Parker MacCready

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Parker MacCready is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Parker MacCready has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Oceanography, 38 papers in Atmospheric Science and 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Parker MacCready's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (57 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (31 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (25 papers). Parker MacCready is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (57 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (31 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (25 papers). Parker MacCready collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Parker MacCready's co-authors include W. Rockwell Geyer, Barbara M. Hickey, Neil S. Banas, Peter B. Rhines, Geno Pawlak, Ryan M. McCabe, Chris Garrett, Yonggang Liu, E. P. Dever and Sarah N. Giddings and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Parker MacCready

71 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Estuarine Circulation 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. The Estuarine Circulation
    2013 437 citations W. Rockwell Geyer, Parker MacCready Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Parker MacCready United States 35 3.4k 2.0k 1.1k 1.0k 918 75 4.2k
Julio Candela Mexico 35 2.9k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 1.5k 1.3× 634 0.6× 799 0.9× 87 3.8k
Hans van Haren Netherlands 33 2.9k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 794 0.7× 687 0.7× 812 0.9× 183 3.7k
Lars Umlauf Germany 31 2.7k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 976 0.9× 607 0.6× 511 0.6× 74 3.3k
Emi̇n Özsoy Türkiye 30 2.9k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 1.2k 1.1× 629 0.6× 660 0.7× 84 3.9k
Richard W. Garvine United States 36 3.1k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 768 0.8× 86 4.1k
Steven J. Lentz United States 49 5.1k 1.5× 2.7k 1.4× 1.9k 1.7× 1.6k 1.5× 1.4k 1.5× 119 6.2k
Richard Limeburner United States 30 2.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 789 0.8× 805 0.9× 63 3.5k
Shenn‐Yu Chao United States 38 4.2k 1.2× 2.1k 1.0× 1.5k 1.4× 682 0.7× 795 0.9× 90 5.1k
Patrick Marchesiello France 42 5.4k 1.6× 3.0k 1.5× 3.5k 3.1× 638 0.6× 796 0.9× 99 6.4k
Emil V. Stanev Germany 37 3.5k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 636 0.7× 154 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Parker MacCready

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Fields of papers citing papers by Parker MacCready

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Parker MacCready

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ward, Nicholas, Jessica Cross, Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs, et al.. (2025). Regional ocean biogeochemical modeling challenges for predicting the effectiveness of marine carbon dioxide removal. Frontiers in Climate. 7.
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MacCready, Parker, et al.. (2025). Seasonal Wind Stress Direction Influences Source and Properties of Inflow to the Salish Sea and Columbia River Estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 130(2).
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MacCready, Parker, et al.. (2024). Intercomparisons of Tracker v1.1 and four other ocean particle-tracking software packages in the Regional Ocean Modeling System. Geoscientific model development. 17(8). 3341–3356. 5 indexed citations
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MacCready, Parker & W. Rockwell Geyer. (2024). Estuarine Exchange Flow in the Salish Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 129(1). 11 indexed citations
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Bednaršek, Nina, Greg Pelletier, Katsunori Kimoto, et al.. (2024). Sensitivity of pteropod calcification to multi stressor variability in coastal habitats. Marine Environmental Research. 204. 106868–106868.
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Sunday, Jennifer M., Evan M. Howard, Samantha Siedlecki, et al.. (2022). Biological sensitivities to high‐resolution climate change projections in the California current marine ecosystem. Global Change Biology. 28(19). 5726–5740. 11 indexed citations
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Giddings, Sarah N., et al.. (2022). Measuring Estuarine Total Exchange Flow From Discrete Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 127(10). e2022JC018960–e2022JC018960. 4 indexed citations
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Banas, Neil S., et al.. (2022). Assessing a model of Pacific Northwest harmful algal bloom transport as a decision-support tool. Harmful Algae. 119. 102334–102334. 7 indexed citations
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Siedlecki, Samantha, Darren Pilcher, Evan M. Howard, et al.. (2021). Coastal processes modify projections of some climate-driven stressors in the California Current System. Biogeosciences. 18(9). 2871–2890. 27 indexed citations
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Newton, Jan, Parker MacCready, Samantha Siedlecki, et al.. (2021). Multi-Stressor Observations and Modeling to Build Understanding of and Resilience to the Coastal Impacts of Climate Change. Oceanography. 86–87. 2 indexed citations
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MacCready, Parker, et al.. (2021). The shelf sources of estuarine inflow. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 8 indexed citations
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MacCready, Parker, Ryan M. McCabe, Samantha Siedlecki, et al.. (2020). Estuarine Circulation, Mixing, and Residence Times in the Salish Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(2). 66 indexed citations
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Lorenz, Marvin, Knut Klingbeil, Parker MacCready, & Hans Burchard. (2019). Numerical issues of the Total Exchange Flow (TEF) analysis framework for quantifying estuarine circulation. Ocean science. 15(3). 601–614. 23 indexed citations
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Geyer, W. Rockwell & Parker MacCready. (2013). The Estuarine Circulation. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 46(1). 175–197. 437 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hickey, Barbara M., Raphael M. Kudela, Jonathan D. Nash, et al.. (2010). River Influences on Shelf Ecosystems: Introduction and synthesis. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(C2). 148 indexed citations
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McCabe, Ryan M., Barbara M. Hickey, & Parker MacCready. (2008). Observational estimates of entrainment and vertical salt flux in the interior of a spreading river plume. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(C8). 35 indexed citations
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MacCready, Parker. (2007). Estuarine Adjustment. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 37(8). 2133–2145. 102 indexed citations
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Banas, Neil S., Barbara M. Hickey, Parker MacCready, & Jan Newton. (2004). Dynamics of Willapa Bay, Washington: A Highly Unsteady, Partially Mixed Estuary. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 34(11). 2413–2427. 137 indexed citations
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MacCready, Parker, Robert D. Hetland, & W. Rockwell Geyer. (2002). Long-term isohaline salt balance in an estuary. Continental Shelf Research. 22(11-13). 1591–1601. 40 indexed citations
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MacCready, Parker. (1999). Estuarine Adjustment to Changes in River Flow and Tidal Mixing. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 29(4). 708–726. 137 indexed citations

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