Sharon Stammerjohn

12.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
112 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Sharon Stammerjohn is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sharon Stammerjohn has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Atmospheric Science, 47 papers in Oceanography and 36 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sharon Stammerjohn's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (77 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (56 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (36 papers). Sharon Stammerjohn is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (77 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (56 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (36 papers). Sharon Stammerjohn collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Sharon Stammerjohn's co-authors include Douglas G. Martinson, Raymond C. Smith, Robert A. Massom, Hugh W. Ducklow, David Rind, Richard A. Iannuzzi, María Vernet, Oscar Schofield, William R. Fraser and R. C. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sharon Stammerjohn

106 papers receiving 7.7k 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.

Trends in Antarctic annual sea ice retreat and advance and their relation to El Niño–Southern Oscillation and Southern Annular Mode variability

2008 670 citations Sharon Stammerjohn, Douglas G. Martinson et al. profile →
Recent Changes in Phytoplankton Communities Associated with Rapid Regional Climate Change Along the Western Antarctic Peninsula

2009 543 citations Martín A. Montes-Hugo, Scott C. Doney et al. Science profile →
Marine pelagic ecosystems: the West Antarctic Peninsula

2006 502 citations Hugh W. Ducklow, Douglas G. Martinson et al. profile →
Regions of rapid sea ice change: An inter‐hemispheric seasonal comparison

2012 463 citations Sharon Stammerjohn, Douglas G. Martinson et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →

Peers

Sharon Stammerjohn

OCEAN

ECOLO

GPC

Gareth J. Marshall United Kingdom

Stephen R. Rintoul Australia

Thomas J. Bracegirdle United Kingdom

Dominic A. Hodgson United Kingdom

Nathaniel L. Bindoff Australia

Mikael K. Sejr Denmark

Julian Gutt Germany

Richard Bintanja Netherlands

Jan Marcin Węsławski Poland

Finlo Cottier United Kingdom

Gareth J. Marshall United Kingdom

Sharon Stammerjohn

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2.9k ×0.8

OCEAN

3.0k ×0.9

ECOLO

6.8k ×2.7

GPC

251 ×0.7

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Countries citing papers authored by Sharon Stammerjohn

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sharon Stammerjohn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sharon Stammerjohn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sharon Stammerjohn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sharon Stammerjohn 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 Sharon Stammerjohn. Sharon Stammerjohn is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vancoppenolle, Martin, et al.. (2025). Local Drivers of Antarctic Spring Sea Ice Retreat. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(10).

St‐Laurent, Pierre, Sharon Stammerjohn, & Ted Maksym. (2024). Response of Onshore Oceanic Heat Supply to Yearly Changes in the Amundsen Sea Icescape (Antarctica). Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 129(4). 3 indexed citations

Brooks, Cassandra M., Sharon Stammerjohn, Grant Ballard, et al.. (2024). Building a coordinated framework for research and monitoring in large‐scale international marine protected areas: The Ross Sea region as a model system. Conservation Letters. 17(6).

Vancoppenolle, Martin, et al.. (2024). Thermodynamics Drive Post‐2016 Changes in the Antarctic Sea Ice Seasonal Cycle. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 129(8). 2 indexed citations

Schofield, Oscar, Megan A. Cimino, Scott C. Doney, et al.. (2024). Antarctic pelagic ecosystems on a warming planet. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 39(12). 1141–1153. 11 indexed citations

Gray, Patrick, et al.. (2023). Characterizing coastal phytoplankton seasonal succession patterns on the West Antarctic Peninsula. Limnology and Oceanography. 68(4). 845–861. 18 indexed citations

Loose, Brice, Sharon Stammerjohn, Peter N. Sedwick, & Stephen F. Ackley. (2023). Sea Ice Formation, Glacial Melt and the Solubility Pump Boundary Conditions in the Ross Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 128(8). 2 indexed citations

Pallin, Logan J., Debbie Steel, C. Scott Baker, et al.. (2023). A surplus no more? Variation in krill availability impacts reproductive rates of Antarctic baleen whales. Global Change Biology. 29(8). 2108–2121. 33 indexed citations

Meredith, Michael P., Sharon Stammerjohn, Hugh W. Ducklow, et al.. (2021). Local‐ and Large‐Scale Drivers of Variability in the Coastal Freshwater Budget of the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(6). 11 indexed citations

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Doney, Scott C., Weifeng G. Zhang, Heather Regan, et al.. (2020). Modeling of the Influence of Sea Ice Cycle and Langmuir Circulation on the Upper Ocean Mixed Layer Depth and Freshwater Distribution at the West Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 125(8). 10 indexed citations

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St‐Laurent, Pierre, Patricia L. Yager, Robert M. Sherrell, et al.. (2019). Modeling the Seasonal Cycle of Iron and Carbon Fluxes in the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124(3). 1544–1565. 38 indexed citations

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Maksym, Ted, JL Lieser, Gauthier Carnat, et al.. (2018). Physical and biogeochemical properties of winter sea ice during PIPERS, Ross Sea. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Madison M., Sharon Stammerjohn, Ola Persson, et al.. (2018). Episodic Reversal of Autumn Ice Advance Caused by Release of Ocean Heat in the Beaufort Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(5). 3164–3185. 44 indexed citations

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Jenkins, Adrian, D. R. Shoosmith, Pierre Dutrieux, et al.. (2018). West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat in the Amundsen Sea driven by decadal oceanic variability. Nature Geoscience. 11(10). 733–738. 217 indexed citations

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St‐Laurent, Pierre, Patricia L. Yager, Robert M. Sherrell, Sharon Stammerjohn, & Michael S. Dinniman. (2017). Pathways and supply of dissolved iron in the Amundsen Sea (Antarctica). Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 122(9). 7135–7162. 51 indexed citations

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Holland, Marika M., Laura Landrum, Marilyn Raphael, & Sharon Stammerjohn. (2017). Springtime winds drive Ross Sea ice variability and change in the following autumn. Nature Communications. 8(1). 731–731. 44 indexed citations

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Smith, Madison M., et al.. (2016). Observations of wave-enhanced mixing in the autumn Arctic Ocean. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 2 indexed citations

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Sherrell, Robert M., et al.. (2015). Dynamics of dissolved iron and other bioactive trace metals (Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn) in the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene. 3. 74 indexed citations

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Alderkamp, Anne‐Carlijn, Gert L. van Dijken, Kate E. Lowry, et al.. (2015). Fe availability drives phytoplankton photosynthesis rates during spring bloom in the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene. 3. 55 indexed citations

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Montes-Hugo, Martín A., Scott C. Doney, Hugh W. Ducklow, et al.. (2009). Recent Changes in Phytoplankton Communities Associated with Rapid Regional Climate Change Along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Science. 323(5920). 1470–1473. 543 indexed citations breakdown →

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