SOEST scientists named Highly Ranked Scholars by ScholarGPS
Hanauma Bay, O'ahu. Credit: Ilikea McElroy
Eight researchers from the UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) were named Highly Ranked Scholars by ScholarGPS. Highly Ranked Scholars are the most productive authors whose works demonstrate exceptional impact and outstanding quality. These scholars hold a ScholarGPS Rank within the top 0.05% in any given Field, Discipline, or Specialty.
ScholarGPS algorithms categorize a wide range of scholarly research into 14 Fields, which are subdivided into 177 distinct Disciplines. Research is further categorized into a dynamic list of many niche Specialties.
Discipline rankings
Below is a list of all SOEST researchers who ranked in the top five within their discipline globally.
David M. Karl ranked #2 in Oceanography and Limnology
David Karl, Victor and Peggy Brandstrom Pavel Professor of Microbial Oceanography and director of the Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE), was ranked #2 globally in Oceanography and Limnology. In 1988, he co-founded the Hawai‘i Ocean Time-series (HOT) program, one of the longest running open ocean time series programs in the world. In 2006, he led a team of scientists in the establishment of C-MORE, a NSF-supported Science and Technology Center, which conducts collaborative research on marine microorganisms from genomes to biomes. Karl was also ranked #1 globally in the Pacific Ocean specialty category.
Bin Wang ranked #2 in Atmospheric Sciences
Bin Wang, professor emeritus in Atmospheric Sciences and researcher in the International Pacific Research Center, was ranked #2 globally in Atmospheric Sciences. Wang specializes in climate and atmospheric dynamics. Among his research interests are variability and predictability of Asian-Australian monsoons, climate predictions, tropical cyclones and El Niño-Southern Oscillation dynamics. Wang was also ranked #1 globally in the East Asia specialty category.
Edward F. DeLong ranked #4 in Oceanography and Limnology
Edward F. DeLong, professor emeritus in Oceanography, was ranked #4 globally in Oceanography and Limnology. DeLong has spent most of his career developing molecular biological and genomic approaches to study naturally occurring microbial communities in the ocean and was the founding co-director of C-MORE. In the course developing new approaches, DeLong and collaborators have made fundamental discoveries about the nature and properties of microbial life in the sea. was also
Specialty rankings
Below is a list of all SOEST researchers who ranked in the top five within their speciality globally.
Brian Bowen ranked #1 in Phylogeography
Brian Bowen, researcher at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, was ranked #1 globally in Phylogeography. Bowen uses molecular genetics to understand the distribution, connectivity, and evolutionary history of aquatic species. He has conducted globe-spanning genetic surveys of reef fishes, marine turtles, sharks, bonefishes, anchovies, sardines, and shrimp, as well as regional surveys of manatees, dolphins, rattlesnakes, lizards, freshwater turtles, limpets, sturgeon, and other fishes.
Bruce Houghton ranked #2 in Volcanology
Bruce Houghton, Gordon A. Macdonald Professor of Volcanology in Earth Sciences and emeritus researcher at Earth Sciences New Zealand, was ranked #2 globally in Volcanology. Houghton’s research specialty is the eruption dynamics of explosive eruptions, particularly at Kīlauea and Stromboli volcanoes. He works across the interface between volcanoes and society, collaborating with world leading disaster psychologists and sociologists. He also served as science director for the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center at UH Mānoa from 2005 through this year.
Julian (Jay) McCreary ranked #2 in Indian Ocean
Julian (Jay) McCreary, emeritus professor of Oceanography and former director of the International Pacific Research Center, was ranked #2 globally in Indian Ocean. McCreary’s research focuses on equatorial and coastal ocean dynamics, ocean circulation, and ocean-atmosphere coupled phenomena such as El Niño. He is a leading expert on the dynamics of the Indian Ocean, publishing the key reference book on the topic in 2023.
Bo Qiu ranked #2 in Physical oceanography
Bo Qiu, professor of Oceanography, was ranked #2 globally in Physical oceanography. Qiu has been recognized with previous awards for his seminal contributions to understand the dynamics of the North Pacific Ocean circulation and its role in the climate system. His scientific interests include large-scale ocean circulation variability, mid-latitude air-sea interaction, geophysical fluid dynamics, and satellite oceanography.
Yuqing Wang ranked #3 in Tropical cyclone
Yuqing Wang, professor of Atmospheric Sciences and researcher with the International Pacific Research Center, was ranked #3 globally in Tropical cyclone. Wang’s research focuses on tropical meteorology. Specifically, he has made significant contributions to understanding tropical cyclone structure and intensity changes, advancing the theory of tropical cyclone intensification, and modeling the lifecycle of tropical cyclones.
More about ScholarGPS rankings
ScholarGPS is the world’s most comprehensive scholarly analytics platform, built by scholars but accessible to all. Their algorithms identify and analyze the individual impact of over 200 million books, book chapters, journal articles, conference papers, and patents associated with over 3 billion citations. Details about the Ranking Terminology and Methodology can be found on the website.
One other UH researcher, Ryuzo Yanagimachi, ranked in the top ten in their discipline and several other UH researchers ranked in the top five of their specialties in the ScholarGPS ranking.
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