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Johann R. E. Lutjeharms

Johann R. E. Lutjeharms

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Earth Science
South Africa
2022

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Earth Science

D-Index
71
Citations
14510
World Ranking
935
National Ranking
3

Johann R. E. Lutjeharms 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 Johann R. E. Lutjeharms sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 191 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Johann R. E. Lutjeharms 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 Johann R. E. Lutjeharms sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Johann R. E. Lutjeharms is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their academic work is connected with this institution, reflecting a focus on research activities based there.

There are no recorded recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, book publications, main fields of study, subfields, or primary topics available in the current data set. Likewise, no awards or honors have been documented for this scientist.

Without specific details of research topics or publications, it is not possible to elaborate on particular scientific contributions or thematic focus areas. However, the maintained affiliation indicates an active role within the academic community at the University of Cape Town.

Best Publications

  • On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate

    Lisa M. Beal;Wilhelmus P. M. De Ruijter;Arne Biastoch;Rainer Zahn

  • The Agulhas Current

    J. R. E. Lutjeharms

  • Increase in Agulhas leakage due to poleward shift of Southern Hemisphere westerlies

    Arne Biastoch;Claus W. Böning;Franziska U. Schwarzkopf;J. R. E. Lutjeharms

  • Indian‐Atlantic interocean exchange: Dynamics, estimation and impact

    W. P. M. de Ruijter;A. Biastoch;S. S. Drijfhout;J. R. E. Lutjeharms

  • Agulhas leakage dynamics affects decadal variability in Atlantic overturning circulation

    Arne Biastoch;Claus W. Böning;J. R. E. Lutjeharms

  • The Retroflection of the Agulhas Current

    J. R. E. Lutjeharms;R. C. Van Ballegooyen

  • Observations of the flow in the Mozambique Channel

    Wilhelmus P. M. de Ruijter;Herman Ridderinkhof;Johann R. E. Lutjeharms;Mathijs W. Schouten

  • Stratification and circulation at the Agulhas Retroflection

    Arnold L. Gordon;Johann R.E. Lutjeharms;Marten L. Gründlingh

  • Southern ocean thermal fronts south of Africa

    J.R.E. Lutjeharms;H.R. Valentine

  • The Cape Cauldron: A regime of turbulent inter-ocean exchange

    Olaf Boebel;Olaf Boebel;Olaf Boebel;Johann Lutjeharms;Claudia Schmid;Walter Zenk

  • The flow field of the subtropical gyre of the South Indian Ocean

    Lothar Stramma;Johann R.E. Lutjeharms

  • Exploitation of mesoscale oceanographic features by grey-headed albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma in the southern Indian Ocean

    D. C. Nel;J. R. E. Lutjeharms;E. A. Pakhomov;I. J. Ansorge

  • Translation, decay and splitting of Agulhas rings in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean

    Mathijs W. Schouten;Will P. M. de Ruijter;Peter Jan van Leeuwen;Johann R. E. Lutjeharms

  • Oceanic Frontal Systems and Biological Enhancement

    J. R. E. Lutjeharms;N. M. Walters;B. R. Allanson

  • Eddies and dipoles around South Madagascar: formation, pathways and large-scale impact

    Wilhelmus P.M. de Ruijter;Hendrik M.van Aken;Emilio J. Beier;Johann R.E. Lutjeharms

  • Upwelling at the inshore edge of the Agulhas Current

    J.R.E Lutjeharms;J Cooper;M Roberts

  • The Natal pulse: An extreme transient on the Agulhas Current

    J. R. E. Lutjeharms;H. R. Roberts

  • The Agulhas Return Current

    J.R.E. Lutjeharms;I.J. Ansorge

  • The source of Benguela Niños in the South Atlantic Ocean

    Pierre Florenchie;Johann R. E. Lutjeharms;C. J. C. Reason;S. Masson

  • Abrupt environmental shift associated with changes in the distribution of Cape anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus spawners in the southern Benguela

    Claude Roy;C.D. Van der Lingen;J.C. Coetzee;J.R.E. Lutjeharms

  • Kinematics of the upwelling front off southern Africa

    J. R. E. Lutjeharms;P. L. Stockton

Frequent Co-Authors

Arne Biastoch
Arne Biastoch GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Mathieu Rouault
Mathieu Rouault University of Cape Town
Pierrick Penven
Pierrick Penven French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
W. P. M. de Ruijter
W. P. M. de Ruijter Utrecht University
P.W. Froneman
P.W. Froneman University of Cape Town
Claus W. Böning
Claus W. Böning GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Scarla J. Weeks
Scarla J. Weeks University of Queensland
Evgeny A. Pakhomov
Evgeny A. Pakhomov University of British Columbia
Paolo Luschi
Paolo Luschi University of Pisa
Tom Rossby
Tom Rossby University of Rhode Island

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