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Pierrick Penven 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 Pierrick Penven sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 85 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pierrick Penven 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 Pierrick Penven sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Pierrick Penven is affiliated with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Oceanography as a subfield. Other notable subfields in their work include Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their research topics span various aspects of marine and atmospheric science, including:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Penven has published numerous papers across several prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, where they have contributed five papers, Frontiers in Marine Science, Continental Shelf Research, Marine Geology, and Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Penven include:

  • "Contourite and mixed turbidite-contourite systems in the Mozambique Channel (SW Indian Ocean): Link between geometry, sediment characteristics and modelled bottom currents" (2021) published in Marine Geology
  • "The impact of internal waves on upper continental slopes: insights from the Mozambican margin (southwest Indian Ocean)" (2020) published in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • "Mesoscale Eddy Kinetic Energy Budgets and Transfers between Vertical Modes in the Agulhas Current" (2022) published in Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • "A Model Investigation of the Influences of the South-East Madagascar Current on the South-East Madagascar Bloom" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "The postulation of intermittent land bridges as an explanation for reiterated colonization events of Madagascar by African vertebrates: An in-depth review and novel insights in honour of the late Judith Masters and Fabien Génin" (2023) published in Earth-Science Reviews

Collaborations are a significant part of Penven's research activities. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Elda Miramontes
  • Stéphan Jorry
  • Claire Ménesguen
  • Daniel Aslanian
  • Maryline Moulin

Best Publications

  • On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate

    Lisa M. Beal;Wilhelmus P. M. De Ruijter;Arne Biastoch;Rainer Zahn

  • Short communication: A Lagrangian tool for modelling ichthyoplankton dynamics

    Christophe Lett;Philippe Verley;Christian Mullon;Carolina Parada

  • Average circulation, seasonal cycle, and mesoscale dynamics of the Peru Current System: A modeling approach

    Pierrick Penven;Pierrick Penven;Vincent Echevin;Vincent Echevin;J. Pasapera;François Colas

  • Two-way nesting in split-explicit ocean models: Algorithms, implementation and validation

    Laurent Debreu;Patrick Marchesiello;Pierrick Penven;Gildas Cambon

  • Evaluation and application of the ROMS 1-way embedding procedure to the central california upwelling system

    Pierrick Penven;Pierrick Penven;Pierrick Penven;Laurent Debreu;Patrick Marchesiello;Patrick Marchesiello;James C. McWilliams

  • Warming in the Agulhas Current system since the 1980's

    Mathieu Rouault;Pierrick Penven;Benjamin Pohl

  • Software data news: Software tools for pre- and post-processing of oceanic regional simulations

    Pierrick Penven;Patrick Marchesiello;Laurent Debreu;Jérome Lefèvre

  • Coastal oceanic climate change and variability from 1982 to 2009 around South Africa

    Mathieu Rouault;Benjamin Pohl;Pierrick Penven

  • Eddy properties in the Mozambique Channel: A comparison between observations and two numerical ocean circulation models

    I. Halo;B. Backeberg;B. Backeberg;P. Penven;I. Ansorge

  • Agulhas Leakage Predominantly Responds to the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies

    Jonathan V. Durgadoo;Benjamin R. Loveday;Chris J. C. Reason;Pierrick Penven

  • A regional hydrodynamic model of upwelling in the Southern Benguela

    P. Penven;C. Roy;G. B. Brundrit;A. Colin De Verdiere

  • Generation of cyclonic eddies by the Agulhas Current in the Lee of the Agulhas Bank

    P. Penven;P. Penven;P. Penven;J. R. E. Lutjeharms;P. Marchesiello;C. Roy;C. Roy

  • Modelling the transport success of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus eggs and larvae in the southern Benguela: the effect of spatio-temporal spawning patterns

    Jenny Huggett;Pierre Fréon;Christian Mullon;Pierrick Penven

  • Impact of intensified Indian Ocean winds on mesoscale variability in the Agulhas system.

    Björn C. Backeberg;Pierrick Penven;Pierrick Penven;Mathieu Rouault

  • Madagascar: A pacemaker for the Agulhas Current system?

    P. Penven;J. R. E. Lutjeharms;P. Florenchie

  • Eddies in Eastern Boundary Subtropical Upwelling Systems

    X. Capet;F. Colas;J. C. Mcwilliams;P. Penven

  • Modelling the effect of buoyancy on the transport of anchovy (Engraulis capensis) eggs from spawning to nursery grounds in the southern Benguela: an IBM approach

    C. Parada;C.D. Van Der Lingen;C. Mullon;P. Penven

  • Physical speciation of iron in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean along a transect from the subtropical domain to the Weddell Sea Gyre

    Fanny Chever;Fanny Chever;Eva Bucciarelli;Eva Bucciarelli;Géraldine Sarthou;Géraldine Sarthou;Sabrina Speich

  • Modeling Equilibrium Dynamics of the Benguela Current System

    Jennifer Veitch;Pierrick Penven;Frank Shillington

  • Evolutionary individual-based model for the recruitment of anchovy (Engraulis capensis) in the southern Benguela

    Christian Mullon;Philippe Cury;Pierrick Penven

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Marchesiello
Patrick Marchesiello Paul Sabatier University
Olivier Maury
Olivier Maury École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Mathieu Rouault
Mathieu Rouault University of Cape Town
Johann R. E. Lutjeharms
Johann R. E. Lutjeharms University of Cape Town
James C. McWilliams
James C. McWilliams University of California, Los Angeles
Bruno Blanke
Bruno Blanke University of Western Brittany
Pierre Fréon
Pierre Fréon Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Coleen L. Moloney
Coleen L. Moloney University of Cape Town
Philippe Cury
Philippe Cury Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Gwenael Jouet
Gwenael Jouet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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