryden, Eleanor Frajka‐Williams, William E. Johns, D. Rayner, Ben Moat, Christopher S. Meinen, Molly Baringer, Joël Hirschi and Aurélie Duchez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Gerard McCarthy

74 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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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.

Current Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakest in last millennium

2021 263 citations Levke Caesar, Gerard McCarthy et al. profile →
The North Atlantic Ocean Is in a State of Reduced Overturning

2018 245 citations David Smeed, Simon A. Josey et al. profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerard McCarthy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerard McCarthy

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A noisy-input generalized additive model for relative sea-level change along the Atlantic coast of North America 2024 ·Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics) ·(unknown), Andrew Parnell, Andrew S. Kemp, Erica Ashe, Gerard McCarthy, (unknown)	1
2	The marine heatwave west of Ireland in June 2023 2023 ·Weather ·Gerard McCarthy, Sandra Plecha, Guillaume Charria, Amélie Simon, (unknown), Ana Russo	8
3	The relationship between sea surface temperature anomalies, wind and translation speed and North Atlantic tropical cyclone rainfall over ocean and land 2023 ·Environmental Research Communications ·(unknown), Gerard McCarthy, Xiangbo Feng, Simon A. Josey, (unknown), André Düsterhus, (unknown), Joël Hirschi	9
4	The water mass transformation framework and variability in hurricane activity 2022 ·Climate Dynamics ·(unknown), Robert Marsh, Jeremy P. Grist, Gerard McCarthy	1
5	Early warning signal for a tipping point suggested by a millennial Atlantic Multidecadal Variability reconstruction 2022 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Didier Swingedouw, Pablo Ortega, Guillaume Gastineau, Emmanuel Mignot, Gerard McCarthy, Myriam Khodri	33
6	A newly reconciled dataset for identifying sea level rise and variability in Dublin Bay 2022 ·Ocean science ·(unknown), Andrew Parnell, (unknown), Peter Thorne, Brian P. Kelleher, R. J. N. Devoy, Gerard McCarthy	3
7	Mean sea level and tidal change in Ireland since 1842: a case study of Cork 2021 ·Ocean science ·David T. Pugh, (unknown), Robin Edwards, Peter J. Hogarth, (unknown), Philip Woodworth, Gerard McCarthy	3
8	A 30-year reconstruction of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation shows no decline 2021 ·Ocean science ·(unknown), Ben Moat, David Smeed, Jennifer Mecking, Robert Marsh, Gerard McCarthy	58
9	The Evolution of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation for more than 1000 Years 2020 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Levke Caesar, Gerard McCarthy, David Thornalley, Stefan Rahmstorf	1
10	The Relationship Between U.S. East Coast Sea Level and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: A Review 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Christopher M. Little, Aixue Hu, Christopher W. Hughes, Gerard McCarthy, Christopher G. Piecuch, Rui M. Ponte, Matthew Thomas	81
11	A 305-year continuous monthly rainfall series for the island of Ireland (1711–2016) 2018 ·Climate of the past ·Conor Murphy, Ciarán Broderick, Timothy P. Burt, Mary Curley, Catriona Duffy, Julia Hall, Shaun Harrigan, Tom Matthews, Neil Macdonald, Gerard McCarthy, Mark McCarthy, Donal Mullan, Simon Noone, Timothy J. Osborn, (unknown), John Sweeney, Peter Thorne, Séamus Walsh, Robert L. Wilby	46
12	Compensation between meridional flow components of the AMOC at 26° N 2015 ·ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) ·Eleanor Frajka‐Williams, Christopher S. Meinen, William E. Johns, David Smeed, Aurélie Duchez, (unknown), (unknown), Gerard McCarthy, Harry L. Bryden, Ben Moat, D. Rayner	1
13	Impact of a 30% reduction in Atlantic meridional overturning during 2009–2010 2014 ·Ocean science ·Harry L. Bryden, Brian King, Gerard McCarthy, Elaine L. McDonagh	67
14	Meridional overturning circulation and heat transport observations in the Atlantic Ocean 2013 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·Molly Baringer, William E. Johns, Gerard McCarthy, J. K. Willis, Silvia L. Garzoli, Matthias Lankhorst, Christopher S. Meinen, Uwe Send, Will Hobbs, Stuart A. Cunningham, D. Rayner, David Smeed, Torsten Kanzow, Patrick Heimbach, Eleanor Frajka‐Williams, Alison M. Macdonald, Shenfu Dong, Jochem Marotzke	2
15	Meridional overturning circulation and heat transport observations in the Atlantic Ocean [in 'state of the Climate in 2012'] 2013 ·eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) ·(unknown), (unknown), Gerard McCarthy, J. K. Willis, Silvia L. Garzoli, Matthias Lankhorst, (unknown), Uwe Send, Will Hobbs, (unknown), D. Rayner, (unknown), (unknown), Patrick Heimbach, Eleanor Frajka‐Williams, Alison M. Macdonald, Shenfu Dong, Jochem Marotzke	6
16	Underwater gliders as virtual moorings; lessons from the RAPID program 2013 ·EGUGA ·David Smeed, Gerard McCarthy, David White	1
17	Observed decline of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation 2004 to 2012 2013 ·INFM-OAR (INFN Catania) ·David Smeed, Gerard McCarthy, Stuart A. Cunningham, Eleanor Frajka‐Williams, D. Rayner, William E. Johns, Christopher S. Meinen, Molly Baringer, Ben Moat, Aurélie Duchez, Harry L. Bryden	21
18	Dramatic Interannual Variability in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) at 26°N 2012 ·EGUGA ·Eleanor Frajka‐Williams, Stuart A. Cunningham, Torsten Kanzow, William E. Johns, (unknown), Harry L. Bryden, Molly Baringer, Gerard McCarthy	1
19	Eradication of endotracheal tube biofilm by nebulised gentamicin 2002 ·Intensive Care Medicine ·C. G. Adair, Shelley Gorman, Lynn Byers, David S. Jones, (unknown), Mary Crowe, H. Webb, Gerard McCarthy, K. R. Milligan	57
20	Onset and duration of action of vecuronium in the elderly: comparison with adults 1992 ·Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica ·Gerard McCarthy, Paul Elliott, R. K. Mirakhur, R.G. Cooper, (unknown), R. S. J. Clarke	22

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