Jun’ichi Okuno

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Jun’ichi Okuno is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Jun’ichi Okuno has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Atmospheric Science, 22 papers in Geophysics and 16 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Jun’ichi Okuno's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (35 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (18 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (16 papers). Jun’ichi Okuno is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (35 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (18 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (16 papers). Jun’ichi Okuno collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Jun’ichi Okuno's co-authors include Yūsuke Yokoyama, Masao Nakada, Alexander Thomas, Yoshiki Saito, Hideki Miura, Gideon M. Henderson, Édouard Bard, Gilbert Camoin, Bruno Hamelin and Pierre Deschamps and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Jun’ichi Okuno

54 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ice-sheet collapse and sea-level rise at the Bølling warming 14,600 years ago

2012 426 citations Pierre Deschamps, Édouard Bard et al. Nature profile →
Insolation-driven 100,000-year glacial cycles and hysteresis of ice-sheet volume

2013 314 citations Ayako Abe‐Ouchi, Fuyuki Saito et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jun’ichi Okuno Japan	22	1.8k	670	494	467	421	55	2.4k
Volker Wennrich Germany	29	1.9k 1.1×	446 0.7×	391 0.8×	262 0.6×	416 1.0×	84	2.4k
André Berger Belgium	24	2.8k 1.6×	794 1.2×	671 1.4×	382 0.8×	484 1.1×	78	3.5k
P. J. Polissar United States	32	2.7k 1.5×	523 0.8×	1.2k 2.4×	589 1.3×	259 0.6×	84	3.7k
Hiroyuki Kitagawa Japan	30	2.3k 1.3×	521 0.8×	853 1.7×	316 0.7×	315 0.7×	84	3.0k
E. B. Karabanov United States	23	1.6k 0.9×	472 0.7×	410 0.8×	533 1.1×	207 0.5×	38	2.3k
L. C. Peterson United States	12	2.3k 1.3×	492 0.7×	860 1.7×	176 0.4×	537 1.3×	30	2.8k
Simon J Crowhurst United Kingdom	22	2.1k 1.2×	542 0.8×	683 1.4×	240 0.5×	427 1.0×	31	2.4k
Peter K. Bijl Netherlands	29	2.6k 1.4×	438 0.7×	751 1.5×	339 0.7×	313 0.7×	99	3.4k
B. David A. Naafs United Kingdom	34	2.5k 1.4×	483 0.7×	1.1k 2.2×	277 0.6×	675 1.6×	99	3.2k
Corinne Sonzogni France	25	1.7k 0.9×	390 0.6×	799 1.6×	150 0.3×	372 0.9×	62	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Jun’ichi Okuno

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jun’ichi Okuno

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jun’ichi Okuno

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jun’ichi Okuno. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jun’ichi Okuno 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 Jun’ichi Okuno. Jun’ichi Okuno 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

Okuno, Jun’ichi, et al.. (2025). Mid Holocene rapid thinning and rethickening of the East Antarctic ice sheet suggested by glacial isostatic adjustment. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 40207–40207.

Okuno, Jun’ichi, et al.. (2024). Limited sensitivity of Antarctic GIA mass change estimates to lateral viscosity variations. Journal of Geodynamics. 162. 102047–102047. 1 indexed citations

Suganuma, Yûsuke, Heitaro Kaneda, Takeshige Ishiwa, et al.. (2022). Regional sea-level highstand triggered Holocene ice sheet thinning across coastal Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 11 indexed citations

Fukuda, Yoichi, et al.. (2022). Extraction of GRACE/GRACE-FO observed mass change patterns across Antarctica via independent component analysis (ICA). Geophysical Journal International. 229(3). 1914–1926. 4 indexed citations

Fukuda, Yoichi, Jun’ichi Okuno, Koichiro Doi, & Choon‐Ki Lee. (2021). Gravity observations at Jang Bogo Station, Antarctica, and scale factor calibrations of different relative gravimeters. Polar Science. 29. 100702–100702. 5 indexed citations

Goto‐Azuma, Kumiko, Tomoyuki Homma, Fumio Nakazawa, et al.. (2020). Studies on the variability of the Greenland Ice Sheet and climate. Polar Science. 27. 100557–100557. 2 indexed citations

Nakada, Masao, et al.. (2019). Nonmonotonic Postdeglacial Relative Sea Level Changes at the Aftermath of Marinoan (635 Ma) Snowball Earth Meltdown. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(8). 9373–9394. 7 indexed citations

Yokoyama, Yūsuke, Shoko Hirabayashi, Kazuhisa Goto, et al.. (2019). Holocene Indian Ocean sea level, Antarctic melting history and past Tsunami deposits inferred using sea level reconstructions from the Sri Lankan, Southeastern Indian and Maldivian coasts. Quaternary Science Reviews. 206. 150–161. 40 indexed citations

Yokoyama, Yūsuke, T. M. Esat, W. G. Thompson, et al.. (2018). Rapid glaciation and a two-step sea level plunge into the Last Glacial Maximum. Nature. 559(7715). 603–607. 169 indexed citations

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Nakada, Masao, Jun’ichi Okuno, Kurt Lambeck, & Anthony Purcell. (2015). Viscosity structure of Earth's mantle inferred from rotational variations due to GIA process and recent melting events. Geophysical Journal International. 202(2). 976–992. 30 indexed citations

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Abe‐Ouchi, Ayako, Fuyuki Saito, Kenji Kawamura, et al.. (2013). Insolation-driven 100,000-year glacial cycles and hysteresis of ice-sheet volume. Nature. 500(7461). 190–193. 314 indexed citations breakdown →

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Song, Bing, Zhen Li, Yoshiki Saito, et al.. (2013). Initiation of the Changjiang (Yangtze) delta and its response to the mid-Holocene sea level change. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 388. 81–97. 140 indexed citations

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Nakada, Masao & Jun’ichi Okuno. (2013). GIA-related rotational variations for the Earth with low-viscosity D″ layer. Geophysical Journal International. 195(2). 725–739. 7 indexed citations

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Suganuma, Yûsuke, Hideki Miura, & Jun’ichi Okuno. (2012). A new sampling technique for surface exposure dating using a portable electric rock cutter. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

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Deschamps, Pierre, Édouard Bard, Bruno Hamelin, et al.. (2012). Ice-sheet collapse and sea-level rise at the Bølling warming 14,600 years ago. Nature. 483(7391). 559–564. 426 indexed citations breakdown →

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Okuno, Jun’ichi, et al.. (2009). Kyucho Around the Noto Peninsula lnduced by the Passage of Meteorological Disturbances. Oceanography in Japan. 18(1). 57–69. 3 indexed citations

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Kohno, Naoki, et al.. (2008). Migration of the adult yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) as estimated by archival tagging experiments in the Tsushima warm current. 7 indexed citations

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Chiba, Satoshi, et al.. (2004). Species-area curve for land snails on Kikai Island in geological time. Paleobiology. 30(2). 222–230. 8 indexed citations

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Nakada, Masao, et al.. (1998). Mid-Holocene Underwater Jomon Sites along the West Coast of Kyushu, Japan, Hydro-isostasy and Asthenospheric Viscosity.. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 37(4). 315–323. 13 indexed citations

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Nakada, Masao, Yasuo Maeda, Shinji Nagaoka, et al.. (1994). Late Quaternary Paleo-environments of Archaeological Sites in Japan and East Asia. Glacio-hydro-isostasy and Underwater Jomon Sites along the West Coast of Kyushu, Japan.. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 33(5). 361–368. 15 indexed citations

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