| A rational model for Langmuir circulations ADD Craik, S Leibovich Journal of Fluid Mechanics 73 (3), 401-426, 1976 | 974 | 1976 |
| The structure of vortex breakdown S Leibovich | 971 | 1978 |
| Vortex stability and breakdown-Survey and extension S Leibovich AIAA journal 22 (9), 1192-1206, 1984 | 711 | 1984 |
| The form and dynamics of Langmuir circulations S Leibovich Annual review of fluid mechanics 15 (1), 391-427, 1983 | 688 | 1983 |
| Disrupted states of vortex flow and vortex breakdown JH Faler, S Leibovich The physics of Fluids 20 (9), 1385-1400, 1977 | 541 | 1977 |
| Turbulent shear flows over low hills JCR Hunt, S Leibovich, KJ Richards Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 114 (484), 1435-1470, 1988 | 498 | 1988 |
| A sufficient condition for the instability of columnar vortices S Leibovich, K Stewartson Journal of Fluid Mechanics 126, 335-356, 1983 | 386 | 1983 |
| An experimental map of the internal structure of a vortex breakdown JH Faler, S Leibovich Journal of Fluid Mechanics 86 (2), 313-335, 1978 | 322 | 1978 |
| Spectral characteristics of vortex breakdown flowfields AK Garg, S Leibovich The Physics of Fluids 22 (11), 2053-2064, 1979 | 249 | 1979 |
| Convective instability of stably stratified water in the ocean S Leibovich Journal of Fluid Mechanics 82 (3), 561-581, 1977 | 197 | 1977 |
| On wave-current interaction theories of Langmuir circulations S Leibovich Journal of Fluid Mechanics 99 (4), 715-724, 1980 | 191 | 1980 |
| Nonlinear waves S Leibovich, AR Seebass (No Title), 1974 | 191 | 1974 |
| On the evolution of the system of wind drift currents and Langmuir circulations in the ocean. Part 1. Theory and averaged current S Leibovich Journal of Fluid Mechanics 79 (4), 715-743, 1977 | 188 | 1977 |
| Weakly non-linear waves in rotating fluids S Leibovich Journal of Fluid Mechanics 42 (4), 803-822, 1970 | 187 | 1970 |
| Invariant helical subspaces for the Navier-Stokes equations A Mahalov, ES Titi, S Leibovich Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis 112 (3), 193-222, 1990 | 149 | 1990 |
| The critical state: a trapped wave model of vortex breakdown JD Randall, S Leibovich Journal of Fluid Mechanics 58 (3), 495-515, 1973 | 132 | 1973 |
| Large-amplitude wavetrains and solitary waves in vortices S Leibovich, A Kribus Journal of Fluid Mechanics 216, 459-504, 1990 | 119 | 1990 |
| The influence of the horizontal component of Earth's angular velocity on the instability of the Ekman layer S Leibovich, SK Lele Journal of Fluid Mechanics 150, 41-87, 1985 | 98 | 1985 |
| Amplification and decay of long nonlinear waves S Leibovich, JD Randall Journal of Fluid Mechanics 58 (3), 481-493, 1973 | 83 | 1973 |
| The instability of the ocean to Langmuir circulations S Leibovich, S Paolucci Journal of Fluid Mechanics 102, 141-167, 1981 | 80 | 1981 |