2026 Kevin Speer: 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	47	3935	3608	1538	1363	149	10812

Overview

Kevin Speer is a researcher affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. They have contributed extensively to subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes, and Ecology.

The research topics frequently addressed by Kevin Speer include:

Cryospheric studies and observations
Climate variability and models
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Fire effects on ecosystems
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Marine and coastal ecosystems

Kevin Speer has published in various scientific journals, with multiple contributions to venues such as:

Geophysical Research Letters
Journal of Physical Oceanography
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Fire
Atmosphere

Recent publications included works with diverse thematic foci, exemplified by:

"Antarctic Peninsula warming triggers enhanced basal melt rates throughout West Antarctica", 2022, Science Advances
"Genesis of the Antarctic Slope Current in West Antarctica", 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
"Relative Dispersion in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current", 2020, Journal of Physical Oceanography
"The effectiveness of traditional vs. velocity-based strength training on explosive and maximal strength performance: A network meta-analysis", 2022, Frontiers in Physiology
"The Antarctic Coastal Current in the Bellingshausen Sea", 2021, The Cryosphere

Throughout their career, Kevin Speer has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably:

Andrew F. Thompson
Bryan Quaife
M.M. Flexas
Lena M. Schulze Chretien
Yana Bebieva

Best Publications

Closure of the meridional overturning circulation through Southern Ocean upwelling

John Marshall;Kevin Speer

1160
Citations
Global Ocean Meridional Overturning

Rick Lumpkin;Kevin Speer

897
Citations
Evolution and Biogeography of Deep-Sea Vent and Seep Invertebrates

C. L. Van Dover;C. R. German;K. G. Speer;L. M. Parson

671
Citations
Antarctic climate change and the environment: an update

John Turner;Nicholas E Barrand;Thomas J Bracegirdle;Peter Convey

594
Citations
The Diabatic Deacon Cell

Kevin Speer;Stephen R. Rintoul;Bernadette Sloyan

450
Citations
Rates of Water Mass Formation in the North Atlantic Ocean

Kevin Speer;Eli Tziperman

381
Citations
A model of an Atlantic and Pacific hydrothermal plume

Kevin G. Speer;Peter A. Rona

303
Citations
Zonally asymmetric response of the Southern Ocean mixed-layer depth to the Southern Annular Mode

Jean-Baptiste Sallée;K. Speer;S. Rintoul

301
Citations
Mixing in the Romanche Fracture Zone

Bruno Ferron;Herlé Mercier;Kevin Speer;Ann Gargett

300
Citations
Southern Ocean Thermocline Ventilation

Jean-Baptiste Sallée;Kevin Speer;Steve Rintoul;S. Wijffels

299
Citations
Directly measured mid-depth circulation in the northeastern North Atlantic Ocean

A. S. Bower;B. Le Cann;T. Rossby;W. Zenk

282
Citations
High-Latitude Ocean and Sea Ice Surface Fluxes: Challenges for Climate Research

Mark A. Bourassa;Mark A. Bourassa;Sarah T. Gille;Cecilia Bitz;David Carlson

240
Citations
Intense mixing of Antarctic Bottom Water in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean

K. L. Polzin;K. G. Speer;J. M. Toole;R. W. Schmitt

229
Citations
Deep circulation in the eastern South Atlantic Ocean

Bruce A. Warren;Kevin G. Speer

215
Citations
Response of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to atmospheric variability

J. B. Sallée;K. Speer;R. Morrow

214
Citations
Formation of subantarctic mode water in the southeastern Indian Ocean

Jean-Baptiste Sallée;Nicolas Wienders;Kevin Speer;Rosemary Morrow

184
Citations
Large-Scale Vertical and Horizontal Circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean

Rick Lumpkin;Kevin Speer

175
Citations
The Flow of Antarctic Bottom Water into the Brazil Basin

Kevin G. Speer;Walter Zenk

162
Citations
Lagrangian Eddy Scales in the Northern Atlantic Ocean

Rick Lumpkin;Anne-Marie Treguier;Kevin Speer

140
Citations
An estimate of Lagrangian eddy statistics and diffusion in the mixed layer of the Southern Ocean

J. B. Sallée;Kevin Speer;R. Morrow;R. Lumpkin

140
Citations
High-latitude ocean and sea ice surface fluxes: requirements and challenges for climate research

Mark Bourassa;Sarah Tragler Gille;Cecilia M. Bitz;David Carlson

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Meredith British Antarctic Survey

Joseph H. LaCasce University of Oslo

Jean-Baptiste Sallée Sorbonne University

Lynne D. Talley University of California, San Diego

Sarah T. Gille University of California, San Diego

Eberhard Fahrbach Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Eli Tziperman Harvard University

Rosemary Morrow Paul Sabatier University

Colin Summerhayes University of Cambridge

Julian Gutt Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

External Links

Personal website of Kevin Speer

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