C. Bonfils

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

C. Bonfils is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Bonfils has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 57 papers in Atmospheric Science and 10 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in C. Bonfils's work include Climate variability and models (67 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (31 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (19 papers). C. Bonfils is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (67 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (31 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (19 papers). C. Bonfils collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. C. Bonfils's co-authors include David B. Lobell, Benjamin D. Santer, Kate Marvel, Daniel R. Cayan, T. P. Barnett, Govindasamy Bala, David W. Pierce, Hugo G. Hidalgo, Michael D. Dettinger and Andrew W. Wood and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

C. Bonfils

76 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Human-Induced Changes in the Hydrology of the Western Uni... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 250 500 750
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. Human-Induced Changes in the Hydrology of the Western United States
    2008 920 citations T. P. Barnett, David W. Pierce et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. Bonfils United States 37 4.3k 3.1k 1.3k 621 492 78 5.7k
Jouni Räisänen Finland 32 3.5k 0.8× 2.7k 0.9× 953 0.8× 496 0.8× 350 0.7× 128 5.2k
Xuejie Gao China 33 5.5k 1.3× 4.2k 1.4× 912 0.7× 609 1.0× 514 1.0× 89 7.2k
Andreas Gobiet Austria 34 4.4k 1.0× 3.7k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 416 0.7× 424 0.9× 66 6.2k
Erik Kjellström Sweden 44 5.6k 1.3× 4.5k 1.5× 1.1k 0.9× 510 0.8× 558 1.1× 129 7.8k
Toru Nozawa Japan 29 4.8k 1.1× 3.8k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 478 0.8× 325 0.7× 56 6.2k
M. R. Haylock Australia 21 5.8k 1.3× 4.3k 1.4× 969 0.8× 512 0.8× 634 1.3× 27 7.2k
Arturo Sanchez‐Lorenzo Spain 40 5.7k 1.3× 3.1k 1.0× 873 0.7× 658 1.1× 502 1.0× 108 6.8k
Bertrand Timbal Australia 38 4.7k 1.1× 2.9k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 553 0.9× 517 1.1× 81 5.9k
Jon Eischeid United States 39 5.5k 1.3× 3.9k 1.3× 775 0.6× 654 1.1× 401 0.8× 84 7.0k
Nicola Gedney United Kingdom 29 5.5k 1.3× 3.2k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.7× 596 1.2× 53 7.1k

Countries citing papers authored by C. Bonfils

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. Bonfils

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Bonfils

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. Bonfils. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. Bonfils 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 C. Bonfils. C. Bonfils is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pallotta, Giuliana, et al.. (2025). Basin-informed flood frequency analysis using deep learning exhibits consistent projected regional patterns over CONUS. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 12754–12754.
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Pallotta, Giuliana, et al.. (2024). Higher-order internal modes of variability imprinted in year-to-year California streamflow changes. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 4 indexed citations
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Persad, Geeta, B. H. Samset, Laura J. Wilcox, et al.. (2023). Rapidly evolving aerosol emissions are a dangerous omission from near-term climate risk assessments. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 32001–32001. 22 indexed citations
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Booth, Ben, Leighton A. Regayre, K. S. Carslaw, et al.. (2022). Evaluating uncertainty in aerosol forcing of tropical precipitation shifts. Earth System Dynamics. 13(3). 1215–1232. 1 indexed citations
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Po–Chedley, Stephen, John Fasullo, Nicholas Siler, et al.. (2022). Internal variability and forcing influence model–satellite differences in the rate of tropical tropospheric warming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(47). e2209431119–e2209431119. 24 indexed citations
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Wang, Yaoping, Jiafu Mao, Forrest M. Hoffman, et al.. (2022). Quantification of human contribution to soil moisture-based terrestrial aridity. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6848–6848. 15 indexed citations
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Pan, Baoxiang, Gemma J. Anderson, André Gonçalves, et al.. (2021). Learning to Correct Climate Projection Biases. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 13(10). 41 indexed citations
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Marvel, Kate, Michela Biasutti, & C. Bonfils. (2020). Fingerprints of external forcings on Sahel rainfall: aerosols, greenhouse gases, and model-observation discrepancies. Environmental Research Letters. 15(8). 84023–84023. 30 indexed citations
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Bonfils, C., Benjamin D. Santer, John C. Fyfe, et al.. (2020). Human influence on joint changes in temperature, rainfall and continental aridity. Nature Climate Change. 10(8). 726–731. 93 indexed citations
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Anderson, Gemma J., et al.. (2020). Identifying and correcting climate projection biases using artificial intelligence. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2020. 2 indexed citations
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Santer, Benjamin D., John C. Fyfe, Susan Solomon, et al.. (2019). Quantifying stochastic uncertainty in detection time of human-caused climate signals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(40). 19821–19827. 35 indexed citations
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Marvel, Kate, Benjamin I. Cook, C. Bonfils, et al.. (2019). Twentieth-century hydroclimate changes consistent with human influence. Nature. 569(7754). 59–65. 234 indexed citations
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Santer, Benjamin D., C. Bonfils, Qiang Fu, et al.. (2019). Celebrating the anniversary of three key events in climate change science. Nature Climate Change. 9(3). 180–182. 36 indexed citations
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Santer, Benjamin D., Stephen Po–Chedley, Mark D. Zelinka, et al.. (2018). Human influence on the seasonal cycle of tropospheric temperature. Science. 361(6399). 104 indexed citations
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Santer, Benjamin D., John C. Fyfe, Giuliana Pallotta, et al.. (2017). Causes of differences in model and satellite tropospheric warming rates. Nature Geoscience. 10(7). 478–485. 45 indexed citations
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Bonfils, C., T. J. Phillips, W. J. Riley, et al.. (2010). On the influence of the height of expanding shrub vegetation on boreal climate. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Santer, Benjamin D., Karl E. Taylor, P. J. Gleckler, et al.. (2009). Incorporating Model Quality Information in Climate Change Detection and Attribution Studies (Invited). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 12 indexed citations
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Lobell, David B., et al.. (2006). Impacts of Future Climate Change on California Perennial Crop Yields. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 141. 4 indexed citations
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Bonfils, C., P. Duffy, Benjamin D. Santer, David B. Lobell, & Tml Wigley. (2006). Understanding observed and simulated historical temperature trends in California. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations
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Angert, Alon, Sébastien Biraud, C. Bonfils, et al.. (2005). Drier summers cancel out the CO 2 uptake enhancement induced by warmer springs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(31). 10823–10827. 392 indexed citations

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