John Church

26.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
239 papers, 16.6k citations indexed

About

John Church is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, John Church has authored 239 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Oceanography, 113 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 49 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in John Church's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (111 papers), Climate variability and models (98 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (79 papers). John Church is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (111 papers), Climate variability and models (98 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (79 papers). John Church collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and United States. John Church's co-authors include Neil J. White, Xuebin Zhang, Jonathan M. Gregory, Nathaniel L. Bindoff, Susan Wijffels, Catia M. Domingues, John Hunter, Kurt Lambeck, Richard Coleman and Didier P. Monselesan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

John Church

231 papers receiving 15.7k 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.

A 20th century acceleration in global sea‐level rise

2006 1.2k citations John Church, Neil J. White profile →
Sea-Level Rise from the Late 19th to the Early 21st Century

2011 1.2k citations John Church, Neil J. White profile →
Changes in Sea Level

2001 600 citations John Church, Jonathan M. Gregory et al. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut) profile →
Improved estimates of upper-ocean warming and multi-decadal sea-level rise

2008 547 citations John Church, Neil J. White et al. profile →
Estimates of the Regional Distribution of Sea Level Rise over the 1950–2000 Period

2004 500 citations John Church, Neil J. White et al. profile →
Revisiting the Earth's sea-level and energy budgets from 1961 to 2008

2011 475 citations John Church, Neil J. White et al. profile →
Unabated planetary warming and its ocean structure since 2006

2015 348 citations John Church, Didier P. Monselesan et al. profile →
Concepts and Terminology for Sea Level: Mean, Variability and Change, Both Local and Global

2019 324 citations Jonathan M. Gregory, Jason Lowe et al. profile →
The increasing rate of global mean sea-level rise during 1993–2014

2017 292 citations Xuebin Zhang, John Church et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by John Church

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Church

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Church

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Church. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Church 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 John Church. John Church 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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Asymmetric Changes of the Subtropical Gyre Circulation and Associated Sea Level Over 1960–2018 in the Pacific Ocean 2025 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·(unknown), Xuebin Zhang, John Church, Jianyu Hu	0
2	Contrasting Discrepancy in the Sea Level Budget Between the North and South Atlantic Ocean Since 2016 2024 ·Earth and Space Science ·(unknown), John Church, Matt A. King, (unknown), Tianhe Xu	3
3	Ocean‐Only FAFMIP: Understanding Regional Patterns of Ocean Heat Content and Dynamic Sea Level Change 2020 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Alexander Todd, Laure Zanna, (unknown), Jonathan M. Gregory, (unknown), John Church, Riccardo Farneti, (unknown), Kewei Lyu, Oleg A. Saenko, Duo Yang, Xuebin Zhang	40
4	Detecting a forced signal in satellite-era sea-level change 2020 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Kristin Richter, Benoît Meyssignac, Aimée B. A. Slangen, Angélique Melet, John Church, Xavier Fettweis, Ben Marzeion, Cécile Agosta, Stefan Ligtenberg, Giorgio Spada, Matthew D. Palmer, Christopher D. Roberts, Nicolas Champollion	16
5	Framework for High‐End Estimates of Sea Level Rise for Stakeholder Applications 2019 ·Earth s Future ·Detlef Stammer, Roderik S. W. van de Wal, Robert J. Nicholls, John Church, Gonéri Le Cozannet, Jason Lowe, Benjamin P. Horton, Kathleen D. White, David Béhar, Jochen Hinkel	46
6	Meeting User Needs for Sea Level Rise Information: A Decision Analysis Perspective 2019 ·Earth s Future ·Jochen Hinkel, John Church, Jonathan M. Gregory, Erwin Lambert, Gonéri Le Cozannet, Jason Lowe, Kathleen L. McInnes, Robert J. Nicholls, Thomas van der Pol, Roderik S. W. van de Wal	108
7	Regional Sea Level Variability and Trends, 1960–2007: A Comparison of Sea Level Reconstructions and Ocean Syntheses 2017 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Mark Carson, Armin Köhl, Detlef Stammer, Benoît Meyssignac, John Church, Jens Schröter, Manfred Wenzel, B. D. Hamlington	17
8	A near-global eddy-resolving OGCM for climate studies 2016 ·Xuebin Zhang, Peter R. Oke, Ming Feng, Matthew A. Chamberlain, John Church, Didier P. Monselesan, Chaojiao Sun, Richard J. Matear, A. Schiller, R. Fiedler	24
9	Dynamical seasonal prediction of climate extremes in the Pacific 2013 ·Piantadosi, J., Anderssen, R.S. and Boland J. (eds) MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ronald de Wit, (unknown), (unknown), Claire M. Spillman, Harry H. Hendon, Peter C. McIntosh, Toshiyuki Nakaegawa, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John Church, D. A. Jones, Yuriy Kuleshov, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
10	Secretory Carrier Membrane Protein 2 Regulates Cell-surface Targeting of Brain-enriched Na+/H+ Exchanger NHE5 2009 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Graham H. Diering, John Church, Masayuki Numata	28
11	Mitochondrial Sensitivity and Altered Calcium Handling Underlie Enhanced NMDA-Induced Apoptosis in YAC128 Model of Huntington's Disease 2007 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Herman B. Fernandes, Kenneth G. Baimbridge, John Church, Michael R. Hayden, Lynn A. Raymond	97
12	Co-administration of Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor with Its Soluble Receptor Protects against Neuronal Death and Enhances Neurite Outgrowth 2007 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Mark A. Ozog, (unknown), John Church, (unknown), Christian C. Naus	12
13	Sea-level rise around the Australian coastline and the changing frequency of extreme sea-level events 2006 ·eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) ·John Church, John Hunter, Kathleen L. McInnes, (unknown), Neil J. White	86
14	Sea-level rise and the frequency of extreme event around the Australian coastline 2004 ·eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) ·John Church, Michael A. Hunter, Kathleen L. McInnes, (unknown)	15
15	Global and Regional Sea-level Rise 2004 ·Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·John Church, (unknown), Richard Coleman, Kurt Lambeck, (unknown)	1
16	Improving understanding and prediction of climate variability and change in the Australian region 2001 ·ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) ·John Church, David Webb, B. de Cuevas	1
17	Understanding 20th century sea-level rise and projections for the future 2001 ·Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ·John Church, Jonathan M. Gregory, Philippe Huybrechts, Michael Kühn, Kurt Lambeck, Mai Trọng Nhuận, (unknown), Philip Woodworth	1
18	Ocean Circulation and Climate - Observing and Modeling the Global Ocean 2001 ·Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) ·Gerold Siedler, John Church, J. Gould	56
19	Transports across the Tasman Sea from WOCE repeat sections: The East Australian Current 1990–94 1997 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Stephen M. Chiswell, John M. Toole, John Church	21
20	Anticonvulsant actions of phencyclidine receptor ligands: Correlation with N-Methylaspartate Antagonism in vivo 1990 ·General Pharmacology The Vascular System ·John Church, D Lodge	7

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