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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 42 5195 4801 1942 1728 113 7630

Peter Cornillon publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Peter Cornillon between 1973 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Peter Cornillon published across 54 years, from 1973 to 2026, averaging 3 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2023. 3 of the 161 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1973 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2023. 1973: 2 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 1 publication 1978: 0 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 3 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 10 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 10 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 0 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 1 publication 2015: 1 publication 2016: 2 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 1 publication 2022: 5 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 2 publications 2026: 1 publication
1973 2026

161 publications in total across all disciplines

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Peter Cornillon: publications per year, 1973 to 2026
Year Publications
1973 2
1974 0
1975 0
1976 2
1977 1
1978 0
1979 1
1980 3
1981 2
1982 0
1983 0
1984 1
1985 1
1986 10
1987 4
1988 2
1989 4
1990 6
1991 10
1992 2
1993 2
1994 2
1995 2
1996 3
1997 4
1998 2
1999 5
2000 2
2001 5
2002 2
2003 7
2004 6
2005 4
2006 4
2007 3
2008 4
2009 4
2010 7
2011 1
2012 0
2013 1
2014 1
2015 1
2016 2
2017 2
2018 2
2019 5
2020 1
2021 1
2022 5
2023 14
2024 3
2025 2
2026 1
Total 161
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Peter Cornillon 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 Peter Cornillon sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 108–117 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 113 publications — 18th percentile

18% 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
108–117 484 113
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
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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Peter Cornillon 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 Peter Cornillon sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% 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 42
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
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

Peter Cornillon is affiliated with the University of Rhode Island in the United States. The primary focus of their research lies within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ocean Engineering, and Information Systems.

Their work explores several main topics related to oceanographic and atmospheric phenomena including:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Offshore Engineering and Technologies
  • Marine and Coastal Research
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Cornillon has contributed to a number of scientific publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • Saildrone: Adaptively Sampling the Marine Environment, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Deep Learning of Sea Surface Temperature Patterns to Identify Ocean Extremes, 2021, Remote Sensing
  • Saildrone: Adaptively Sampling the Marine Environment, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • An evaluation of the LLC4320 global-ocean simulation based on the submesoscale structure of modeled sea surface temperature fields, 2023, Geoscientific model development
  • Mitigating Masked Pixels in a Climate-Critical Ocean Dataset, 2024, Remote Sensing

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cornillon include:

  • Peter J. Minnett
  • Vardis Tsontos
  • J. X. Prochaska
  • Chelle Gentemann
  • Christian E. Buckingham

Peter Cornillon has published extensively in several scientific venues. Their most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Remote Sensing
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Geoscientific model development

Best Publications

  • Air–sea interaction over ocean fronts and eddies

    R.J. Small;R.J. Small;S.P. deSzoeke;S.P. deSzoeke;S.P. Xie;L. O’Neill;L. O’Neill

  • Fronts in Large Marine Ecosystems

    Igor M. Belkin;Peter C. Cornillon;Kenneth Sherman

  • US GODAE: Global Ocean Prediction with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

    Eric P Chassignet;Harley E Hurlburt;E J Metzger;Ole M Smedstad

  • Edge Detection Algorithm for SST Images

    Jean-François Cayula;Peter C. Cornillon

  • A Comparison of Satellite and In Situ–Based Sea Surface Temperature Climatologies

    Kenneth S. Casey;Peter C. Cornillon

  • Climatology and seasonal variability of ocean fronts in the East China, Yellow and Bohai seas from satellite SST data

    Ryan Hickox;Igor Belkin;Peter Cornillon;Zhengqiang Shan

  • Satellite-derived sea surface temperature fronts on the continental shelf off the northeast U.S. coast

    David S. Ullman;Peter C. Cornillon

  • Large Diurnal Sea Surface Temperature Variability: Satellite and In Situ Measurements

    Lothar Stramma;Peter Cornillon;Robert A. Weller;James F. Price

  • Satellite observations of sea surface cooling by hurricanes

    Lothar Stramma;Peter Cornillon;James F. Price

  • Multi-Image Edge Detection for SST Images

    Jean-François Cayula;Peter Cornillon

  • SST fronts of the Pacific coastal and marginal seas

    I. Belkin;P. Cornillon

  • Warm core ring velocities inferred from NSCAT

    Peter Cornillon;Kyung-Ae Park

  • Modification of surface winds near ocean fronts: Effects of Gulf Stream rings on scatterometer (QuikSCAT, NSCAT) wind observations

    Kyung-Ae Park;Peter Cornillon;Daniel L. Codiga

  • Routes and rates of larval fish transport from the southeast to the northeast United States continental shelf

    Jonathan A. Hare;James H. Churchill;Robert K. Cowen;Thomas J. Berger

  • Gulf Stream warm rings: a statistical study of their behavior

    Otis B. Brown;Peter C. Cornillon;Steven R. Emmerson;H.Mark Carle

  • Surface wind response to oceanic fronts

    Qingtao Song;Peter Cornillon;Tetsu Hara

  • Evaluation of Front Detection Methods for Satellite-Derived SST Data Using In Situ Observations

    David S. Ullman;Peter C. Cornillon

  • Long baroclinic Rossby waves detected by TOPEX/POSEIDON

    Paulo S. Polito;Peter Cornillon

  • Enhanced chlorophyll at the shelfbreak of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, and Georges Bank during the spring transition

    John P. Ryan;James A. Yoder;Peter C. Cornillon

  • The distribution of diurnal sea surface warming events in the western Sargasso Sea

    Peter Cornillon;Lothar Stramma

Frequent Co-Authors

Lothar Stramma
Lothar Stramma GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
George R. Halliwell
George R. Halliwell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Otis B. Brown
Otis B. Brown North Carolina State University
Craig Donlon
Craig Donlon European Space Agency
Chelle L. Gentemann
Chelle L. Gentemann University of Miami
Nick Rayner
Nick Rayner Met Office
Scott Glenn
Scott Glenn Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Richard W. Reynolds
Richard W. Reynolds National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Peter J. Minnett
Peter J. Minnett University of Miami
Gary A. Wick
Gary A. Wick National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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