Will Hobbs

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Will Hobbs is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Will Hobbs has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Atmospheric Science, 24 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 18 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Will Hobbs's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (23 papers), Climate variability and models (22 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (16 papers). Will Hobbs is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (23 papers), Climate variability and models (22 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (16 papers). Will Hobbs collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Will Hobbs's co-authors include Marilyn Raphael, Robert A. Massom, Phillip Reid, Guy D. Williams, J. K. Willis, Jean‐Baptiste Sallée, Alexander Fraser, Walter N. Meier, Sharon Stammerjohn and Matthieu Authier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Will Hobbs

37 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Variability in sea ice cover and climate elicit sex specific responses in an Antarctic predator

2017 464 citations Sara Labrousse, Jean‐Baptiste Sallée 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
Will Hobbs Australia	18	1.2k	949	493	145	92	37	1.9k
Phillip Reid Australia	11	846 0.7×	331 0.3×	177 0.4×	118 0.8×	89 1.0×	19	1.3k
Alexander Fraser Australia	23	1.2k 1.1×	323 0.3×	356 0.7×	390 2.7×	99 1.1×	109	2.2k
Kathryn A. Moore United States	20	794 0.7×	565 0.6×	196 0.4×	242 1.7×	46 0.5×	37	1.4k
SH Kim South Korea	12	349 0.3×	255 0.3×	509 1.0×	181 1.2×	122 1.3×	48	1.8k
Jean‐Benoit Charrassin France	11	417 0.4×	276 0.3×	222 0.5×	509 3.5×	94 1.0×	15	1.2k
Zhaohui Chen China	27	811 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	1.4k 2.8×	278 1.9×	148 1.6×	165	2.8k
Yanyun Liu United States	18	321 0.3×	726 0.8×	633 1.3×	355 2.4×	84 0.9×	31	1.4k
Glenn A. Brock Australia	30	973 0.8×	110 0.1×	984 2.0×	153 1.1×	112 1.2×	133	3.1k
Frédéric Bailleul France	20	556 0.5×	686 0.7×	478 1.0×	1.7k 11.9×	138 1.5×	37	2.4k
Jean‐Baptiste Sallée France	37	2.1k 1.8×	2.2k 2.3×	3.1k 6.3×	699 4.8×	139 1.5×	93	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Will Hobbs

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Fields of papers citing papers by Will Hobbs

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Will Hobbs

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Will Hobbs. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Will Hobbs 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 Will Hobbs. Will Hobbs 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

Raphael, Marilyn, et al.. (2025). A twenty-first century structural change in Antarctica’s sea ice system. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 4 indexed citations

Hobbs, Will, Paul Spence, Amélie Meyer, et al.. (2024). Observational Evidence for a Regime Shift in Summer Antarctic Sea Ice. Journal of Climate. 37(7). 2263–2275. 41 indexed citations

Hobbs, Will, et al.. (2023). Dynamic Response to Ice Shelf Basal Meltwater Relevant to Explain Observed Sea Ice Trends Near the Antarctic Continental Shelf. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(24). 4 indexed citations

Volkov, Denis L., William E. Johns, J. K. Willis, et al.. (2023). Atlantic meridional overturning circulation increases flood risk along the United States southeast coast. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5095–5095. 23 indexed citations

Hobbs, Will, et al.. (2022). Ocean‐Sea Ice Processes and Their Role in Multi‐Month Predictability of Antarctic Sea Ice. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(8). 17 indexed citations

Turner, Jeff, et al.. (2022). Overview of the Current Landscape of Outdoor Programs in Higher Education. Journal of Outdoor Recreation Education and Leadership. 14(4). 86–100. 2 indexed citations

Hobbs, Will, Andrew Klekociuk, & Yuhang Pan. (2020). Validation of reanalysis Southern Ocean atmosphere trends using sea ice data. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(23). 14757–14768. 13 indexed citations

Hobbs, Will, et al.. (2020). Anthropogenic Temperature and Salinity Changes in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Climate. 34(1). 215–228. 17 indexed citations

Irving, Damien, Will Hobbs, John Church, & Jan D. Zika. (2020). A Mass and Energy Conservation Analysis of Drift in the CMIP6 Ensemble. Journal of Climate. 34(8). 3157–3170. 45 indexed citations

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Silvano, Alessandro, Stephen R. Rintoul, Beatriz Peña‐Molino, et al.. (2018). Freshening by glacial meltwater enhances melting of ice shelves and reduces formation of Antarctic Bottom Water. Science Advances. 4(4). eaap9467–eaap9467. 149 indexed citations

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Hobbs, Will, et al.. (2017). Interactions between Antarctic sea ice and large-scale atmospheric modes in CMIP5 models. The cryosphere. 11(2). 789–803. 15 indexed citations

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Labrousse, Sara, Jean‐Baptiste Sallée, Alexander Fraser, et al.. (2017). Variability in sea ice cover and climate elicit sex specific responses in an Antarctic predator. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 43236–43236. 464 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hobbs, Will, Mark A.J. Curran, Nerilie J. Abram, & Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2016). Century‐scale perspectives on observed and simulated Southern Ocean sea ice trends from proxy reconstructions. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 121(10). 7804–7818. 5 indexed citations

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Hobbs, Will, Nathaniel L. Bindoff, & Marilyn Raphael. (2014). New Perspectives on Observed and Simulated Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Trends Using Optimal Fingerprinting Techniques. Journal of Climate. 28(4). 1543–1560. 42 indexed citations

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Baringer, Molly, William E. Johns, Gerard McCarthy, et al.. (2013). Meridional overturning circulation and heat transport observations in the Atlantic Ocean. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 2 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Gerard, J. K. Willis, Silvia L. Garzoli, et al.. (2013). Meridional overturning circulation and heat transport observations in the Atlantic Ocean [in 'state of the Climate in 2012']. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 6 indexed citations

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Bindoff, Nathaniel L. & Will Hobbs. (2013). Deep ocean freshening. Nature Climate Change. 3(10). 864–865. 13 indexed citations

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Garzoli, Silvia L., J. K. Willis, Matthias Lankhorst, et al.. (2012). Global Oceans: Meridional overturning circulation observations in the subtropical North Atlantic [in 'State of the Climate in 2011']. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 93(7). 1 indexed citations

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Raphael, Marilyn, Will Hobbs, & Ilana Wainer. (2010). The effect of Antarctic sea ice on the Southern Hemisphere atmosphere during the southern summer. Climate Dynamics. 36(7-8). 1403–1417. 44 indexed citations

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Hobbs, Will & Marilyn Raphael. (2009). Characterizing the zonally asymmetric component of the SH circulation. Climate Dynamics. 35(5). 859–873. 24 indexed citations

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