Akio Kitoh

29.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
195 papers, 15.0k citations indexed

About

Akio Kitoh is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Akio Kitoh has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 15.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 177 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 174 papers in Atmospheric Science and 54 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Akio Kitoh's work include Climate variability and models (175 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (125 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (67 papers). Akio Kitoh is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (175 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (125 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (67 papers). Akio Kitoh collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Akio Kitoh's co-authors include Osamu Arakawa, Kenji Kamiguchi, Sylvie Joussaume, W Ogana, Hirokazu Endo, C. Covey, Akiyo Yatagai, B. J. McAvaney, Tomoaki Ose and Natsuko Yasutomi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Akio Kitoh

189 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Hit Papers

Climate change 2001, the ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2012 2012 2012 2012 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Climate change 2001, the scientific basis, chap. 8: model evaluation. Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC
    2001 1.9k citations Sylvie Joussaume, Akio Kitoh et al. profile →
  2. APHRODITE: Constructing a Long-Term Daily Gridded Precipitation Dataset for Asia Based on a Dense Network of Rain Gauges
    2012 1.5k citations Kenji Kamiguchi, Osamu Arakawa et al. profile →
  3. The Asian summer monsoon: an intercomparison of CMIP5 vs. CMIP3 simulations of the late 20th century
    2012 679 citations Kenneth R. Sperber, Akio Kitoh et al. profile →
  4. A New Global Climate Model of the Meteorological Research Institute: MRI-CGCM3 —Model Description and Basic Performance—
    2012 653 citations Ryo Mizuta, Akio Kitoh et al. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II profile →
  5. Climate Simulations Using MRI-AGCM3.2 with 20-km Grid
    2012 419 citations Ryo Mizuta, Hirokazu Endo et al. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II profile →
  6. Monsoons in a changing world: A regional perspective in a global context
    2013 355 citations Akio Kitoh, Hirokazu Endo et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Akio Kitoh 12.0k 11.3k 3.0k 1.5k 938 195 15.0k
Yihui Ding 12.7k 1.1× 11.9k 1.0× 2.7k 0.9× 1.7k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 266 16.7k
Benjamin D. Santer 10.3k 0.9× 8.6k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 880 0.9× 117 13.1k
Martin P. Hoerling 12.0k 1.0× 9.4k 0.8× 3.2k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 617 0.7× 152 13.7k
Julie M. Arblaster 11.4k 1.0× 9.4k 0.8× 3.3k 1.1× 791 0.5× 987 1.1× 118 14.4k
Gabriele C. Hegerl 15.7k 1.3× 12.7k 1.1× 2.0k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 913 1.0× 200 18.9k
Seita Emori 9.6k 0.8× 7.1k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.2× 99 13.2k
Michel Déqué 8.6k 0.7× 7.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 648 0.7× 154 11.2k
Chris K. Folland 14.0k 1.2× 12.0k 1.1× 5.3k 1.8× 793 0.5× 830 0.9× 104 16.1k
David J. Karoly 13.1k 1.1× 11.0k 1.0× 4.1k 1.4× 736 0.5× 1.3k 1.4× 206 16.6k
Yochanan Kushnir 14.4k 1.2× 12.1k 1.1× 6.8k 2.2× 979 0.7× 1.7k 1.8× 153 18.0k

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All Works

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Hsu, Pang‐Chi, Chih‐Hua Tsou, Huang‐Hsiung Hsu, et al.. (2021). Future Changes in the Frequency and Destructiveness of Landfalling Tropical Cyclones Over East Asia Projected by High‐Resolution AGCMs. Earth s Future. 9(3). 17 indexed citations
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Kitoh, Akio & Hirokazu Endo. (2016). Future Changes in Rainfall Extremes Associated with El Niño Projected by a Global 20-km Mesh Atmospheric Model. SOLA. 12A(Special_Edition). 1–6. 13 indexed citations
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Ogata, Tomomichi & Akio Kitoh. (2014). Effect of High-Resolution SST on 60km-AGCM Simulated Snowfall in Japan. SOLA. 10(0). 131–135. 3 indexed citations
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Yatagai, Akiyo, Natsuko Yasutomi, Atsushi Hamada, et al.. (2012). APHRODITE: Constructing a Long-term Daily Gridded Precipitation Dataset for Asia Based on a Dense Network of Rain Gauges. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 6995. 5 indexed citations
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Vergara, Walter, et al.. (2011). Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Hydrology : Development of a Methodology through a Case Study in the Andes of Peru. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 11 indexed citations
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Kitoh, Akio, et al.. (2009). Changes in Daily and Monthly Surface Air Temperature Variability by Multi-Model Global Warming Experiments. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 87(3). 513–524. 11 indexed citations
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Yun, Kyung‐Sook, et al.. (2008). East Asian Precipitation Change in the Global Warming Climate Simulated by a 20-km Mesh AGCM. Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences. 44(3). 233–247. 32 indexed citations
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Braconnot, Pascale, Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner, Sandy P. Harrison, et al.. (2007). Results of PMIP2 coupled simulations of the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum – Part 2: feedbacks with emphasis on the location of the ITCZ and mid- and high latitudes heat budget. Climate of the past. 3(2). 279–296. 311 indexed citations
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Kim, Ki‐Young, Kyung‐Ja Ha, & Akio Kitoh. (2006). Potential Predictability of Optimal-use Weight Function Ensemble and Simple Ensemble for East Asian Summer Monsoon. 한국기상학회 학술대회 논문집. 20–20.
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Arakawa, Osamu & Akio Kitoh. (2005). Rainfall Diurnal Variation over the Indonesian Maritime Continent Simulated by 20 km-mesh GCM. SOLA. 1. 109–112. 40 indexed citations
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Sperber, Kenneth R., Čedo Branković, Michel Déqué, et al.. (2001). Dynamical Seasonal Predictability of the Asian Summer Monsoon. Monthly Weather Review. 129(9). 2226–2248. 104 indexed citations
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Kitoh, Akio. (1995). Observation and Simulation of the Relationship Between the Global Sea Surface Temperature Variability and the 500hPa Height in the Northern Summer. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 73(2). 247–253. 2 indexed citations
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Kitoh, Akio, et al.. (1994). TROPICAL INFLUENCE ON THE SOUTH PACIFIC DOUBLE JET VARIABILITY. 8. 34–45. 7 indexed citations
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Yasunari, Tetsuzo, Akio Kitoh, & Tatsushi Tokioka. (1990). Effect Of Eurasian Snow Cover On Summer Climate Of The Northern Hemisphere: A GCM Study. Annals of Glaciology. 14. 364–364. 1 indexed citations
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Yasunari, Tetsuzo, Akio Kitoh, & Tatsushi Tokioka. (1990). Effect Of Eurasian Snow Cover On Summer Climate Of The Northern Hemisphere: A GCM Study. Annals of Glaciology. 14. 364–364. 2 indexed citations
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Kitoh, Akio. (1989). Persistent anomalies in the northern hemisphere of the mri · GCM-I compared with the observation. Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics. 40(2). 83–101.
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Tokioka, Tatsushi, Akio Kitoh, & Akira Katayama. (1986). Atmospheric Response to the Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies in the Mature Phase of El Nino: Numerical Experiment under the Perpetual January Condition. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 64(3). 347–362. 12 indexed citations

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