Ian R. Young

14.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
203 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Ian R. Young is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian R. Young has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Oceanography, 93 papers in Atmospheric Science and 88 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Ian R. Young's work include Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (154 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (89 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (87 papers). Ian R. Young is often cited by papers focused on Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (154 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (89 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (87 papers). Ian R. Young collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Ian R. Young's co-authors include Alexander V. Babanin, Stefan Zieger, Agustinus Ribal, Michael L. Banner, L.A. Verhagen, J. Vinoth, Wolfgang Rosenthal, F. Ziemer, Mark A. Donelan and Alberto Meucci and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Ian R. Young

194 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Global Trends in Wind Speed and Wave Height

2011 798 citations Ian R. Young, Stefan Zieger et al. profile →
A three‐dimensional analysis of marine radar images for the determination of ocean wave directionality and surface currents

1985 399 citations Ian R. Young et al. profile →
Multiplatform evaluation of global trends in wind speed and wave height

2019 379 citations Ian R. Young, Agustinus Ribal profile →
Projections of global-scale extreme sea levels and resulting episodic coastal flooding over the 21st Century

2020 356 citations Ebru Kirezci, Ian R. Young et al. Scientific Reports profile →
33 years of globally calibrated wave height and wind speed data based on altimeter observations

2019 211 citations Agustinus Ribal, Ian R. Young profile →

Peers

Ian R. Young

OCEAN

GPC

ECOLO

Nobuhito Mori Japan

David Woolf United Kingdom

Jian Shen United States

Neil J. White Australia

Robert H. Stewart United States

Gregory W. Stone United States

Emmanuel Boss United States

Chris D. Clark United Kingdom

Yonggang Liu United States

Knut Stamnes United States

Nobuhito Mori Japan

Ian R. Young

2.7k ×0.4

OCEAN

3.0k ×0.6

2.5k ×0.6

1.4k ×0.9

GPC

696 ×0.6

ECOLO

Citations per year, relative to Ian R. Young Ian R. Young (= 1×) peers Nobuhito Mori

Countries citing papers authored by Ian R. Young

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian R. Young

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian R. Young

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ian R. Young. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ian R. Young 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 Ian R. Young. Ian R. Young 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

Meucci, Alberto, et al.. (2025). From global to regional-scale CMIP6-derived wind wave extremes: a single-GCM HighResMIP and CORDEX downscaling experiment in South-East Australia. Climate Dynamics. 63(2). 1 indexed citations

Young, Ian R., et al.. (2024). A model for the spatial distribution of ocean wave parameters in tropical cyclones. Ocean Engineering. 317. 120091–120091. 2 indexed citations

Young, Ian R., et al.. (2023). Comparative Performance of Radar, Laser, and Waverider Buoy Measurements of Ocean Waves. Part I: Frequency Domain Analysis. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 40(5). 605–627. 7 indexed citations

Ewans, Kevin, et al.. (2023). Comparative Performance of Radar, Laser, and Waverider Buoy Measurements of Ocean Waves. Part II: Time-Domain Analysis. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 40(8). 939–956. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Jin, Alberto Meucci, Qingxiang Liu, et al.. (2023). A high-resolution wave energy assessment of south-east Australia based on a 40-year hindcast. Renewable Energy. 215. 118943–118943. 26 indexed citations

Liu, Jin, Alberto Meucci, & Ian R. Young. (2023). Projected 21st Century Wind‐Wave Climate of Bass Strait and South‐East Australia: Comparison of EC‐Earth3 and ACCESS‐CM2 Climate Model Forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 128(4). 12 indexed citations

Meucci, Alberto, Ian R. Young, Acacia Pepler, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of Spectral Wave Models Physics as Applied to a 100‐Year Southern Hemisphere Extra‐Tropical Cyclone Sea State. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 128(9). 9 indexed citations

Liu, Jin, Alberto Meucci, & Ian R. Young. (2023). A Comparison of Multiple Approaches to Study the Modulation of Ocean Waves Due To Climate Variability. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 128(9). 14 indexed citations

Young, Ian R., et al.. (2023). Development and validation of a parametric tropical cyclone wave height prediction model. Ocean Engineering. 283. 115353–115353. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Jin, Alberto Meucci, & Ian R. Young. (2022). Projected wave climate of Bass Strait and south-east Australia by the end of the twenty-first century. Climate Dynamics. 60(1-2). 393–407. 16 indexed citations

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Meucci, Alberto, Ian R. Young, Mark Hemer, Claire Trenham, & I. G. Watterson. (2022). 140 Years of Global Ocean Wind-Wave Climate Derived from CMIP6 ACCESS-CM2 and EC-Earth3 GCMs: Global Trends, Regional Changes, and Future Projections. Journal of Climate. 36(6). 1605–1631. 43 indexed citations

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Liu, Jin, Alberto Meucci, Qingxiang Liu, et al.. (2022). The wave climate of Bass Strait and South-East Australia. Ocean Modelling. 172. 101980–101980. 36 indexed citations

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Ewans, Kevin, et al.. (2022). On the Functionality of Radar and Laser Ocean Wave Sensors. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10(9). 1260–1260. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Qingxiang, Alexander V. Babanin, W. Erick Rogers, et al.. (2021). Global Wave Hindcasts Using the Observation‐Based Source Terms: Description and Validation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 13(8). 49 indexed citations

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Kirezci, Ebru, Ian R. Young, Roshanka Ranasinghe, et al.. (2020). Projections of global-scale extreme sea levels and resulting episodic coastal flooding over the 21st Century. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 356 indexed citations breakdown →

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Meucci, Alberto, Ian R. Young, & Øyvind Breivik. (2018). Wind and Wave Extremes from Atmosphere and Wave Model Ensembles. Journal of Climate. 31(21). 8819–8842. 40 indexed citations

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Walsh, Kevin, et al.. (2017). Simulated ocean response to tropical cyclones: The effect of a novel parameterization of mixing from unbroken surface waves. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 9(2). 759–780. 21 indexed citations

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Young, Ian R., et al.. (1991). Wave attenuation on a coral reef. 33(1). 17–22. 7 indexed citations

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Bydder, G. M., et al.. (1988). MRI OF INTRACEREBRAL HEMATOMA AT LOW FIELD (0.15T) USING T2 DEPENDENT PARTIAL SATURATION SEQUENCES. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Gadian, DG, et al.. (1984). IRON CHELATES AS POTENTIAL CONTRAST AGENTS IN NMR IMAGING. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 1 indexed citations

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