Jan Hafner

7.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
39 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Jan Hafner is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Hafner has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Atmospheric Science and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Jan Hafner's work include Climate variability and models (19 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (13 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (13 papers). Jan Hafner is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (19 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (13 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (13 papers). Jan Hafner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Jan Hafner's co-authors include Shang‐Ping Xie, Nikolai Maximenko, Hiroki Tokinaga, Takeaki Sampe, Kaiming Hu, Yan Du, Gang Huang, Peter Niiler, Emily E. Peacock and G. Proskurowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Jan Hafner

37 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Indian Ocean Capacitor Effect on Indo–Western Pacific Climate during the Summer following El Niño

2008 1.7k citations Shang‐Ping Xie, Jan Hafner et al. Journal of Climate profile →
Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

2010 1.0k citations Nikolai Maximenko, Jan Hafner et al. profile →
Pathways of marine debris derived from trajectories of Lagrangian drifters

2011 473 citations Nikolai Maximenko, Jan Hafner et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →
Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre

2013 466 citations Marcus Eriksen, Nikolai Maximenko et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →
La Niña forces unprecedented Leeuwin Current warming in 2011

2013 343 citations Ming Feng, Michael J. McPhaden et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jan Hafner United States	22	2.8k	2.3k	2.1k	2.0k	1.4k	39	5.5k
Nikolai Maximenko United States	28	1.2k 0.4×	893 0.4×	3.6k 1.7×	1.8k 0.9×	2.3k 1.7×	64	5.8k
Thomas Krumpen Germany	32	539 0.2×	2.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	743 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	95	4.5k
Atsuhiko Isobe Japan	34	656 0.2×	808 0.4×	3.1k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.5×	114	5.0k
Michaël Klages Germany	31	1.2k 0.4×	557 0.2×	2.9k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	71	5.9k
P. Vethamony India	30	683 0.2×	791 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	590 0.4×	147	3.2k
Xiaoxia Sun China	30	763 0.3×	571 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	999 0.5×	925 0.7×	116	4.3k
Ruud van der Ent Netherlands	26	2.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	835 0.4×	340 0.2×	618 0.4×	60	4.5k
Antoni Calafat Spain	34	712 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	98	5.1k
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal Spain	34	551 0.2×	778 0.3×	2.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	103	4.9k
Sally Thorpe United Kingdom	35	1.3k 0.5×	724 0.3×	660 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	392 0.3×	87	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Jan Hafner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Hafner

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Berg, Carl J., et al.. (2024). Interannual variability in marine debris accumulation on Hawaiian shores: The role of North Pacific Ocean basin-scale dynamics. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 203. 116484–116484. 5 indexed citations

Haram, Linsey E., James T. Carlton, Luca Centurioni, et al.. (2023). Extent and reproduction of coastal species on plastic debris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(5). 687–697. 28 indexed citations

Spencer, Matthew, et al.. (2023). High concentrations of floating neustonic life in the plastic-rich North Pacific Garbage Patch. PLoS Biology. 21(5). e3001646–e3001646. 16 indexed citations

Haram, Linsey E., James T. Carlton, Luca Centurioni, et al.. (2021). Emergence of a neopelagic community through the establishment of coastal species on the high seas. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6885–6885. 40 indexed citations

Maximenko, Nikolai, Artur Palacz, Lauren Biermann, et al.. (2021). An Integrated Observing System for Monitoring Marine Debris and Biodiversity. Oceanography. 52–59. 7 indexed citations

Maximenko, Nikolai & Jan Hafner. (2018). Numerical modeling of drift of marine debris, generated by the 2011 tsunami in the eastern Japan. 234–237.

Maximenko, Nikolai, Jan Hafner, Masafumi Kamachi, & Amy MacFadyen. (2018). Numerical simulations of debris drift from the Great Japan Tsunami of 2011 and their verification with observational reports. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 132. 5–25. 70 indexed citations

Annamalai, H., V. W. Keener, Matthew J. Widlansky, & Jan Hafner. (2015). El Niño strengthens in the Pacific : preparing for the impacts of drought. ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa). 1. 4 indexed citations

Maximenko, Nikolai, et al.. (2015). Composition and potential origin of marine debris stranded in the Western Indian Ocean on remote Alphonse Island, Seychelles. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 96(1-2). 76–86. 157 indexed citations

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Eriksen, Marcus, Nikolai Maximenko, Martín Thiel, et al.. (2013). Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 68(1-2). 71–76. 466 indexed citations breakdown →

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Feng, Ming, Michael J. McPhaden, Shang‐Ping Xie, & Jan Hafner. (2013). La Niña forces unprecedented Leeuwin Current warming in 2011. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1277–1277. 343 indexed citations breakdown →

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Takahashi, Hanii, Hui Su, Jonathan H. Jiang, et al.. (2013). Tropical water vapor variations during the 2006–2007 and 2009–2010 El Niños: Satellite observation and GFDL AM2.1 simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 118(16). 8910–8920. 14 indexed citations

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Carson, Henry S., et al.. (2012). Tracking the sources and sinks of local marine debris in Hawai‘i. Marine Environmental Research. 84. 76–83. 125 indexed citations

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Maximenko, Nikolai, Jan Hafner, & Peter Niiler. (2011). Pathways of marine debris derived from trajectories of Lagrangian drifters. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 65(1-3). 51–62. 473 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ajayamohan, R. S., H. Annamalai, Jing‐Jia Luo, Jan Hafner, & Toshio Yamagata. (2010). Poleward propagation of boreal summer intraseasonal oscillations in a coupled model: role of internal processes. Climate Dynamics. 37(5-6). 851–867. 27 indexed citations

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Zheng, Xiao‐Tong, Shang‐Ping Xie, Gabriel A. Vecchi, Qinyu Liu, & Jan Hafner. (2009). Indian Ocean Dipole Response to Global Warming: Analysis of Ocean–Atmospheric Feedbacks in a Coupled Model*. Journal of Climate. 23(5). 1240–1253. 120 indexed citations

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Haist, Tobias, et al.. (2008). Scene-based wavefront correction with spatial light modulators. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7064. 70640M–70640M. 9 indexed citations

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Hafner, Jan & Shang‐Ping Xie. (2003). Far-Field Simulation of the Hawaiian Wake: Sea Surface Temperature and Orographic Effects*. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 60(24). 3021–3032. 27 indexed citations

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Xie, Shang‐Ping, et al.. (2001). Long-range effects of the Hawaiian Islands on the Pacific Ocean-atmosphere system. 1086–1088 vol.3. 2 indexed citations

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Hafner, Jan & Stanley Q. Kidder. (1999). Urban Heat Island Modeling in Conjunction with Satellite-Derived Surface/Soil Parameters. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 38(4). 448–465. 120 indexed citations

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