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1943
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Pierre-Marie Poulain 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 Pierre-Marie Poulain sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 210 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Pierre-Marie Poulain 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 Pierre-Marie Poulain sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 60 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Pierre-Marie Poulain is affiliated with the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics in Italy. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Oceanography among other subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research covers a wide range of topics, particularly related to oceanographic and atmospheric processes, marine and coastal ecosystems, ocean waves and remote sensing, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, climate variability and models, marine and fisheries research, and underwater acoustics research.

Pierre-Marie Poulain has contributed to several recent papers, among which the following are notable:

  • Observation, Preconditioning and Recurrence of Exceptionally High Salinities in the Adriatic Sea (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Frontal Convergence and Vertical Velocity Measured by Drifters in the Alboran Sea (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • On the Circulation and Thermohaline Properties of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Climatic, Decadal, and Interannual Variability in the Upper Layer of the Mediterranean Sea Using Remotely Sensed and In-Situ Data (2022, Remote Sensing)
  • BGC-Argo Floats Observe Nitrate Injection and Spring Phytoplankton Increase in the Surface Layer of Levantine Sea (Eastern Mediterranean) (2021, Geophysical Research Letters)

Frequent co-authors of Poulain include Elena Mauri, Milena Menna, Tamay M. Özgökmen, Simón Ruíz, and Ananda Pascual.

Publication venues commonly featuring Poulain's work are:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Continental Shelf Research
  • Remote Sensing

Pierre-Marie Poulain has also authored a book chapter published by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution eBooks titled CALYPSO 2019 Cruise Report: field campaign in the Mediterranean (2020).

Best Publications

  • Fifteen years of ocean observations with the global Argo array

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

  • Quality Control and Interpolations of WOCE-TOGA Drifter Data

    Donald V. Hansen;Pierre-Marie Poulain

  • Measurements of the water-following capability of holey-sock and TRISTAR drifters

    P.P. Niiler;A.S. Sybrandy;Kenong Bi;P.M. Poulain

  • Adriatic Sea surface circulation as derived from drifter data between 1990 and 1999

    Pierre-Marie Poulain

  • 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

  • Near-surface circulation of the Nordic seas as measured by Lagrangian drifters

    P.-M. Poulain;A. Warn-Varnas;P. P. Niiler

  • Physical Oceanography of the Adriatic Sea

    Benoit Cushman-Roisin;Miroslav Gačić;Pierre-Marie Poulain;Antonio Artegiani

  • Observations of Black Sea mesoscale eddies and associated horizontal mixing

    Andrei G. Zatsepin;Anna I. Ginzburg;Andrey G. Kostianoy;Vyacheslav V. Kremenetskiy

  • Surface Geostrophic Circulation of the Mediterranean Sea Derived from Drifter and Satellite Altimeter Data

    Pierre-Marie Poulain;Milena Menna;Elena Mauri

  • Physical forcing and physical/biochemical variability of the Mediterranean Sea: a review of unresolved issues and directions for future research

    P. Malanotte-Rizzoli;V. Artale;G. L. Borzelli-Eusebi;S. Brenner

  • A Mean Dynamic Topography of the Mediterranean Sea computed from altimetric data, in-situ measurements and a general circulation model

    M.-H. Rio;P.-M. Poulain;A. Pascual;E. Mauri

  • Wind Effects on Drogued and Undrogued Drifters in the Eastern Mediterranean

    Pierre-Marie Poulain;Riccardo Gerin;Elena Mauri;Romain Pennel

  • Statistical Analysis of the Surface Circulation in the California Current System Using Satellite-Tracked Drifters

    Pierre-Marie Poulain;Pearn P. Niiler

  • The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service Ocean State Report

    Karina Von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Enrique Alvarez-Fanjul;Lars Axell

  • Drifter observations of surface circulation in the Adriatic Sea between December 1994 and March 1996

    Pierre-Marie Poulain

  • OceanGliders: A component of the integrated GOOS

    Pierre Testor;Brad DeYoung;Daniel L. Rudnick;Scott Glenn

  • Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report

    Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

  • On the relationship between the decadal oscillations of the northern Ionian Sea and the salinity distributions in the eastern Mediterranean

    Miroslav Gačić;G. Civitarese;G.L. Eusebi Borzelli;Vedrana Kovačević

  • Surface circulation in the central Mediterranean Sea as deduced from Lagrangian drifters in the 1990s

    Pierre-Marie Poulain;Enrico Zambianchi

  • Transport Properties in the Adriatic Sea as Deduced from Drifter Data

    Pierpaolo Falco;Annalisa Griffa;Pierre-Marie Poulain;Enrico Zambianchi

  • Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 4

    Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

Frequent Co-Authors

Annalisa Griffa
Annalisa Griffa National Research Council (CNR)
Ananda Pascual
Ananda Pascual National Research Council (CNR)
Joaquín Tintoré
Joaquín Tintoré Spanish National Research Council
Nadia Pinardi
Nadia Pinardi University of Bologna
Miroslav Gačić
Miroslav Gačić National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics
Katrin Schroeder
Katrin Schroeder National Research Council (CNR)
Jacopo Chiggiato
Jacopo Chiggiato National Research Council (CNR)
Mirko Orlić
Mirko Orlić University of Zagreb
Tamay M. Özgökmen
Tamay M. Özgökmen University of Miami
Simón Ruiz
Simón Ruiz Spanish National Research Council

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