2026 Peter D. Killworth: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	52	4549	349	151	8698

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Environmental Sciences

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8698

Research.com Recognitions

2000 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Peter D. Killworth was affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom during their academic career. Their work contributed to the field of social networks with a focus on methodologies related to personal network structural measures.

Their research output includes a paper titled Corrigendum to "Impact of methods for reducing respondent burden on personal network structural measures" [Soc. Netw. 29 (2007) 300-315], published in 2024 in the journal Social Networks.

Corrigendum to "Impact of methods for reducing respondent burden on personal network structural measures" (2024) - Social Networks

Frequent collaborators included Christopher McCarty, who coauthored the 2024 corrigendum publication.

Christopher McCarty

The main venue where their research appeared was Social Networks, which hosted their recent publication in 2024.

Social Networks (1 publication)

Peter D. Killworth was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in the year 2000, reflecting their professional standing in scientific communities.

Best Publications

Deep convection in the World Ocean

Peter D. Killworth

554
Citations
The Development of a Free-Surface Bryan–Cox–Semtner Ocean Model

Peter D. Killworth;David Stainforth;David J. Webb;Stephen M. Paterson

539
Citations
The Speed of Observed and Theoretical Long Extratropical Planetary Waves

Peter D. Killworth;Dudley B. Chelton;Roland A. de Szoeke

462
Citations
Circulation characteristics in three eddy-permitting models of the North Atlantic

Jürgen Willebrand;Bernard Barnier;Claus Böning;Christian Dieterich

310
Citations
Do Rossby-wave critical layers absorb, reflect, or over-reflect?

Peter D. Killworth;Michael E. McIntyre

284
Citations
Mixing of the Weddell Sea continental slope

Peter D. Killworth

282
Citations
A Convective Model for the Weddell Polynya

Douglas G. Martinson;Peter D. Killworth;Arnold L. Gordon

255
Citations
On “Chimney” Formations in the Ocean

Peter D. Killworth

243
Citations
Beyond the Durfee square: enhancing the h-index to score total publication output

Thomas R. Anderson;Robin K. S. Hankin;Peter D. Killworth

209
Citations
Ageostrophic instability of ocean currents

R. W. Griffiths;Peter D. Killworth;Melvin E. Stern

203
Citations
On the parameterization of eddy transfer. Part I. Theory

Peter D. Killworth

160
Citations
Spin-up of a stratified ocean, with topography

David L.T. Anderson;Peter D. Killworth

157
Citations
An equivalent-barotropic mode in the fine resolution Antarctic model

Peter D. Killworth

154
Citations
Wave propagation and growth on a surface front in a two-layer geostrophic current

Peter D. Killworth;Nathan Paldor;Melvin E. Stern

151
Citations
Estimating the size of an average personal network and of an event subpopulation: Some empirical results☆

H Russell Bernard;Eugene C Johnsen;Peter D Killworth;Scott Robinson

142
Citations
On the social structure of an ocean-going research vessel and other important things

H.Russell Bernard;Peter D Killworth

139
Citations
On the Motion of Isolated Lenses on a Beta-Plane

Peter D. Killworth

134
Citations
Long Extratropical Planetary Wave Propagation in the Presence of Slowly Varying Mean Flow and Bottom Topography. Part I: The Local Problem

Peter D. Killworth;Jeffrey R. Blundell

131
Citations
The Fram atlas of the Southern Ocean

David J. Webb;Peter D. Killworth;Andrew C. Coward;Simon R. Thompson

122
Citations
A Turbulent Bottom Boundary Layer Code for Use in Numerical Ocean Models

Peter D. Killworth;Neil R. Edwards

120
Citations
Physical and biological mechanisms for planetary waves observed in satellite-derived chlorophyll

Peter D. Killworth;Paolo Cipollini;B. Mete Uz;Jeffrey R. Blundell

114
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Russell Bernard Arizona State University

William K. Dewar Florida State University

Christopher McCarty University of Florida

Bernard Barnier Grenoble Alpes University

Adrian L. New National Oceanography Centre

Andrew McC. Hogg Australian National University

Andreas Oschlies GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

David A. Smeed National Oceanography Centre

Neil R. Edwards The Open University

Eddy C. Carmack Fisheries and Oceans Canada

External Links

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