Peter W. Swarzenski

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
173 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Peter W. Swarzenski is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter W. Swarzenski has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 43 papers in Oceanography and 42 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Peter W. Swarzenski's work include Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (61 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (25 papers) and Radioactive contamination and transfer (23 papers). Peter W. Swarzenski is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (61 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (25 papers) and Radioactive contamination and transfer (23 papers). Peter W. Swarzenski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Monaco and France. Peter W. Swarzenski's co-authors include Chuanmin Hu, Frank Müller‐Karger, M. Baskaran, Marc Métian, William C. Burnett, Chris Reich, Zhiqiang Chen, Kevin D. Kroeger, Brent A. McKee and Curt D. Storlazzi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter W. Swarzenski

163 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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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.

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

2013 521 citations Peter W. Swarzenski et al. profile →
Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding

2018 290 citations Curt D. Storlazzi, Stephen B. Gingerich et al. Science Advances profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter W. Swarzenski United States	46	2.1k	1.6k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	173	6.5k
Guebuem Kim South Korea	40	2.6k 1.2×	2.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	170	5.4k
Jordi García-Orellana Spain	41	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	135	4.8k
Zhangdong Jin China	46	2.1k 1.0×	626 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	834 0.7×	3.8k 3.0×	210	7.8k
Nils Moosdorf Germany	33	2.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	78	5.5k
Bjørn Sundby Canada	45	1.9k 0.9×	2.3k 1.4×	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	871 0.7×	81	5.9k
Jing Zhang China	48	955 0.5×	3.5k 2.1×	2.4k 1.7×	1.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	245	7.2k
Moritz F. Lehmann Switzerland	48	1.6k 0.8×	2.8k 1.7×	3.7k 2.6×	2.3k 1.8×	1.6k 1.3×	156	7.8k
Barak Herut Israel	46	1.0k 0.5×	4.0k 2.5×	2.7k 1.9×	1.5k 1.2×	2.5k 2.0×	200	8.4k
Stephen A. Norton United States	43	1.3k 0.6×	723 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	2.6k 2.0×	1.2k 1.0×	226	6.6k
Sherry L. Schiff Canada	53	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.5×	3.8k 3.0×	875 0.7×	162	7.6k

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Azemard, Sabine, Beat Gasser, Pere Masqué, et al.. (2025). Baseline trace element concentrations in marine sediment from the West African coast. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 215. 117926–117926. 1 indexed citations

Gentès, Sophie, Christelle Lopes, Emmanuel Tessier, et al.. (2023). In Vivo Mercury (De)Methylation Metabolism in Cephalopods under Different pCO₂ Scenarios. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(14). 5761–5770. 6 indexed citations

Oberhaënsli, François, et al.. (2021). Deoxygenation reduces growth rates and increases assimilation of essential trace metals in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Environmental Pollution. 288. 117786–117786. 2 indexed citations

Manceau, Alain, Sabine Azemard, Laëtitia Hédouin, et al.. (2021). Chemical Forms of Mercury in Blue Marlin Billfish: Implications for Human Exposure. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 8(5). 405–411. 29 indexed citations

Gómez-Batista, Miguel, Marc Métian, François Oberhänsli, et al.. (2020). Intercomparison of four methods to estimate coral calcification under various environmental conditions. Biogeosciences. 17(4). 887–899. 3 indexed citations

Conaway, Christopher H., Thomas D. Lorenson, Merritt R. Turetsky, et al.. (2020). Permafrost Mapping with Electrical Resistivity Tomography: A Case Study in Two Wetland Systems in Interior Alaska. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 25(2). 199–209. 11 indexed citations

Storlazzi, Curt D., Stephen B. Gingerich, Ap van Dongeren, et al.. (2018). Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding. Science Advances. 4(4). eaap9741–eaap9741. 290 indexed citations breakdown →

Prouty, Nancy G., et al.. (2017). Vulnerability of Coral Reefs to Bioerosion From Land‐Based Sources of Pollution. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 122(12). 9319–9331. 73 indexed citations

Swarzenski, Peter W., T. D. Lorenson, Christopher H. Conaway, et al.. (2016). Seasonal Electrical Resistivity Surveys of a Coastal Bluff, Barter Island, North Slope Alaska. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 21(1). 37–42. 15 indexed citations

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Swarzenski, Peter W., et al.. (2015). Ground-truthing Electrical Resistivity Methods in Support of Submarine Groundwater Discharge Studies: Examples from Hawaii, Washington, and California. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 20(1). 81–87. 12 indexed citations

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Swarzenski, Peter W., et al.. (2009). A Multi-Proxy Approach to Submarine Groundwater Discharge Studies: Examples from Santa Barbara, CA and Maunalua Bay, HI. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 2 indexed citations

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Burnett, William C., Isaac R. Santos, Yishai Weinstein, Peter W. Swarzenski, & Barak Herut. (2007). Remaining uncertainties in the use of Rn-222 as a quantitative tracer of submarine groundwater discharge. IAHS-AISH publication. 109–118. 74 indexed citations

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Weinstein, Yishai, et al.. (2007). Temporal variability of submarine groundwater discharge: Assessments via radon and seep meters, the southern carmel coast, Israel. IAHS-AISH publication. 125–133. 6 indexed citations

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Swarzenski, Peter W., S. Kruse, Chris Reich, & Peter W. Swarzenski. (2007). 3. Multi-Channel Resistivity Investigations of the Freshwater-Saltwater Interface: A New Tool to Study an Old Problem. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 17(312). 100–106. 8 indexed citations

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Halley, R. B., Christopher D. Reich, Peter W. Swarzenski, & Christian D. Langevin. (2005). Multidisciplinary Investigations of Submarine Flow to Biscayne Bay, Florida. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Cohen, Andrew S., Manuel R. Palacios‐Fest, James W. McGill, et al.. (2005). Paleolimnological investigations of anthropogenic environmental change in Lake Tanganyika: I. An introduction to the project. Journal of Paleolimnology. 34(1). 1–18. 31 indexed citations

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Swarzenski, Peter W. & P. Campbell. (2004). Tracking contaminants down the Mississippi. 49(5). 40–41. 1 indexed citations

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Martin, Jonathan B., et al.. (2003). A Multi-Level Pore-Water Sampler for Permeable Sediments. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 73(1). 128–132. 60 indexed citations

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Swarzenski, Peter W., Chris Reich, Rick M. Spechler, Jack L. Kindinger, & Willard S. Moore. (2001). Using multiple geochemical tracers to characterize the hydrogeology of the submarine spring off Crescent Beach, Florida. Chemical Geology. 179(1-4). 187–202. 123 indexed citations

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Moore, Willard S., David J. DeMaster, Joseph M. Smoak, Brent A. McKee, & Peter W. Swarzenski. (1996). Radionuclide tracers of sediment-water interactions on the Amazon shelf. Continental Shelf Research. 16(5-6). 645–665. 50 indexed citations

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