Rick Lumpkin

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Rick Lumpkin is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Rick Lumpkin has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Oceanography, 60 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 43 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Rick Lumpkin's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (74 papers), Climate variability and models (49 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (29 papers). Rick Lumpkin is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (74 papers), Climate variability and models (49 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (29 papers). Rick Lumpkin collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Rick Lumpkin's co-authors include Kevin Speer, Shane Elipot, Silvia L. Garzoli, Gregory C. Johnson, Gregory R. Foltz, Pierre Flament, Luca Centurioni, Anne‐Marie Tréguier, Arthur J. Mariano and Verena Hormann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Rick Lumpkin

92 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Global Ocean Meridional Overturning 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400 500
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 Ocean Meridional Overturning
    2007 564 citations Rick Lumpkin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rick Lumpkin United States 38 3.9k 2.6k 2.1k 515 218 96 4.8k
Rosalia Santoleri Italy 38 3.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 929 1.8× 239 1.1× 145 4.7k
Bruno Blanke France 36 3.2k 0.8× 2.5k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 440 0.9× 171 0.8× 76 4.2k
Pierre‐Marie Poulain Italy 42 4.4k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 508 1.0× 442 2.0× 153 5.2k
R. R. Leben United States 31 4.0k 1.0× 3.2k 1.2× 2.5k 1.2× 631 1.2× 215 1.0× 100 5.1k
George R. Halliwell United States 30 3.2k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 1.9k 0.9× 339 0.7× 247 1.1× 55 3.8k
John Wilkin United States 41 4.8k 1.2× 2.5k 1.0× 2.1k 1.0× 935 1.8× 537 2.5× 103 5.9k
Alan J. Wallcraft United States 38 3.8k 1.0× 2.5k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 309 0.6× 203 0.9× 117 4.4k
Jordi Font Spain 38 3.4k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 4.0k 1.9× 596 1.2× 370 1.7× 153 7.3k
Gary T. Mitchum United States 32 4.2k 1.1× 2.8k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 702 1.4× 516 2.4× 65 5.6k
Boris Dewitte France 38 4.8k 1.2× 5.6k 2.1× 4.1k 2.0× 736 1.4× 132 0.6× 142 7.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Rick Lumpkin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rick Lumpkin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rick Lumpkin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rick Lumpkin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rick Lumpkin 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 Rick Lumpkin. Rick Lumpkin 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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Lee, Sang‐Ki, Fabian A. Gomez, Hosmay Lopez, et al.. (2024). A pause in the weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation since the early 2010s. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10642–10642. 2 indexed citations
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Perez, Renellys C., et al.. (2024). Strengthening of the Equatorial Pacific Upper‐Ocean Circulation Over the Past Three Decades. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 129(11).
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Sykulski, Adam M., et al.. (2023). Probabilistic Prediction of Oceanographic Velocities with Multivariate Gaussian Natural Gradient Boosting. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 2 indexed citations
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Perez, Renellys C., Gregory R. Foltz, Peter Brandt, et al.. (2023). Modulation of Equatorial Currents and Tropical Instability Waves During the 2021 Atlantic Niño. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 129(1). 4 indexed citations
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Lee, Sang‐Ki, Rick Lumpkin, Fabian A. Gomez, et al.. (2023). Human-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation are emerging from the Southern Ocean. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 15 indexed citations
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Perez, Renellys C., et al.. (2022). Multidecadal Intensification of Atlantic Tropical Instability Waves. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(22). 12 indexed citations
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Elipot, Shane, Adam M. Sykulski, Rick Lumpkin, Luca Centurioni, & M. C. Pazos. (2022). A dataset of hourly sea surface temperature from drifting buoys. Scientific Data. 9(1). 567–567. 10 indexed citations
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Ponte, Rui M., et al.. (2021). Using Drifter Velocity Measurements to Assess and Constrain Coarse-Resolution Ocean Models. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 38(4). 909–919. 2 indexed citations
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Sebille, Erik van, Erik Zettler, Nicolas Wienders, et al.. (2021). Dispersion of Surface Drifters in the Tropical Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 26 indexed citations
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Kersalé, Marion, Christopher S. Meinen, Renellys C. Perez, et al.. (2020). Highly variable upper and abyssal overturning cells in the South Atlantic. Science Advances. 6(32). eaba7573–eaba7573. 28 indexed citations
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Perez, Renellys C., Gregory R. Foltz, Rick Lumpkin, & Claudia Schmid. (2019). Direct Measurements of Upper Ocean Horizontal Velocity and Vertical Shear in the Tropical North Atlantic at 4°Ν, 23°W. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124(6). 4133–4151. 16 indexed citations
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Lumpkin, Rick, et al.. (2019). Seasonal and spatial variation of surface current in the Pemba Channel, Tanzania. PLoS ONE. 14(1). e0210303–e0210303. 29 indexed citations
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Archer, Matthew, Shane R. Keating, Moninya Roughan, et al.. (2018). The Kinematic Similarity of Two Western Boundary Currents Revealed by Sustained High‐Resolution Observations. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(12). 6176–6185. 17 indexed citations
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Dong, Shenfu, Denis L. Volkov, Gustavo Goñi, Rick Lumpkin, & Gregory R. Foltz. (2017). Near‐surface salinity and temperature structure observed with dual‐sensor drifters in the subtropical South Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 122(7). 5952–5969. 11 indexed citations
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Lumpkin, Rick, Tamay M. Özgökmen, & Luca Centurioni. (2016). Advances in the Application of Surface Drifters. Annual Review of Marine Science. 9(1). 59–81. 147 indexed citations
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Volkov, Denis L., Sang‐Ki Lee, Felix W. Landerer, & Rick Lumpkin. (2016). Decade‐long deep‐ocean warming detected in the subtropical South Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(2). 927–936. 44 indexed citations
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Elipot, Shane, Rick Lumpkin, Renellys C. Perez, et al.. (2016). A global surface drifter data set at hourly resolution. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 121(5). 2937–2966. 113 indexed citations
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Volkov, Denis L., A. A. Kubryakov, & Rick Lumpkin. (2015). Formation and variability of the Lofoten basin vortex in a high-resolution ocean model. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 105. 142–157. 60 indexed citations
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Morris, Vernon R., P. Clemente‐Colón, Nicholas R. Nalli, et al.. (2006). Measuring Trans‐Atlantic aerosol transport from Africa. Eos. 87(50). 565–571. 35 indexed citations
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Chavanne, Cédric, Pierre Flament, Rick Lumpkin, B. Dousset, & Abderrahim Bentamy. (2002). Scatterometer observations of wind variations induced by oceanic islands: Implications for wind-driven ocean circulation. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 28(3). 466–474. 70 indexed citations

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