Andrew F. Thompson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Andrew F. Thompson between 2002 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Andrew F. Thompson published across 25 years, from 2002 to 2026, averaging 11.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2016. 21 of the 289 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

10 20 30

2002 2026

289 publications in total across all disciplines

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Andrew F. Thompson: publications per year, 2002 to 2026
Year	Publications
2002	1
2003	1
2004	0
2005	3
2006	2
2007	2
2008	2
2009	5
2010	6
2011	3
2012	9
2013	6
2014	14
2015	13
2016	30
2017	14
2018	12
2019	22
2020	26
2021	21
2022	24
2023	29
2024	23
2025	19
2026	2
Total	289

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Andrew F. Thompson publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew F. Thompson sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400 500

38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 220 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
38–47	5
48–57	33
58–67	94
68–77	161
78–87	278
88–97	376
98–107	404
108–117	484
118–127	540
128–137	557
138–147	491
148–157	495
158–167	458
168–177	490
178–187	414
188–197	401
198–207	333
208–217	292
218–227	290	220
228–237	262
238–247	243
248–257	208
258–267	185
268–277	147
278–287	128
288–297	119
298–307	120
308–317	107
318–327	93
328–337	87
338–347	64
348–357	87
358–367	60
368–377	60
378–387	34
388–397	50
398–407	44
408–417	31
418–427	39
428–437	27
438–447	36
448–457	27
458–467	29
468–477	30
478–487	19
488–497	15
498–507	18
508–517	19
518–527	16
528–537	10
538–547	11
548–557	14
558–567	11
568–577	7
578–587	14
588–597	5
598–602	4
603+	100

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Andrew F. Thompson D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew F. Thompson sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	144
31	215
32	278
33	379
34	366
35	372
36	389
37	366
38	344
39	349
40	296
41	289
42	277
43	279
44	248
45	257
46	212
47	202
48	207
49	204
50	183
51	178
52	182
53	178
54	163	54
55	117
56	163
57	120
58	113
59	136
60	135
61	96
62	103
63	83
64	103
65	83
66	89
67	92
68	89
69	78
70	75
71	53
72	62
73	54
74	35
75	52
76	50
77	32
78	37
79	20
80	33
81	36
82	34
83	34
84	24
85	19
86	18
87	26
88	30
89	17
90	21
91	19
92	15
93	14
94	20
95	9
96	10
97	15
98	13
99	3
100	13
101	3
102	9
103	4
104	6
105	6
106+	98

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Overview

Andrew F. Thompson is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in several focused subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work addresses a range of topics closely related to oceanographic and atmospheric processes, climate variability and models, and geology and paleoclimatology research. Additional areas of specialization include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, cryospheric studies and observations, marine and coastal ecosystems, as well as climate change and permafrost.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Andrew F. Thompson include Héctor Torres, Patrice Klein, M.M. Flexas, Lilian A. Dove, and Shantong Sun. These collaborations reflect ongoing partnerships in the advancement of environmental and planetary sciences.

Their research is published extensively in several scientific venues, notably:

Geophysical Research Letters
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Journal of Physical Oceanography
Nature Communications
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Andrew F. Thompson include:

"Submesoscale Dynamics in the Upper Ocean" (2022), published in Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
"Enhanced eddy activity in the Beaufort Gyre in response to sea ice loss" (2020), published in Nature Communications
"How Does Antarctic Bottom Water Cross the Southern Ocean?" (2022), published in Geophysical Research Letters
"High-Frequency Submesoscale Motions Enhance the Upward Vertical Heat Transport in the Global Ocean" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
"Transient and Equilibrium Responses of the Atlantic Overturning Circulation to Warming in Coupled Climate Models: The Role of Temperature and Salinity" (2022), published in Journal of Climate

