Justin Small

8.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
76 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Justin Small is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Justin Small has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Oceanography, 56 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 41 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Justin Small's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (63 papers), Climate variability and models (55 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (21 papers). Justin Small is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (63 papers), Climate variability and models (55 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (21 papers). Justin Small collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Justin Small's co-authors include Shang‐Ping Xie, Shoshiro Minobe, Frank O. Bryan, Simon P. de Szoeke, Akira Kuwano‐Yoshida, Nobumasa Komori, Robert A. Tomas, Stuart P. Bishop, Larry W. O’Neill and Hyodae Seo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Justin Small

73 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Air–sea interaction over ocean fronts and eddies

2008 624 citations Justin Small, Simon P. de Szoeke et al. profile →
Influence of the Gulf Stream on the troposphere

2008 620 citations Shoshiro Minobe, Akira Kuwano‐Yoshida et al. Nature profile →
Ocean Mesoscale and Frontal-Scale Ocean–Atmosphere Interactions and Influence on Large-Scale Climate: A Review

2023 94 citations Hyodae Seo, Larry W. O’Neill et al. Journal of Climate profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Justin Small United States	30	3.3k	3.3k	2.8k	92	78	76	4.1k
Carsten Eden Germany	31	2.6k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	115 1.3×	47 0.6×	110	3.5k
Jean‐Marc Molines France	33	2.3k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	129 1.4×	78 1.0×	80	3.4k
Thierry Penduff France	28	2.1k 0.6×	2.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	63 0.7×	58 0.7×	78	2.9k
Julien Le Sommer France	29	1.5k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	75 0.8×	78 1.0×	87	2.7k
William K. Dewar United States	31	1.9k 0.6×	2.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	149 1.6×	47 0.6×	138	3.0k
Arnaud Czaja United Kingdom	27	3.3k 1.0×	2.4k 0.7×	2.9k 1.0×	71 0.8×	142 1.8×	62	3.8k
Leif N. Thomas United States	29	1.5k 0.5×	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	170 1.8×	72 0.9×	70	3.0k
Link Ji United States	16	1.8k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	94 1.0×	124 1.6×	21	2.1k
Masami Nonaka Japan	28	2.5k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	43 0.5×	137 1.8×	113	3.0k
Julie L. McClean United States	26	1.9k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	57 0.6×	106 1.4×	68	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Justin Small

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Fields of papers citing papers by Justin Small

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Justin Small

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Gaopeng, Ping Chang, Gökhan Danabasoglu, et al.. (2025). Improving simulations of daily mean dynamic sea level extremes in the Gulf of Mexico with high-resolution community earth system model. Environmental Research Letters. 20(10). 104023–104023.

Laurindo, Lucas C., Léo Siqueira, Justin Small, LuAnne Thompson, & Benjamín Kirtman. (2024). Quantifying the Contribution of Ocean Advection and Surface Flux to the Upper‐Ocean Salinity Variability Resolved by Climate Model Simulations. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(3). 2 indexed citations

Li, Mingkui, et al.. (2023). The Northern Hemisphere Wintertime Storm Track Simulated in the High‐Resolution Community Earth System Model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 15(10). 3 indexed citations

Chang, Ping, Gaopeng Xu, Jaison Kurian, et al.. (2023). Uncertain future of sustainable fisheries environment in eastern boundary upwelling zones under climate change. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 19 indexed citations

Xu, Gaopeng, Ping Chang, Justin Small, et al.. (2023). Enhanced Upper Ocean Warming Projected by the Eddy‐Resolving Community Earth System Model. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(21).

Gan, Bolan, Lixin Wu, Gökhan Danabasoglu, et al.. (2023). North Atlantic subtropical mode water formation controlled by Gulf Stream fronts. National Science Review. 10(9). nwad133–nwad133. 6 indexed citations

Seo, Hyodae, Larry W. O’Neill, Mark A. Bourassa, et al.. (2023). Ocean Mesoscale and Frontal-Scale Ocean–Atmosphere Interactions and Influence on Large-Scale Climate: A Review. Journal of Climate. 36(7). 1981–2013. 94 indexed citations breakdown →

Gao, Yang, Shaoqing Zhang, Lixin Wu, et al.. (2022). Threat by marine heatwaves to adaptive large marine ecosystems in an eddy-resolving model. Nature Climate Change. 12(2). 179–186. 62 indexed citations

Arbic, Brian K., Paige Martin, Laurent Brodeau, et al.. (2022). Effects of grid spacing on high-frequency precipitation variance in coupled high-resolution global ocean–atmosphere models. Climate Dynamics. 59(9-10). 2887–2913. 4 indexed citations

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Fu, Dan, Justin Small, Jaison Kurian, et al.. (2021). Introducing the New Regional Community Earth System Model, R-CESM. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 102(9). E1821–E1843. 4 indexed citations

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Kurian, Jaison, et al.. (2021). Impact of the Benguela coastal low-level jet on the southeast tropical Atlantic SST bias in a regional ocean model. Climate Dynamics. 56(9-10). 2773–2800. 14 indexed citations

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Feliks, Yizhak, Justin Small, & Michael Ghil. (2021). Global oscillatory modes in high-end climate modeling and reanalyses. Climate Dynamics. 57(11-12). 3385–3411. 7 indexed citations

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Jing, Zhao, Shengpeng Wang, Lixin Wu, et al.. (2020). Maintenance of mid-latitude oceanic fronts by mesoscale eddies. Science Advances. 6(31). eaba7880–eaba7880. 56 indexed citations

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Meehl, Gerald A., Dongxia Yang, Julie M. Arblaster, et al.. (2019). Effects of Model Resolution, Physics, and Coupling on Southern Hemisphere Storm Tracks in CESM1.3. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(21). 12408–12416. 45 indexed citations

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Taboada, Fernando González, Charles A. Stock, Stephen M. Griffies, et al.. (2018). Surface winds from atmospheric reanalysis lead to contrasting oceanic forcing and coastal upwelling patterns. Ocean Modelling. 133. 79–111. 21 indexed citations

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Ma, Xiaohui, Zhao Jing, Ping Chang, et al.. (2016). Western boundary currents regulated by interaction between ocean eddies and the atmosphere. Nature. 535(7613). 533–537. 249 indexed citations

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Minobe, Shoshiro, et al.. (2011). Diagnostics for near‐surface wind convergence/divergence response to the Gulf Stream in a regional atmospheric model. Atmospheric Science Letters. 13(1). 16–21. 35 indexed citations

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Minobe, Shoshiro, Akira Kuwano‐Yoshida, Nobumasa Komori, Shang‐Ping Xie, & Justin Small. (2008). Influence of the Gulf Stream on the troposphere. Nature. 452(7184). 206–209. 620 indexed citations breakdown →

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Szoeke, Simon P. de, Shang‐Ping Xie, Toru Miyama, Kelvin J Richards, & Justin Small. (2007). What Maintains the SST Front North of the Eastern Pacific Equatorial Cold Tongue?*. Journal of Climate. 20(11). 2500–2514. 43 indexed citations

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Small, Justin, et al.. (1970). An Investigation Of The Shoaling Of Large Amplitude Internal Waves UsingComputational Fluid Dynamics. WIT transactions on the built environment. 70. 1 indexed citations

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