Michael G. Jacox

6.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
111 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Michael G. Jacox is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael G. Jacox has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 60 papers in Oceanography and 38 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael G. Jacox's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (46 papers), Marine and fisheries research (44 papers) and Climate variability and models (32 papers). Michael G. Jacox is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (46 papers), Marine and fisheries research (44 papers) and Climate variability and models (32 papers). Michael G. Jacox collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Michael G. Jacox's co-authors include Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Christopher A. Edwards, Michael A. Alexander, Stephanie Brodie, Jérôme Fiechter, Andrew M. Moore, Kylie L. Scales, Mercedes Pozo Buil and James D. Scott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael G. Jacox

100 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Impacts of the 2015–2016 El Niño on the California Current System: Early assessment and comparison to past events

2016 284 citations Michael G. Jacox, Elliott L. Hazen et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →
Marine top predators as climate and ecosystem sentinels

2019 274 citations Elliott L. Hazen, Stephanie Brodie et al. profile →
Coastal Upwelling Revisited: Ekman, Bakun, and Improved Upwelling Indices for the U.S. West Coast

2018 209 citations Michael G. Jacox, Christopher A. Edwards et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans profile →
Global seasonal forecasts of marine heatwaves

2022 149 citations Michael G. Jacox, Michael A. Alexander et al. profile →
Marine heatwaves need clear definitions so coastal communities can adapt

2023 78 citations Dillon J. Amaya, Michael G. Jacox et al. profile →

Peers

Michael G. Jacox

GPC

OCEAN

ECOLO

NLC

Johnna M. Holding Denmark

Ryan R. Rykaczewski United States

Vincent S. Saba United States

Sarah Thompson United States

William R. Fraser United States

Philippe Archambault Canada

David G. Foley United States

Daniel M. Palacios United States

Paul C. Fiedler United States

Bryan A. Black United States

Johnna M. Holding Denmark

Michael G. Jacox

1.7k ×0.7

GPC

1.5k ×0.8

OCEAN

2.0k ×1.1

ECOLO

605 ×0.8

516 ×1.0

NLC

Citations per year, relative to Michael G. Jacox Michael G. Jacox (= 1×) peers Johnna M. Holding

Countries citing papers authored by Michael G. Jacox

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael G. Jacox

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael G. Jacox

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20 of 20 papers shown

Frawley, Timothy H., Lyall Bellquist, Stephanie Brodie, et al.. (2025). A collaborative climate vulnerability assessment of California marine fishery species. PLOS Climate. 4(2). e0000574–e0000574. 2 indexed citations

Amaya, Dillon J., Michael G. Jacox, Michael A. Alexander, Steven J. Bograd, & Liwei Jia. (2024). Seasonal Upwelling Forecasts in the California Current System. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(22).

Hazen, Elliott L., et al.. (2024). Physical and Biogeochemical Phenology of Coastal Upwelling in the California Current System. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(7). 7 indexed citations

Jacox, Michael G., Steven J. Bograd, Jérôme Fiechter, et al.. (2024). Linking Upwelling Dynamics and Subsurface Nutrients to Projected Productivity Changes in the California Current System. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(10). 6 indexed citations

Ward, Eric J., Sean C. Anderson, Lewis A. K. Barnett, et al.. (2024). Win, lose, or draw: Evaluating dynamic thermal niches of northeast Pacific groundfish. PLOS Climate. 3(11). e0000454–e0000454. 1 indexed citations

Buil, Mercedes Pozo, Jérôme Fiechter, Michael G. Jacox, Steven J. Bograd, & Michael A. Alexander. (2023). Evaluation of Different Bias Correction Methods for Dynamical Downscaled Future Projections of the California Current Upwelling System. Earth and Space Science. 10(12). 7 indexed citations

Muhling, Barbara, Steven J. Bograd, Stephanie Brodie, et al.. (2023). An anchovy ecosystem indicator of marine predator foraging and reproduction. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1992). 20222326–20222326. 10 indexed citations

Smith, James A., Mercedes Pozo Buil, Jérôme Fiechter, Désirée Tommasi, & Michael G. Jacox. (2022). Projected novelty in the climate envelope of the California Current at multiple spatial-temporal scales. PLOS Climate. 1(4). e0000022–e0000022. 11 indexed citations

Jacox, Michael G., et al.. (2022). Future Changes in Eddy Kinetic Energy in the California Current System From Dynamically Downscaled Climate Projections. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(21). 5 indexed citations

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Lovenduski, Nicole S., Luke Gregor, Adrienne J. Sutton, et al.. (2022). Ocean Biogeochemical Signatures of the North Pacific Blob. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(9). 26 indexed citations

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Hunsicker, Mary E., Eric J. Ward, Michael A. Litzow, et al.. (2022). Tracking and forecasting community responses to climate perturbations in the California Current Ecosystem. PLOS Climate. 1(3). e0000014–e0000014. 10 indexed citations

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Karp, Melissa A., Stephanie Brodie, James A. Smith, et al.. (2022). Projecting species distributions using fishery‐dependent data. Fish and Fisheries. 24(1). 71–92. 30 indexed citations

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Amaya, Dillon J., Michael G. Jacox, Juliana Dias, et al.. (2022). Subseasonal‐to‐Seasonal Forecast Skill in the California Current System and Its Connection to Coastal Kelvin Waves. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 127(1). 21 indexed citations

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García‐Reyes, Marisol, Michael G. Jacox, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, et al.. (2021). Co‐occurrence of California Drought and Northeast Pacific Marine Heatwaves Under Climate Change. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(17). 40 indexed citations

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Smith, James A., Barbara Muhling, Désirée Tommasi, et al.. (2021). The potential impact of a shifting Pacific sardine distribution on U.S. West Coast landings. Fisheries Oceanography. 30(4). 437–454. 19 indexed citations

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Schroeder, Isaac D., et al.. (2020). Drivers of Subsurface Deoxygenation in the Southern California Current System. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(21). 16 indexed citations

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Scales, Kylie L., Elliott L. Hazen, Michael G. Jacox, et al.. (2018). Fisheries bycatch risk to marine megafauna is intensified in Lagrangian coherent structures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(28). 7362–7367. 63 indexed citations

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Jacox, Michael G., Christopher A. Edwards, Elliott L. Hazen, & Steven J. Bograd. (2018). Coastal Upwelling Revisited: Ekman, Bakun, and Improved Upwelling Indices for the U.S. West Coast. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(10). 7332–7350. 209 indexed citations breakdown →

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Alexander, Michael A., Nicole S. Lovenduski, Antonietta Capotondi, et al.. (2018). Response of O ₂ and pH to ENSO in the California Current System in a high-resolution global climate model. Ocean science. 14(1). 69–86. 21 indexed citations

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Siegelman, Lia, J. Anthony Koslow, Michael G. Jacox, et al.. (2018). Physical forcing on fish abundance in the southern California Current System. Fisheries Oceanography. 27(5). 475–488. 4 indexed citations

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