Best Publications

Multidecadal warming of Antarctic waters

Sunke Schmidtko;Sunke Schmidtko;Karen J. Heywood;Andrew F. Thompson;Shigeru Aoki

613
Citations
Antarctic sea ice control on ocean circulation in present and glacial climates.

Raffaele Ferrari;Malte Friedrich Jansen;Jess F. Adkins;Andrea Burke

472
Citations
Ocean submesoscales as a key component of the global heat budget

Zhan Su;Jinbo Wang;Patrice Klein;Andrew F. Thompson

456
Citations
The Antarctic Slope Current in a Changing Climate

Andrew F. Thompson;Andrew L. Stewart;Paul Spence;Karen J. Heywood

364
Citations
Eddy-mediated transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water across the Antarctic Shelf Break

Andrew L. Stewart;Andrew F. Thompson

243
Citations
Open-Ocean Submesoscale Motions: A Full Seasonal Cycle of Mixed Layer Instabilities from Gliders

Andrew F. Thompson;Ayah Lazar;Christian Buckingham;Alberto C. Naveira Garabato

235
Citations
Marine ice-sheet profiles and stability under Coulomb basal conditions

Victor C. Tsai;Andrew L. Stewart;Andrew F. Thompson

233
Citations
Jets and Topography: Jet Transitions and the Impact on Transport in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Andrew F. Thompson;Jean-Baptiste Sallée

188
Citations
Submesoscale Dynamics in the Upper Ocean

Unknown

176
Citations
Enhanced upward heat transport at deep submesoscale ocean fronts

Lia Siegelman;Lia Siegelman;Patrice Klein;Patrice Klein;Pascal Rivière;Andrew F. Thompson

168
Citations
Dynamic Topography and Sea Level Anomalies of the Southern Ocean: Variability and Teleconnections

Thomas W. K. Armitage;Ron Kwok;Andrew F. Thompson;Glenn Cunningham

166
Citations
Equilibration of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by Standing Meanders

Andrew F. Thompson;Alberto C. Naveira Garabato

162
Citations
OceanGliders: A component of the integrated GOOS

Pierre Testor;Brad DeYoung;Daniel L. Rudnick;Scott Glenn

152
Citations
Seasonality of submesoscale flows in the ocean surface boundary layer

Christian E. Buckingham;Alberto C. Naveira Garabato;Andrew F. Thompson;Liam Brannigan

151
Citations
Submesoscale Sea Ice-Ocean Interactions in Marginal Ice Zones

Georgy E. Manucharyan;Andrew F. Thompson

147
Citations
How Does Antarctic Bottom Water Cross the Southern Ocean?

Unknown

135
Citations
Surface circulation at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula from drifters

Andrew F. Thompson;Karen J. Heywood;Sally E. Thorpe;Angelika H. H. Renner

132
Citations
Eddy transport as a key component of the Antarctic overturning circulation

Andrew F. Thompson;Karen J. Heywood;Sunke Schmidtko;Andrew L. Stewart;Andrew L. Stewart

130
Citations
Two-layer baroclinic eddy heat fluxes : Zonal flows and energy balance

Andrew F. Thompson;William R. Young

127
Citations
Jet Formation and Evolution in Baroclinic Turbulence with Simple Topography

Andrew F. Thompson

114
Citations
Enhanced eddy activity in the Beaufort Gyre in response to sea ice loss.

Thomas W.K. Armitage;Georgy E. Manucharyan;Alek A. Petty;Alek A. Petty;Ronald Kwok

112
Citations
Scaling Baroclinic Eddy Fluxes: Vortices and Energy Balance

Andrew F. Thompson;William R. Young

109
Citations
Distribution and sea‐air fluxes of biogenic trace gases in the eastern Atlantic Ocean

A. R. Baker;S. M. Turner;W. J. Broadgate;A. Thompson

108
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen J. Heywood University of East Anglia

Janet Sprintall University of California, San Diego

Dimitris Menemenlis California Institute of Technology

Jess F. Adkins California Institute of Technology

Jan Kaiser University of East Anglia

Yi Chao University of California, Los Angeles

Alberto C. Naveira Garabato University of Southampton

Raffaele Ferrari MIT

Craig M. Lee University of Washington

Adrian P. Martin National Oceanography Centre

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