Kevin Speer

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Kevin Speer is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Speer has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Oceanography, 51 papers in Atmospheric Science and 39 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Kevin Speer's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (57 papers), Climate variability and models (32 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (31 papers). Kevin Speer is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (57 papers), Climate variability and models (32 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (31 papers). Kevin Speer collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Kevin Speer's co-authors include Rick Lumpkin, Jean‐Baptiste Sallée, Peter A. Rona, Herlé Mercier, Bruce A. Warren, Anne‐Marie Tréguier, Walter Zenk, Rosemary Morrow, Susan Wijffels and Stephen R. Rintoul and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Speer

89 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Global Ocean Meridional Overturning 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Global Ocean Meridional Overturning
    2007 564 citations Kevin Speer et al. Journal of Physical Oceanography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kevin Speer United States 31 2.7k 2.0k 1.8k 322 257 91 3.5k
Lars Umlauf Germany 31 2.7k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 976 0.6× 338 1.0× 607 2.4× 74 3.3k
M. Susan Lozier United States 41 3.5k 1.3× 2.2k 1.1× 2.4k 1.4× 245 0.8× 266 1.0× 108 4.3k
Tom P. Rippeth United Kingdom 37 2.9k 1.1× 1.8k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 403 1.3× 457 1.8× 83 3.5k
Hans van Haren Netherlands 33 2.9k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 794 0.4× 268 0.8× 687 2.7× 183 3.7k
Richard J. Greatbatch Germany 45 5.3k 2.0× 4.2k 2.1× 4.7k 2.7× 196 0.6× 402 1.6× 218 6.8k
Kelvin J Richards United States 38 3.0k 1.1× 1.7k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 211 0.7× 667 2.6× 108 4.3k
Glenn S. Carter United States 29 2.8k 1.0× 1.4k 0.7× 975 0.6× 221 0.7× 435 1.7× 54 3.2k
William J. Teague United States 31 3.1k 1.1× 1.8k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 170 0.5× 482 1.9× 105 3.5k
Florent Lyard France 29 3.1k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 143 0.4× 481 1.9× 82 3.7k
Lakshmi Kantha United States 29 2.9k 1.1× 2.6k 1.3× 1.7k 1.0× 153 0.5× 454 1.8× 118 4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Kevin Speer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kevin Speer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kevin Speer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kevin Speer. The network helps show where Kevin Speer may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Speer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kevin Speer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kevin Speer 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 Kevin Speer. Kevin Speer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Balwada, Dhruv, et al.. (2022). Drifter and dye tracks reveal dispersal processes that can affect phytoplankton distributions in shallow estuarine environments. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 269. 107811–107811. 5 indexed citations
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Flexas, M.M., Andrew F. Thompson, Michael Schodlok, Hong Zhang, & Kevin Speer. (2022). Antarctic Peninsula warming triggers enhanced basal melt rates throughout West Antarctica. Science Advances. 8(32). eabj9134–eabj9134. 31 indexed citations
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Speer, Kevin, et al.. (2021). Wind in a Natural and Artificial Wildland Fire Fuel Bed. Fire. 4(2). 30–30. 3 indexed citations
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Thompson, Andrew F., et al.. (2021). The Antarctic Coastal Current in the Bellingshausen Sea. ˜The œcryosphere. 15(9). 4179–4199. 16 indexed citations
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Quaife, Bryan, et al.. (2020). Role of Horizontal Eddy Diffusivity within the Canopy on Fire Spread. Atmosphere. 11(6). 672–672. 7 indexed citations
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Russell, J. L., Igor Kamenkovich, Cecilia M. Bitz, et al.. (2018). Metrics for the Evaluation of the Southern Ocean in Coupled Climate Models and Earth System Models. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(5). 3120–3143. 23 indexed citations
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Talley, Lynne D., Matthew R. Mazloff, Stephen C. Riser, et al.. (2018). Observing the Ice‐Covered Weddell Gyre With Profiling Floats: Position Uncertainties and Correlation Statistics. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(11). 8383–8410. 21 indexed citations
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Li, Tianyang, et al.. (2015). Tracking with ranked signals. Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence. 474–483. 1 indexed citations
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Jullion, Loïc, Alberto C. Naveira Garabato, Sheldon Bacon, et al.. (2014). The contribution of the Weddell Gyre to the lower limb of the Global Overturning Circulation. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 119(6). 3357–3377. 56 indexed citations
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Speer, Kevin, et al.. (2014). Multiple Zonal Jets in a Differentially Heated Rotating Annulus. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 44(9). 2273–2291. 23 indexed citations
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Bourassa, Mark A., Sarah T. Gille, Cecilia M. Bitz, et al.. (2012). High-latitude ocean and sea ice surface fluxes: requirements and challenges for climate research. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 4 indexed citations
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Bourassa, Mark A., Sarah T. Gille, Cecilia M. Bitz, et al.. (2012). High-latitude ocean and sea ice surface fluxes. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Richard G., et al.. (2000). Does the Potential Vorticity Distribution Constrain the Spreading of Floats in the North Atlantic?. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 30(4). 721–732. 19 indexed citations
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Gordon, Arnold L., Bernard Barnier, Kevin Speer, & Lothar Stramma. (1999). Introduction to special section: World Ocean Circulation Experiment: South Atlantic Results. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(C9). 20859–20861. 1 indexed citations
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Emanuel, Kerry, Kevin Speer, Richard Rotunno, R. C. Srivastava, & Mario J. Molina. (1995). Hypercanes: A possible link in global extinction scenarios. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 100(D7). 13755–13765. 27 indexed citations
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Speer, Kevin & Karl R. Helfrich. (1995). Hydrothermal plumes: a review of flow and fluxes. Geological Society London Special Publications. 87(1). 373–385. 14 indexed citations
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Speer, Kevin, Eli Tziperman, & Yizhak Feliks. (1993). Topography and grounding in a simple bottom layer model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 98(C5). 8547–8558. 18 indexed citations
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Speer, Kevin. (1993). The deep silica tongue in the North Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 40(5). 925–936. 8 indexed citations
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Speer, Kevin & Walter Zenk. (1993). The Flow of Antarctic Bottom Water into the Brazil Basin. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 23(12). 2667–2682. 101 indexed citations
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Speer, Kevin & Michael S. McCartney. (1992). Bottom Water Circulation in the Western North Atlantic. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 22(1). 83–92. 30 indexed citations

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