Eric Kunze publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Eric Kunze between 1984 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Eric Kunze published across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025, averaging 3.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 8 publications in 2015. 8 of the 129 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

2 4 6 8

1984 2025

129 publications in total across all disciplines

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Eric Kunze: publications per year, 1984 to 2025
Year	Publications
1984	1
1985	1
1986	3
1987	2
1988	0
1989	2
1990	3
1991	1
1992	1
1993	4
1994	2
1995	1
1996	2
1997	4
1998	1
1999	3
2000	2
2001	1
2002	3
2003	5
2004	2
2005	1
2006	7
2007	5
2008	2
2009	1
2010	4
2011	3
2012	7
2013	5
2014	5
2015	8
2016	3
2017	4
2018	2
2019	6
2020	2
2021	3
2022	4
2023	5
2024	4
2025	4
Total	129

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Eric Kunze 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 Eric Kunze sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400 500

38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 107 publications — 15th percentile

15% 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	107
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
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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Eric Kunze 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 Eric Kunze sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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	46
47	202
48	207
49	204
50	183
51	178
52	182
53	178
54	163
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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Research.com Recognitions

1992 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Eric Kunze is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and conducts research primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work focuses largely on Oceanography, with additional interests in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Computational Mechanics, and Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design.

The scientist's research topics encompass a broad range of subjects related to oceanic and atmospheric phenomena. Major themes include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Climate Variability and Models, Underwater Acoustics Research, 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis, and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques.

Eric Kunze has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed journals, with frequent publications appearing in the Journal of Physical Oceanography, which accounts for the majority of their published work. Other venues include Oceanography, arXiv (Cornell University), Geophysical Research Letters, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Ren-Chieh Lien, B. Barry, James B. Girton, Anda Vladoiu, and Ryuichiro Inoue.

Representative recent papers demonstrate a focus on physical oceanographic phenomena and turbulence dynamics. These include:

"Near-Inertial Wave Interactions and Turbulence Production in a Kuroshio Anticyclonic Eddy" (2022, Journal of Physical Oceanography)
"Energetic Stratified Turbulence Generated by Kuroshio-Seamount Interactions in Tokara Strait" (2023, Journal of Physical Oceanography)
"Submarine Canyon Oxygen Anomaly Caused by Mixing and Boundary-Interior Exchange" (2021, Geophysical Research Letters)
"Global Observations of Rotary-With-Depth Shear Spectra" (2022, Journal of Physical Oceanography)
"Reabsorption of Lee-Wave Energy in Bottom-Intensified Currents" (2022, Journal of Physical Oceanography)

In recognition of professional contributions, Eric Kunze was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1992.

Best Publications

Near-Inertial Wave Propagation In Geostrophic Shear

Eric Kunze

870
Citations
Internal Tide Generation in the Deep Ocean

Chris Garrett;Eric Kunze

839
Citations
Global Patterns of Diapycnal Mixing from Measurements of the Turbulent Dissipation Rate

Amy F. Waterhouse;Jennifer A. MacKinnon;Jonathan D. Nash;Matthew H. Alford

562
Citations
Global Abyssal Mixing Inferred from Lowered ADCP Shear and CTD Strain Profiles

Eric Kunze;Eric Firing;Julia M. Hummon;Teresa K. Chereskin

539
Citations
Mixing Efficiency in the Ocean

M.C. Gregg;E.A. D'Asaro;J.J. Riley;E. Kunze

405
Citations
From tides to mixing along the Hawaiian ridge.

Daniel L. Rudnick;Timothy J. Boyd;Russell E. Brainard;Glenn S. Carter

393
Citations
Climate Process Team on Internal Wave–Driven Ocean Mixing

Jennifer A. MacKinnon;Zhongxiang Zhao;Caitlin B. Whalen;Amy F. Waterhouse

356
Citations
Internal Tide Reflection and Turbulent Mixing on the Continental Slope

Jonathan D. Nash;Eric Kunze;John M. Toole;Ray W. Schmitt

305
Citations
Estimating Internal Wave Energy Fluxes in the Ocean

Jonathan D. Nash;Matthew H. Alford;Eric Kunze

301
Citations
Tidally Driven Vorticity, Diurnal Shear, and Turbulence atop Fieberling Seamount

Eric Kunze;John M. Toole

244
Citations
An Estimate of Tidal Energy Lost to Turbulence at the Hawaiian Ridge

Jody M. Klymak;James N. Moum;Jonathan D. Nash;Eric Kunze

242
Citations
Internal-Wave-Driven Mixing: Global Geography and Budgets

Eric Kunze

215
Citations
Shear and strain in Santa Monica Basin

M. C. Gregg;E. Kunze

199
Citations
Near‐boundary mixing above the flanks of a midlatitude seamount

John M. Toole;Raymond W. Schmitt;Kurt L. Polzin;Eric Kunze

191
Citations
Observations of biologically generated turbulence in a coastal inlet

Eric Kunze;John F. Dower;Ian Beveridge;Richard Dewey

186
Citations
The Energy Balance in a Warm-Core Ring's Near-Inertial Critical Layer

Eric Kunze;Raymond W. Schmitt;John M. Toole

182
Citations
Limits on growing, finite-length salt fingers: A Richardson number constraint

Eric Kunze

177
Citations
Observations of Near-Inertial Waves in a Front

Eric Kunze;Thomas B. Sanford

174
Citations
Abyssal Mixing: Where It Is Not

Eric Kunze;Thomas B. Sanford

171
Citations
The Finescale Response of Lowered ADCP Velocity Profiles

Kurt Polzin;Eric Kunze;Jules Hummon;Eric Firing

167
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas B. Sanford University of Washington

Jonathan D. Nash Oregon State University

Matthew H. Alford University of California, San Diego

Michael C. Gregg University of Washington

Craig M. Lee University of Washington

John M. Toole Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Robert Pinkel University of California, San Diego

Raymond W. Schmitt Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Kurt L. Polzin Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Mark A. Merrifield University of California, San Diego

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