J. K. Willis

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

J. K. Willis is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, J. K. Willis has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Oceanography, 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 36 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in J. K. Willis's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (46 papers), Climate variability and models (36 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (28 papers). J. K. Willis is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (46 papers), Climate variability and models (36 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (28 papers). J. K. Willis collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. J. K. Willis's co-authors include D. P. Chambers, Dean Roemmich, Bruce D. Cornuelle, R. S. Nerem, John M. Lyman, Gregory C. Johnson, Felix W. Landerer, W. C. Patzert, John Fasullo and John Church and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J. K. Willis

78 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Earth's Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
J. K. Willis	2.7k	2.6k	2.1k	269	213	83	4.4k
Riccardo Riva	2.6k 1.0×	994 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	411 1.5×	274 1.3×	102	4.1k
Shuang Yi	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	224 0.8×	220 1.0×	53	2.8k
Gary T. Mitchum	4.2k 1.6×	2.8k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	158 0.6×	702 3.3×	65	5.6k
Anny Cazenave	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	905 0.4×	376 1.4×	234 1.1×	63	3.2k
William Llovel	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	740 0.4×	297 1.1×	154 0.7×	52	2.6k
Didier P. Monselesan	1.3k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	110 0.4×	223 1.0×	69	2.7k
A. A. Arendt	921 0.3×	732 0.3×	4.2k 2.0×	207 0.8×	296 1.4×	67	5.1k
Benoît Meyssignac	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	299 1.1×	413 1.9×	97	3.8k
B. D. Hamlington	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	873 0.4×	114 0.4×	250 1.2×	75	2.6k
Sarah T. Gille	5.5k 2.0×	3.7k 1.4×	3.5k 1.7×	97 0.4×	557 2.6×	185	6.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. K. Willis

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Wood, Michael, Dustin Carroll, Ian Fenty, et al.. (2025). Increased melt from Greenland’s most active glacier fuels enhanced coastal productivity. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Wood, Michael, Ian Fenty, A. Khazendar, & J. K. Willis. (2025). Feedbacks Between Fjord Circulation, Mélange Melt, and the Subglacial Discharge Plume at Kangerlussuaq Glacier, East Greenland. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 130(2).

Willis, J. K., Séverine Fournier, Nadya Vinogradova, et al.. (2024). The rate of global sea level rise doubled during the past three decades. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 30 indexed citations

Simon, Malene, Kathleen M. Stafford, Michael Wood, et al.. (2024). Consistent Seasonal Hydrography From Moorings at Northwest Greenland Glacier Fronts. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 129(9). 1 indexed citations

Wood, Michael, A. Khazendar, Ian Fenty, et al.. (2024). Decadal Evolution of Ice‐Ocean Interactions at a Large East Greenland Glacier Resolved at Fjord Scale With Downscaled Ocean Models and Observations. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(7). 2 indexed citations

Song, Y. Tony, et al.. (2024). A coupled atmosphere-ocean source mechanism was a predictor of the 2022 Tonga volcanic tsunami. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1).

Bras, Isabela Le, J. K. Willis, & Ian Fenty. (2023). The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 35°N From Deep Moorings, Floats, and Satellite Altimeter. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(10). 9 indexed citations

Vaze, Parag, Séverine Fournier, & J. K. Willis. (2023). Reshaping Earth: How the TOPEX and Jason satellites revolutionized oceanography and redefined climate science. 1–7.

Hamlington, B. D., J. K. Willis, & Nadya Vinogradova. (2023). The Emerging Golden Age of Satellite Altimetry to Prepare Humanity for Rising Seas. Earth s Future. 11(11). 7 indexed citations

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Slater, Donald, Dustin Carroll, Hilde Oliver, et al.. (2022). Characteristic Depths, Fluxes, and Timescales for Greenland's Tidewater Glacier Fjords From Subglacial Discharge‐Driven Upwelling During Summer. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(10). 21 indexed citations

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Wood, Michael, Eric Rignot, Ian Fenty, et al.. (2021). Ocean forcing drives glacier retreat in Greenland. Science Advances. 7(1). 117 indexed citations

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Hamlington, B. D., Thomas Frederikse, P. R. Thompson, et al.. (2020). Past, Present, and Future Pacific Sea‐Level Change. Earth s Future. 9(4). 16 indexed citations

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Willis, J. K., et al.. (2017). Meridional overturning circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Gerard, J. K. Willis, Silvia L. Garzoli, et al.. (2013). Meridional overturning circulation and heat transport observations in the Atlantic Ocean [in 'state of the Climate in 2012']. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 6 indexed citations

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Baringer, Molly, William E. Johns, Gerard McCarthy, et al.. (2013). Meridional overturning circulation and heat transport observations in the Atlantic Ocean. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 2 indexed citations

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Garzoli, Silvia L., J. K. Willis, Matthias Lankhorst, et al.. (2012). Global Oceans: Meridional overturning circulation observations in the subtropical North Atlantic [in 'State of the Climate in 2011']. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 93(7). 1 indexed citations

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Gorman, John M., Franco Reseghetti, J. K. Willis, et al.. (2011). A computational method for determining XBT depths. Ocean science. 7(6). 733–743. 14 indexed citations

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Cazenave, Anny, D. P. Chambers, Paolo Cipollini, et al.. (2010). The challenge for measuring sea level rise and regional and global trends. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 3 indexed citations

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Willis, J. K., D. P. Chambers, & R. S. Nerem. (2008). Assessing the globally averaged sea level budget on seasonal to interannual timescales. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(C6). 188 indexed citations

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Willis, J. K., D. P. Chambers, & R. S. Nerem. (2007). Closing the Globally Averaged Sea Level Budget on Seasonal to Interannual Time Scales. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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