R. W. Lindsay

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

R. W. Lindsay is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, R. W. Lindsay has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Atmospheric Science, 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in R. W. Lindsay's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (40 papers), Climate change and permafrost (32 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (32 papers). R. W. Lindsay is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (40 papers), Climate change and permafrost (32 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (32 papers). R. W. Lindsay collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. R. W. Lindsay's co-authors include Jinlun Zhang, Axel Schweiger, D. A. Rothrock, Harry L. Stern, Mark Wensnahan, Michael Steele, Donald B. Percival, Rebecca A. Woodgate, J. G. Sonntag and B. Panzer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

R. W. Lindsay

43 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Evaluation of Seven Different Atmospheric Reanalysis Prod... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2015 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. Evaluation of Seven Different Atmospheric Reanalysis Products in the Arctic*
    2014 439 citations R. W. Lindsay, Axel Schweiger et al. Journal of Climate profile →
  2. Arctic sea ice thickness loss determined using subsurface, aircraft, and satellite observations
    2015 318 citations R. W. Lindsay, Axel Schweiger ˜The œcryosphere profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. W. Lindsay United States 29 3.1k 1.3k 430 231 93 48 3.3k
Jun Inoue Japan 28 3.5k 1.1× 2.5k 1.9× 786 1.8× 267 1.2× 103 1.1× 107 3.7k
Leonid Bobylev Russia 18 1.4k 0.5× 881 0.7× 369 0.9× 197 0.9× 58 0.6× 59 1.8k
Axel Schweiger United States 36 5.3k 1.7× 2.6k 2.0× 642 1.5× 457 2.0× 198 2.1× 81 5.6k
Stein Sandven Russia 25 2.0k 0.6× 794 0.6× 768 1.8× 343 1.5× 61 0.7× 87 2.5k
Steffen Tietsche United Kingdom 22 2.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.2× 670 1.6× 185 0.8× 81 0.9× 45 2.5k
Jeffrey R. Key United States 42 4.6k 1.5× 2.8k 2.1× 318 0.7× 233 1.0× 113 1.2× 126 5.2k
Mark A. Ringer United Kingdom 29 2.5k 0.8× 2.7k 2.0× 449 1.0× 69 0.3× 24 0.3× 58 3.0k
Georg Heygster Germany 32 4.0k 1.3× 1.3k 1.0× 762 1.8× 301 1.3× 84 0.9× 127 4.7k
Yevgeny Aksenov United Kingdom 30 2.1k 0.7× 840 0.6× 1.1k 2.5× 680 2.9× 164 1.8× 55 2.4k
William H. Lipscomb United States 28 2.7k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 390 0.9× 205 0.9× 32 0.3× 76 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by R. W. Lindsay

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. W. Lindsay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. W. Lindsay

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. W. Lindsay. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. W. Lindsay 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. W. Lindsay. R. W. Lindsay 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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Lindsay, R. W. & Axel Schweiger. (2015). Arctic sea ice thickness loss determined using subsurface, aircraft, and satellite observations. ˜The œcryosphere. 9(1). 269–283. 318 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kurtz, N. T., S. L. Farrell, M. Studinger, et al.. (2013). Sea ice thickness, freeboard, and snow depth products from Operation IceBridge airborne data. ˜The œcryosphere. 7(4). 1035–1056. 206 indexed citations
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Lindsay, R. W., Christian Haas, Stefan Hendricks, et al.. (2012). Seasonal forecasts of Arctic sea ice initialized with observations of ice thickness. Geophysical Research Letters. 39(21). 51 indexed citations
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Lindsay, R. W. & Axel Schweiger. (2011). A new unified sea ice thickness climate data record. AGUFM. 2011. 4 indexed citations
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Levermann, Anders, Jonathan Bamber, Sybren Drijfhout, et al.. (2011). Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe. Climatic Change. 110(3-4). 845–878. 50 indexed citations
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Levermann, Anders, Jonathan Bamber, Sybren Drijfhout, et al.. (2010). Climatic tipping elements with potential impact on Europe. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich).
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Stern, Harry L. & R. W. Lindsay. (2009). Spatial scaling of Arctic sea ice deformation. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(C10). 59 indexed citations
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Lindsay, R. W., J. Zhang, Axel Schweiger, Michael Steele, & Harry L. Stern. (2008). Arctic sea ice retreat in 2007 follows thinning trend. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 3 indexed citations
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Rampal, Pierre, Jérôme Weiss, David Marsan, R. W. Lindsay, & Harry L. Stern. (2008). Scaling properties of sea ice deformation from buoy dispersion analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(C3). 96 indexed citations
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Lindsay, R. W., Jinlun Zhang, Axel Schweiger, Michael Steele, & Harry L. Stern. (2008). Arctic Sea Ice Retreat in 2007 Follows Thinning Trend. Journal of Climate. 22(1). 165–176. 158 indexed citations
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Lindsay, R. W., et al.. (2008). Seasonal predictions of ice extent in the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(C2). 107 indexed citations
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Lindsay, R. W., R. Kwok, Laura de Steur, & Walter N. Meier. (2008). Halo of ice deformation observed over the Maud Rise seamount. Geophysical Research Letters. 35(15). 10 indexed citations
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Lindsay, R. W. & Jinlun Zhang. (2005). The Thinning of Arctic Sea Ice, 1988–2003: Have We Passed a Tipping Point?. Journal of Climate. 18(22). 4879–4894. 320 indexed citations
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Lindsay, R. W., et al.. (2003). Comparison of thin ice thickness distributions derived from RADARSAT Geophysical Processor System and advanced very high resolution radiometer data sets. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(C12). 33 indexed citations
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Lindsay, R. W.. (2002). Heat flux from leads in pack ice from a Landsat TM image. 3. III/606–III/611.
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Lindsay, R. W.. (2002). Ice deformation near SHEBA. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(C10). 22 indexed citations
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Lindsay, R. W.. (2001). Arctic sea-ice albedo derived from RGPS-based ice-thickness estimates. Annals of Glaciology. 33. 225–229. 7 indexed citations
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Lindsay, R. W., et al.. (1997). Surface turbulent fluxes over pack ice inferred from TOVS observations. Annals of Glaciology. 25. 393–399. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Yongqi, D. A. Rothrock, & R. W. Lindsay. (1995). Accuracy of sea ice temperature derived from the advanced very high resolution radiometer. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 100(C3). 4525–4532. 24 indexed citations

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