David Masson

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

David Masson is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Masson has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Atmospheric Science, 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 1 paper in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in David Masson's work include Climate variability and models (7 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (6 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (3 papers). David Masson is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (7 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (6 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (3 papers). David Masson collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Austria and Finland. David Masson's co-authors include Reto Knutti, Andrew Gettelman, Jürg Schönenberger, Yannick M. Staedler, Christoph Frei, Philippe Schmitz, Dominique d’Humières, Hervé Duval, Jussi Ylhäisi and Heikki Järvinen and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

David Masson

9 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Climate model genealogy: Generation CMIP5 and how we got there

2013 652 citations Reto Knutti, David Masson et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Masson Switzerland	8	973	706	176	157	95	9	1.3k
Tannecia S. Stephenson Jamaica	20	1.0k 1.1×	858 1.2×	116 0.7×	192 1.2×	92 1.0×	45	1.5k
Friedrich‐Wilhelm Gerstengarbe Germany	18	709 0.7×	426 0.6×	165 0.9×	129 0.8×	120 1.3×	42	1.1k
Robert W. Lee United Kingdom	20	1.2k 1.2×	996 1.4×	125 0.7×	98 0.6×	56 0.6×	30	1.7k
Xiaoge Xin China	15	1.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.7×	190 1.1×	136 0.9×	35 0.4×	49	1.7k
Lukas Brunner Switzerland	14	1.1k 1.1×	799 1.1×	150 0.9×	111 0.7×	69 0.7×	28	1.3k
Richard Turner New Zealand	15	526 0.5×	451 0.6×	148 0.8×	75 0.5×	70 0.7×	39	998
Tereza Cavazos Mexico	23	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	136 0.8×	102 0.6×	73 0.8×	50	1.7k
Minoru Chikira Japan	9	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.5×	140 0.8×	125 0.8×	61 0.6×	11	1.5k
Fergus Reig Spain	12	1.7k 1.8×	531 0.8×	373 2.1×	306 1.9×	108 1.1×	25	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by David Masson

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Masson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Masson

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Ylhäisi, Jussi, Jouni Räisänen, David Masson, Olle Räty, & Heikki Järvinen. (2015). How does model development affect climate projections?. Atmospheric Science Letters. 16(3). 414–419. 4 indexed citations

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Masson, David & Christoph Frei. (2015). Long-term variations and trends of mesoscale precipitation in the Alps: recalculation and update for 1901-2008. International Journal of Climatology. 36(1). 492–500. 34 indexed citations

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Masson, David & Christoph Frei. (2014). Spatial analysis of precipitation in a high-mountain region: exploring methods with multi-scale topographic predictors and circulation types. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 18(11). 4543–4563. 48 indexed citations

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Staedler, Yannick M., David Masson, & Jürg Schönenberger. (2013). Plant Tissues in 3D via X-Ray Tomography: Simple Contrasting Methods Allow High Resolution Imaging. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e75295–e75295. 135 indexed citations

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Knutti, Reto, David Masson, & Andrew Gettelman. (2013). Climate model genealogy: Generation CMIP5 and how we got there. Geophysical Research Letters. 40(6). 1194–1199. 652 indexed citations breakdown →

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Masson, David & Reto Knutti. (2012). Predictor Screening, Calibration, and Observational Constraints in Climate Model Ensembles: An Illustration Using Climate Sensitivity. Journal of Climate. 26(3). 887–898. 28 indexed citations

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Masson, David & Reto Knutti. (2011). Climate model genealogy. Geophysical Research Letters. 38(8). n/a–n/a. 265 indexed citations

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Masson, David & Reto Knutti. (2011). Spatial-Scale Dependence of Climate Model Performance in the CMIP3 Ensemble. Journal of Climate. 24(11). 2680–2692. 73 indexed citations

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Duval, Hervé, et al.. (2005). Two‐dimensional lattice–Boltzmann model of hydrosol depth filtration. AIChE Journal. 52(1). 39–48. 12 indexed citations

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