Kirk Waters

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 957 citations indexed

About

Kirk Waters is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirk Waters has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 957 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Oceanography, 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Kirk Waters's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (6 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (3 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (2 papers). Kirk Waters is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (6 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (3 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (2 papers). Kirk Waters collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Kirk Waters's co-authors include R. C. Smith, Karen S. Baker, Michael Ondrusek, Robert R. Bidigare, H. A. Matlick, David W. Menzies, Barbara B. Prézelin, Deneb Karentz, Sally MacIntyre and Zhenhua Wan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography.

In The Last Decade

Kirk Waters

8 papers receiving 829 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.

Ozone Depletion: Ultraviolet Radiation and Phytoplankton Biology in Antarctic Waters

1992 723 citations R. C. Smith, Barbara B. Prézelin et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kirk Waters United States	8	543	326	195	168	166	8	957
David W. Menzies United States	6	643 1.2×	324 1.0×	196 1.0×	158 0.9×	168 1.0×	7	1.0k
Suzanne Roy Canada	11	684 1.3×	365 1.1×	241 1.2×	115 0.7×	212 1.3×	14	1.0k
H. A. Matlick United States	7	610 1.1×	355 1.1×	212 1.1×	129 0.8×	275 1.7×	8	1.0k
Jesús M. Mercado Spain	27	1.5k 2.7×	517 1.6×	147 0.8×	115 0.7×	339 2.0×	76	1.8k
Vona Méléder France	22	792 1.5×	458 1.4×	49 0.3×	80 0.5×	224 1.3×	49	1.2k
John W. Runcie Australia	16	472 0.9×	296 0.9×	57 0.3×	51 0.3×	94 0.6×	30	758
Maria A. van Leeuwe Netherlands	21	1.3k 2.3×	617 1.9×	47 0.2×	325 1.9×	205 1.2×	36	1.6k
U. Schiewer Germany	15	405 0.7×	282 0.9×	66 0.3×	34 0.2×	69 0.4×	49	808
Athena Economou‐Amilli Greece	19	350 0.6×	392 1.2×	83 0.4×	33 0.2×	118 0.7×	72	964
Gustavo Ferreyra Argentina	24	1.3k 2.4×	907 2.8×	125 0.6×	273 1.6×	82 0.5×	72	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Kirk Waters

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kirk Waters

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kirk Waters. 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 Kirk Waters. The network helps show where Kirk Waters may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kirk Waters

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

1.

Brooks, William, Brian C. Hadley, Chris Haynes, et al.. (2011). New Mapping Tool and Techniques for Visualizing Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts. 474–490. 53 indexed citations

2.

Stoker, Jason M., David J. Harding, Ralph A. Haugerud, et al.. (2007). Report of the First National Lidar Initiative Meeting, February 14-16, Reston, Va.. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 11 indexed citations

3.

Ondrusek, Michael, Robert R. Bidigare, Kirk Waters, & David M. Karl. (2001). A predictive model for estimating rates of primary production in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 48(8-9). 1837–1863. 43 indexed citations

4.

Waters, Kirk. (1995). Effects of Raman scattering on the water‐leaving radiance. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 100(C7). 13151–13161. 31 indexed citations

5.

Waters, Kirk, R. C. Smith, & John Marra. (1994). Phytoplankton production in the Sargasso Sea as determined using optical mooring data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 99(C9). 18385–18402. 10 indexed citations

6.

Smith, R. C., Barbara B. Prézelin, Karen S. Baker, et al.. (1992). Ozone Depletion: Ultraviolet Radiation and Phytoplankton Biology in Antarctic Waters. Science. 255(5047). 952–959. 723 indexed citations breakdown →

7.

Smith, R. C., Kirk Waters, & Karen S. Baker. (1991). Optical variability and pigment biomass in the Sargasso Sea as determined using deep‐sea optical mooring data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 96(C5). 8665–8686. 45 indexed citations

8.

Waters, Kirk, et al.. (1990). Avoiding Ship-Induced Light-Field Perturbation in the Determination of Oceanic Optical Properties. Oceanography. 3(2). 8–21. 41 indexed citations

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