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Molly O. Baringer 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 Molly O. Baringer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 150 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Molly O. Baringer 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 Molly O. Baringer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Molly O. Baringer is affiliated with the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in the United States. Their work spans multiple key areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, focusing particularly on Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. The body of research also covers sub-disciplines such as Atmospheric Science and Ecology.

Their research topics include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Climate variability and models
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Shenfu Dong
  • Gustavo Goñi
  • Denis L. Volkov
  • David Smeed
  • Ryan H. Smith

Key publication venues where Molly O. Baringer has contributed include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Baringer are:

  • Argo Data 1999-2019: Two Million Temperature-Salinity Profiles and Subsurface Velocity Observations From a Global Array of Profiling Floats (2020), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Pending recovery in the strength of the meridional overturning circulation at 26° N (2020), Ocean Science
  • Circulation-driven variability of Atlantic anthropogenic carbon transports and uptake (2021), Nature Geoscience
  • Global Oceans (2020), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Human-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation are emerging from the Southern Ocean (2023), Communications Earth & Environment

Best Publications

  • Temporal Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5°N

    Stuart A. Cunningham;Torsten Kanzow;Darren Rayner;Molly O. Baringer

  • Fifteen years of ocean observations with the global Argo array

    Stephen C. Riser;Howard J. Freeland;Dean Roemmich;Susan Wijffels

  • A review of global ocean temperature observations: Implications for ocean heat content estimates and climate change

    J. P. Abraham;M. Baringer;N. L. Bindoff;N. L. Bindoff;N. L. Bindoff;T. Boyer

  • Measuring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26°N

    Gerard D. McCarthy;David A. Smeed;William E. Johns;Eleanor Frajka-Williams

  • Continuous, Array-Based Estimates of Atlantic Ocean Heat Transport at 26.5°N

    William E. Johns;Molly O. Baringer;Lisa M. Beal;S. A. Cunningham

  • Outflows and deep water production by marginal seas

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

  • Observed decline of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation 2004–2012

    David A. Smeed;Gerard D. McCarthy;Stuart A. Cunningham;Eleanor Frajka-Williams

  • The North Atlantic Ocean Is in a State of Reduced Overturning

    David A. Smeed;S.A. Josey;Claudie Beaulieu;W.E. Johns

  • On the Future of Argo: A Global, Full-Depth, Multi-Disciplinary Array

    Dean Roemmich;Matthew H. Alford;Hervé Claustre;Kenneth Johnson

  • Pacific origin of the abrupt increase in Indian Ocean heat content during the warming hiatus

    Sang-Ki Lee;Sang-Ki Lee;Wonsun Park;Molly O. Baringer;Arnold L. Gordon

  • Argo Data 1999–2019: Two Million Temperature-Salinity Profiles and Subsurface Velocity Observations From a Global Array of Profiling Floats

    Annie P.S. Wong;Susan E. Wijffels;Stephen C. Riser;Sylvie Pouliquen

  • Sixteen years of Florida Current Transport at 27° N

    Molly O'Neil Baringer;Jimmy C. Larsen

  • Mixing and Spreading of the Mediterranean Outflow

    Molly O. 'Neil Baringer;James F. Price

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the climate in 2010

    Jessica Blunden;Derek S. Arndt;Molly O. Baringer

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Seasonal Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5°N

    Torsten Kanzow;Torsten Kanzow;S. A. Cunningham;W. E. Johns;J. J-M. Hirschi

  • Observed interannual variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26.5 N

    Gerard McCarthy;Eleanor Frajka‐Williams;William E. Johns;Molly O. Baringer

  • Changes in ocean heat, carbon content, and ventilation : a review of the first decade of GO-SHIP Global Repeat Hydrography

    Lynne D. Talley;Richard A. Feely;Bernadette M. Sloyan;Rik Wanninkhof

  • State of the Climate in 2009

    D. S. Arndt;M. O. Baringer;M. R. Johnson

  • Past, Present, and Future Changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

    Meric Srokosz;M. Baringer;H. Bryden;Stuart Cunningham

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher S. Meinen
Christopher S. Meinen Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Gustavo Goni
Gustavo Goni Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
William E. Johns
William E. Johns University of Miami
Silvia L. Garzoli
Silvia L. Garzoli Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Harry L. Bryden
Harry L. Bryden University of Southampton
Stuart A. Cunningham
Stuart A. Cunningham Scottish Association For Marine Science
David A. Smeed
David A. Smeed National Oceanography Centre
Torsten Kanzow
Torsten Kanzow Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Lynne D. Talley
Lynne D. Talley University of California, San Diego
Jochem Marotzke
Jochem Marotzke Max Planck Society

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