Marcel Zijlema

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Marcel Zijlema is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel Zijlema has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 54 papers in Oceanography and 49 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Marcel Zijlema's work include Coastal and Marine Dynamics (62 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (48 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (47 papers). Marcel Zijlema is often cited by papers focused on Coastal and Marine Dynamics (62 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (48 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (47 papers). Marcel Zijlema collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Belgium. Marcel Zijlema's co-authors include Guus S. Stelling, Pieter Smit, L.H. Holthuijsen, A.J. van der Westhuysen, J. C. Dietrich, Clint Dawson, Jane McKee Smith, Joannes J. Westerink, Dirk P. Rijnsdorp and Tomohiro Suzuki and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Scientific Reports and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Marcel Zijlema

82 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

SWASH: An operational public domain code for simulating wave fields and rapidly varied flows in coastal waters

2011 543 citations Marcel Zijlema, Guus S. Stelling et al. Coastal Engineering profile →
Modeling hurricane waves and storm surge using integrally-coupled, scalable computations

2010 493 citations J. C. Dietrich, Marcel Zijlema et al. Coastal Engineering profile →

Peers

Marcel Zijlema

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AS

OCEAN

ECOLO

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Dominic E. Reeve United Kingdom

Jane McKee Smith United States

J.A. Battjes Netherlands

Andrew B. Kennedy United States

Philippe Bonneton France

N. Booij Netherlands

Jim Thomson United States

Nobuhisa Kobayashi United States

Tai‐Wen Hsu Taiwan

Fengyan Shi United States

Dominic E. Reeve United Kingdom

Marcel Zijlema

2.0k ×0.6

EP

933 ×0.4

AS

974 ×0.4

OCEAN

1.2k ×0.9

ECOLO

425 ×1.1

CM

Citations per year, relative to Marcel Zijlema Marcel Zijlema (= 1×) peers Dominic E. Reeve

Countries citing papers authored by Marcel Zijlema

Since Specialization

Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marcel Zijlema

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcel Zijlema

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marcel Zijlema. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marcel Zijlema 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 Marcel Zijlema. Marcel Zijlema 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

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Reniers, Ad, et al.. (2025). The importance of free infragravity waves in the North Sea: Insights from field observations and unstructured SWAN modelling. Ocean Modelling. 198. 102619–102619.

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Zijlema, Marcel, et al.. (2024). A study of the non-linear properties and wave generation of the multi-layer non-hydrostatic wave model SWASH. Ocean Engineering. 302. 117633–117633. 5 indexed citations

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Smit, Pieter, et al.. (2023). A mild-slope formulation based on Weyl rule of association with application to coastal wave modelling. Wave Motion. 122. 103189–103189. 1 indexed citations

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Zijlema, Marcel, et al.. (2022). Combining numerical tools to determine wave forces on moored ships. Coastal Engineering. 179. 104224–104224. 5 indexed citations

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Rijnsdorp, Dirk P., Ad Reniers, & Marcel Zijlema. (2021). Free Infragravity Waves in the North Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(8). 14 indexed citations

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Stratigaki, Vicky, et al.. (2020). AN INTERNAL WAVE GENERATION METHOD FOR THE NON-HYDROSTATIC MODEL SWASH. Coastal Engineering Proceedings. 16–16. 1 indexed citations

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Herman, P.M.J., Julie D. Pietrzak, Rebecca K. James, et al.. (2020). The potential of coastal ecosystems to mitigate the impact of sea-level rise in shallow tropical bays. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 246. 107050–107050. 16 indexed citations

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Westen, René M. van, Henk A. Dijkstra, Carine G. van der Boog, et al.. (2020). Ocean model resolution dependence of Caribbean sea-level projections. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 14599–14599. 19 indexed citations

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Boog, Carine G. van der, Julie D. Pietrzak, Henk A. Dijkstra, et al.. (2019). The impact of upwelling on the intensification of anticyclonic ocean eddies in the Caribbean Sea. Ocean science. 15(6). 1419–1437. 11 indexed citations

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Zijlema, Marcel, et al.. (2018). An axisymmetric non-hydrostatic model for double-diffusive water systems. Geoscientific model development. 11(2). 521–540. 2 indexed citations

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Zijlema, Marcel, et al.. (2017). SWASH MODELLING OF A COASTAL PROTECTION SCHEME. Coastal Engineering Proceedings. 2–2. 2 indexed citations

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Zijlema, Marcel. (2015). Computational Modelling of Flow and Transport. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology).

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Huang, Yong, Robert H. Weisberg, Lianyuan Zheng, & Marcel Zijlema. (2013). Gulf of Mexico hurricane wave simulations using SWAN: Bulk formula‐based drag coefficient sensitivity for Hurricane Ike. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 118(8). 3916–3938. 59 indexed citations

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Dietrich, J. C., et al.. (2013). A Discontinuous Galerkin Coupled Wave Propagation/Circulation Model. Journal of Scientific Computing. 59(2). 334–370. 4 indexed citations

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Dietrich, J. C., Marcel Zijlema, Joannes J. Westerink, et al.. (2010). Modeling hurricane waves and storm surge using integrally-coupled, scalable computations. Coastal Engineering. 58(1). 45–65. 493 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zijlema, Marcel. (2009). Multiscale simulations using unstructured mesh swan model for wave hindcasting in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Coastal dynamics. 1–11. 5 indexed citations

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Zijlema, Marcel & Guus S. Stelling. (2008). Efficient computation of surf zone waves using the nonlinear shallow water equations with non-hydrostatic pressure. Coastal Engineering. 55(10). 780–790. 180 indexed citations

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Zijlema, Marcel & Pieter Wesseling. (1998). Higher-Order Flux-Limiting Schemes for the Finite Volume Computation of Incompressible Flow. International journal of computational fluid dynamics. 9(2). 89–109. 19 indexed citations

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Zijlema, Marcel. (1996). Computational modeling of turbulent flow in general domains. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 5 indexed citations

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Zijlema, Marcel, et al.. (1995). Higher order flux-limiting methods for steady-state, multidimensional, convection-dominated flow. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 6 indexed citations

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