Robert Jacob

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Robert Jacob is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Jacob has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Atmospheric Science, 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 18 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Robert Jacob's work include Climate variability and models (27 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (25 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (13 papers). Robert Jacob is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (27 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (25 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (13 papers). Robert Jacob collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Robert Jacob's co-authors include Everest Ong, J. Walter Larson, Christopher J. Poulsen, John E. Kutzbach, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, Anthony P Craig, Mariana Vertenstein, Zhengyu Liu, Robert G. Gallimore and Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Climate and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Robert Jacob

75 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Transient Simulation of Last Deglaciation with a New Mech... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 250 500 750
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. Transient Simulation of Last Deglaciation with a New Mechanism for Bølling-Allerød Warming
    2009 880 citations Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner, Feng He et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Jacob United States 33 2.6k 1.6k 1.1k 525 494 79 3.9k
Vladimir Petoukhov Germany 31 4.0k 1.5× 3.9k 2.5× 722 0.7× 222 0.4× 513 1.0× 45 6.0k
Mark B. Abbott United States 30 2.4k 0.9× 550 0.4× 229 0.2× 603 1.1× 259 0.5× 101 3.4k
Henk A. Dijkstra Netherlands 50 5.1k 1.9× 5.6k 3.6× 4.5k 4.1× 484 0.9× 417 0.8× 405 9.3k
Pedro Leite da Silva Dias Brazil 36 4.4k 1.6× 4.2k 2.7× 728 0.7× 207 0.4× 104 0.2× 147 6.4k
Hua Lu United Kingdom 32 2.5k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 402 0.4× 124 0.2× 149 0.3× 73 4.3k
Richard D. Smith United States 28 2.6k 1.0× 2.9k 1.9× 2.2k 2.0× 91 0.2× 217 0.4× 72 5.4k
Robert Marsh United Kingdom 47 2.8k 1.1× 3.5k 2.2× 2.9k 2.7× 226 0.4× 406 0.8× 142 5.8k
Andrey Ganopolski Germany 51 7.5k 2.8× 3.6k 2.3× 1.6k 1.4× 825 1.6× 1.9k 3.8× 119 9.5k
David Short United States 30 2.9k 1.1× 1.9k 1.2× 345 0.3× 289 0.6× 157 0.3× 86 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Jacob

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Jacob

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Jacob

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Jacob. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Jacob 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 Robert Jacob. Robert Jacob 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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Dener, Alp, et al.. (2023). Multirate partitioned Runge–Kutta methods for coupled Navier–Stokes equations. Computers & Fluids. 264. 105964–105964. 3 indexed citations
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Mahadevan, Vijay, Xiangmin Jiao, Paul Ullrich, et al.. (2022). Metrics for Intercomparison of Remapping Algorithms (MIRA) protocol applied to Earth system models. Geoscientific model development. 15(17). 6601–6635. 6 indexed citations
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Constantinescu, Emil M., et al.. (2021). Mass-conserving implicit–explicit methods for coupled compressible Navier–Stokes equations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 384. 113988–113988. 2 indexed citations
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Mahadevan, Vijay, Xiangmin Jiao, Paul Ullrich, et al.. (2021). Metrics for Intercomparison of Remapping Algorithms (MIRA) applied to Earth System Models. 1 indexed citations
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Mahadevan, Vijay, et al.. (2020). Improving climate model coupling through a complete mesh representation: a case study with E3SM (v1) and MOAB (v5.x). Geoscientific model development. 13(5). 2355–2377. 6 indexed citations
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Potosnak, Mark J., Rajesh Sankaran, V. R. Kotamarthi, et al.. (2018). Array of Things: Characterizing low-cost air quality sensors for a city-wide instrument. 6 indexed citations
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Beckman, Pete, Rajesh Sankaran, Charlie Catlett, et al.. (2016). Waggle: An open sensor platform for edge computing. 1–3. 37 indexed citations
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Jacob, Robert, Rajesh Sankaran, & Pete Beckman. (2015). Using UAV's to Measure the Urban Boundary Layer. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Drewniak, Beth, Jie Song, Jürgen Prell, V. R. Kotamarthi, & Robert Jacob. (2013). Modeling agriculture in the Community Land Model. Geoscientific model development. 6(2). 495–515. 86 indexed citations
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Valcke, Sophie, V. Balaji, Anthony P Craig, et al.. (2012). Coupling technologies for Earth System Modelling. Geoscientific model development. 5(6). 1589–1596. 48 indexed citations
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Dennis, John M., Mariana Vertenstein, Patrick H Worley, et al.. (2012). Computational performance of ultra-high-resolution capability in the Community Earth System Model. The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications. 26(1). 5–16. 44 indexed citations
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Hoffman, Forrest M., David M. Lawrence, Prasanth Meiyappan, et al.. (2011). Studying Uncertainties in Climate-Terrestrial Biogeochemical Feedbacks in the Northern High Latitudes using a Flexible Earth System Modeling Framework. AGUFM. 2011. 2 indexed citations
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Hirshfield, Leanne, et al.. (2011). This is your brain on interfaces. 373–382. 39 indexed citations
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Jacob, Robert, Fabian Christandl, & Detlef Fetchenhauer. (2011). Economic experts or laypeople? How teachers and journalists judge trade and immigration policies. Journal of Economic Psychology. 32(5). 662–671. 14 indexed citations
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Otto‐Bliesner, Bette L., Feng He, Esther C. Brady, et al.. (2009). Transient Simulation of Last Deglaciation with a New Mechanism for Bølling-Allerød Warming. Science. 325(5938). 310–314. 880 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nefedova, Veronika, Robert Jacob, Ian Foster, et al.. (2006). Automating Climate Science: Large Ensemble Simulations on the TeraGrid with the GriPhyN Virtual Data System. 32–32. 19 indexed citations
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Eby, Michael, et al.. (2004). Global glaciation in the Neoproterozoic: Reconciling previous modelling results. Geophysical Research Letters. 31(8). 13 indexed citations
18.
Gauvard, Claude & Robert Jacob. (2000). Les rites de la justice : gestes et rituels judiciaires au Moyen Âge. 1 indexed citations
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Jacob, Robert. (1997). Low frequency variability in a simulated atmosphere-ocean system. PhDT. 1698. 151 indexed citations
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Jacob, Robert. (1996). Le juge et le jugement dans les traditions juridiques européennes : études d'histoire comparée. 2 indexed citations

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