Bruce Hewitson

14.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
96 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Bruce Hewitson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Hewitson has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 49 papers in Atmospheric Science and 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Bruce Hewitson's work include Climate variability and models (66 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (44 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (22 papers). Bruce Hewitson is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (66 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (44 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (22 papers). Bruce Hewitson collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Bruce Hewitson's co-authors include Robert G. Crane, Mark Tadross, Chris Lennard, Christopher Jack, Grigory Nikulin, Alessandro Dosio, Robert L. Wilby, David S.G. Thomas, Henny Osbahr and Chasca Twyman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Hewitson

93 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Statistical downscaling of general circulation model output: A comparison of methods

1998 651 citations Robert L. Wilby, Bruce Hewitson et al. profile →
Evidence of trends in daily climate extremes over southern and west Africa

2006 541 citations Mark New, Bruce Hewitson et al. profile →
Climate downscaling: techniques and application

1996 510 citations Bruce Hewitson et al. profile →
Adaptation to climate change and variability: farmer responses to intra-seasonal precipitation trends in South Africa

2007 447 citations Bruce Hewitson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bruce Hewitson South Africa	40	5.8k	3.9k	1.4k	1.1k	540	96	7.4k
Alessandro Dosio Italy	47	5.2k 0.9×	3.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	967 0.9×	825 1.5×	103	7.2k
Andrew Hoell United States	36	5.4k 0.9×	3.5k 0.9×	901 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	625 1.2×	102	7.3k
Grigory Nikulin Sweden	43	6.2k 1.1×	4.8k 1.2×	959 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	474 0.9×	94	7.8k
Jana Sillmann Norway	42	7.2k 1.2×	5.2k 1.3×	975 0.7×	744 0.7×	916 1.7×	96	9.4k
G. J. Husak United States	28	4.5k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	752 1.4×	83	6.8k
Jeremy S. Pal United States	43	6.7k 1.2×	5.2k 1.3×	790 0.5×	933 0.9×	722 1.3×	69	8.5k
Albert Klein Tank Netherlands	30	7.8k 1.4×	5.6k 1.5×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	793 1.5×	58	9.4k
William J. Gutowski United States	36	6.2k 1.1×	4.9k 1.3×	635 0.4×	1.2k 1.2×	594 1.1×	133	7.9k
Shraddhanand Shukla United States	30	5.6k 1.0×	2.8k 0.7×	913 0.6×	2.2k 2.1×	937 1.7×	79	7.8k
Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen Denmark	52	8.1k 1.4×	7.0k 1.8×	825 0.6×	2.0k 1.9×	586 1.1×	138	11.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Hewitson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Quagraine, Kwesi Akumenyi, et al.. (2024). A simple subtropical high‐pressure system index over the South Atlantic. Atmospheric Science Letters. 25(11).

Sitch, Stephen, Danica Lombardozzi, Julia E. M. S. Nabel, et al.. (2022). Investigating the response of leaf area index to droughts in southern African vegetation using observations and model simulations. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 26(8). 2045–2071. 17 indexed citations

Wolski, Piotr, et al.. (2022). Spatial heterogeneity of 2015–2017 drought intensity in South Africa's winter rainfall zone. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 63–81. 5 indexed citations

Hewitson, Bruce, et al.. (2021). On the suitability of using vegetation indices to monitor the response of Africa's terrestrial ecoregions to drought. The Science of The Total Environment. 792. 148282–148282. 38 indexed citations

Sitch, Stephen, Danica Lombardozzi, Julia E. M. S. Nabel, et al.. (2020). Investigating the response of LAI to droughts in southern African vegetation using observations and model-simulations. 1 indexed citations

Quagraine, Kwesi Akumenyi, Bruce Hewitson, Christopher Jack, et al.. (2020). Using Co-Behavior Analysis to Interrogate the Performance of CMIP5 GCMs over Southern Africa. Journal of Climate. 33(7). 2891–2905. 3 indexed citations

Lennard, Chris, et al.. (2019). The observed and model-simulated response of southern African vegetation to drought. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 279. 107698–107698. 36 indexed citations

Wolski, Piotr, et al.. (2018). Attributing 2015-2017 drought in Western Cape, South Africa. EGUGA. 13705. 1 indexed citations

Ruane, Alex C., Claas Teichmann, Timothy R. Carter, et al.. (2016). The Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation, and Climate Services (VIACS) Advisory Board for CMIP6. LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). 2 indexed citations

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Ruane, Alex C., Claas Teichmann, Nigel W. Arnell, et al.. (2016). The Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation and Climate Services Advisory Board(VIACS AB v1.0) contribution to CMIP6. Geoscientific model development. 9(9). 3493–3515. 29 indexed citations

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Hewitson, Bruce, et al.. (2015). Call for an Ethical Framework for Climate Services. Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University). 64(2). 53–56. 9 indexed citations

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Wilby, Robert L., et al.. (2015). Toward an Ethical Framework for Climate Services. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 7 indexed citations

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Hewitson, Bruce, et al.. (2013). Addressing deterministic and stochastic variance in statistical downscaling. EGUGA. 2 indexed citations

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Hewitson, Bruce, et al.. (2013). Statistical and dynamical downscaling in CORDEX-Africa: differing views on the regional climate. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

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Favre, Alice, Bruce Hewitson, Chris Lennard, Ruth Cerezo‐Mota, & Mark Tadross. (2013). Precipitation associated with spring cut-off lows in South Africa. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 15. 1 indexed citations

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Endris, Hussen Seid, Philip Omondi, Suman Jain, et al.. (2013). Assessment of the Performance of CORDEX Regional Climate Models in Simulating East African Rainfall. Journal of Climate. 26(21). 8453–8475. 218 indexed citations

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Longuevergne, Laurent, R. J. Harding, Martin C. Todd, et al.. (2010). Groundwater and global hydrological change – current challenges and new insight. In: Hydrocomplexity: New Tools for Solving Wicked Water Problems. UCL Discovery (University College London).

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Wilby, Robert L., et al.. (2009). A review of climate risk information for adaptation and development planning. International Journal of Climatology. 29(9). 1193–1215. 230 indexed citations

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Reason, C. J. C., F. Engelbrecht, Willem A. Landman, et al.. (2006). A review of South African research in atmospheric science and physical oceanography during 2000-2005. South African Journal of Science. 102. 35–45. 15 indexed citations

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Meadows, Michael E., et al.. (2002). Environmental reconstruction and climate modelling of the Late Quaternary in the winter rainfall region of the Western Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 98. 611–616. 16 indexed citations

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