Zafer Top

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Zafer Top is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Zafer Top has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Atmospheric Science, 17 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Zafer Top's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (17 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (9 papers). Zafer Top is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (17 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (9 papers). Zafer Top collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Monaco. Zafer Top's co-authors include W. B. Clarke, W. J. Jenkins, James W. Murray, Emi̇n Özsoy, E. İzdar, William S. Reeburgh, Gernot E. Friederich, Robert F. Anderson, Louis A Codispoti and Susumu Honjo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Zafer Top

38 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Determination of tritium by mass spectrometric measuremen... 1976 2026 1992 2009 1976 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Determination of tritium by mass spectrometric measurement of 3He
    1976 481 citations W. B. Clarke, W. J. Jenkins 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
Zafer Top United States 20 761 603 556 424 399 40 1.8k
Jan Schölten Germany 29 756 1.0× 853 1.4× 655 1.2× 638 1.5× 283 0.7× 72 2.2k
Yoshio Horibe Japan 15 338 0.4× 706 1.2× 463 0.8× 432 1.0× 416 1.0× 28 1.5k
David R. Schink United States 21 573 0.8× 666 1.1× 357 0.6× 447 1.1× 689 1.7× 33 1.8k
W. J. Jenkins United States 11 289 0.4× 595 1.0× 449 0.8× 403 1.0× 272 0.7× 20 1.4k
Richard N. Peterson United States 29 553 0.7× 633 1.0× 1.5k 2.7× 795 1.9× 385 1.0× 62 2.5k
R. Chesselet France 16 608 0.8× 1.0k 1.7× 543 1.0× 253 0.6× 384 1.0× 23 2.3k
Philippe Jean‐Baptiste France 24 607 0.8× 1.0k 1.7× 541 1.0× 1.1k 2.7× 489 1.2× 68 3.0k
Yishai Weinstein Israel 20 340 0.4× 391 0.6× 736 1.3× 436 1.0× 165 0.4× 52 1.5k
W. B. Clarke Canada 23 289 0.4× 916 1.5× 825 1.5× 771 1.8× 378 0.9× 54 2.6k
Arnaud Dapoigny France 19 237 0.3× 578 1.0× 309 0.6× 380 0.9× 310 0.8× 78 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zafer Top

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zafer Top

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zafer Top. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zafer Top 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 Zafer Top. Zafer Top 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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Povinec, Pavel P., William C. Burnett, Aaron J. Beck, et al.. (2011). Isotopic, geophysical and biogeochemical investigation of submarine groundwater discharge: IAEA-UNESCO intercomparison exercise at Mauritius Island. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 104. 24–45. 58 indexed citations
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Povinec, Pavel P., R. Breier, Laurent Coppola, et al.. (2010). Tracing of water masses using a multi isotope approach in the southern Indian Ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 302(1-2). 14–26. 34 indexed citations
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Povinec, Pavel P., Joselene de Oliveira, Elisabete de Santis Braga, et al.. (2007). Isotopic, trace element and nutrient characterization of coastal waters from Ubatuba inner shelf area, south-eastern Brazil. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 76(3). 522–542. 19 indexed citations
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Wanninkhof, Rik, Kevin F. Sullivan, & Zafer Top. (2004). Air‐sea gas transfer in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 109(C8). 60 indexed citations
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Happell, James D., René M. Price, Zafer Top, & Peter K. Swart. (2003). Evidence for the removal of CFC-11, CFC-12, and CFC-113 at the groundwater–surface water interface in the Everglades. Journal of Hydrology. 279(1-4). 94–105. 27 indexed citations
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Price, René M., Zafer Top, James D. Happell, & Peter K. Swart. (2003). Use of tritium and helium to define groundwater flow conditions in Everglades National Park. Water Resources Research. 39(9). 60 indexed citations
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Top, Zafer, et al.. (2001). Helium and radon as tracers of groundwater input into Florida Bay. 17(4). 859–868. 28 indexed citations
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Srinivasan, Ashwanth, Claes Rooth, Zafer Top, & Donald B. Olson. (2000). Abyssal upwelling in the Indian Ocean: Radiocarbon diagnostics. Journal of Marine Research. 58(5). 755–778. 9 indexed citations
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Top, Zafer, Robert M. Moore, & W. B. Clarke. (1998). Variability in deep exchange between the Eurasian and Greenland Basins: Evidence from tritium and helium‐3. Geophysical Research Letters. 25(9). 1403–1406. 1 indexed citations
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Top, Zafer, F. Bignami, & Tom Sawyer Hopkins. (1997). Tritium-3He ages of deep waters in the NEW Polynya. Journal of Marine Systems. 10(1-4). 175–184. 5 indexed citations
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Özsoy, Emi̇n, Ümi̇t Ünlüata, & Zafer Top. (1993). The evolution of Mediterranean water in the Black Sea: interior mixing and material transport by double diffusive intrusions. Progress In Oceanography. 31(3). 275–320. 79 indexed citations
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Top, Zafer, et al.. (1991). Helium isotopes, neon and tritium in the Black Sea: A comparison with the 1975 observations. Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers. 38. S747–S759. 18 indexed citations
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Top, Zafer, et al.. (1990). Evidence of Tectonism from 3He and residence time of helium in the Black Sea. Eos. 71(32). 1020–1021. 13 indexed citations
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Top, Zafer, Seelye Martin, & Paul R. Becker. (1988). A laboratory study of dissolved noble gas anomaly due to ice formation. Geophysical Research Letters. 15(8). 796–799. 33 indexed citations
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Top, Zafer. (1987). Evolution of dissolved oxygen in the Arctic mixed layer. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 92(C7). 7191–7194.
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Top, Zafer, W. B. Clarke, & William J. Jenkins. (1987). Tritium and primordial 3He in the North Atlantic: a study in the region of Charlie-Gibbs fracture zone. Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers. 34(2). 287–298. 13 indexed citations
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Top, Zafer, W. B. Clarke, & Robert M. Moore. (1983). Anomalous neon‐helium ratios in the Arctic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 10(12). 1168–1171. 15 indexed citations
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Torgersen, T., Zafer Top, W. B. Clarke, W. J. Jenkins, & W. S. Broecker. (1977). A new method for physical limnology—tritium‐helium‐3 ages—results for Lakes Erie, Huron, and Ontario1. Limnology and Oceanography. 22(2). 181–193. 62 indexed citations
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Top, Zafer, et al.. (1975). A final summary of measurements of cosmogenic AI26 in stone meteorites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 39(12). 1705–1707. 11 indexed citations
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Top, Zafer, et al.. (1974). Measurement of Al26 in stone meteorites and its use in the derivation of orbital elements. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 38(6). 899–909. 8 indexed citations

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