Robert C. Beardsley

17.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
252 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Robert C. Beardsley is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert C. Beardsley has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 213 papers in Oceanography, 111 papers in Atmospheric Science and 71 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Robert C. Beardsley's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (196 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (75 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (56 papers). Robert C. Beardsley is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (196 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (75 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (56 papers). Robert C. Beardsley collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Robert C. Beardsley's co-authors include Changsheng Chen, Richard Limeburner, Hedong Liu, Clinton D. Winant, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Bradford Butman, David Chapman, Geoffrey W. Cowles, Huichan Lin and Haiqing Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Robert C. Beardsley

245 papers receiving 12.6k 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.

An Unstructured Grid, Finite-Volume, Three-Dimensional, Primitive Equations Ocean Model: Application to Coastal Ocean and Estuaries

2003 1.4k citations Changsheng Chen, Robert C. Beardsley et al. profile →
Discharge of the Changjiang (Yangtze River) into the East China Sea

1985 611 citations Robert C. Beardsley, Richard Limeburner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert C. Beardsley United States	62	10.7k	6.5k	4.4k	2.6k	2.5k	252	13.9k
W. Rockwell Geyer United States	56	6.6k 0.6×	4.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.4×	4.6k 1.8×	3.9k 1.6×	129	10.2k
George L. Mellor United States	51	8.7k 0.8×	9.4k 1.5×	6.9k 1.6×	2.0k 0.8×	882 0.3×	129	15.4k
Alexander F. Shchepetkin United States	30	9.9k 0.9×	5.7k 0.9×	5.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	37	11.4k
Richard E. Thomson Canada	45	4.8k 0.4×	2.8k 0.4×	2.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	233	8.8k
William G. Large United States	47	12.2k 1.1×	10.0k 1.5×	9.7k 2.2×	1.1k 0.4×	744 0.3×	90	16.1k
Stephen G. Monismith United States	57	6.5k 0.6×	2.9k 0.4×	2.5k 0.6×	3.7k 1.4×	4.9k 2.0×	223	10.6k
Arnold L. Gordon United States	74	12.9k 1.2×	8.7k 1.3×	8.3k 1.9×	1.2k 0.5×	2.4k 0.9×	260	17.6k
Friedrich Schott Germany	51	9.0k 0.8×	5.1k 0.8×	6.5k 1.5×	605 0.2×	1.0k 0.4×	124	10.7k
Gregory C. Johnson United States	56	8.9k 0.8×	5.6k 0.9×	6.0k 1.4×	460 0.2×	1.3k 0.5×	163	11.6k
Dudley B. Chelton United States	60	16.4k 1.5×	10.3k 1.6×	12.0k 2.7×	747 0.3×	999 0.4×	141	19.4k

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Zhang, Yu, Ye Zhou, Changsheng Chen, et al.. (2025). Challenges in improving Arctic freshwater simulations: An evaluation of CMIP6 models in the Beaufort Gyre region. Ocean Modelling. 197. 102565–102565.

Anderson, Carryn M., Gary V. Walker, Deborah Saunders, et al.. (2024). Benefit of Avasopasem Manganese on Severe Oral Mucositis in Head and Neck Cancer in the ROMAN Trial: Unplanned Secondary Analysis. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 10(1). 101674–101674. 3 indexed citations

Mapuskar, Kranti A., Casey Pulliam, Ann Tomanek‐Chalkley, et al.. (2024). The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of avasopasem manganese in age-associated, cisplatin-induced renal injury. Redox Biology. 70. 103022–103022. 13 indexed citations

Zhang, Yu, Changsheng Chen, Lele Li, et al.. (2024). Assessment of radar freeboard, radar penetration rate, and snow depth for potential improvements in Arctic sea ice thickness retrieved from CryoSat-2. Cold Regions Science and Technology. 231. 104408–104408. 2 indexed citations

Li, Ruixiang, Changsheng Chen, Wenjie Dong, et al.. (2021). Slope‐Intensified Storm‐Induced Near‐Inertial Oscillations in the South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(3). 13 indexed citations

Zhang, Yu, Changsheng Chen, Pengfei Xue, Robert C. Beardsley, & Peter J. S. Franks. (2020). A view of physical mechanisms for transporting harmful algal blooms to Massachusetts Bay. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 154. 111048–111048. 10 indexed citations

Gao, Guoping, et al.. (2016). Effects of Ice-induced Wave Attenuation on Surface Waves in the Arctic Ocean: An Application of FVCOM-SWAVE. 2016. 1 indexed citations

Beardsley, Robert C., et al.. (2014). Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System (NECOFS): A Multi-scale Global-Regional-Estuarine FVCOM Model. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Changsheng, et al.. (2013). Impact of current‐wave interaction on storm surge simulation: A case study for Hurricane Bob. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 118(5). 2685–2701. 64 indexed citations

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Chen, Changsheng, Robert C. Beardsley, Richard A. Luettich, et al.. (2013). Extratropical storm inundation testbed: Intermodel comparisons in Scituate, Massachusetts. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 118(10). 5054–5073. 61 indexed citations

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Beardsley, Robert C., Changsheng Chen, & Qichun Xu. (2013). Coastal flooding in Scituate (MA): A FVCOM study of the 27 December 2010 nor'easter. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 118(11). 6030–6045. 74 indexed citations

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Lai, Zhigang, Changsheng Chen, Robert C. Beardsley, et al.. (2013). Initial spread of ¹³⁷ Cs from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant over the Japan continental shelf: a study using a high-resolution, global-coastal nested ocean model. Biogeosciences. 10(8). 5439–5449. 11 indexed citations

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Lai, Zhigang, Changsheng Chen, Geoffrey W. Cowles, & Robert C. Beardsley. (2010). A nonhydrostatic version of FVCOM: 2. Mechanistic study of tidally generated nonlinear internal waves in Massachusetts Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(C12). 33 indexed citations

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Lai, Zhigang, Changsheng Chen, Geoffrey W. Cowles, & Robert C. Beardsley. (2010). A nonhydrostatic version of FVCOM: 1. Validation experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(C11). 67 indexed citations

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Chen, Changsheng, Jianhua Qi, Chunyan Li, et al.. (2008). Complexity of the flooding/drying process in an estuarine tidal‐creek salt‐marsh system: An application of FVCOM. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(C7). 95 indexed citations

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Chen, Changsheng, Qichun Xu, Robert C. Beardsley, & Peter J. S. Franks. (2003). Model study of the cross‐frontal water exchange on Georges Bank: A three‐dimensional Lagrangian experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(C5). 15 indexed citations

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Beardsley, Robert C.. (1992). Lagrangian flow observations in the East China,Yellow and Japan Seas (Proceedings of the Sixth Japan and East China Seas Study Workshop,22-27 April 1991,Fukuoka,Japan). 30(3). 297–314. 1 indexed citations

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Limeburner, Richard, Irene S. Soares, Julio Candela, & Robert C. Beardsley. (1992). CTD Observations on the North Brazil Shelf During A Multidisciplinary Amazon Shelf SEDiment Study (AMASSEDS). Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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Signell, Richard P., Robert C. Beardsley, Hans C. Graber, & Antonietta Capotondi. (1990). Effect of wave‐current interaction on wind‐driven circulation in narrow, shallow embayments. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 95(C6). 9671–9678. 136 indexed citations

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Beardsley, Robert C., et al.. (1983). Mean Eulerian subsurface currents measured in the Gulf of Maine and adjacent Scotian and New England shelf and slope regions, 1974-1980. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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