Benjamin Sultan

9.3k citations

115 papers · 6.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 41

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
- Climate variability and models
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Atmospheric Science top 1%
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Precipitation Measurement and Analysis

Papers in ⓘ

Global and Planetary Change 66
- Climate variability and models 57
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 10
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis 9
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 62
- Climate change impacts on agriculture 54
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research 10

Co-authors: Serge Janicot (30 shared papers)Christian Baron (15 shared papers)Philippe Roudier (8 shared papers)Philippe Quirion (9 shared papers)Alexis Berg (8 shared papers)Marco Gaetani (3 shared papers)Dimitri Defrance (10 shared papers)Michaël Dingkuhn (7 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Climate (7 papers)Environmental Research Letters (7 papers)Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (7 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (7 papers)International Journal of Climatology (5 papers)
Partner nations: France United States Senegal

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Sultan

114 papers receiving 5.9k citations

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The impact of future climate change on West African crop yields: What does the recent literature say? 2011 · 389 citations

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1	The West African Monsoon Dynamics. Part II: The “Preonset” and “Onset” of the Summer Monsoon Journal of Climate ·Benjamin Sultan, Serge Janicot	2003	444
2	The impact of future climate change on West African crop yields: What does the recent literature say? Global Environmental Change ·Philippe Roudier, Benjamin Sultan, Philippe Quirion, Alexis Berg Hit paper breakdown →	2011	389
3	Agriculture in West Africa in the Twenty-First Century: Climate Change and Impacts Scenarios, and Potential for Adaptation Frontiers in Plant Science ·Benjamin Sultan, Marco Gaetani	2016	256
4	Abrupt shift of the ITCZ over West Africa and intra‐seasonal variability Geophysical Research Letters ·Benjamin Sultan, Serge Janicot	2000	247
5	Seasonal evolution of the West African heat low: a climatological perspective Climate Dynamics ·Christophe Lavaysse, C. Flamant, Serge Janicot, Douglas J. Parker, J. P. Lafore, Benjamin Sultan, Jacques Pelon	2009	246
6	Assessing climate change impacts on sorghum and millet yields in the Sudanian and Sahelian savannas of West Africa Environmental Research Letters ·Benjamin Sultan, Philippe Roudier, Philippe Quirion, A. Alhassane, Bertrand Muller, Michaël Dingkuhn, P. Ciais, Matthieu Guimberteau, Seydou Traoré, Christian Baron	2013	235
7	Climate Drives the Meningitis Epidemics Onset in West Africa PLoS Medicine ·Benjamin Sultan, Karim Labadi, Jean‐François Guégan, Serge Janicot	2005	211
8	The West African Monsoon Dynamics. Part I: Documentation of Intraseasonal Variability Journal of Climate ·Benjamin Sultan, Serge Janicot, Arona Diédhiou	2003	192
9	Agricultural impacts of large-scale variability of the West African monsoon Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Benjamin Sultan, Christian Baron, Michaël Dingkuhn, Benoı̂t Sarr, Serge Janicot	2004	184
10	Evidence of crop production losses in West Africa due to historical global warming in two crop models Scientific Reports ·Benjamin Sultan, Dimitri Defrance, Toshichika Iizumi	2019	167
11	Evaluation of 23 gridded precipitation datasets across West Africa Journal of Hydrology ·Frédéric Satgé, Dimitri Defrance, Benjamin Sultan, Marie‐Paule Bonnet, F. Seyler, Nathalie Rouché, Fabrice Pierron, Jean‐Emmanuel Paturel	2019	144
12	The onset of the rainy season and farmers’ sowing strategy for pearl millet cultivation in Southwest Niger Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Romain Marteau, Benjamin Sultan, Vincent Moron, Agali Alhassane, Christian Baron, Seydou Traoré	2011	140
13	The role of climate forecasts in smallholder agriculture: Lessons from participatory research in two communities in Senegal Climate Risk Management ·Philippe Roudier, Bertrand Muller, Patrick D’Aquino, Carla Roncoli, Mame Arame Soumaré, Lauriane Batté, Benjamin Sultan	2014	140
14	From GCM grid cell to agricultural plot: scale issues affecting modelling of climate impact Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Christian Baron, Benjamin Sultan, Maud Balme, Benoı̂t Sarr, Seydou Traoré, Thierry Lebel, Serge Janicot, Michaël Dingkuhn	2005	136
15	What controls the isotopic composition of the African monsoon precipitation? Insights from event‐based precipitation collected during the 2006 AMMA field campaign Geophysical Research Letters ·Camille Risi, Sandrine Bony, Françoise Vimeux, Luc Descroix, Boubacar Ibrahim, Eric Lebreton, Ibrahim Mamadou, Benjamin Sultan	2008	117
16	Robust features of future climate change impacts on sorghum yields in West Africa Environmental Research Letters ·Benjamin Sultan, Kaiyu Guan, Mamoutou Kouressy, Michela Biasutti, C. Piani, Graeme Hammer, Greg McLean, David B. Lobell	2014	98
17	Intraseasonal variability of the West African monsoon Atmospheric Science Letters ·Serge Janicot, Guy Caniaux, Fabrice Chauvin, Gaëlle de Coëtlogon, Bernard Fontaine, Nicholas M. J. Hall, George N. Kiladis, Jean‐Philippe Lafore, Christophe Lavaysse, Sally L. Lavender, Stéphanie Leroux, Romain Marteau, Flore Mounier, Nathalie Philippon, Romain Roehrig, Benjamin Sultan, Christopher M. Taylor	2010	93
18	Intra‐seasonal modulation of convection in the West African Monsoon Geophysical Research Letters ·Serge Janicot, Benjamin Sultan	2001	88
19	Projections of climate change impacts on potential C4 crop productivity over tropical regions Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Alexis Berg, Nathalie de Noblet‐Ducoudré, Benjamin Sultan, Matthieu Lengaigne, Matthieu Guimberteau	2012	86
20	Estimating heat stress from climate-based indicators: present-day biases and future spreads in the CMIP5 global climate model ensemble Environmental Research Letters ·Yan Zhao, Agnès Ducharne, Benjamin Sultan, Pascale Braconnot, Robert Vautard	2015	86

About Benjamin Sultan

Benjamin Sultan is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Atmospheric Science, Soil Science and Plant Science, having authored 115 papers that have together received 6.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate variability and models (57 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (54 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (20 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (19 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (13 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (10 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (10 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (3.4k citations), Atmospheric Science (2.2k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (2.0k citations), Soil Science (936 citations) and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (372 citations). Benjamin Sultan has collaborated with scholars based in France, United States and Senegal. Frequent co-authors include Serge Janicot, Christian Baron, Philippe Roudier, Philippe Quirion, Alexis Berg, Marco Gaetani, Dimitri Defrance, Michaël Dingkuhn, Seydou Traoré and Arona Diédhiou. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Climate, Environmental Research Letters, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Geophysical Research Letters and International Journal of Climatology.

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