Yerubandi R. Rao

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Yerubandi R. Rao is a scholar working on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Yerubandi R. Rao has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Oceanography, 29 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 27 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Yerubandi R. Rao's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (30 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (27 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (22 papers). Yerubandi R. Rao is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (30 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (27 papers) and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (22 papers). Yerubandi R. Rao collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Yerubandi R. Rao's co-authors include David J. Schwab, Leon Boegman, Nathan Hawley, Reza Valipour, Damien Bouffard, Murray N. Charlton, Dmitry Beletsky, Weitao Zhang, Anning Huang and George B. Arhonditsis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Yerubandi R. Rao

67 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

The re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Harmful algal blooms and hypoxia

2016 448 citations Susan B. Watson, Carol J. Miller et al. Harmful Algae profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yerubandi R. Rao Canada	28	1.1k	937	888	782	555	68	2.3k
Ian D. Jones United Kingdom	31	1.7k 1.5×	1.6k 1.7×	851 1.0×	819 1.0×	656 1.2×	58	2.9k
Euan D. Reavie United States	31	1.6k 1.4×	802 0.9×	1.7k 1.9×	665 0.9×	422 0.8×	110	3.1k
Dmitry Beletsky United States	32	679 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	891 1.0×	782 1.0×	428 0.8×	62	2.6k
Steven Sadro United States	24	795 0.7×	926 1.0×	848 1.0×	397 0.5×	270 0.5×	50	1.9k
Benjamin L. Peierls United States	25	1.0k 0.9×	2.0k 2.2×	1.4k 1.6×	426 0.5×	411 0.7×	34	3.2k
Wendel Keller Canada	25	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	745 1.0×	509 0.9×	52	3.2k
Ilia Ostrovsky Israel	22	1.1k 1.0×	889 0.9×	483 0.5×	353 0.5×	279 0.5×	71	2.0k
John E. Reuter United States	21	852 0.7×	503 0.5×	812 0.9×	429 0.5×	467 0.8×	54	2.0k
Roger W. Bachmann United States	25	1.7k 1.5×	801 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	728 0.9×	654 1.2×	79	2.4k
Giuseppe Morabito Italy	30	1.6k 1.4×	1.3k 1.4×	1.0k 1.2×	340 0.4×	527 0.9×	70	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Yerubandi R. Rao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yerubandi R. Rao

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

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Yang, Wanhong, et al.. (2025). Effectiveness of agricultural BMPs on phosphorus load reduction for the Canadian Lake Erie Basin: a literature review. Environmental Reviews. 33. 1–24. 1 indexed citations

Valipour, Reza, et al.. (2023). Nearshore-offshore exchanges by enhanced turbulent mixing along the north shore of Lake Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 49(3). 596–607. 5 indexed citations

Saber, Ali, Carlos Alberto Arnillas, Yuko Shimoda, et al.. (2021). Implementation of a watershed modelling framework to support adaptive management in the Canadian side of the Lake Erie basin. Ecological Informatics. 66. 101444–101444. 17 indexed citations

Valipour, Reza, Yerubandi R. Rao, Luis F. De León, & David C. Depew. (2018). Nearshore-offshore exchanges in multi-basin coastal waters: Observations and three-dimensional modeling in Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 45(1). 50–60. 31 indexed citations

He, Cheng, et al.. (2017). Surface river plume in a large lake under wind forcing: Observations and laboratory experiments. Journal of Hydrology. 553. 1–12. 9 indexed citations

Bocaniov, Serghei A., Luis F. De León, Yerubandi R. Rao, David J. Schwab, & Donald Scavia. (2016). Simulating the effect of nutrient reduction on hypoxia in a large lake (Lake Erie, USA-Canada) with a three-dimensional lake model. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 42(6). 1228–1240. 56 indexed citations

Watson, Susan B., Carol J. Miller, George B. Arhonditsis, et al.. (2016). The re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Harmful algal blooms and hypoxia. Harmful Algae. 56. 44–66. 448 indexed citations breakdown →

Boegman, Leon, et al.. (2015). Transport of municipal wastewater, industrial and tributary discharges in eastern Lake Ontario and upper St. Lawrence River during the ice-free period of 2006. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 41(2). 549–559. 1 indexed citations

Valipour, Reza, Damien Bouffard, Leon Boegman, & Yerubandi R. Rao. (2015). Near‐inertial waves in Lake Erie. Limnology and Oceanography. 60(5). 1522–1535. 36 indexed citations

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Bouffard, Damien, Leon Boegman, Josef Daniel Ackerman, Reza Valipour, & Yerubandi R. Rao. (2014). Near-inertial wave driven dissolved oxygen transfer through the thermocline of a large lake. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 40(2). 300–307. 21 indexed citations

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Beletsky, Dmitry, Nathan Hawley, & Yerubandi R. Rao. (2013). Modeling summer circulation and thermal structure of Lake Erie. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 118(11). 6238–6252. 84 indexed citations

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Rao, Yerubandi R., Anning Huang, William M. Schertzer, & Wayne R. Rouse. (2012). Modelling of Physical Processes and Assessment of Climate Change Impacts in Great Bear Lake. ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN. 50(3). 317–333. 11 indexed citations

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Bouffard, Damien, Leon Boegman, & Yerubandi R. Rao. (2012). Poincaré wave–induced mixing in a large lake. Limnology and Oceanography. 57(4). 1201–1216. 68 indexed citations

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Fujisaki‐Manome, Ayumi, Jia Wang, Haoguo Hu, et al.. (2012). A modeling study of ice–water processes for Lake Erie applying coupled ice-circulation models. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 38(4). 585–599. 23 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weitao & Yerubandi R. Rao. (2011). Application of a eutrophication model for assessing water quality in Lake Winnipeg. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 38. 158–173. 48 indexed citations

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Rao, Yerubandi R., Christopher H. Marvin, & Jun Zhao. (2009). Application of a numerical model for circulation, temperature and pollutant distribution in Hamilton Harbour. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 35(1). 61–73. 34 indexed citations

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Rao, Yerubandi R. & Jinyu Sheng. (2008). Application of a Nested-grid hydrodynamic model for circulation and thermal structure in the coastal boundary layer of Lake Huron. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management. 11(2). 161–166. 5 indexed citations

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Rao, Yerubandi R. & David J. Schwab. (2007). Transport and Mixing Between the Coastal and Offshore Waters in the Great Lakes: a Review. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 33(1). 202–218. 184 indexed citations

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Sheng, Jinyu & Yerubandi R. Rao. (2006). Circulation and thermal structure in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay: Application of a nested-grid hydrodynamic model. Continental Shelf Research. 26(12-13). 1496–1518. 34 indexed citations

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Rao, Yerubandi R., et al.. (2003). Impact of Proposed Burlington and Hamilton Sewage Discharges in Western Lake Ontario. Water Quality Research Journal. 38(4). 627–645. 6 indexed citations

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