Pierrick Penven

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Pierrick Penven is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierrick Penven has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Oceanography, 53 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 29 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Pierrick Penven's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (72 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (31 papers) and Climate variability and models (29 papers). Pierrick Penven is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (72 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (31 papers) and Climate variability and models (29 papers). Pierrick Penven collaborates with scholars based in France, South Africa and United States. Pierrick Penven's co-authors include Patrick Marchesiello, Mathieu Rouault, Laurent Debreu, C. J. C. Reason, Christian Mullon, Benjamin Pohl, Jennifer Veitch, James C. McWilliams, Gildas Cambon and Carolina Parada and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Pierrick Penven

75 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate

2011 450 citations Lisa M. Beal, Arne Biastoch et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pierrick Penven France	38	3.5k	2.7k	1.6k	907	444	78	4.6k
Edmo Campos Brazil	33	2.9k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	566 1.3×	90	4.2k
Igor M. Belkin United States	23	2.5k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	319 0.7×	57	4.1k
Glen Gawarkiewicz United States	36	3.6k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	359 0.8×	148	4.6k
Ricardo P. Matano United States	31	2.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	707 0.8×	399 0.9×	66	3.2k
Enrique Curchitser United States	35	3.9k 1.1×	3.3k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	221 0.5×	99	5.4k
R. R. Leben United States	31	4.0k 1.1×	3.2k 1.2×	2.5k 1.6×	631 0.7×	215 0.5×	100	5.1k
Alexey Mishonov United States	26	3.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	935 1.0×	215 0.5×	48	4.5k
Ricardo Locarnini United States	25	4.0k 1.1×	2.8k 1.1×	2.7k 1.7×	1.0k 1.1×	242 0.5×	38	5.5k
Alberto Piola Argentina	44	4.3k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.4×	1.8k 2.0×	927 2.1×	140	6.4k
Patrick Marchesiello France	42	5.4k 1.5×	3.5k 1.3×	3.0k 1.9×	796 0.9×	638 1.4×	99	6.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pierrick Penven

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Lett, Christophe, et al.. (2024). Influence of Mozambique Channel eddies on larval loss of two shallow-water commercial shrimp species. PLOS Climate. 3(6). e0000414–e0000414. 1 indexed citations

Chenillat, Fanny, et al.. (2024). Role of mesoscale eddies in the biogeochemistry of the Mozambique Channel. Frontiers in Marine Science. 11.

Dewitte, Boris, et al.. (2023). Spatial and seasonal variability of horizontal temperature fronts in the Mozambique Channel for both epipelagic and mesopelagic realms. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9. 6 indexed citations

Hermes, Juliet, et al.. (2022). An investigation of sea level and circulation response during a coastal trapped wave event on the Eastern Agulhas Bank, South Africa. Continental Shelf Research. 240. 104698–104698. 4 indexed citations

Couvelard, Xavier, et al.. (2021). Benefits of radar-derived surface current assimilation for South of Africa ocean circulation. Geoscience Letters. 8(1). 5 indexed citations

Penven, Pierrick, Roshin P. Raj, Lionel Renault, et al.. (2021). Where and How the East Madagascar Current Retroflection Originates?. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(11). 4 indexed citations

Penven, Pierrick, et al.. (2020). A Model Investigation of the Influences of the South‐East Madagascar Current on the South‐East Madagascar Bloom. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 125(6). 3 indexed citations

Penven, Pierrick, et al.. (2019). A New Definition of the South‐East Madagascar Bloom and Analysis of Its Variability. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124(3). 1717–1735. 14 indexed citations

Hernández‐Molina, F. Javier, et al.. (2019). Contourite depositional systems along the Mozambique channel: The interplay between bottom currents and sedimentary processes. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 147. 79–99. 50 indexed citations

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Beal, Lisa M., et al.. (2018). Seasonal Phasing of Agulhas Current Transport Tied to a Baroclinic Adjustment of Near‐Field Winds. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(10). 7067–7083. 17 indexed citations

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Aguiar‐González, Borja, Pierrick Penven, C. J. C. Reason, et al.. (2018). SIDDIES Corridor: A Major East‐West Pathway of Long‐Lived Surface and Subsurface Eddies Crossing the Subtropical South Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(8). 5406–5425. 37 indexed citations

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Veitch, Jennifer, Juliet Hermes, Tarron Lamont, Pierrick Penven, & François Dufois. (2017). Shelf-edge jet currents in the southern Benguela: A modelling approach. Journal of Marine Systems. 188. 27–38. 19 indexed citations

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Pous, Stéphane, et al.. (2016). Modelling cyclonic eddies in the Delagoa Bight region. Continental Shelf Research. 119. 14–29. 13 indexed citations

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Loveday, Benjamin R., Jonathan V. Durgadoo, C. J. C. Reason, Arne Biastoch, & Pierrick Penven. (2014). Decoupling of the Agulhas Leakage from the Agulhas Current. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 44(7). 1776–1797. 64 indexed citations

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Penven, Pierrick, Issufo Halo, Stéphane Pous, & Louis Marié. (2014). Cyclogeostrophic balance in the Mozambique Channel. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 119(2). 1054–1067. 51 indexed citations

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Pous, Stéphane, et al.. (2014). Circulation around La Réunion and Mauritius islands in the south-western Indian Ocean: A modeling perspective. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 119(3). 1957–1976. 21 indexed citations

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Durgadoo, Jonathan V., Benjamin R. Loveday, C. J. C. Reason, Pierrick Penven, & Arne Biastoch. (2013). Agulhas Leakage Predominantly Responds to the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 43(10). 2113–2131. 116 indexed citations

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Backeberg, Björn, Pierrick Penven, & Mathieu Rouault. (2012). Impact of intensified Indian Ocean winds on mesoscale variability in the Agulhas system. Nature Climate Change. 2(8). 608–612. 88 indexed citations

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Koné, V., Éric Machu, Pierrick Penven, et al.. (2005). Modeling the primary and secondary productions of the southern Benguela upwelling system: A comparative study through two biogeochemical models. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 19(4). 62 indexed citations

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Parada, Carolina, Carl D. van der Lingen, Christian Mullon, & Pierrick Penven. (2003). Modelling the effect of buoyancy on the transport of anchovy (Engraulis capensis ) eggs from spawning to nursery grounds in the southern Benguela: an IBM approach. Fisheries Oceanography. 12(3). 170–184. 101 indexed citations

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