Sean Vitousek

4.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
57 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Sean Vitousek is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Vitousek has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 34 papers in Atmospheric Science and 30 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Sean Vitousek's work include Coastal and Marine Dynamics (41 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (30 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (20 papers). Sean Vitousek is often cited by papers focused on Coastal and Marine Dynamics (41 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (30 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (20 papers). Sean Vitousek collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Spain. Sean Vitousek's co-authors include Patrick L. Barnard, Li Erikson, Charles H. Fletcher, L. Neil Frazer, Patrick W. Limber, Curt D. Storlazzi, Oliver B. Fringer, Mohsen Taherkhani, Tiffany R. Anderson and Peter Ruggiero and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Sean Vitousek

57 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Doubling of coastal flooding frequency within decades due to sea-level rise

2017 593 citations Sean Vitousek, Patrick L. Barnard et al. Scientific Reports profile →
Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El Niño/Southern Oscillation

2015 294 citations Patrick L. Barnard, Mitchell D. Harley et al. profile →
Dynamic flood modeling essential to assess the coastal impacts of climate change

2019 255 citations Patrick L. Barnard, Li Erikson et al. Scientific Reports profile →
Sea-level rise exponentially increases coastal flood frequency

2020 195 citations Mohsen Taherkhani, Sean Vitousek et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sean Vitousek United States	25	1.7k	1.4k	963	918	750	57	2.8k
Li Erikson United States	30	2.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	968 1.1×	873 1.2×	113	3.4k
Karin R. Bryan New Zealand	32	2.6k 1.6×	1.1k 0.8×	2.2k 2.3×	1.1k 1.2×	460 0.6×	156	3.7k
David P. Callaghan Australia	31	1.8k 1.1×	848 0.6×	2.1k 2.2×	1.2k 1.3×	511 0.7×	124	3.1k
Stefan A. Talke United States	32	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	965 1.3×	76	3.0k
Ana Vila‐Concejo Australia	26	918 0.5×	383 0.3×	1.3k 1.3×	651 0.7×	433 0.6×	90	1.9k
Aart Kroon Denmark	31	2.0k 1.2×	852 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	406 0.4×	142 0.2×	96	2.9k
Kevin E. Parnell Australia	26	761 0.5×	405 0.3×	894 0.9×	638 0.7×	388 0.5×	77	1.9k
M. deCastro Spain	39	345 0.2×	882 0.6×	677 0.7×	2.2k 2.4×	1.6k 2.2×	114	3.8k
Bo Tian China	26	564 0.3×	310 0.2×	1.3k 1.3×	225 0.2×	766 1.0×	87	2.0k
Andrey G. Kostianoy Russia	27	334 0.2×	571 0.4×	361 0.4×	1.6k 1.8×	667 0.9×	163	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Sean Vitousek

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean Vitousek

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean Vitousek

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Warrick, Jonathan A., Daniel Buscombe, Kilian Vos, et al.. (2025). Shoreline Seasonality of California's Beaches. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 130(2). 8 indexed citations

Carvalho, Rafael C., Giovanni Coco, José A. Á. Antolínez, et al.. (2025). Evaluating five shoreline change models against 40 years of field survey data at an embayed sandy beach. Coastal Engineering. 199. 104738–104738. 2 indexed citations

Almar, Rafaël, Erwin W. J. Bergsma, Julien Boucharel, et al.. (2025). Waterline responses to climate forcing along the North American West Coast. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 5 indexed citations

Morim, Joao, Thomas Wahl, D. J. Rasmussen, et al.. (2025). Observations reveal changing coastal storm extremes around the United States. Nature Climate Change. 15(5). 538–545. 5 indexed citations

Stevens, Andrew W., et al.. (2024). Climate controls on longshore sediment transport and coastal morphology adjacent to engineered inlets. Coastal Engineering. 194. 104617–104617. 8 indexed citations

Vitousek, Sean, Kilian Vos, Kristen D. Splinter, et al.. (2024). Scalable, data-assimilated models predict large-scale shoreline response to waves and sea-level rise. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 28029–28029. 7 indexed citations

Vitousek, Sean, Bruno Castelle, Déborah Idier, et al.. (2024). Reshaping the understanding of beach response to sea-level rise for equilibrium shoreline modelling. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 1 indexed citations

Barnard, Patrick L., Sean Vitousek, Li Erikson, et al.. (2024). The projected exposure and response of a natural barrier island system to climate-driven coastal hazards. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 25814–25814. 1 indexed citations

Vos, Kilian, Kristen D. Splinter, Jesús Palomar‐Vázquez, et al.. (2023). Benchmarking satellite-derived shoreline mapping algorithms. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 60 indexed citations

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Taherkhani, Mohsen, et al.. (2023). Monitoring interdecadal coastal change along dissipative beaches via satellite imagery at regional scale. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. e42–e42. 13 indexed citations

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Taherkhani, Mohsen, et al.. (2023). Exponential increases in high-temperature extremes in North America. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 19177–19177. 16 indexed citations

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Irish, Jennifer L., Robert Weiss, Kyle T. Mandli, et al.. (2023). Advances in Morphodynamic Modeling of Coastal Barriers: A Review. Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering. 149(5). 14 indexed citations

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Vitousek, Sean, Kilian Vos, Kristen D. Splinter, Li Erikson, & Patrick L. Barnard. (2023). A Model Integrating Satellite‐Derived Shoreline Observations for Predicting Fine‐Scale Shoreline Response to Waves and Sea‐Level Rise Across Large Coastal Regions. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 128(7). 46 indexed citations

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Taherkhani, Mohsen, Sean Vitousek, Ryan Walter, Jennifer K. O’Leary, & Amid P. Khodadoust. (2023). Flushing time variability in a short, low-inflow estuary. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 284. 108277–108277. 6 indexed citations

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Taherkhani, Mohsen, et al.. (2023). MULTISCALE ASSESSMENT OF SHORELINE EVOLUTION IN THE US PACIFIC NORTHWEST VIA A PROCESS-BASED MODEL. 1437–1451. 1 indexed citations

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Pearson, Stuart, Bram C. van Prooijen, Edwin Elias, Sean Vitousek, & Zheng Bing Wang. (2020). Sediment Connectivity: A Framework for Analyzing Coastal Sediment Transport Pathways. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 125(10). 32 indexed citations

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Taherkhani, Mohsen, Sean Vitousek, Patrick L. Barnard, et al.. (2020). Sea-level rise exponentially increases coastal flood frequency. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 6466–6466. 195 indexed citations breakdown →

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Erikson, Li, A. O'Neill, Patrick L. Barnard, Sean Vitousek, & Patrick W. Limber. (2017). Climate change-driven cliff and beach evolution at decadal to centennial time scales. Coastal dynamics. 125–136. 10 indexed citations

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Rueda, Ana, Sean Vitousek, Paula Camus, et al.. (2017). A global classification of coastal flood hazard climates associated with large-scale oceanographic forcing. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5038–5038. 103 indexed citations

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Vitousek, Sean, et al.. (2017). PREDICTING LONG-TERM SHORELINE RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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