Sydney Levitus

16.5k citations

98 papers · 12.1k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 43

Impact in

Oceanography top 0.02%
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
- Climate variability and models
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Papers in

Oceanography 66
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 55
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 30
- Marine and environmental studies 5
Global and Planetary Change 44
- Climate variability and models 34
- Marine and fisheries research 12
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 5

Co-authors: John I. Antonov Timothy P. Boyer Ricardo Locarnini Cathy Stephens Hernan E. Garcia Tim Boyer Alexey Mishonov Dan Seidov
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (13 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (13 papers)Journal of Physical Oceanography (8 papers)Progress In Oceanography (4 papers)Science (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Russia United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Sydney Levitus

98 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

World ocean heat content and thermosteric sea level change (0–2000 m), 1955–2010 2012 · 801 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Geophysical Research Letters
2010 World ocean atlas 2009
2009 Geophysical Research Letters
2005 Geophysical Research Letters
2000 Science
1983 Eos

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sydney Levitus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Ocean heat content [in State of the Climate 2012] eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) ·金子榮壽, V. Denisenko, سوسن صادقی بجد, Sydney Levitus, Timothy P. Boyer, John I. Antonov, Zvulunov, Dimitri Tsiamparlis, Susan Wijffels, Nathaniel L. Bindoff	2013	10
2	World War II (1939-1945) Oceanographic Observations Data Science Journal ·Sydney Levitus, Gennady G Matishov, I Smolyar, O Baranova, M. Zweng, 高谦, N. N. Mikhaĭlov, Shoichi Kizu, C Langenbruch, G. Reed, Brown Maxwell, Lauren Rickards, Alexander Korablev	2013	2
3	World ocean heat content and thermosteric sea level change (0–2000 m), 1955–2010 Geophysical Research Letters ·Sydney Levitus, John I. Antonov, Timothy P. Boyer, O Baranova, Hernan E. Garcia, Ricardo Locarnini, Alexey Mishonov, James Reagan, Dan Seidov, E. S. Yarosh, M. Zweng Hit paper breakdown →	2012	801
4	World Ocean Atlas 2013: Improved vertical and horizontal resolution AGUFM ·Ricardo Locarnini, Sydney Levitus, Tim Boyer, John I. Antonov, Alexey Mishonov, Hernan E. Garcia, M. Zweng, James Reagan	2012	2
5	Climate sensitivity in the Anthropocene Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University) ·Michael Previdi, Beate G. Liepert, L. Küchler, James E. Hansen, David J. Beerling, Anthony J. Broccoli, Steve Frolking, James N. Galloway, Martin Heimann, Corinne Le Quéré, Sydney Levitus, V. Ramaswamy	2011	2
6	Global ocean heat content 1955–2008 in light of recently revealed instrumentation problems Geophysical Research Letters ·Sydney Levitus, John I. Antonov, Timothy P. Boyer, Ricardo Locarnini, Hernan E. Garcia, Alexey Mishonov Hit paper breakdown →	2009	582
7	World ocean atlas 2005. Vol. 2, Salinity John I. Antonov, Sydney Levitus	2006	100
8	Climatological annual cycle of upper ocean oxygen content anomaly Geophysical Research Letters ·Hernan E. Garcia, Tim Boyer, Sydney Levitus, Ricardo Locarnini, John I. Antonov	2005	8
9	Linear trends of zonally averaged thermosteric, halosteric, and total steric sea level for individual ocean basins and the world ocean, (1955–1959)–(1994–1998) Geophysical Research Letters ·Sydney Levitus, John I. Antonov, Tim Boyer, Hernan E. Garcia, Ricardo Locarnini	2005	55
10	Warming of the world ocean, 1955–2003 Geophysical Research Letters ·Sydney Levitus, John I. Antonov, Tim Boyer Hit paper breakdown →	2005	814
11	Seasonal cycle of phosphate in the open ocean Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers ·Margarita E. Conkright, Watson W. Gregg, Sydney Levitus	2000	46
12	“Great Salinity Anomalies” in the North Atlantic Progress In Oceanography ·Igor M. Belkin, Sydney Levitus, John I. Antonov, Svend‐Aage Malmberg	1998	352
13	Climatological and interannual variability of temperature, heat storage, and rate of heat storage in the upper ocean Sydney Levitus, John I. Antonov	1997	9
14	Structure and evolution of interannual variability of the tropical Pacific upper ocean temperature Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Rong‐Hua Zhang, Sydney Levitus	1996	44
15	Critical issues for long-term climate monitoring Climatic Change ·Thomas R. Karl, V. E. Derr, David R. Easterling, Chris K. Folland, D. J. Hofmann, Sydney Levitus, Neville Nicholls, D. E. Parker, Kun Zhao	1995	84
16	World Ocean Atlas 1994. Volume 5. Interannual variability of upper ocean thermal structure Journal of Dairy Science ·Sydney Levitus, Timothy P. Boyer, John I. Antonov	1994	27
17	Model-Calculated Seasonal Transport Variations through the Florida Straits: A Comparison Using Different Wind-Stress Climatologies Journal of Physical Oceanography ·Augustus F. Fanning, Richard J. Greatbatch, Arlindo da Silva, Sydney Levitus	1994	9
18	World ocean atlas 1994. Volume 1, Nutrients Margarita E. Conkright, Sydney Levitus	1994	43
19	Interannual Variability of Temperature at a Depth of 125 Meters in the North Atlantic Ocean Science ·Sydney Levitus, John I. Antonov, Timothy P. Boyer	1994	186
20	Annual Heat Flux Variations across the Tropic Circles Journal of Physical Oceanography ·Eric B. Kraus, Sydney Levitus	1986	15

About Sydney Levitus

Sydney Levitus is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Geology and Earth-Surface Processes, having authored 98 papers that have together received 12.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (55 papers), Climate variability and models (34 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (30 papers), Marine and fisheries research (12 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (9 papers), Marine and environmental studies (5 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (9.0k citations), Global and Planetary Change (7.6k citations), Atmospheric Science (5.9k citations), Environmental Chemistry (773 citations) and Ecology (1.6k citations). Sydney Levitus has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include John I. Antonov, Timothy P. Boyer, Ricardo Locarnini, Cathy Stephens, Hernan E. Garcia, Tim Boyer, Alexey Mishonov, Dan Seidov, M. Zweng and O Baranova. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Progress In Oceanography and Science.

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