2026 Robert S. Pickart: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	77	638	564	309	264	265	16121

Overview

Robert S. Pickart is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in environmental science. Within these domains, their work emphasizes several subfields including atmospheric science, oceanography, environmental chemistry, global and planetary change, and ecology.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Oceanographic and atmospheric processes
Methane hydrates and related phenomena
Climate variability and models
Geology and paleoclimatology research
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Marine toxins and detection methods

Robert S. Pickart has contributed frequently to several publication venues. Notable among these are:

Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Progress In Oceanography
Journal of Physical Oceanography
Nature Communications
Oceanography

The scientist has collaborated with various co-authors repeatedly, including:

Peigen Lin
Frank Bahr
Kjetil Våge
Jie Huang
Astrid Pacini

Among recent published papers, the following are highlighted with their year of publication and venues:

Manifestation and consequences of warming and altered heat fluxes over the Bering and Chukchi Sea continental shelves, 2020, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
Subpolar North Atlantic western boundary density anomalies and the Meridional Overturning Circulation, 2021, Nature Communications
Evidence for massive and recurrent toxic blooms of Alexandrium catenella in the Alaskan Arctic, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
An evaluation of surface meteorology and fluxes over the Iceland and Greenland Seas in ERA5 reanalysis: The impact of sea ice distribution, 2020, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Recent state transition of the Arctic Ocean's Beaufort Gyre, 2023, Nature Geoscience

Best Publications

Massive Phytoplankton Blooms Under Arctic Sea Ice

Kevin R. Arrigo;Donald K. Perovich;Donald K. Perovich;Robert S. Pickart;Zachary W. Brown

875
Citations
A sea change in our view of overturning in the subpolar North Atlantic

M. S. Lozier;F. Li;S. Bacon;F. Bahr

548
Citations
Deep convection in the Irminger Sea forced by the Greenland tip jet

Robert S. Pickart;Michael A. Spall;Mads Hvid Ribergaard;G. W. K. Moore

329
Citations
Hydrography of the Labrador Sea during Active Convection

Robert S. Pickart;Daniel J. Torres;R. Allyn Clarke

328
Citations
The Labrador Sea Deep Convection Experiment

J. Marshall;F. Dobson;K. Moore;P. Rhines

317
Citations
Is Labrador Sea Water formed in the Irminger basin

Robert S Pickart;Fiammetta Straneo;G.W.K Moore

297
Citations
Phytoplankton blooms beneath the sea ice in the Chukchi sea

Kevin R. Arrigo;Donald K. Perovich;Donald K. Perovich;Robert S. Pickart;Zachary W. Brown

293
Citations
Flow of winter-transformed Pacific water into the Western Arctic

Robert S. Pickart;Thomas J. Weingartner;Lawrence J. Pratt;Sarah Zimmermann

288
Citations
Shelfbreak circulation in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea: Mean structure and variability

Robert S. Pickart

271
Citations
Surprising return of deep convection to the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean in winter 2007-2008

Kjetil Våge;Robert S. Pickart;Virginie Thierry;Gilles Reverdin

266
Citations
Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program: A New International Ocean Observing System

M. Susan Lozier;Sheldon Bacon;Amy S. Bower;Stuart A. Cunningham

265
Citations
The East Greenland Coastal Current: Structure, variability, and forcing

David A. Sutherland;Robert S. Pickart

251
Citations
Western Arctic Shelfbreak Eddies : Formation and Transport

Michael A. Spall;Robert S. Pickart;Paula S. Fratantoni;Albert J. Plueddemann

238
Citations
The northern recirculation gyre of the gulf Stream

Nelson G. Hogg;Robert S. Pickart;Ross M. Hendry;William J. Smethie

209
Citations
Impact of Labrador Sea Convection on the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Robert S. Pickart;Michael A. Spall

206
Citations
The western Arctic boundary current at 152°W: Structure, variability, and transport

Anna Nikolopoulos;Robert S. Pickart;Paula S. Fratantoni;Koji Shimada

203
Citations
The Chukchi Slope Current

W. Bryce Corlett;Robert S. Pickart

200
Citations
Multidecadal Mobility of the North Atlantic Oscillation

G. W. K. Moore;Ian A. Renfrew;Robert S. Pickart

189
Citations
Eddy transport of organic carbon and nutrients from the Chukchi Shelf : impact on the upper halocline of the western Arctic Ocean

Jeremy T. Mathis;Robert S. Pickart;Dennis A. Hansell;David Kadko

187
Citations
The Irminger Gyre: Circulation, convection, and interannual variability

Kjetil Våge;Robert S. Pickart;Artem Sarafanov;Øyvind Knutsen

179
Citations
Ice nucleating particles carried from below a phytoplankton bloom to the Arctic atmosphere

J. M. Creamean;J. N. Cross;R. Pickart;L. McRaven

161
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

G. W. K. Moore University of Toronto

Michael A. Spall Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Kevin R. Arrigo Stanford University

Ian A. Renfrew University of East Anglia

Jeremy T. Mathis National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Thomas J. Weingartner University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fiammetta Straneo University of California, San Diego

Gert L. van Dijken Stanford University

Nicholas R. Bates Arizona State University

Matthew M. Mills Stanford University

External Links

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