P. N. Vinayachandran

13.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
107 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

P. N. Vinayachandran is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, P. N. Vinayachandran has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Oceanography, 76 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 46 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in P. N. Vinayachandran's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (90 papers), Climate variability and models (61 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (39 papers). P. N. Vinayachandran is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (90 papers), Climate variability and models (61 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (39 papers). P. N. Vinayachandran collaborates with scholars based in India, United Kingdom and United States. P. N. Vinayachandran's co-authors include Toshio Yamagata, N. H. Saji, B. N. Goswami, D. Shankar, A.S. Unnikrishnan, Sulochana Gadgil, P. A. Francis, Jaison Kurian, S.R. Shetye and V. Ramesh Babu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

P. N. Vinayachandran

100 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A dipole mode in the tropical Indian Ocean

1999 4.2k citations B. N. Goswami, P. N. Vinayachandran et al. Nature profile →
The monsoon currents in the north Indian Ocean

2002 646 citations D. Shankar, P. N. Vinayachandran et al. Progress In Oceanography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
P. N. Vinayachandran India	41	7.3k	7.1k	5.0k	892	272	107	10.0k
Chunzai Wang China	54	9.1k 1.2×	6.3k 0.9×	7.7k 1.5×	678 0.8×	176 0.6×	212	10.5k
Gökhan Danabasoglu United States	54	10.0k 1.4×	6.7k 0.9×	8.6k 1.7×	617 0.7×	216 0.8×	178	12.7k
Johann Jungclaus Germany	52	7.7k 1.1×	4.1k 0.6×	8.2k 1.6×	638 0.7×	336 1.2×	167	10.8k
Emanuele Di Lorenzo United States	49	7.6k 1.0×	7.3k 1.0×	4.8k 1.0×	2.2k 2.4×	331 1.2×	141	10.8k
Alexey Kaplan United States	34	12.1k 1.7×	6.7k 0.9×	11.7k 2.3×	1.5k 1.6×	476 1.8×	61	14.9k
Steven R. Jayne United States	33	4.8k 0.7×	4.0k 0.6×	4.0k 0.8×	488 0.5×	212 0.8×	80	7.2k
Boris Dewitte France	38	5.6k 0.8×	4.8k 0.7×	4.1k 0.8×	736 0.8×	132 0.5×	142	7.5k
B. N. Goswami India	49	10.7k 1.5×	4.6k 0.7×	9.0k 1.8×	498 0.6×	208 0.8×	158	12.1k
Soon‐Il An South Korea	43	8.6k 1.2×	5.5k 0.8×	7.0k 1.4×	452 0.5×	110 0.4×	214	9.6k
Amy Clement United States	45	7.2k 1.0×	4.0k 0.6×	8.1k 1.6×	1.4k 1.6×	757 2.8×	126	10.5k

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Vinayachandran, P. N., et al.. (2025). Arabian Sea high salinity core supplies oxygen to the Bay of Bengal. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 221. 105477–105477.

Vinayachandran, P. N., et al.. (2025). Submesoscale Processes Associated With the East India Coastal Current. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 130(2). 1 indexed citations

Vinayachandran, P. N., et al.. (2025). Equatorial convection controls boreal summer intraseasonal oscillations in the present and future climates. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 8(1). 1 indexed citations

Vinayachandran, P. N., et al.. (2023). Advection-based tracking and analysis of salinity movement in the Indian Ocean. Computers & Geosciences. 182. 105493–105493. 1 indexed citations

Vijith, V., et al.. (2023). Formation, maintenance and diurnal variability of subsurface chlorophyll maximum during the summer monsoon in the southern Bay of Bengal. Progress In Oceanography. 212. 102974–102974. 9 indexed citations

Vinayachandran, P. N., et al.. (2023). Intraseasonal oscillations of the Andaman Sea thermocline. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 212. 105337–105337. 1 indexed citations

Lotliker, Aneesh A., et al.. (2022). Radiant heating rate associated with chlorophyll dynamics in upper ocean of Southern Bay of Bengal: A case study during Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 196. 105026–105026. 4 indexed citations

Vinayachandran, P. N., Yukio Masumoto, Michael J. Roberts, et al.. (2021). Reviews and syntheses: Physical and biogeochemical processes associated with upwelling in the Indian Ocean. Biogeosciences. 18(22). 5967–6029. 84 indexed citations

Vinayachandran, P. N., et al.. (2020). The role of Amazon river runoff on the multidecadal variability of the Atlantic ITCZ. Environmental Research Letters. 15(5). 54013–54013. 11 indexed citations

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Sheehan, Peter M., Benjamin G. M. Webber, Alejandra Sanchez‐Franks, et al.. (2020). Injection of Oxygenated Persian Gulf Water Into the Southern Bay of Bengal. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(14). 15 indexed citations

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Thushara, V., P. N. Vinayachandran, Adrian J. Matthews, Benjamin G. M. Webber, & Bastien Y. Queste. (2019). Vertical distribution of chlorophyll in dynamically distinct regions of the southern Bay of Bengal. Biogeosciences. 16(7). 1447–1468. 50 indexed citations

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Mahajan, Anoop S., Liselotte Tinel, Amit Sarkar, et al.. (2019). Understanding Iodine Chemistry Over the Northern and Equatorial Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 124(14). 8104–8118. 15 indexed citations

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Gadgil, Sulochana, P. A. Francis, & P. N. Vinayachandran. (2019). Monsoon and EQUINOO:Validation of the Educated Guess for the Season of 2019. Current Science. 117(11). 1782–1784. 1 indexed citations

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Wall-Palmer, Deborah, Brett Metcalfe, Melanie J. Leng, et al.. (2018). Vertical distribution and diurnal migration of atlantid heteropods. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 587. 1–15. 13 indexed citations

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Vinayachandran, P. N., et al.. (2011). Mechanisms of summer intraseasonal sea surface temperature oscillations in the Bay of Bengal. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 117(C1). 44 indexed citations

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Vinayachandran, P. N., D. Shankar, Jaison Kurian, Fabien Durand, & S. S. C. Shenoi. (2007). Arabian Sea mini warm pool and the monsoon onset vortex. Current Science. 93(2). 203–214. 62 indexed citations

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Ravichandran, M., P. N. Vinayachandran, Sudheer Joseph, & K. Radhakrishnan. (2004). Results from the first Argo float deployed by India. Current Science. 86(5). 651–659. 23 indexed citations

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Gadgil, Sulochana, P. N. Vinayachandran, & P. A. Francis. (2003). Droughts of the Indian summer monsoon: Role of clouds over the Indian Ocean. Current Science. 85(12). 1713–1719. 163 indexed citations

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Goswami, B. N., et al.. (1999). . Nature. 401(6751). 360–363. 92 indexed citations

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Vinayachandran, P. N., S.R. Shetye, Debasis Sengupta, & Sulochana Gadgil. (1996). Forcing mechanisms of the Bay of Bengal circulation. Current Science. 71(10). 753–763. 79 indexed citations

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