Jim Partan

2.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
24 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Jim Partan is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jim Partan has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ocean Engineering, 14 papers in Oceanography and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jim Partan's work include Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (18 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (14 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (8 papers). Jim Partan is often cited by papers focused on Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (18 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (14 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (8 papers). Jim Partan collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Jim Partan's co-authors include Brian Neil Levine, Jim Kurose, Sandipa Singh, Lee Freitag, Peter Koski, Keenan Ball, M. Grund, Israel J. Vaughn, James C. Kinsey and Mark F. Baumgartner and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Marine Ecology Progress Series and Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Jim Partan

22 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

The WHOI micro-modem: an acoustic communications and navi... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2006 2007 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. The WHOI micro-modem: an acoustic communications and navigation system for multiple platforms
    2005 433 citations Lee Freitag, M. Grund et al. profile →
  2. A survey of practical issues in underwater networks
    2006 348 citations Jim Partan, Jim Kurose et al. profile →
  3. A survey of practical issues in underwater networks
    2007 331 citations Jim Partan, Jim Kurose et al. ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jim Partan United States 14 1.3k 793 774 512 213 24 1.7k
Keenan Ball United States 13 1.0k 0.8× 667 0.8× 323 0.4× 443 0.9× 109 0.5× 20 1.2k
M. Grund United States 15 1.0k 0.8× 507 0.6× 332 0.4× 417 0.8× 41 0.2× 24 1.1k
Xiaomei Xu China 15 541 0.4× 415 0.5× 326 0.4× 185 0.4× 99 0.5× 111 836
Peter Koski United States 9 643 0.5× 302 0.4× 246 0.3× 279 0.5× 40 0.2× 13 750
Paul van Walree Norway 17 1.1k 0.9× 747 0.9× 167 0.2× 768 1.5× 92 0.4× 68 1.3k
Sandipa Singh United States 15 944 0.7× 531 0.7× 344 0.4× 513 1.0× 51 0.2× 27 1.1k
Paul C. Etter United States 11 376 0.3× 185 0.2× 86 0.1× 485 0.9× 138 0.6× 26 724
S. M. Jesus Portugal 19 712 0.5× 265 0.3× 64 0.1× 788 1.5× 162 0.8× 154 1.2k
R. Stokey United States 20 968 0.7× 171 0.2× 97 0.1× 330 0.6× 105 0.5× 41 1.2k
Martin Siderius United States 21 958 0.7× 172 0.2× 21 0.0× 1.3k 2.6× 380 1.8× 128 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Jim Partan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jim Partan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jim Partan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jim Partan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jim Partan 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 Jim Partan. Jim Partan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McGuire, Patrick, Michael V. Jakuba, & Jim Partan. (2023). TideRider: A Low-Cost Coastal Profiling Float. 1–7.
2.
Jakuba, Michael V., et al.. (2021). Performance of a Low-Power One-Way Travel-Time Inverted Ultra-Short Baseline Navigation System. OCEANS 2021: San Diego – Porto. 1–10. 2 indexed citations
3.
Baumgartner, Mark F., Sofie M. Van Parijs, Peter Corkeron, et al.. (2019). Persistent near real‐time passive acoustic monitoring for baleen whales from a moored buoy: System description and evaluation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(9). 1476–1489. 53 indexed citations
4.
Freitag, Lee, et al.. (2018). Acoustic Communications for Bottom-toBottom Ocean Sensor Networks. 31. 1–5. 4 indexed citations
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Baumgartner, Mark F., et al.. (2017). Near real-time passive acoustic detection and reporting of marine mammals from mobile autonomous platforms. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 141(5_Supplement). 3849–3850. 1 indexed citations
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Freitag, Lee, Keenan Ball, Jim Partan, Peter Koski, & Sandipa Singh. (2015). Long range acoustic communications and navigation in the Arctic. 58 indexed citations
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Partan, Jim, et al.. (2015). Coral reef species assemblages are associated with ambient soundscapes. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 533. 93–107. 111 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Maxwell B., T. Aran Mooney, & Jim Partan. (2014). Automatic detection of tropical fish calls recorded on moored acoustic recording platforms. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 136(4_Supplement). 2153–2153. 2 indexed citations
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Mooney, T. Aran, Maxwell B. Kaplan, Robin W. Baird, & Jim Partan. (2013). Tags, drifters, and Towfish: Using multiple recording platforms to characterize odontocete acoustic space. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 134(5_Supplement). 4007–4007. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Mark, Jim Partan, & Tom Hurst. (2013). Low complexity lossless compression of underwater sound recordings. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 133(3). 1387–1398. 21 indexed citations
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Freitag, Lee, et al.. (2012). Acoustic communications and navigation under Arctic ice. 38 indexed citations
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Partan, Jim, Jim Kurose, Brian Neil Levine, & James C. Preisig. (2011). Low spreading loss in underwater acoustic networks reduces RTS/CTS effectiveness. 1–8. 5 indexed citations
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Partan, Jim, et al.. (2010). Spatial Reuse in Underwater Acoustic Networks using RTS/CTS MAC Protocols. 3 indexed citations
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Baumgartner, Mark F., Lee Freitag, Jim Partan, Keenan Ball, & Kenneth E. Prada. (2008). Tracking Large Marine Predators in Three Dimensions: The Real-Time Acoustic Tracking System. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 33(2). 146–157. 16 indexed citations
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Freitag, Lee, et al.. (2008). A modular data link layer for underwater networks. 1–5. 3 indexed citations
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Partan, Jim, Jim Kurose, & Brian Neil Levine. (2007). A survey of practical issues in underwater networks. ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review. 11(4). 23–33. 331 indexed citations breakdown →
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Partan, Jim, Jim Kurose, & Brian Neil Levine. (2006). A survey of practical issues in underwater networks. 17–17. 348 indexed citations breakdown →
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Freitag, Lee, M. Grund, Sandipa Singh, et al.. (2005). The WHOI micro-modem: an acoustic communications and navigation system for multiple platforms. 1086–1092 Vol. 2. 433 indexed citations breakdown →
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Frye, Daniel E., Jonathan Ware, M. Grund, et al.. (2005). An acoustically-linked deep-ocean observatory. 969–974 Vol. 2. 18 indexed citations
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Freitag, Lee, M. Grund, Jim Partan, et al.. (2005). Multi-band acoustic modem for the communications and navigation aid AUV. 1080–1085 Vol. 2. 36 indexed citations

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