Justin Small

8.4k citations

76 papers · 4.1k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Oceanography top 0.2%
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
Atmospheric Science top 0.5%
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Papers in ⓘ

Oceanography 67
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 63
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing 19
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 13
Global and Planetary Change 56
- Climate variability and models 55

Co-authors: Shang‐Ping Xie (12 shared papers)Shoshiro Minobe (5 shared papers)Frank O. Bryan (14 shared papers)Simon P. de Szoeke (6 shared papers)Akira Kuwano‐Yoshida (1 shared paper)Nobumasa Komori (1 shared paper)Robert A. Tomas (6 shared papers)Stuart P. Bishop (7 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Climate (15 papers)Climate Dynamics (7 papers)Journal of Physical Oceanography (6 papers)Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (5 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Japan

In The Last Decade

Justin Small

73 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Ocean Mesoscale and Frontal-Scale Ocean–Atmosphere Interactions and Influence on Large-Scale Climate: A Review 2023 · 94 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.

2023 Journal of Climate
2008 Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
2008 Nature

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1	Air–sea interaction over ocean fronts and eddies Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans ·Justin Small, Simon P. de Szoeke, Shang‐Ping Xie, Larry W. O’Neill, Hyodae Seo, Qingtao Song, Peter Cornillon, Michael A. Spall, Shoshiro Minobe Hit paper breakdown →	2008	624
2	Influence of the Gulf Stream on the troposphere Nature ·Shoshiro Minobe, Akira Kuwano‐Yoshida, Nobumasa Komori, Shang‐Ping Xie, Justin Small Hit paper breakdown →	2008	620
3	Western Boundary Currents and Frontal Air–Sea Interaction: Gulf Stream and Kuroshio Extension Journal of Climate ·Kathryn A. Kelly, Justin Small, R. M. Samelson, Bo Qiu, Terrence M. Joyce, Young‐Oh Kwon, Meghan F. Cronin	2010	252
4	Western boundary currents regulated by interaction between ocean eddies and the atmosphere Nature ·Xiaohui Ma, Zhao Jing, Ping Chang, Xue Liu, Raffaele Montuoro, Justin Small, Frank O. Bryan, Richard J. Greatbatch, Peter Brandt, Dexing Wu, Xiaopei Lin, Lixin Wu	2016	249
5	A new synoptic scale resolving global climate simulation using the Community Earth System Model Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Justin Small, Julio T. Bacmeister, David A. Bailey, Allison H. Baker, Stuart P. Bishop, Frank O. Bryan, Julie M. Caron, John M. Dennis, Peter R. Gent, Hsiao-Ming Hsu, Markus Jochum, David M. Lawrence, E. Munoz, Pedro DiNezio, Tim Scheitlin, Robert A. Tomas, Joseph Tribbia, Yu‐Heng Tseng, Mariana Vertenstein	2014	247
6	Storm track response to ocean fronts in a global high-resolution climate model Climate Dynamics ·Justin Small, Robert A. Tomas, Frank O. Bryan	2013	126
7	Scale Dependence of Midlatitude Air–Sea Interaction Journal of Climate ·Stuart P. Bishop, Justin Small, Frank O. Bryan, Robert A. Tomas	2017	108
8	A Regional Ocean–Atmosphere Model for Eastern Pacific Climate: Toward Reducing Tropical Biases* Journal of Climate ·Shang‐Ping Xie, Toru Miyama, Yuqing Wang, Haiming Xu, Simon P. de Szoeke, Justin Small, Kelvin J Richards, Takashi Mochizuki, Toshiyuki Awaji	2007	107
9	Challenges and Prospects for Reducing Coupled Climate Model SST Biases in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: The U.S. CLIVAR Eastern Tropical Oceans Synthesis Working Group Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·Paquita Zuidema, Ping Chang, Brian Medeiros, Ben P. Kirtman, Roberto Mechoso, Edwin K. Schneider, Thomas Toniazzo, Ingo Richter, Justin Small, Katinka Bellomo, Peter Brandt, Simon P. de Szoeke, J. Thomas Farrar, Eunsil Jung, Seiji Kato, Mingkui Li, Christina M. Patricola, Zaiyu Wang, Robert Wood, Zhao Xu	2016	106
