Kevin Speer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kevin Speer between 1987 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kevin Speer published across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025, averaging 4.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 10 publications in 2019. 5 of the 172 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

2 4 6 8 10

1987 2025

172 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kevin Speer: publications per year, 1987 to 2025
Year	Publications
1987	1
1988	2
1989	4
1990	1
1991	2
1992	3
1993	5
1994	3
1995	7
1996	3
1997	3
1998	3
1999	5
2000	3
2001	1
2002	8
2003	3
2004	5
2005	4
2006	1
2007	2
2008	6
2009	6
2010	7
2011	4
2012	9
2013	4
2014	6
2015	6
2016	5
2017	2
2018	8
2019	10
2020	5
2021	9
2022	9
2023	2
2024	4
2025	1
Total	172

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Kevin Speer 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 Kevin Speer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400 500

38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 149 publications — 38th percentile

38% 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
108–117	484
118–127	540
128–137	557
138–147	491
148–157	495	149
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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Kevin Speer 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 Kevin Speer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% 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
47	202	47
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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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

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