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 ERA5 global reanalysis: Preliminary extension to 1950
2021387 citationsBill Bell, Hans Hersbach et al.Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Societyprofile →
The ERA5 global reanalysis from 1940 to 2022
202478 citationsCornel Soci, Hans Hersbach et al.Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Societyprofile →
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This map shows the geographic impact of Bill Bell's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Bill Bell with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Bill Bell more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Bill Bell. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Bill Bell. The network helps show where Bill Bell may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bill Bell
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bill Bell.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bill Bell 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 Bill Bell. Bill Bell is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
9 of 9 papers shown
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Soci, Cornel, Hans Hersbach, A. J. Simmons, et al.. (2024). The ERA5 global reanalysis from 1940 to 2022. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 150(764). 4014–4048.78 indexed citations breakdown →
Bell, Bill, Hans Hersbach, A. J. Simmons, et al.. (2021). The ERA5 global reanalysis: Preliminary extension to 1950. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 147(741). 4186–4227.387 indexed citations breakdown →
Muñoz-Sabater, Joaquı́n, Bill Bell, Iskander Benhadj, et al.. (2019). The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) contribution to Earth Observation Activities. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 11631.1 indexed citations
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Hersbach, Hans, Bill Bell, Paul Berrisford, et al.. (2019). The ERA5 Global Atmospheric Reanalysis at ECMWF as a comprehensive dataset for climate data homogenization, climate variability, trends and extremes.. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 10826.15 indexed citations
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Nicolas, Julien P., Hans Hersbach, Bill Bell, et al.. (2019). The ERA5 Reanalysis: Toward 70 years of global high-resolution hourly data for weather and climate applications. 2019.1 indexed citations
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Candy, Brett, et al.. (2003). Operational use of ATOVS at the Met Office.1 indexed citations
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