2026 James F. Price: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	49	3521	3224	1391	1234	84	12599

Overview

James F. Price is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research spans areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change, as well as Plant Science.

The research topics covered in their work include:

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Climate variability and models
Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
Nematode management and characterization studies

Recent publications by James F. Price illustrate a focus on both oceanographic phenomena and plant science specialties. Two notable papers are:

"Long-distance radiation of Rossby waves from the equatorial current system," published in 2021 in the Journal of Physical Oceanography
"Editorial: Plant parasitic nematode-host interactions: mechanisms and exploitative management strategies," published in 2025 in Frontiers in Plant Science

James F. Price frequently collaborates with other researchers in their fields of study. Some regular co-authors include:

J. Thomas Farrar
T. Durland
Steven R. Jayne
Victor Hugo Moura de Souza
Andressa Cristina Zamboni Machado

The main academic venues for their work are:

Journal of Physical Oceanography
Frontiers in Plant Science

Best Publications

Upper Ocean Response to a Hurricane

James F. Price

1717
Citations
Diurnal cycling: Observations and models of the upper ocean response to diurnal heating, cooling, and wind mixing

James F. Price;Robert A. Weller;Robert Pinkel

1609
Citations
Forced Stage Response to a Moving Hurricane

James F. Price;Thomas B. Sanford;George Z. Forristall

544
Citations
Outflows and deep water production by marginal seas

James F. Price;Molly O'Neil Baringer;Molly O'Neil Baringer

480
Citations
The CBLAST-Hurricane program and the next-generation fully coupled atmosphere–wave–ocean models for hurricane research and prediction

Shuyi S. Chen;James F. Price;Wei Zhao;Mark A. Donelan

408
Citations
Mixing and Spreading of the Mediterranean Outflow

Molly O. 'Neil Baringer;James F. Price

384
Citations
Internal Wave Wake of a Moving Storm. Part I. Scales, Energy Budget and Observations

James F. Price

366
Citations
Two Years in the Life of a Mediterranean Salt Lens

Laurence Armi;Dave Hebert;Neil Oakey;James F. Price

356
Citations
Wind-driven ocean currents and ekman transport.

James F. Price;Robert A. Weller;Rebecca R. Schudlich

301
Citations
Upper-Ocean Response to Hurricane Frances (2004) Observed by Profiling EM-APEX Floats*

Thomas B. Sanford;James F. Price;James B. Girton

263
Citations
An ocean coupling potential intensity index for tropical cyclones

I.-I. Lin;I.-I. Lin;Peter G. Black;James F. Price;C.-Y. Yang

258
Citations
Tracking Three Meddies with SOFAR Floats

P. L. Richardson;D. Walsh;L. Armi;Michael Schröder

257
Citations
Observation and Simulation of Storm-Induced Mixed-Layer Deepening

James F. Price;Christopher N. K. Mooers;John C. Van Leer

254
Citations
Langmuir circulation within the oceanic mixed layer

Robert A. Weller;James F. Price

253
Citations
Improving Oceanic Overflow Representation in Climate Models: The Gravity Current Entrainment Climate Process Team

Sonya Legg;Bruce Briegleb;Yeon Chang;Eric P. Chassignet

225
Citations
Mediterranean Outflow Mixing and Dynamics

James F. Price;Molly O'Neil Baringer;Rolf G. Lueck;Gregory C. Johnson

223
Citations
A review of the physical oceanography of the Mediterranean outflow

Molly O'Neil Baringer;James F. Price

219
Citations
Character and dynamics of the Red Sea and Persian Gulf outflows

Amy S. Bower;Heather D. Hunt;James F. Price

214
Citations
Ocean Response to a Hurricane. Part I: Observations

Thomas B. Sanford;Peter G. Black;James R. Haustein;James W. Feeney

213
Citations
Large Diurnal Sea Surface Temperature Variability: Satellite and In Situ Measurements

Lothar Stramma;Peter Cornillon;Robert A. Weller;James F. Price

212
Citations
On the scaling of stress-driven entrainment experiments

James F. Price

207
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip L. Richardson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Robert A. Weller Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Thomas B. Sanford University of Washington

Molly O. Baringer Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

Laurence Armi University of California, San Diego

I-I Lin National Taiwan University

W. Brechner Owens Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Peter Cornillon University of Rhode Island

Shuyi S. Chen University of Washington

Lothar Stramma GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

External Links

Personal website of James F. Price

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