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Pierre-Marie Poulain publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Pierre-Marie Poulain between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Pierre-Marie Poulain published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 7 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2023. 14 of the 260 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2023. 1989: 3 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 3 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 9 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 20 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 7 publications
1989 2025

260 publications in total across all disciplines

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Pierre-Marie Poulain: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 3
1990 2
1991 0
1992 1
1993 1
1994 0
1995 2
1996 8
1997 1
1998 1
1999 3
2000 1
2001 9
2002 3
2003 3
2004 3
2005 4
2006 3
2007 12
2008 6
2009 8
2010 8
2011 7
2012 7
2013 15
2014 10
2015 8
2016 10
2017 11
2018 14
2019 20
2020 17
2021 12
2022 11
2023 22
2024 7
2025 7
Total 260
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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.

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, 208–217 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: 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.

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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
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292 210
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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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.

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, 60 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: 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.

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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
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 60
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

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

  • 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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