C. McSweeney

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

C. McSweeney is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, C. McSweeney has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 18 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in C. McSweeney's work include Climate variability and models (25 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (19 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (15 papers). C. McSweeney is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (25 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (19 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (15 papers). C. McSweeney collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. C. McSweeney's co-authors include Richard Jones, Mark New, G. Lizcano, Robert W. Lee, David P. Rowell, Xiancheng Lu, Nynke Hofstra, Rosie A. Fisher, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão and Chris Huntingford and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

C. McSweeney

51 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Exploring the likelihood and mechanism of a climate-change-induced dieback of the Amazon rainforest

2009 618 citations Yadvinder Malhi, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Selecting CMIP5 GCMs for downscaling over multiple regions

2014 411 citations C. McSweeney, Richard Jones et al. Climate Dynamics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. McSweeney United Kingdom	21	1.9k	1.0k	495	393	321	57	2.7k
Kevin Hennessy Australia	27	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	512 1.0×	481 1.2×	280 0.9×	45	3.4k
Danielle Touma United States	15	2.2k 1.1×	928 0.9×	423 0.9×	550 1.4×	214 0.7×	24	2.9k
Trevor Q. Murdock Canada	17	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	283 0.6×	478 1.2×	460 1.4×	24	2.5k
V. Chirkov Austria	5	1.4k 0.7×	811 0.8×	292 0.6×	338 0.9×	163 0.5×	6	2.5k
Stéphane Goyette Switzerland	23	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	204 0.4×	534 1.4×	354 1.1×	54	3.0k
Anna Ukkola Australia	24	2.7k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	311 0.6×	619 1.6×	231 0.7×	52	3.1k
Mxolisi Shongwe South Africa	9	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	283 0.6×	213 0.5×	152 0.5×	12	2.4k
Spencer Liddicoat United Kingdom	12	2.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	212 0.4×	225 0.6×	182 0.6×	22	2.8k
Tokuta Yokohata Japan	26	2.9k 1.5×	2.4k 2.4×	330 0.7×	347 0.9×	185 0.6×	71	3.9k
Mark Tadross South Africa	26	1.3k 0.7×	645 0.6×	683 1.4×	168 0.4×	172 0.5×	59	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by C. McSweeney

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. McSweeney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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All Works

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Woollings, Tim, Marie Drouard, David M. H. Sexton, & C. McSweeney. (2025). Sensitivity of European blocking to physical parameters in a large ensemble climate model experiment. Atmospheric Science Letters. 26(3).

Sexton, David M. H., C. McSweeney, Philip E. Bett, et al.. (2024). Describing future UK winter precipitation in terms of changes in local circulation patterns. Climate Dynamics. 62(6). 5331–5349. 1 indexed citations

O’Reilly, Christopher, Lukas Brunner, Saïd Qasmi, et al.. (2024). Assessing observational constraints on future European climate in an out-of-sample framework. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 7(1). 6 indexed citations

Palmer, Tamzin, C. McSweeney, Ben Booth, et al.. (2023). Performance-based sub-selection of CMIP6 models for impact assessments in Europe. Earth System Dynamics. 14(2). 457–483. 29 indexed citations

Woollings, Tim, Marie Drouard, Christopher O’Reilly, David M. H. Sexton, & C. McSweeney. (2023). Trends in the atmospheric jet streams are emerging in observations and could be linked to tropical warming. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 55 indexed citations

Palmer, Tamzin, Ben Booth, & C. McSweeney. (2021). How does the CMIP6 ensemble change the picture for European climate projections?. Environmental Research Letters. 16(9). 94042–94042. 33 indexed citations

Sexton, David M. H., C. McSweeney, John W. Rostron, et al.. (2021). A perturbed parameter ensemble of HadGEM3-GC3.05 coupled model projections: part 1: selecting the parameter combinations. Climate Dynamics. 56(11-12). 3395–3436. 44 indexed citations

Rostron, John W., David M. H. Sexton, C. McSweeney, et al.. (2020). The impact of performance filtering on climate feedbacks in a perturbed parameter ensemble. Climate Dynamics. 55(3-4). 521–551. 17 indexed citations

Butts, Michael, Carlo Buontempo, Karina Williams, et al.. (2016). A regional approach to climate adaptation in the Nile Basin. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 374. 3–7. 2 indexed citations

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McSweeney, C. & Richard Jones. (2016). How representative is the spread of climate projections from the 5 CMIP5 GCMs used in ISI-MIP?. Climate Services. 1. 24–29. 118 indexed citations

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Buontempo, Carlo, Karina Williams, C. McSweeney, et al.. (2014). Downscaling a perturbed physics ensemble over the CORDEX Africa domain. EGUGA. 15909.

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Malhi, Yadvinder, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, David Galbraith, et al.. (2009). Exploring the likelihood and mechanism of a climate-change-induced dieback of the Amazon rainforest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(49). 20610–20615. 618 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hofstra, Nynke, Mark New, & C. McSweeney. (2009). The influence of interpolation and station network density on the distributions and trends of climate variables in gridded daily data. Climate Dynamics. 35(5). 841–858. 244 indexed citations

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McSweeney, C., et al.. (2006). UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Mozambique. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 18 indexed citations

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McSweeney, C., et al.. (2006). UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Sierra Leone. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations

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McSweeney, C., et al.. (2006). UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Benin. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations

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McSweeney, C., et al.. (2006). UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Zambia. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 6 indexed citations

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McSweeney, C., et al.. (2006). UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Gabon. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas).

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McSweeney, C., et al.. (2006). UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Ethiopia. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 54 indexed citations

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McSweeney, C., et al.. (2006). UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Kenya. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 24 indexed citations

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