Vivien Gornitz

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Vivien Gornitz is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Vivien Gornitz has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Atmospheric Science, 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Vivien Gornitz's work include Climate variability and models (14 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (14 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (11 papers). Vivien Gornitz is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (14 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (14 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (11 papers). Vivien Gornitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Vivien Gornitz's co-authors include L. Seeber, S. Lebedeff, James E. Hansen, Ellen Kracauer Hartig, Radley M. Horton, Inez Fung, A. Henderson‐Sellers, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Alexander S. Kolker and David J. Fallon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Vivien Gornitz

49 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

River profiles along the Himalayan arc as indicators of a... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 100 200 300 400 500
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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. River profiles along the Himalayan arc as indicators of active tectonics
    1983 501 citations Vivien Gornitz 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
Vivien Gornitz United States 28 1.5k 1.2k 1.2k 844 644 50 3.6k
Charles H. Fletcher United States 34 1.8k 1.3× 2.2k 1.8× 917 0.8× 1.6k 1.9× 913 1.4× 106 4.0k
James P. Terry Singapore 25 1.0k 0.7× 632 0.5× 789 0.6× 465 0.6× 344 0.5× 112 2.3k
R. E. Aalto United Kingdom 25 953 0.7× 890 0.7× 812 0.7× 1.6k 1.9× 697 1.1× 49 3.3k
Irina Overeem United States 34 2.7k 1.8× 2.0k 1.6× 1.2k 1.0× 2.2k 2.6× 554 0.9× 86 5.5k
Robert Wasson Australia 35 1.8k 1.2× 1.3k 1.1× 948 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 121 0.2× 130 4.0k
Orrin H. Pilkey United States 34 1.2k 0.8× 2.3k 1.9× 428 0.4× 1.6k 1.9× 677 1.1× 146 3.7k
John Lewin United Kingdom 48 2.9k 2.0× 2.1k 1.7× 917 0.8× 3.0k 3.5× 231 0.4× 113 6.2k
Michael Sturm Switzerland 47 3.4k 2.3× 1.1k 0.9× 685 0.6× 1.5k 1.8× 1.1k 1.7× 162 6.2k
Óscar Ferreira Portugal 39 1.5k 1.1× 3.2k 2.6× 809 0.7× 2.2k 2.6× 1.0k 1.6× 179 4.5k
Robert A. Morton United States 36 2.1k 1.4× 2.9k 2.3× 374 0.3× 1.9k 2.2× 597 0.9× 110 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vivien Gornitz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vivien Gornitz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bader, Daniel, Naresh Devineni, Philip Orton, et al.. (2024). NPCC4: New York City climate risk information 2022—observations and projections. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1539(1). 13–48. 10 indexed citations
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Major, David C., Paul Blaschke, Vivien Gornitz, et al.. (2021). Adaptation to climate change in small island settlements. Ocean & Coastal Management. 212. 105789–105789. 10 indexed citations
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Gornitz, Vivien, Michael Oppenheimer, Robert E. Kopp, et al.. (2020). Enhancing New York City's resilience to sea level rise and increased coastal flooding. Urban Climate. 33. 100654–100654. 33 indexed citations
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Gornitz, Vivien. (2019). Vanishing Ice: Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Rising Seas. 1 indexed citations
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Horton, Radley M., Christopher M. Little, Vivien Gornitz, Daniel Bader, & Michael Oppenheimer. (2015). New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report Chapter 2: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Storms. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1336(1). 36–44. 71 indexed citations
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Horton, Radley M., Vivien Gornitz, Daniel Bader, et al.. (2011). Climate Hazard Assessment for Stakeholder Adaptation Planning in New York City. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 50(11). 2247–2266. 48 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Cynthia, William Solecki, Reginald Blake, et al.. (2011). Developing coastal adaptation to climate change in the New York City infrastructure-shed: process, approach, tools, and strategies. Climatic Change. 106(1). 93–127. 150 indexed citations
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Horton, Radley M., et al.. (2010). CLIMATE RISK INFORMATION. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1196(1). 147–228. 63 indexed citations
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Horton, Radley M., Vivien Gornitz, Malcolm J. Bowman, & Reginald Blake. (2010). Chapter 3: Climate observations and projections. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1196(1). 41–62. 31 indexed citations
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Gornitz, Vivien. (2009). Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 124 indexed citations
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Horton, Radley M., Celine Herweijer, Cynthia Rosenzweig, et al.. (2008). Sea level rise projections for current generation CGCMs based on the semi‐empirical method. Geophysical Research Letters. 35(2). 115 indexed citations
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Gornitz, Vivien & Rhodes W. Fairbridge. (2000). The Vulnerability of Venice. Science. 290(5500). 2259–2260. 4 indexed citations
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Small, Christopher, Vivien Gornitz, & Joel E. Cohen. (2000). Coastal Hazards and the Global Distribution of Human Population. Environmental Geosciences. 7(1). 3–12. 69 indexed citations
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Gornitz, Vivien, Cynthia Rosenzweig, & Daniel Hillel. (1997). Effects of anthropogenic intervention in the land hydrologic cycle on global sea level rise. Global and Planetary Change. 14(3-4). 147–161. 45 indexed citations
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Gornitz, Vivien. (1995). Monitoring sea level changes. Climatic Change. 31(2-4). 515–544. 60 indexed citations
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Gornitz, Vivien. (1993). California's Coastal Hazards: A Critical Assessment of Existing Land-Use Policies and Practices by G. B. Griggs, J. E. Pepper and M. E. Jordan. Journal of Coastal Research. 9(3). 2 indexed citations
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Gornitz, Vivien, et al.. (1991). Vulnerability of the U.S. to Future Sea Level Rise. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 2354–2368. 28 indexed citations
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Gornitz, Vivien, et al.. (1989). The global coastal hazards data base. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 2 indexed citations
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Gornitz, Vivien. (1987). Climatic consequences of anthropogenic vegetation changes from 1880-1980. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2 indexed citations
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Gornitz, Vivien. (1973). The origin of sinuous rilles. Earth Moon and Planets. 6(3-4). 337–356. 22 indexed citations

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