Robert Korty

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Robert Korty is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Korty has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Atmospheric Science, 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 10 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Robert Korty's work include Climate variability and models (23 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (18 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers). Robert Korty is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (23 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (18 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers). Robert Korty collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Norway. Robert Korty's co-authors include Kerry Emanuel, Christopher E. Holloway, Olivier Pauluis, Arnaud Czaja, William R. Boos, Tapio Schneider, Jeffery R. Scott, Joseph Galewsky, Suzana J. Camargo and Matthew Huber and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Robert Korty

30 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Environmental Control of Tropical Cyclone Intensity 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 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. Environmental Control of Tropical Cyclone Intensity
    2004 525 citations Kerry Emanuel, Robert Korty 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
Robert Korty United States 16 1.4k 1.1k 616 143 94 31 1.5k
Tobias Bischoff United States 11 1.4k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 534 0.9× 189 1.3× 157 1.7× 19 1.8k
Natalie Burls United States 20 904 0.6× 667 0.6× 477 0.8× 179 1.3× 88 0.9× 59 1.2k
Simona Bordoni United States 26 1.5k 1.1× 1.5k 1.4× 491 0.8× 110 0.8× 82 0.9× 53 1.8k
Aaron Donohoe United States 24 2.0k 1.4× 1.9k 1.7× 727 1.2× 206 1.4× 161 1.7× 51 2.5k
Yuchao Zhu China 13 916 0.7× 416 0.4× 305 0.5× 274 1.9× 240 2.6× 25 1.1k
Marisa Montoya Spain 18 1.5k 1.1× 1.0k 0.9× 824 1.3× 171 1.2× 150 1.6× 42 1.9k
Synte Peacock United States 17 925 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 961 1.6× 116 0.8× 35 0.4× 24 1.5k
Willem P. Sijp Australia 19 957 0.7× 388 0.4× 593 1.0× 213 1.5× 156 1.7× 34 1.2k
Sang‐Ik Shin United States 20 1.0k 0.7× 880 0.8× 622 1.0× 186 1.3× 94 1.0× 37 1.3k
Mizuki Tsuchiya United States 14 660 0.5× 640 0.6× 1.1k 1.8× 191 1.3× 92 1.0× 21 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Korty

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Korty

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Korty

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Korty. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Korty 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 Korty. Robert Korty 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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Sullivan, Richard M., Peter J. van Hengstum, Elizabeth Wallace, et al.. (2025). Yucatan Hurricane Activity Highlights Common Era Tropical Cyclone Dipole. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(18).
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Hu, Hsun‐Ming, Chuan‐Chou Shen, John C. H. Chiang, et al.. (2022). Split westerlies over Europe in the early Little Ice Age. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4898–4898. 7 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Richard M., Peter J. van Hengstum, Jeffrey P. Donnelly, et al.. (2022). Northeast Yucatan hurricane activity during the Maya Classic and Postclassic periods. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 20107–20107. 15 indexed citations
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Yan, Qing, Robert Korty, Ting Wei, & Nanxuan Jiang. (2021). A Westward Shift in Tropical Cyclone Potential Intensity and Genesis Regions in the North Atlantic During the Last Interglacial. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(12). 7 indexed citations
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Korty, Robert, et al.. (2020). Tropical Cyclones Downscaled from Simulations of the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Climate. 34(2). 659–674. 5 indexed citations
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Yan, Qing, Robert Korty, Zhongshi Zhang, et al.. (2020). Large shift of the Pacific Walker Circulation across the Cenozoic. National Science Review. 8(5). nwaa101–nwaa101. 14 indexed citations
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Yan, Qing, Robert Korty, Zhongshi Zhang, & Huijun Wang. (2019). Evolution of tropical cyclone genesis regions during the Cenozoic era. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3076–3076. 16 indexed citations
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Toomey, Michael, Robert Korty, Jeffrey P. Donnelly, Peter J. van Hengstum, & William B Curry. (2017). Increased hurricane frequency near Florida during Younger Dryas Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation slowdown. Geology. 45(11). 1047–1050. 14 indexed citations
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Korty, Robert, et al.. (2016). Tropical Cyclones Downscaled from Simulations with Very High Carbon Dioxide Levels. Journal of Climate. 30(2). 649–667. 41 indexed citations
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Yan, Qing, Ting Wei, Robert Korty, et al.. (2016). Enhanced intensity of global tropical cyclones during the mid-Pliocene warm period. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(46). 12963–12967. 44 indexed citations
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Boos, William R. & Robert Korty. (2016). Regional energy budget control of the intertropical convergence zone and application to mid-Holocene rainfall. Nature Geoscience. 9(12). 892–897. 99 indexed citations
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Yan, Qing, Robert Korty, & Zhongshi Zhang. (2015). Tropical Cyclone Genesis Factors in a Simulation of the Last Two Millennia: Results from the Community Earth System Model. Journal of Climate. 28(18). 7182–7202. 15 indexed citations
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Zedler, Sarah E., Guido Kanschat, Ibrahim Hoteit, & Robert Korty. (2013). Estimation of the drag coefficient from the upper ocean response to a hurricane: A variational data assimilation approach. Ocean Modelling. 68. 57–71. 3 indexed citations
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Amaya, Dillon J., Deborah J Thomas, Franco Marcantonio, et al.. (2012). Reconstruction of South Pacific Dust Accumulation during the Early Paleogene Greenhouse. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Deborah J, et al.. (2012). Convection of North Pacific deep water during the early Cenozoic. Geology. 40(6). 527–530. 49 indexed citations
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Pauluis, Olivier, Arnaud Czaja, & Robert Korty. (2009). The Global Atmospheric Circulation in Moist Isentropic Coordinates. Journal of Climate. 23(11). 3077–3093. 80 indexed citations
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Korty, Robert, Kerry Emanuel, & Jeffery R. Scott. (2008). Tropical Cyclone–Induced Upper-Ocean Mixing and Climate: Application to Equable Climates. Journal of Climate. 21(4). 638–654. 131 indexed citations
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Pauluis, Olivier, Arnaud Czaja, & Robert Korty. (2008). The Global Atmospheric Circulation on Moist Isentropes. Science. 321(5892). 1075–1078. 118 indexed citations
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Korty, Robert & Tapio Schneider. (2007). A Climatology of the Tropospheric Thermal Stratification Using Saturation Potential Vorticity. Journal of Climate. 20(24). 5977–5991. 38 indexed citations
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Korty, Robert & Kerry Emanuel. (2007). The Dynamic Response of the Winter Stratosphere to an Equable Climate Surface Temperature Gradient. Journal of Climate. 20(21). 5213–5228. 15 indexed citations

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