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D-Index
61
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26528
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2696
National Ranking
1080

Sydney Levitus publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sydney Levitus sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 324 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Sydney Levitus D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sydney Levitus sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sydney Levitus is affiliated with Silver Spring Networks in the United States. Their professional background is connected to this organization, but further details on specific roles or positions are not provided.

In 2010, Sydney Levitus was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This award marks a significant professional milestone in their career.

There are no recorded publications, co-authors, or detailed research topics available for Sydney Levitus at this time. Likewise, no information is available regarding book publications or frequent venues of publication.

Given the absence of detailed information on specific research fields, subfields, or main topics of study, it is not possible to delineate the focus areas of Levitus's scientific work beyond the professional affiliation and award noted above.

Best Publications

  • Climatological Atlas of the World Ocean

    Sydney Levitus

  • Warming of the World Ocean

    Sydney Levitus;John I. Antonov;Timothy P. Boyer;Cathy Stephens

  • Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level

    N. L. Bindoff;Jürgen Willebrand;V. Artale;A. Cazenave

  • Warming of the world ocean, 1955–2003

    S. Levitus;J. Antonov;T. Boyer

  • World ocean heat content and thermosteric sea level change (0–2000 m), 1955–2010

    S. Levitus;J. I. Antonov;T. P. Boyer;O. K. Baranova

  • World ocean atlas 2009

    Sydney Levitus;Ricardo A. Locarnini;Timothy P. Boyer;Alexey V. Mishonov

  • Global ocean heat content 1955–2008 in light of recently revealed instrumentation problems

    S. Levitus;J. I. Antonov;T. P. Boyer;R. A. Locarnini

  • Anthropogenic warming of earth's climate system

    Sydney Levitus;John I. Antonov;Julian Wang;Thomas L. Delworth

  • World Ocean Atlas 1994. Volume 4. Temperature

    Sydney Levitus;Timothy P. Boyer

  • “Great Salinity Anomalies” in the North Atlantic

    Igor M. Belkin;Igor M. Belkin;Sydney Levitus;John Antonov;John Antonov;Svend-Aage Malmberg

  • World ocean database 2009

    Timothy P. Boyer;John I. Antonov;Olga K. Baranova;Hernan E. Garcia

  • World ocean database 2005

    Timothy P. Boyer;Sydney Levitus

  • Climate forcings in Goddard Institute for Space Studies SI2000 simulations

    J. Hansen;M. Sato;M. Sato;L. Nazarenko;L. Nazarenko;R. Ruedy

  • Linear trends in salinity for the World Ocean, 1955-1998

    Timothy P. Boyer;S. Levitus;J. I. Antonov;R. A. Locarnini

  • The Western Mediterranean Deep Water: A proxy for climate change

    Michel Rixen;J Beckers;S Levitus;J Antonov

  • OBJECTIVE ANALYSES OF ANNUAL, SEASONAL, AND MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY FOR THE WORLD OCEAN ON A 0.25° GRID

    Timothy Boyer;Sydney Levitus;Hernan Garcia;Ricardo A. Locarnini

  • World ocean atlas 2013. Volume 1, Temperature

    Ricardo A. Locarnini;Alexey V. Mishonov;John I. Antonov;Timothy P. Boyer

  • World Ocean Atlas 2005, Volume 3: Dissolved Oxygen, Apparent Oxygen Utilization, and Oxygen Saturation [+DVD]

    Hernan E. Garcia;Timothy P. Boyer;Ricardo A. Locarnini;John I. Antonov

  • World ocean atlas 2013. Volume 4, Dissolved inorganic nutrients (phosphate, nitrate, silicate)

    Hernan E. Garcia;Ricardo A. Locarnini;Timothy P. Boyer;John I. Antonov

  • World ocean atlas 2013. Volume 2, Salinity

    Melissa M. Zweng;James R. Reagan;John I. Antonov;Ricardo A. Locarnini

  • The World Ocean Database

    Sydney Levitus;J. I. Antonov;Olga K. Baranova;T. P. Boyer

  • World ocean atlas 2001. Volume 2, Salinity

    Timothy P. Boyer;Sydney Levitus

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy P. Boyer
Timothy P. Boyer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James Hansen
James Hansen Columbia University
Nathaniel L. Bindoff
Nathaniel L. Bindoff University of Tasmania
Dorothy M. Peteet
Dorothy M. Peteet Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Anny Cazenave
Anny Cazenave Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales
James N. Galloway
James N. Galloway University of Virginia
Martin Heimann
Martin Heimann Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Anthony J. Broccoli
Anthony J. Broccoli Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Steve Frolking
Steve Frolking University of New Hampshire
Venkatachalam Ramaswamy
Venkatachalam Ramaswamy Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

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