Henrik Svensmark

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Henrik Svensmark is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Henrik Svensmark has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Atmospheric Science, 35 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 18 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Henrik Svensmark's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (25 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (25 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (25 papers). Henrik Svensmark is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (25 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (25 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (25 papers). Henrik Svensmark collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Israel and United States. Henrik Svensmark's co-authors include E. Friis‐Christensen, Nigel Marsh, M. B. Enghoff, Jacob Svensmark, Jens Olaf Pepke Pedersen, Torsten Bondo, Nir J. Shaviv, Peter Ditlevsen, S. J. Johnsen and E. Uggerhøj and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Henrik Svensmark

71 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Variation of cosmic ray flux and global cloud coverage—a ... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 250 500 750
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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. Variation of cosmic ray flux and global cloud coverage—a missing link in solar-climate relationships
    1997 766 citations Henrik Svensmark et al. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics profile →

Peers

Henrik Svensmark
W. Schmütz Switzerland
George C. Reid United States
P. Drossart France
C. Fröhlich Switzerland
A. Wallner Austria
J. C. Pearl United States
Richard B. Stothers United States
Charles H. Jackman United States
K. G. McCracken United States
G. A. Kovaltsov Finland
W. Schmütz Switzerland
Henrik Svensmark
Citations per year, relative to Henrik Svensmark Henrik Svensmark (= 1×) peers W. Schmütz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Henrik Svensmark

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Henrik Svensmark. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Henrik Svensmark 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 Henrik Svensmark. Henrik Svensmark 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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Svensmark, Henrik, et al.. (2024). Supersaturation and Critical Size of Cloud Condensation Nuclei in Marine Stratus Clouds. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(9). 10 indexed citations
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Shaviv, Nir J., Henrik Svensmark, & Ján Veizer. (2022). The Phanerozoic climate. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1519(1). 7–19. 12 indexed citations
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Enghoff, M. B., Nir J. Shaviv, & Henrik Svensmark. (2022). Sulphuric acid aerosols in low oxygen environments. Journal of Aerosol Science. 162. 105956–105956. 1 indexed citations
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Matsumoto, H., Henrik Svensmark, & M. B. Enghoff. (2022). Effects of Forbush decreases on clouds determined from PATMOS-x. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 230. 105845–105845. 4 indexed citations
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Köhn, Christoph, M. B. Enghoff, & Henrik Svensmark. (2020). Stochastic effects in H2SO4-H2O cluster growth. Aerosol Science and Technology. 54(9). 1007–1018. 2 indexed citations
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Svensmark, Jacob, Nir J. Shaviv, M. B. Enghoff, & Henrik Svensmark. (2020). The ION‐CAGE Code: A Numerical Model for the Growth of Charged and Neutral Aerosols. Earth and Space Science. 7(9). 6 indexed citations
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Enghoff, M. B., et al.. (2018). Experimental study of H 2 SO 4 aerosol nucleation at high ionization levels. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(8). 5921–5930. 10 indexed citations
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Köhn, Christoph, M. B. Enghoff, & Henrik Svensmark. (2017). A 3D particle Monte Carlo approach to studying nucleation. 2 indexed citations
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Svensmark, Henrik, M. B. Enghoff, Nir J. Shaviv, & Jacob Svensmark. (2017). Increased ionization supports growth of aerosols into cloud condensation nuclei. Nature Communications. 8(1). 2199–2199. 70 indexed citations
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Pedersen, Jens Olaf Pepke, M. B. Enghoff, & Henrik Svensmark. (2012). Response of Cloud Condensation Nuclei (> 50 nm) to changes in ion-nucleation. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 3 indexed citations
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Svensmark, Jacob, M. B. Enghoff, & Henrik Svensmark. (2012). Effects of cosmic ray decreases on cloud microphysics. 32 indexed citations
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Enghoff, M. B., N. Bork, Shohei Hattori, et al.. (2012). An isotopic analysis of ionising radiation as a source of sulphuric acid. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 12(12). 5319–5327. 11 indexed citations
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Enghoff, M. B., N. Bork, Shohei Hattori, et al.. (2012). An isotope view on ionising radiation as a source of sulphuric acid. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 4 indexed citations
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Bork, N., Theo Kurtén, M. B. Enghoff, et al.. (2012). Structures and reaction rates of the gaseous oxidation of SO 2 by an O 3 − (H 2 O) 0-5 cluster – a density functional theory investigation. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 12(8). 3639–3652. 26 indexed citations
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Bork, N., Theo Kurtén, M. B. Enghoff, et al.. (2011). Ab initio studies of O 2 − (H 2 O) n and O 3 − (H 2 O) n anionic molecular clusters, n ≤12. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(14). 7133–7142. 41 indexed citations
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Svensmark, Henrik & Nigel Calder. (2008). The chilling stars : a cosmic view of climate change. 4 indexed citations
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Enghoff, M. B. & Henrik Svensmark. (2008). The role of atmospheric ions in aerosol nucleation – a review. 2 indexed citations
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Enghoff, M. B. & Henrik Svensmark. (2008). The role of atmospheric ions in aerosol nucleation – a review. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 8(16). 4911–4923. 82 indexed citations
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Pedersen, Jens Olaf Pepke, et al.. (2006). Experimental Evidence for the role of Ions in Atmospheric Particle Nucleation. cosp. 36. 2889. 1 indexed citations
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Marsh, Nigel & Henrik Svensmark. (2002). Gcr and Enso Trends In Isccp-d2 Low Cloud Properties.. EGS General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 6013. 3 indexed citations

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