R. M. Samelson

10.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
125 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

R. M. Samelson is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, R. M. Samelson has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Oceanography, 70 papers in Atmospheric Science and 60 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in R. M. Samelson's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (93 papers), Climate variability and models (57 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (36 papers). R. M. Samelson is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (93 papers), Climate variability and models (57 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (36 papers). R. M. Samelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. R. M. Samelson's co-authors include Dudley B. Chelton, Michael G. Schlax, Roland A. de Szoeke, Jeffrey J. Early, Peter Gaube, Eric D. Skyllingstad, Larry W. O’Neill, Geoffrey K. Vallis, Christopher L. Wolfe and Natalie Perlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

R. M. Samelson

123 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Global observations of nonlinear mesoscale eddies 2007 2026 2013 2019 2011 2007 2011 500 1000 1.5k
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. Global observations of nonlinear mesoscale eddies
    2011 1.9k citations Dudley B. Chelton, Michael G. Schlax et al. Progress In Oceanography profile →
  2. Global observations of large oceanic eddies
    2007 937 citations Dudley B. Chelton, Michael G. Schlax et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →
  3. The Influence of Nonlinear Mesoscale Eddies on Near-Surface Oceanic Chlorophyll
    2011 529 citations Dudley B. Chelton, Michael G. Schlax et al. profile →

Peers

R. M. Samelson
Patrice Klein France
Eli Tziperman United States
Chris Hill United States
Jacques Verron France
T. Rossby United States
Geoffrey K. Vallis United States
Tamay M. Özgökmen United States
Patrick Heimbach United States
Allan R. Robinson United States
Kayo Ide United States
Patrice Klein France
R. M. Samelson
Citations per year, relative to R. M. Samelson R. M. Samelson (= 1×) peers Patrice Klein

Countries citing papers authored by R. M. Samelson

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of R. M. Samelson's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by R. M. Samelson with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites R. M. Samelson more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by R. M. Samelson

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by R. M. Samelson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by R. M. Samelson. The network helps show where R. M. Samelson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. M. Samelson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. M. Samelson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. M. Samelson 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 R. M. Samelson. R. M. Samelson 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
1.
O’Neill, Larry W., et al.. (2024). Feasibility of Estimating Sea Surface Height Anomalies from Surface Ocean Currents and Winds. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 41(5). 475–497. 1 indexed citations
2.
Samelson, R. M., et al.. (2024). Surface Currents and Relative-Wind Stress in Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Simulations of the Northern California Current System. Monthly Weather Review. 152(9). 2033–2054. 1 indexed citations
3.
Dye, Alex W., Simon P. de Szoeke, Adele L. Igel, et al.. (2024). Fog in western coastal ecosystems: inter-disciplinary challenges and opportunities with example concepts from the Pacific Northwest, USA. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12.
4.
Samelson, R. M. & J. Thomas Farrar. (2024). Models of the Sea Surface Height Expression of the Internal-Wave Continuum. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 54(10). 2099–2117. 1 indexed citations
5.
Deremble, Bruno, Takaya Uchida, William K. Dewar, & R. M. Samelson. (2023). Eddy‐Mean Flow Interaction With a Multiple Scale Quasi Geostrophic Model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 15(10). 2 indexed citations
6.
Skyllingstad, Eric D., et al.. (2023). Boundary Layer Energetics of Rapid Wind and Wave Forced Mixing Events. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 53(8). 1887–1900. 3 indexed citations
7.
Samelson, R. M.. (2020). Turbulent universality and the drift velocity at the interface between two homogeneous fluids. Physics of Fluids. 32(8). 3 indexed citations
8.
Perlin, Natalie, Simon P. de Szoeke, Dudley B. Chelton, et al.. (2014). Modeling the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Wind Response to Mesoscale Sea Surface Temperature Perturbations. Monthly Weather Review. 142(11). 4284–4307. 57 indexed citations
9.
Chelton, Dudley B., Michael G. Schlax, & R. M. Samelson. (2011). Global observations of nonlinear mesoscale eddies. Progress In Oceanography. 91(2). 167–216. 1880 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Springer, S. R., R. M. Samelson, J. S. Allen, et al.. (2009). A nested grid model of the Oregon Coastal Transition Zone: Simulations and comparisons with observations during the 2001 upwelling season. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(C2). 22 indexed citations
11.
Samelson, R. M., et al.. (2008). Low-Level Jets, Orographic Effects, and Extreme Events in Nares Strait: A Model-Based Mesoscale Climatology. Monthly Weather Review. 136(12). 4746–4759. 42 indexed citations
12.
Chelton, Dudley B., Michael G. Schlax, R. M. Samelson, & Roland A. de Szoeke. (2007). Global observations of large oceanic eddies. Geophysical Research Letters. 34(15). 937 indexed citations breakdown →
13.
Chelton, Dudley B., Michael G. Schlax, R. M. Samelson, & Roland A. de Szoeke. (2006). Global observations of westward energy propagation in the ocean: Rossby waves or nonlinear eddies?. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 6 indexed citations
14.
Allen, J. S., et al.. (2004). Lagrangian characteristics of continental shelf flows forced by periodic wind stress. Nonlinear processes in geophysics. 11(1). 3–16. 6 indexed citations
15.
Nuss, Wendell A., John M. Bane, W. T. Thompson, et al.. (2000). Coastally Trapped Wind Reversals: Progress toward Understanding. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 81(4). 719–743. 51 indexed citations
16.
Samelson, R. M.. (1999). Geostrophic Circulation in a Rectangular Basin with a Circumpolar Connection. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 29(12). 3175–3184. 14 indexed citations
17.
Samelson, R. M. & Geoffrey K. Vallis. (1997). A Simple Friction and Diffusion Scheme for Planetary Geostrophic Basin Models. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 27(1). 186–194. 54 indexed citations
18.
Samelson, R. M. & A. M. Rogerson. (1996). Life Cycle of a Linear Coastal-Trapped Disturbance. Monthly Weather Review. 124(8). 1853–1863. 6 indexed citations
19.
Niiler, Pearn P., Jean H. Filloux, W. T. Liu, et al.. (1993). Wind‐forced variability of the deep eastern North Pacific: Observations of seafloor pressure and abyssal currents. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 98(C12). 22589–22602. 27 indexed citations
20.
Samelson, R. M.. (1992). Supercritical Marine-Layer Flow along a Smoothly Varying Coastline. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 49(17). 1571–1584. 75 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Patrice Klein Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Eli Tziperman Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Chris Hill Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jacques Verron Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by T. Rossby Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Geoffrey K. Vallis Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Tamay M. Özgökmen Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Patrick Heimbach Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Allan R. Robinson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kayo Ide
Rankless by CCL
2026