Gregory A. Lawrence

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Gregory A. Lawrence is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory A. Lawrence has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Atmospheric Science, 33 papers in Oceanography and 26 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Gregory A. Lawrence's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (29 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (23 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (14 papers). Gregory A. Lawrence is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (29 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (23 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (14 papers). Gregory A. Lawrence collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Iran. Gregory A. Lawrence's co-authors include Edmund W. Tedford, Roger Pieters, Craig Stevens, Jeffrey R. Carpenter, Silke Weinfurtner, W. G. Unruh, David Z. Zhu, F. K. Browand, L. G. Redekopp and P. F. Hamblin and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Gregory A. Lawrence

94 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Measurement of Stimulated Hawking Emission in an Analogue... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
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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. Measurement of Stimulated Hawking Emission in an Analogue System
    2011 321 citations Silke Weinfurtner, Edmund W. Tedford et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gregory A. Lawrence Canada 28 873 667 469 432 311 98 2.4k
E. J. Hopfinger France 25 706 0.8× 771 1.2× 1.1k 2.4× 675 1.6× 49 0.2× 47 2.5k
Peter G. Baines Australia 33 2.2k 2.5× 1.9k 2.9× 557 1.2× 671 1.6× 25 0.1× 82 3.7k
Jan Erik H. Weber Norway 20 698 0.8× 473 0.7× 442 0.9× 327 0.8× 13 0.0× 94 1.9k
Roy A. Walters United States 35 1.4k 1.6× 1.1k 1.7× 547 1.2× 699 1.6× 42 0.1× 96 4.2k
Ann E. Gargett United States 34 3.2k 3.7× 1.5k 2.3× 332 0.7× 410 0.9× 30 0.1× 74 4.0k
Sergey Danilov Germany 37 2.0k 2.3× 2.9k 4.3× 338 0.7× 154 0.4× 35 0.1× 157 3.9k
Vernon A. Squire New Zealand 37 2.2k 2.5× 4.1k 6.1× 694 1.5× 954 2.2× 36 0.1× 128 5.1k
Barry Ruddick Canada 28 2.0k 2.3× 1.3k 2.0× 163 0.3× 239 0.6× 29 0.1× 60 2.8k
Chris Garrett Canada 38 4.0k 4.6× 2.3k 3.4× 394 0.8× 797 1.8× 108 0.3× 92 5.5k
Giuseppe Ciraolo Italy 28 241 0.3× 334 0.5× 122 0.3× 233 0.5× 71 0.2× 208 2.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Frigaard, I.A., et al.. (2024). Bubble-induced entrainment at viscoplastic–Newtonian interfaces. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 987. 2 indexed citations
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Giometto, Marco G., et al.. (2024). BoundaryLayerDynamics.jl v1.0: a modern codebase for atmospheric boundary-layer simulations. Geoscientific model development. 17(1). 321–333. 4 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lu, John R. Taylor, Rich R. Kerswell, et al.. (2023). Stratified inclined duct: two-layer hydraulics and instabilities. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 977. 5 indexed citations
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Tedford, Edmund W., et al.. (2021). Bubbles rising through a layer of Carbopol capped with water. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. 300. 104700–104700. 4 indexed citations
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Tedford, Edmund W., et al.. (2019). Spatial Variability of Methane Bubbles in Lake Ice. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Olsthoorn, Jason, Edmund W. Tedford, & Gregory A. Lawrence. (2019). Diffused-interface Rayleigh-Taylor instability with a nonlinear equation of state. Physical Review Fluids. 4(9). 9 indexed citations
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Tedford, Edmund W., et al.. (2018). Temporal variations in turbidity in an oil sands pit lake. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 19(2). 457–473. 37 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Gregory A., et al.. (2015). Growth and damping of interfacial waves on a diffuse interface. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 16(2). 401–412. 5 indexed citations
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Pieters, Roger & Gregory A. Lawrence. (2014). Physical processes and meromixis in pit lakes subject to ice cover. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. 41(6). 569–578. 10 indexed citations
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Guha, Anirban, et al.. (2013). Evolution of a barotropic shear layer into elliptical vortices. Physical Review E. 87(1). 13020–13020. 10 indexed citations
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Weinfurtner, Silke, et al.. (2011). Measurement of Stimulated Hawking Emission in an Analogue System. Physical Review Letters. 106(2). 21302–21302. 321 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lawrence, Gregory A., et al.. (2009). Unsteady two-layer hydraulic exchange flows with friction. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 633. 99–114. 7 indexed citations
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Smyth, William D., Jeffrey R. Carpenter, & Gregory A. Lawrence. (2007). Mixing in Symmetric Holmboe Waves. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 37(6). 1566–1583. 42 indexed citations
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Shipp, Annette M., Gregory A. Lawrence, R.P. Gentry, et al.. (2006). Acrylamide: Review of Toxicity Data and Dose-Response Analyses for Cancer and Noncancer Effects. Critical Reviews in Toxicology. 36(6-7). 481–608. 239 indexed citations
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Clewell, Harvey J., Gregory A. Lawrence, Donald B. Calne, & Kenny S. Crump. (2003). Determination of an Occupational Exposure Guideline for Manganese Using the Benchmark Method. Risk Analysis. 23(5). 1031–1046. 35 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Gregory A., et al.. (1999). Symmetric and nonsymmetric Holmboe instabilities in an inviscid flow. Physics of Fluids. 11(6). 1459–1468. 31 indexed citations
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Stevens, Craig & Gregory A. Lawrence. (1997). The effect of sub-aqueous disposal of mine tailings in standing waters. Journal of Hydraulic Research. 35(2). 147–159. 12 indexed citations
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Swaters, Gordon E., et al.. (1996). Shear instabilities in arrested salt-wedge flows. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. 24(1-4). 173–182. 21 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Gregory A., et al.. (1995). Natural dispersion in a small lake. Limnology and Oceanography. 40(8). 1519–1526. 50 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Gregory A.. (1990). On the hydraulics of Boussinesq and non-Boussinesq two-layer flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 215. 457–480. 66 indexed citations

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