William J. Jenkins

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

William J. Jenkins is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Jenkins has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Atmospheric Science, 52 papers in Oceanography and 33 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in William J. Jenkins's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (48 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (36 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (33 papers). William J. Jenkins is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (48 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (36 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (33 papers). William J. Jenkins collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. William J. Jenkins's co-authors include Mark D. Kurz, Stanley R. Hart, Scott C. Doney, D. E. Lott, Rachel A. Mills, D. W. Graham, Rachel M. Dunk, John M. Edmond, T. Torgersen and David M. Glover and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William J. Jenkins

108 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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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.

Eddy/Wind Interactions Stimulate Extraordinary Mid-Ocean Plankton Blooms

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William J. Jenkins United States	46	3.6k	2.7k	2.0k	1.4k	1.1k	110	7.4k
Robert W. Collier United States	32	2.2k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	716 0.4×	835 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	61	5.6k
Gary J. Massoth United States	47	1.7k 0.5×	2.2k 0.8×	2.7k 1.3×	626 0.4×	819 0.8×	104	6.5k
Joseph A. Resing United States	39	1.6k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	470 0.3×	503 0.5×	151	4.9k
Michael P. Bacon United States	34	2.7k 0.8×	3.1k 1.2×	542 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.6×	43	6.0k
Jack Dymond United States	46	3.1k 0.9×	3.4k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	688 0.5×	1.9k 1.8×	78	8.1k
Thomas W. Trull Australia	50	5.8k 1.6×	2.0k 0.7×	896 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	2.7k 2.5×	140	7.9k
K. L. Von Damm United States	34	1.2k 0.3×	1.8k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	587 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	61	6.5k
R. W. Embley United States	50	1.3k 0.4×	2.4k 0.9×	3.6k 1.8×	490 0.3×	644 0.6×	177	6.4k
J. Thomson United Kingdom	52	1.7k 0.5×	3.8k 1.4×	1.2k 0.6×	723 0.5×	1.8k 1.7×	120	7.2k
Bruno Hamelin France	47	1.1k 0.3×	5.5k 2.0×	2.2k 1.1×	526 0.4×	1.9k 1.8×	110	8.8k

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Beaird, Nicholas, Fiammetta Straneo, Isabela Le Bras, Robert S. Pickart, & William J. Jenkins. (2023). Glacial Meltwater in the Current System of Southern Greenland. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 128(12). 1 indexed citations

Lee, Jong‐Mi, Jessica N. Fitzsimmons, Mariko Hatta, et al.. (2022). Major processes of the dissolved cobalt cycle in the North and equatorial Pacific Ocean. Biogeosciences. 19(9). 2365–2395. 19 indexed citations

Lee, Jong‐Mi, Jessica N. Fitzsimmons, Mariko Hatta, et al.. (2021). Major processes of the dissolved cobalt cycle in the North and equatorial Pacific Ocean. 1 indexed citations

Jenkins, William J., Mariko Hatta, Jessica N. Fitzsimmons, et al.. (2020). An intermediate-depth source of hydrothermal 3He and dissolved iron in the North Pacific. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 539. 116223–116223. 22 indexed citations

Jenkins, William J.. (2020). Using Excess ³He to Estimate Southern Ocean Upwelling Time Scales. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(15). 14 indexed citations

Jenkins, William J., Scott C. Doney, Rana A. Fine, et al.. (2019). A comprehensive global oceanic dataset of helium isotope and tritium measurements. Earth system science data. 11(2). 441–454. 23 indexed citations

Stanley, Rachel H. R., William J. Jenkins, Scott C. Doney, & D. E. Lott. (2015). The ³ He flux gauge in the Sargasso Sea: a determination of physical nutrient fluxes to the euphotic zone at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Site. Biogeosciences. 12(17). 5199–5210. 18 indexed citations

Thiagarajan, Nivedita, M.L. Roberts, Andrea Burke, et al.. (2013). Movement of deep‐sea coral populations on climatic timescales. Paleoceanography. 28(2). 227–236. 42 indexed citations

Stanley, Rachel H. R., Scott C. Doney, William J. Jenkins, & D. E. Lott. (2012). Apparent oxygen utilization rates calculated from tritium and helium-3 profiles at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site. Biogeosciences. 9(6). 1969–1983. 41 indexed citations

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Stanley, Rachel H. R., Scott C. Doney, William J. Jenkins, & D. E. Lott. (2011). Apparent oxygen utilization rates calculated from tritium and helium-3 profiles at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site. 7 indexed citations

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Jenkins, William J., et al.. (2007). Oceanic volcanic 3He: where is it going?. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 2 indexed citations

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Kurz, Mark D. & William J. Jenkins. (2005). Noble gases and mantle reservoirs: constraints from isotope ratios, degassing fluxes, and noble gas abundances and ratios. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Rona, Peter A., Bramley J. Murton, Kürt Boström, et al.. (2005). Carslberg Ridge and Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Slow-spreading Apparent Analogs. Arzneimittelforschung. 2005. 407–10. 1 indexed citations

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Dunk, Rachel M., et al.. (2002). The Behaviour of Uranium in a Ridge Flank Setting. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 1 indexed citations

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Reverdin, Gilles, Ray F. Weiss, & William J. Jenkins. (1993). Ventilation of the Atlantic Ocean equatorial thermocline. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 98(C9). 16289–16310. 9 indexed citations

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Jenkins, William J.. (1991). Determination of Isopycnal Diffusivity in the Sargasso Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 21(7). 1058–1061. 27 indexed citations

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Jenkins, William J.. (1988). The use of anthropogenic tritium and helium-3 to study subtropical gyre ventilation and circulation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 325(1583). 43–61. 101 indexed citations

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Jenkins, William J.. (1987). ³H and³He in the Beta Triangle: Observations of Gyre Ventilation and Oxygen Utilization Rates. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 17(6). 763–783. 150 indexed citations

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Brewer, Peter G., W. S. Broecker, William J. Jenkins, et al.. (1983). A Climatic Freshening of the Deep Atlantic North of 50°N over the Past 20 Years. Science. 222(4629). 1237–1239. 68 indexed citations

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Jenkins, William J.. (1974). Helium Isotope and Rare Gas Oceanology. PhDT. 6 indexed citations

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