William E. Johns

14.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
171 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

William E. Johns is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Johns has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Oceanography, 84 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 79 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in William E. Johns's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (143 papers), Climate variability and models (71 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (46 papers). William E. Johns is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (143 papers), Climate variability and models (71 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (46 papers). William E. Johns collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. William E. Johns's co-authors include Molly Baringer, Christopher S. Meinen, Harry L. Bryden, Sarantis Sofianos, Stuart A. Cunningham, D. Rayner, Rainer Zantopp, Lisa M. Beal, Torsten Kanzow and Thomas N. Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

William E. Johns

163 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
William E. Johns 7.6k 5.6k 4.6k 833 709 171 9.5k
Rong Zhang 4.1k 0.5× 6.2k 1.1× 6.6k 1.4× 854 1.0× 635 0.9× 148 9.1k
Gregory C. Johnson 8.9k 1.2× 6.0k 1.1× 5.6k 1.2× 1.3k 1.6× 460 0.6× 163 11.6k
Richard S. Lampitt 6.3k 0.8× 2.1k 0.4× 1.3k 0.3× 3.4k 4.0× 224 0.3× 129 8.3k
Andreas Schmittner 3.0k 0.4× 2.7k 0.5× 4.7k 1.0× 1.6k 2.0× 593 0.8× 99 7.3k
Changsheng Chen 7.0k 0.9× 2.9k 0.5× 3.8k 0.8× 2.4k 2.9× 1.6k 2.3× 252 10.0k
Ralph F. Keeling 3.4k 0.4× 5.6k 1.0× 4.2k 0.9× 1.6k 1.9× 198 0.3× 153 9.1k
Andreas Oschlies 8.9k 1.2× 4.3k 0.8× 1.9k 0.4× 2.9k 3.5× 116 0.2× 281 11.9k
Libe Washburn 4.4k 0.6× 2.3k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 1.6k 2.0× 420 0.6× 122 6.0k
Emmanuel Boss 13.5k 1.8× 4.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.4× 4.6k 5.5× 390 0.6× 246 16.7k
Ming Pan 1.0k 0.1× 8.4k 1.5× 5.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 123 0.2× 219 13.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William E. Johns

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William E. Johns

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Petit, Tillys, David Smeed, Adam T. Blaker, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of a Reduced RAPID Array for Measuring the AMOC. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 130(11).
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Fu, Yao, M. Susan Lozier, Amy S. Bower, et al.. (2025). Characterizing the Interannual Variability of North Atlantic Subpolar Overturning. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(19).
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Johns, William E., et al.. (2024). Structure and Variability of Iceland Scotland Overflow Water Transport in the Western Iceland Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 129(8).
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Johns, William E., et al.. (2024). Recent Freshening of the Subpolar North Atlantic Increased the Transport of Lighter Waters of the Irminger Current From 2014 to 2022. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 129(11). 3 indexed citations
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Johns, William E., et al.. (2020). Transport and Evolution of the East Reykjanes Ridge Current. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 125(10). 13 indexed citations
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Moat, Ben, David Smeed, Eleanor Frajka‐Williams, et al.. (2020). Pending recovery in the strength of the meridional overturning circulation at 26° N. Ocean science. 16(4). 863–874. 75 indexed citations
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Holliday, N. Penny, Manfred Bersch, Barbara Berx, et al.. (2020). Ocean circulation causes the largest freshening event for 120 years in eastern subpolar North Atlantic. Nature Communications. 11(1). 585–585. 190 indexed citations
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Houpert, Loïc, Mark Inall, Estelle Dumont, et al.. (2018). Structure and Transport of the North Atlantic Current in the Eastern Subpolar Gyre From Sustained Glider Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(8). 6019–6038. 25 indexed citations
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Archer, Matthew, Shane R. Keating, Moninya Roughan, et al.. (2018). The Kinematic Similarity of Two Western Boundary Currents Revealed by Sustained High‐Resolution Observations. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(12). 6176–6185. 17 indexed citations
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Willis, J. K., et al.. (2017). Meridional overturning circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations
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Johns, William E., et al.. (2017). Transport of Iceland-Scotland Overflow waters in the Deep Western Boundary Current along the Reykjanes Ridge. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 9415. 1 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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Brandt, Peter, Moacyr Araújo, Bernard Bourlès, et al.. (2013). Tropical Atlantic climate experiment (TACE). 18. 26–31. 2 indexed citations
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Frajka‐Williams, Eleanor, Stuart A. Cunningham, Torsten Kanzow, et al.. (2012). Dramatic Interannual Variability in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) at 26°N. EGUGA. 7661. 1 indexed citations
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Kanzow, Torsten, Stuart A. Cunningham, William E. Johns, et al.. (2010). Continuous observations of the variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26.5°N: Major results and present challenges. EGUGA. 7074. 1 indexed citations
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Kanzow, Torsten, H. L. Johnson, David P. Marshall, et al.. (2009). Basin-wide integrated volume transports in an eddy-filled ocean. Unimas Institutional Repository (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak). 2481. 10 indexed citations
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Johns, William E., et al.. (2007). Volume Transport and Variability at Windward Passage. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 2 indexed citations
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Kourafalou, Vassiliki H., Donald B. Olson, William E. Johns, Harilaos Kontoyiannis, & Vassilis Zervakis. (2003). Structure of flows in the Northern Aegean Sea from a pilot drifter array. EAEJA. 7767. 1 indexed citations
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Johns, William E., et al.. (1980). Formaldehyde release from sulfur-modified urea-formaldehyde resin systems.. Forest Products Journal. 30(3). 24–31. 17 indexed citations
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Johns, William E., et al.. (1980). Effect of pH and buffering capacity of wood on the gelation time of urea-formaldehyde resin.. Wood and Fiber Science. 12(4). 255–263. 57 indexed citations

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