10	Numerical Simulation of Atmospheric Response to Pacific Tropical Instability Waves* Journal of Climate ·Justin Small, Shang‐Ping Xie, Yuqing Wang	2003	105
11	The Benguela Upwelling System: Quantifying the Sensitivity to Resolution and Coastal Wind Representation in a Global Climate Model* Journal of Climate ·Justin Small, Enrique Curchitser, Katherine Hedstrom, Brian Kauffman, William G. Large	2015	101
12	Ocean Mesoscale and Frontal-Scale Ocean–Atmosphere Interactions and Influence on Large-Scale Climate: A Review Journal of Climate ·Hyodae Seo, Larry W. O’Neill, Mark A. Bourassa, Arnaud Czaja, Kyla Drushka, James B. Edson, Baylor Fox‐Kemper, Ivy Frenger, Sarah T. Gille, Benjamín Kirtman, Shoshiro Minobe, Angeline G. Pendergrass, Lionel Renault, Malcolm Roberts, Niklas Schneider, Justin Small, Ad Stoffelen, Qing Wang Hit paper breakdown →	2023	94
13	The Central American Midsummer Drought: Regional Aspects and Large-Scale Forcing* Journal of Climate ·Justin Small, Simon P. de Szoeke, Shang‐Ping Xie	2007	93
14	Air–Sea Turbulent Heat Fluxes in Climate Models and Observational Analyses: What Drives Their Variability? Journal of Climate ·Justin Small, Frank O. Bryan, Stuart P. Bishop, Robert A. Tomas	2019	78
15	An outsized role for the Labrador Sea in the multidecadal variability of the Atlantic overturning circulation Science Advances ·Stephen Yeager, Fred Castruccio, Ping Chang, Gökhan Danabasoglu, Elizabeth Maroon, Justin Small, Hong Wang, Lixin Wu, Shaoqing Zhang	2021	64
16	Threat by marine heatwaves to adaptive large marine ecosystems in an eddy-resolving model Nature Climate Change ·Xiuwen Guo, Yang Gao, Shaoqing Zhang, Lixin Wu, Ping Chang, Wenju Cai, Jakob Zscheischler, L. Ruby Leung, Justin Small, Gökhan Danabasoglu, LuAnne Thompson, Huiwang Gao	2022	62
17	Maintenance of mid-latitude oceanic fronts by mesoscale eddies Science Advances ·Zhao Jing, Shengpeng Wang, Lixin Wu, Ping Chang, Qiuying Zhang, Bingrong Sun, Xiaohui Ma, Bo Qiu, Justin Small, Fei‐Fei Jin, Zhaohui Chen, Bolan Gan, Yun Yang, Haiyuan Yang, Xiuquan Wan	2020	56
18	What Drives Upper-Ocean Temperature Variability in Coupled Climate Models and Observations? Journal of Climate ·Justin Small, Frank O. Bryan, Stuart P. Bishop, Sarah M. Larson, Robert A. Tomas	2019	53
19	Observations of large amplitude internal waves at the Malin Shelf edge during SESAME 1995 Continental Shelf Research ·Justin Small, Zack Hallock, G. Pavey, John Scott	1999	52
20	Numerical Simulation of Boundary Layer Structure and Cross-Equatorial Flow in the Eastern Pacific* Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences ·Justin Small, Shang‐Ping Xie, Yuqing Wang, Steven K. Esbensen, Dean Vickers	2005	52

About Justin Small

Justin Small is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 76 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (63 papers), Climate variability and models (55 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (21 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (19 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (16 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (13 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (5 papers) and Geological formations and processes (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (3.3k citations), Atmospheric Science (2.8k citations), Global and Planetary Change (3.3k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (92 citations) and Geology (42 citations). Justin Small has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Climate, Climate Dynamics, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems and Geophysical Research Letters.

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