Alf Kirkevåg

15.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Alf Kirkevåg is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Alf Kirkevåg has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 53 papers in Atmospheric Science and 2 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Alf Kirkevåg's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (46 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (29 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (28 papers). Alf Kirkevåg is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (46 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (29 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (28 papers). Alf Kirkevåg collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and United Kingdom. Alf Kirkevåg's co-authors include Trond Iversen, Øyvind Seland, Jón Egill Kristjánsson, Jens Boldingh Debernard, Corinna Hoose, Ingo Bethke, Ivar A. Seierstad, Mats Bentsen, Helge Drange and C. Roelandt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Alf Kirkevåg

53 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Norwegian Earth System Model, NorESM1-M – Part 1: Description and basic evaluation of the physical climate

2013 738 citations Mats Bentsen, Ingo Bethke et al. Geoscientific model development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alf Kirkevåg Norway	29	2.7k	2.7k	319	275	151	55	3.2k
Øyvind Seland Norway	28	2.7k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	474 1.5×	223 0.8×	168 1.1×	59	3.3k
Julien Cattiaux France	24	2.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	346 1.1×	172 0.6×	105 0.7×	48	2.5k
Nellie Elguindi United States	24	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	267 0.8×	356 1.3×	151 1.0×	37	2.2k
Laura J. Wilcox United Kingdom	26	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	374 1.2×	139 0.5×	174 1.2×	68	2.4k
Jucundus Jacobeit Germany	24	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	201 0.6×	157 0.6×	174 1.2×	62	2.3k
Yanju Liu China	24	1.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	403 1.3×	584 2.1×	128 0.8×	78	2.6k
Lianchun Song China	22	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	215 0.7×	286 1.0×	155 1.0×	62	2.2k
Huijun Wang China	37	3.6k 1.3×	4.0k 1.5×	919 2.9×	165 0.6×	142 0.9×	137	4.5k
V. Homar Spain	27	1.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	182 0.6×	105 0.4×	285 1.9×	69	2.4k
D. R. Sikka India	22	3.5k 1.3×	3.5k 1.3×	794 2.5×	282 1.0×	97 0.6×	65	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Alf Kirkevåg

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alf Kirkevåg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alf Kirkevåg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alf Kirkevåg based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alf Kirkevåg. Alf Kirkevåg is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Xie, Xiaoning, Gunnar Myhre, Drew Shindell, et al.. (2024). Increased Asian Sulfate Aerosol Emissions Remarkably Enhance Sahel Summer Precipitation. Earth s Future. 12(11).

Fiedler, Stephanie, Twan van Noije, Chris Smith, et al.. (2023). Historical Changes and Reasons for Model Differences in Anthropogenic Aerosol Forcing in CMIP6. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(15). 10 indexed citations

Zhong, Qirui, Nick Schutgens, Guido R. van der Werf, et al.. (2022). Using modelled relationships and satellite observations to attribute modelled aerosol biases over biomass burning regions. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5914–5914. 12 indexed citations

Räisänen, Petri, Joonas Merikanto, Risto Makkonen, et al.. (2022). Mapping the dependence of black carbon radiative forcing on emission region and season. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(17). 11579–11602. 2 indexed citations

Xie, Xiaoning, Gunnar Myhre, Xiaodong Liu, et al.. (2020). Distinct responses of Asian summer monsoon to black carbon aerosols and greenhouse gases. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(20). 11823–11839. 24 indexed citations

Hodnebrog, Øivind, Gunnar Myhre, Ryan J. Kramer, et al.. (2020). The effect of rapid adjustments to halocarbons and N2O on radiative forcing. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 3(1). 11 indexed citations

Shindell, Drew, G. Faluvegi, Gunnar Myhre, et al.. (2019). Comparison of Effective Radiative Forcing Calculations Using Multiple Methods, Drivers, and Models. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 124(8). 4382–4394. 20 indexed citations

Karset, Inger H. H., Terje K. Berntsen, Trude Storelvmo, et al.. (2018). Strong impacts on aerosol indirect effects from historical oxidant changes. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(10). 7669–7690. 29 indexed citations

Karset, Inger H. H., Terje K. Berntsen, Trude Storelvmo, et al.. (2018). Strong impacts on aerosol indirect effects from historical oxidant changes. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 1 indexed citations

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Kirkevåg, Alf, Alf Grini, Dirk Olivié, et al.. (2018). A production-tagged aerosol module for Earth system models, OsloAero5.3 – extensions and updates for CAM5.3-Oslo. Geoscientific model development. 11(10). 3945–3982. 42 indexed citations

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Samset, B. H., Gunnar Myhre, Piers Forster, et al.. (2017). Weak hydrological sensitivity to temperature change over land, independent of climate forcing. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 1(1). 34 indexed citations

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Räisänen, Petri, Risto Makkonen, Alf Kirkevåg, & Jens Boldingh Debernard. (2017). Effects of snow grain shape on climate simulations: sensitivity tests with the Norwegian Earth System Model. The cryosphere. 11(6). 2919–2942. 22 indexed citations

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Schwinger, Jörg, Jerry Tjiputra, Nadine Goris, et al.. (2017). Amplification of global warming through pH dependence of DMS production simulated with a fully coupled Earth system model. Biogeosciences. 14(15). 3633–3648. 28 indexed citations

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Makkonen, Risto, Øyvind Seland, Alf Kirkevåg, Trond Iversen, & Jón Egill Kristjánsson. (2014). Evaluation of aerosol number concentrations in NorESM with improved nucleation parameterization. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(10). 5127–5152. 21 indexed citations

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Sand, Maria, Terje K. Berntsen, Jennifer E. Kay, et al.. (2013). The Arctic response to remote and local forcing of black carbon. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(1). 211–224. 72 indexed citations

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Kirkevåg, Alf, Trond Iversen, Øyvind Seland, et al.. (2013). Aerosol–climate interactions in the Norwegian Earth System Model – NorESM1-M. Geoscientific model development. 6(1). 207–244. 140 indexed citations

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Bentsen, Mats, Ingo Bethke, Jens Boldingh Debernard, et al.. (2012). The Norwegian Earth System Model, NorESM1-M – Part 1: Description and basic evaluation. 119 indexed citations

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Koch, D., Yves Balkanski, Susanne E. Bauer, et al.. (2011). Soot microphysical effects on liquid clouds, a multi-model investigation. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(3). 1051–1064. 44 indexed citations

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Struthers, H., Annica M. L. Ekman, Paul Glantz, et al.. (2011). The effect of sea ice loss on sea salt aerosol concentrations and the radiative balance in the Arctic. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(7). 3459–3477. 73 indexed citations

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Penner, Joyce E., Johannes Quaas, Trude Storelvmo, et al.. (2006). Model intercomparison of indirect aerosol effects. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 6(11). 3391–3405. 156 indexed citations

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