Nicolas Metzl

28.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
93 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Metzl is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Metzl has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Oceanography, 54 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Metzl's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (76 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (50 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (47 papers). Nicolas Metzl is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (76 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (50 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (47 papers). Nicolas Metzl collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Nicolas Metzl's co-authors include Alain Poisson, Bronte Tilbrook, Taro Takahashi, Rik Wanninkhof, Colm Sweeney, Richard A. Feely, Christopher L. Sabine, Stewart C Sutherland, Christian Rödenbeck and Jón Ólafsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Metzl

91 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

Global sea–air CO2 flux based on climatological surface ocean pCO2, and seasonal biological and temperature effects

2002 1.5k citations Colm Sweeney, Nicolas Metzl et al. profile →
Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO ₂ Sink Due to Recent Climate Change

2007 652 citations Corinne Le Quéré, Christian Rödenbeck 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
Nicolas Metzl France	40	5.3k	3.1k	1.6k	879	600	93	6.5k
Laure Resplandy United States	29	2.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	812 0.5×	826 0.9×	405 0.7×	78	3.7k
Mario Hoppema Germany	32	3.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	684 0.8×	582 1.0×	109	4.4k
Alex Kozyr United States	10	2.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	963 0.6×	705 0.8×	533 0.9×	17	3.2k
Burke Hales United States	37	4.2k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	589 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	373 0.6×	62	4.7k
Sunke Schmidtko Germany	24	2.9k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	305 0.5×	42	4.1k
Andrew Lenton Australia	35	2.2k 0.4×	2.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	502 0.6×	294 0.5×	79	3.6k
Daniele Bianchi United States	32	2.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	646 0.4×	1.0k 1.2×	414 0.7×	90	2.9k
S.R. Shetye India	39	4.2k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	682 0.8×	226 0.4×	76	5.1k
Rodney J. Johnson United States	20	3.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	770 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	270 0.5×	39	3.9k
Helmuth Thomas Canada	35	3.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	795 0.9×	759 1.3×	131	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas Metzl

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Chakraborty, Kunal, Vinu Valsala, V. V. S. S. Sarma, et al.. (2024). Indian Ocean Acidification and Its Driving Mechanisms Over the Last Four Decades (1980–2019). Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 38(9). 10 indexed citations

Sarma, V. V. S. S., B. Sridevi, Nicolas Metzl, et al.. (2023). Air‐Sea Fluxes of CO₂ in the Indian Ocean Between 1985 and 2018: A Synthesis Based on Observation‐Based Surface CO₂, Hindcast and Atmospheric Inversion Models. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(5). 20 indexed citations

Raes, Eric J., Céline Ridame, Nicolas Metzl, et al.. (2023). Diazotrophy in the Indian Ocean: Current understanding and future perspectives. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 8(5). 707–722. 6 indexed citations

Monaco, Claire Lo, et al.. (2022). Summer trends and drivers of sea surface fCO ₂ and pH changes observed in the southern Indian Ocean over the last two decades (1998–2019). Biogeosciences. 19(10). 2599–2625. 7 indexed citations

Metzl, Nicolas, et al.. (2022). The impact of the South-East Madagascar Bloom on the oceanic CO ₂ sink. Biogeosciences. 19(5). 1451–1468. 10 indexed citations

Roy, Tilla, et al.. (2021). Diagnosing CO2-Emission-Induced Feedbacks between the Southern Ocean Carbon Cycle and the Climate System: A Multiple Earth System Model Analysis Using a Water Mass Tracking Approach. Journal of Climate. 34(22). 9071–9092. 4 indexed citations

Metzl, Nicolas, et al.. (2021). The impact of the South-East Madagascar bloom on the oceanic CO ₂ sink. 1 indexed citations

Monaco, Claire Lo, et al.. (2020). Variability and stability of anthropogenic CO ₂ in Antarctic Bottom Water observed in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean, 1978–2018. Ocean science. 16(6). 1559–1576. 14 indexed citations

Wagener, Thibaut, Nicolas Metzl, Mathieu Caffin, et al.. (2018). Carbonate system distribution, anthropogenic carbon and acidification in the western tropical South Pacific (OUTPACE 2015 transect). Biogeosciences. 15(16). 5221–5236. 7 indexed citations

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Rödenbeck, Christian, Dorothée C. E. Bakker, Nicolas Metzl, et al.. (2014). Interannual sea–air CO ₂ flux variability from an observation-driven ocean mixed-layer scheme. Biogeosciences. 11(17). 4599–4613. 105 indexed citations

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Lenton, Andrew, Bronte Tilbrook, R. M. Law, et al.. (2013). Sea–air CO ₂ fluxes in the Southern Ocean for the period 1990–2009. Biogeosciences. 10(6). 4037–4054. 151 indexed citations

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Sarma, V. V. S. S., Andrew Lenton, R. M. Law, et al.. (2013). Sea–air CO ₂ fluxes in the Indian Ocean between 1990 and 2009. Biogeosciences. 10(11). 7035–7052. 51 indexed citations

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Sabine, Christopher L., Mario Hoppema, Robert M. Key, et al.. (2010). Assessing the internal consistency of the CARINA data base in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean. Earth system science data. 2(2). 195–204. 3 indexed citations

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Monaco, Claire Lo, Marta Álvarez, R. M. Key, et al.. (2010). Assessing the internal consistency of the CARINA database in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean. Earth system science data. 2(1). 51–70. 15 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Marta, Claire Lo Monaco, Andrew Yool, et al.. (2009). Estimating the storage of anthropogenic carbon in the subtropical Indian Ocean: a comparison of five different approaches. Biogeosciences. 6(4). 681–703. 39 indexed citations

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Hernando, M.M., Claire Lo Monaco, Toste Tanhua, et al.. (2009). Estimating the storage of anthropogenic carbon in the subtropical Indian Ocean: a comparison of five different approaches. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 4 indexed citations

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Rodgers, Keith B., J. L. Sarmiento, Olivier Aumont, et al.. (2008). A wintertime uptake window for anthropogenic CO2 in the North Pacific - art. no. GB2020. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 22(2). 16 indexed citations

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Vázquez‐Rodríguez, M., Claire Lo Monaco, Darryn W. Waugh, et al.. (2008). Anthropogenic carbon distributions in the Atlantic Ocean: data-based estimates from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 96 indexed citations

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Quéré, Corinne Le, Christian Rödenbeck, Erik T. Buitenhuis, et al.. (2007). Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO ₂ Sink Due to Recent Climate Change. Science. 316(5832). 1735–1738. 652 indexed citations breakdown →

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Metzl, Nicolas. (2000). Le programme OISO, Service d'Observation de l'Océan Indien = The OISO program: observations in the Indian Ocean. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 21(10). 76–83. 1 indexed citations

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