Ignatius Rigor

10.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
55 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Ignatius Rigor is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Ignatius Rigor has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Atmospheric Science, 17 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Ignatius Rigor's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (50 papers), Climate change and permafrost (31 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (19 papers). Ignatius Rigor is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (50 papers), Climate change and permafrost (31 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (19 papers). Ignatius Rigor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Ignatius Rigor's co-authors include R. Colony, John M. Wallace, Seelye Martin, D. E. Parker, Mark New, P. D. Jones, R. Kwok, J. Morison, Donald K. Perovich and Michael Steele and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Ignatius Rigor

55 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Surface air temperature and its changes over the past 150 years

1999 1.1k citations Seelye Martin, Ignatius Rigor et al. profile →
Response of Sea Ice to the Arctic Oscillation

2002 724 citations Ignatius Rigor, R. Colony et al. profile →
Thinning and volume loss of the Arctic Ocean sea ice cover: 2003–2008

2009 616 citations R. Kwok, Ignatius Rigor et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
An Overview of Ocean Climate Change Indicators: Sea Surface Temperature, Ocean Heat Content, Ocean pH, Dissolved Oxygen Concentration, Arctic Sea Ice Extent, Thickness and Volume, Sea Level and Strength of the AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation)

2021 142 citations Ignatius Rigor et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ignatius Rigor United States	34	6.2k	2.4k	1.3k	1.2k	418	55	7.0k
Igor V. Polyakov United States	47	5.9k 1.0×	2.7k 1.1×	1.8k 1.4×	2.3k 2.0×	684 1.6×	114	7.0k
J. Morison United States	40	5.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	2.3k 2.0×	554 1.3×	98	6.5k
Dirk Notz Germany	37	5.1k 0.8×	3.0k 1.2×	706 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	293 0.7×	87	6.0k
Ola M. Johannessen Norway	38	4.1k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	649 0.5×	2.1k 1.8×	439 1.1×	201	5.5k
Walter N. Meier United States	34	6.2k 1.0×	2.5k 1.0×	801 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	714 1.7×	103	7.0k
A. P. Barrett United States	30	6.3k 1.0×	3.0k 1.2×	810 0.6×	880 0.7×	554 1.3×	61	7.0k
Sebastian Gerland Norway	39	4.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	745 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	851 2.0×	146	5.4k
Mats A. Granskog Norway	43	4.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	2.4k 2.0×	973 2.3×	168	5.7k
Jorien E. Vonk Netherlands	36	5.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	2.4k 1.9×	958 0.8×	1.6k 3.7×	98	6.8k
В. А. Семенов Russia	33	3.9k 0.6×	3.3k 1.4×	319 0.3×	1.0k 0.9×	273 0.7×	159	4.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Webster, Melinda, et al.. (2022). Observing Arctic Sea Ice. Oceanography. 4 indexed citations

Morison, James, R. Kwok, & Ignatius Rigor. (2022). Changes in Arctic Ocean Circulation from In Situ and Remotely Sensed Observations: Synergies and Sampling Challenges. Oceanography. 2 indexed citations

Peterson, Peter K., Nathaniel W. May, Evan A. Schwartz, et al.. (2019). Snowpack measurements suggest role for multi-year sea ice regions in Arctic atmospheric bromine and chlorine chemistry. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene. 7(14). 29 indexed citations

Kipp, Lauren, Matthew A. Charette, Willard S. Moore, Paul B. Henderson, & Ignatius Rigor. (2018). Increased fluxes of shelf-derived materials to the central Arctic Ocean. Science Advances. 4(1). eaao1302–eaao1302. 81 indexed citations

Nghiem, S. V., P. Clemente‐Colón, Donald K. Perovich, et al.. (2016). Arctic Sea Ice Classification and Mapping for Surface Albedo Parameterization in Sea Ice Modeling. AGUFM. 2016. 1 indexed citations

Doherty, Sarah J., Michael Steele, Ignatius Rigor, & Stephen G. Warren. (2015). Interannual variations of light‐absorbing particles in snow on Arctic sea ice. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 120(21). 5 indexed citations

Ogi, Masayo & Ignatius Rigor. (2013). Trends in Arctic sea ice and the role of atmospheric circulation. Atmospheric Science Letters. 14(2). 97–101. 35 indexed citations

Morison, J., R. Kwok, Cecilia Peralta‐Ferriz, et al.. (2012). Changing Arctic Ocean freshwater pathways. Nature. 481(7379). 66–70. 346 indexed citations

Nghiem, S. V., Ignatius Rigor, Andreas Richter, et al.. (2012). Field and satellite observations of the formation and distribution of Arctic atmospheric bromine above a rejuvenated sea ice cover. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 117(D17). 34 indexed citations

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Nghiem, S. V., Ignatius Rigor, P. Clemente‐Colón, et al.. (2010). Rejuvenation of Arctic Sea Ice and Tropospheric Chemical Change. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Nghiem, S. V., Ignatius Rigor, P. Clemente‐Colón, et al.. (2008). Recent State of Arctic Sea Ice. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Haas, Christian, et al.. (2008). Reduced ice thickness in Arctic Transpolar Drift favors rapid ice retreat. Geophysical Research Letters. 35(17). 161 indexed citations

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Nghiem, S. V., Ignatius Rigor, Donald K. Perovich, et al.. (2007). Rapid reduction of Arctic perennial sea ice. Geophysical Research Letters. 34(19). 333 indexed citations

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Overland, James E., et al.. (2004). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) Arctic Climate Change Studies: A Contribution to IPY. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 2 indexed citations

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Steele, Michael, J. Morison, Wendy Ermold, et al.. (2004). Circulation of summer Pacific halocline water in the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 109(C2). 336 indexed citations

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Perovich, Donald K., J. Richter‐Menge, Ignatius Rigor, et al.. (2003). Assessing, understanding, and conveying the state of the Arctic sea ice cover. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations

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Bacon, Sheldon, Gilles Reverdin, Ignatius Rigor, & Helen M. Snaith. (2002). A freshwater jet on the east Greenland shelf (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002). ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations

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Bacon, Sheldon, Gilles Reverdin, Ignatius Rigor, & Helen M. Snaith. (2002). A freshwater jet on the east Greenland shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(C7). 104 indexed citations

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Rigor, Ignatius & R. Colony. (1997). Sea-ice production and transport of pollutants in the Laptev Sea, 1979–1993. The Science of The Total Environment. 202(1-3). 89–110. 64 indexed citations

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Pfirman, Stephanie, et al.. (1997). Potential for rapid transport of contaminants from the Kara Sea. The Science of The Total Environment. 202(1-3). 111–122. 46 indexed citations

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