2026 Joaquín Tintoré: 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	68	1185	1051	8	8	355	12289

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Spain Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Joaquín Tintoré is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover various areas related to marine and atmospheric sciences, specifically:

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Marine and fisheries research
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Frequently publishing in venues relevant to marine science and oceanography, Joaquín Tintoré's work appears mostly in:

Frontiers in Marine Science
Ocean Science
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Progress In Oceanography

Recent notable papers include:

Tracking the global reduction of marine traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, Nature Communications
Sub-Regional Marine Heat Waves in the Mediterranean Sea From Observations: Long-Term Surface Changes, Sub-Surface and Coastal Responses, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
Nearshore spatio-temporal sea surface trawls of plastic debris in the Balearic Islands, 2020, Marine Environmental Research
Coherent Pathways for Vertical Transport from the Surface Ocean to Interior, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
The prediction of floods in Venice: methods, models and uncertainty (review article), 2021, Natural hazards and earth system sciences

Joaquín Tintoré has also contributed to book publications, including work published by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution eBooks, such as the "CALYPSO 2019 Cruise Report: field campaign in the Mediterranean" released in 2020.

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Joaquín Tintoré's research activity. Frequent co-authors include:

Baptiste Mourre
Ananda Pascual
Daniel L. Rudnick
Simón Ruíz
Emma Reyes

Best Publications

A study of an intense density front in the eastern Alboran Sea: the Almeria-Oran front

J. Tintore;P. E. La Violette;I. Blade;A. Cruzado

393
Citations
HYMEX , a 10-year Multidisciplinary Program on the mediterranean water cycle.

P. Drobinski;Véronique Ducrocq;P. Alpert;E. Anagnostou

372
Citations
The role of straits and channels in understanding the characteristics of Mediterranean circulation

M Astraldi;S Balopoulos;J Candela;J Font

337
Citations
Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

Saleh Abdalla;Abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi;Michaël Ablain;Susheel Adusumilli

281
Citations
Mesoscale vertical motion and the size structure of phytoplankton in the ocean

Jaime Rodriguez;Joaquín Tintore;John T. Allen;José Ma Blanco

259
Citations
Mesoscale Dynamics and Vertical Motion in the Alborán Sea

Joaquín Tintoré;Damià Gomis;Sergio Alonso;Gregorio Parrilla

257
Citations
Innovation in the Tourism Sector: Results from a Pilot Study in the Balearic Islands

Marta Jacob;Joaquín Tintoré;Eugeni Aguiló;Alfonso Bravo

233
Citations
Thermal Lag Correction on Slocum CTD Glider Data

Bartolomé Garau;Simón Ruiz;Weifeng G. Zhang;Ananda Pascual

221
Citations
Tracking the global reduction of marine traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic.

David March;Kristian Metcalfe;Joaquin Tintoré;Brendan J. Godley

209
Citations
Physical forcing and physical/biochemical variability of the Mediterranean Sea: a review of unresolved issues and directions for future research

P. Malanotte-Rizzoli;V. Artale;G. L. Borzelli-Eusebi;S. Brenner

195
Citations
Matching genetics with oceanography: directional gene flow in a Mediterranean fish species

C. Schunter;C. Schunter;J. Carreras-Carbonell;J. Carreras-Carbonell;E. Macpherson;J. Tintoré

184
Citations
Origin and abundance of beach debris in the Balearic Islands

Lorena Martinez-Ribes;Gotzon Basterretxea;Miquel Palmer;Joaquín Tintoré

175
Citations
The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service Ocean State Report

Karina Von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Enrique Alvarez-Fanjul;Lars Axell

174
Citations
Recent advances in observing the physical oceanography of the western Mediterranean Sea

Uwe Send;Jordi Font;Gerd Krahmann;Claude Millot

162
Citations
Effectiveness of protection of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) populations in Cabrera National Park (Spain)

Núria Marbà;Carlos M. Duarte;Marianne Holmer;Regino Martínez

157
Citations
The surface circulation of the Balearic Sea

Paul E. La Violette;Joaquín Tintoré;Jordi Font

153
Citations
OceanGliders: A component of the integrated GOOS

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

152
Citations
Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report

Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

150
Citations
Mapping Posidonia oceanica from IKONOS

A. Fornes;G. Basterretxea;A. Orfila;A. Jordi

145
Citations
Circulation in the Alboran Sea as Determined by Quasi-Synoptic Hydrographic Observations. Part I: Three-Dimensional Structure of the Two Anticyclonic Gyres

Álvaro Viúdez;Joaquín Tintoré;Robert L. Haney

145
Citations
Pressure-Forced Seiches of Large Amplitude in Inlets of the Balearic Islands

D. Gomis;S. Monserrat;J. Tintoré

133
Citations
Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 3

Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

110
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ananda Pascual National Research Council (CNR)

Simón Ruiz Spanish National Research Council

Alejandro Orfila Spanish National Research Council

Lionel Renault University of California, Los Angeles

Pierre-Marie Poulain National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics

Pierre Testor Sorbonne University

Jordi Font Spanish National Research Council

Temel Oguz Middle East Technical University

Giorgio Budillon Parthenope University of Naples

Antonio Tovar-Sánchez Spanish National Research Council

External Links

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