John Gilson

5.8k citations

25 papers · 3.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 19

Impact in

Oceanography top 0.2%
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
Global and Planetary Change top 1%
- Climate variability and models

Papers in ⓘ

Oceanography 22
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 22
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 12
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements 3
- Underwater Acoustics Research 1
Global and Planetary Change 16
- Climate variability and models 14
- Marine and fisheries research 2

Co-authors: Dean Roemmich (20 shared papers)Philip Sutton (5 shared papers)Susan Wijffels (3 shared papers)Russ E. Davis (4 shared papers)Gregory C. Johnson (4 shared papers)Didier P. Monselesan (2 shared papers)John Church (2 shared papers)James Holte (1 shared paper)
Journals: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (4 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (4 papers)Journal of Physical Oceanography (3 papers)Nature Climate Change (3 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States New Zealand Australia

In The Last Decade

John Gilson

25 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Unabated planetary warming and its ocean structure since 2006 2015 · 348 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Nature Climate Change
2009 Progress In Oceanography
2009 Oceanography

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1	The 2004–2008 mean and annual cycle of temperature, salinity, and steric height in the global ocean from the Argo Program Progress In Oceanography ·Dean Roemmich, John Gilson Hit paper breakdown →	2009	769
2	The Argo Program: Observing the Global Oceans with Profiling Floats Oceanography ·Dean Roemmich, Gregory C. Johnson, Stephen C. Riser, Russ E. Davis, John Gilson, W. Breck Owens, Silvia L. Garzoli, Claudia Schmid, Mark Ignaszewski Hit paper breakdown →	2009	460
3	Unabated planetary warming and its ocean structure since 2006 Nature Climate Change ·Dean Roemmich, John Church, John Gilson, Didier P. Monselesan, Philip Sutton, Susan Wijffels Hit paper breakdown →	2015	348
4	An Argo mixed layer climatology and database Geophysical Research Letters ·James Holte, Lynne D. Talley, John Gilson, Dean Roemmich	2017	236
5	Eddy Transport of Heat and Thermocline Waters in the North Pacific: A Key to Interannual/Decadal Climate Variability? Journal of Physical Oceanography ·Dean Roemmich, John Gilson	2001	204
6	Decadal Spinup of the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre Journal of Physical Oceanography ·Dean Roemmich, John Gilson, Russ E. Davis, Philip Sutton, Susan Wijffels, Stephen C. Riser	2007	201
7	Ocean temperatures chronicle the ongoing warming of Earth Nature Climate Change ·Susan Wijffels, Dean Roemmich, Didier P. Monselesan, John Church, John Gilson	2016	109
8	Relationship of TOPEX/Poseidon altimetric height to steric height and circulation in the North Pacific Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·John Gilson, Dean Roemmich, Bruce D. Cornuelle, Lee‐Lueng Fu	1998	84
9	135 years of global ocean warming between the Challenger expedition and the Argo Programme Nature Climate Change ·Dean Roemmich, W.J. Gould, John Gilson	2012	84
10	The global ocean imprint of ENSO Geophysical Research Letters ·Dean Roemmich, John Gilson	2011	74
11	In Situ Data Biases and Recent Ocean Heat Content Variability* Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology ·J. K. Willis, John M. Lyman, Gregory C. Johnson, John Gilson	2008	59
12	Correction to “Recent cooling of the upper ocean” Geophysical Research Letters ·J. K. Willis, John M. Lyman, Gregory C. Johnson, John Gilson	2007	59
13	Multidecadal Change of the South Pacific Gyre Circulation Journal of Physical Oceanography ·Dean Roemmich, John Gilson, Philip Sutton, Nathalie Zilberman	2016	57
14	Mean and Temporal Variability in Kuroshio Geostrophic Transport South of Taiwan (1993–2001) Journal of Oceanography ·John Gilson, Dean Roemmich	2002	55
15	Mean and time‐varying meridional transport of heat at the tropical/subtropical boundary of the North Pacific Ocean Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Dean Roemmich, John Gilson, Bruce D. Cornuelle, Robert A. Weller	2001	45
16	Closing the Time-Varying Mass and Heat Budgets for Large Ocean Areas: The Tasman Box Journal of Climate ·Dean Roemmich, John Gilson, J. K. Willis, Philip Sutton, Keith Ridgway	2005	36
17	The California Current System in relation to the Northeast Pacific Ocean circulation Progress In Oceanography ·Guillermo Auad, Dean Roemmich, John Gilson	2011	30
18	Deep SOLO: A Full-Depth Profiling Float for the Argo Program Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology ·Dean Roemmich, Jeffrey T. Sherman, Russ E. Davis, Kyle Grindley, Michael C. McClune, Charles Parker, David N. Black, Nathalie Zilberman, Sarah G. Purkey, Philip Sutton, John Gilson	2019	29
19	Estimating the Velocity and Transport of Western Boundary Current Systems: A Case Study of the East Australian Current near Brisbane Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology ·Nathalie Zilberman, Dean Roemmich, Sarah T. Gille, John Gilson	2018	18
20	Argo salinity: bias and uncertainty evaluation Earth system science data ·Annie P. S. Wong, John Gilson, C. Cabanes	2023	16

About John Gilson

John Gilson is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology and Ocean Engineering, having authored 25 papers that have together received 3.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (22 papers), Climate variability and models (14 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (12 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (5 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (3 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (2 papers), Marine and fisheries research (2 papers) and Underwater Acoustics Research (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (2.6k citations), Global and Planetary Change (2.0k citations), Atmospheric Science (1.2k citations), Geology (80 citations) and Environmental Chemistry (87 citations). John Gilson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Dean Roemmich, Philip Sutton, Susan Wijffels, Russ E. Davis, Gregory C. Johnson, Didier P. Monselesan, John Church, James Holte, Lynne D. Talley and Mark Ignaszewski. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Nature Climate Change and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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