John T. O. Kirk

7.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
28 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

John T. O. Kirk is a scholar working on Oceanography, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, John T. O. Kirk has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Oceanography, 7 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in John T. O. Kirk's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (12 papers), Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (7 papers) and Impact of Light on Environment and Health (3 papers). John T. O. Kirk is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (12 papers), Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (7 papers) and Impact of Light on Environment and Health (3 papers). John T. O. Kirk collaborates with scholars based in Australia and United States. John T. O. Kirk's co-authors include R. A. E. Tilney-Bassett, Colin G. Macdonald, Robert J. Davies‐Colley, Rod L. Oliver, Henry Glassie and Anne‐Maree Schwarz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Limnology and Oceanography.

In The Last Decade

John T. O. Kirk

24 papers receiving 4.9k citations

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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.

Light and photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems

1994 3.6k citations John T. O. Kirk Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems

2010 623 citations John T. O. Kirk Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
The plastids : their chemistry, structure, growth and inheritance

1967 425 citations John T. O. Kirk, R. A. E. Tilney-Bassett Elsevier eBooks profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems breakdown → 2010 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·John T. O. Kirk	623
2	Radiation transfer in ocean water: Average penetration depth of a photon flux in a fixed time interval 2007 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·John T. O. Kirk	0
3	Light field around a point light source in the ocean 2006 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·John T. O. Kirk	1
4	The vertical attenuation of irradiance as a function of the optical properties of the water 2003 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·John T. O. Kirk	47
5	Multiple scattering of a photon flux: implications for the integral average cosine of the underwater light field 1999 ·Applied Optics ·John T. O. Kirk	7
6	Light absorption and scattering by ocean waters in the vicinity of the Chatham Rise, South Pacific Ocean 1998 ·Marine and Freshwater Research ·(unknown), Robert J. Davies‐Colley, John T. O. Kirk	14
7	Optical properties of ocean waters in the vicinity of the Chatham Rise, South Pacific Ocean 1998 ·Marine and Freshwater Research ·(unknown), Robert J. Davies‐Colley, John T. O. Kirk, Anne‐Maree Schwarz	6
8	The shaker world : art, life, belief 1997 ·John T. O. Kirk	2
9	Point-source integrating-cavity absorption meter: theoretical principles and numerical modeling 1997 ·Applied Optics ·John T. O. Kirk	34
10	Optical closure in an ultraturbid lake 1995 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·John T. O. Kirk, Rod L. Oliver	7
11	Light and photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems breakdown → 1994 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·John T. O. Kirk	3592
12	Volume scattering function, average cosines, and the underwater light field 1991 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·John T. O. Kirk	153
13	Effect of scattering and absorption on solar pond efficiency 1988 ·Solar Energy ·John T. O. Kirk	8
14	Effects of suspensoids (turbidity) on penetration of solar radiation in aquatic ecosystems 1985 ·Hydrobiologia ·John T. O. Kirk	206
15	Attenuation of solar radiation in scattering–absorbing waters: a simplified procedure for its calculation 1984 ·Applied Optics ·John T. O. Kirk	27
16	American Furniture and the British Tradition to 1830 1984 ·Journal of American Folklore ·Henry Glassie, John T. O. Kirk	3
17	Review: Winterthur Portfolio: A Journal of American Material Culture 1981 ·Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians ·John T. O. Kirk	1
18	Puritan gravestone art II 1978 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·(unknown), (unknown), John T. O. Kirk, (unknown), (unknown)	2
19	1-Cyano-3,4-epithiobutane: A major product of glucosinolate hydrolysis in seeds from certain varieties of Brassica campestris 1974 ·Phytochemistry ·John T. O. Kirk, Colin G. Macdonald	29
20	The plastids : their chemistry, structure, growth and inheritance breakdown → 1967 ·Elsevier eBooks ·John T. O. Kirk, R. A. E. Tilney-Bassett	425

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