Ian Folkins

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ian Folkins is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Folkins has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Atmospheric Science, 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Ian Folkins's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (23 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (21 papers) and Climate variability and models (20 papers). Ian Folkins is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (23 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (21 papers) and Climate variability and models (20 papers). Ian Folkins collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Ian Folkins's co-authors include S. Fueglistaler, Qiang Fu, Philip W. Mote, Timothy J. Dunkerton, A. E. Dessler, Randall V. Martin, M. H. Proffitt, S. J. Oltmans, R. B. Chatfield and Anne M. Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ian Folkins

36 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Tropical tropopause layer 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
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. Tropical tropopause layer
    2009 748 citations S. Fueglistaler, Ian Folkins et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ian Folkins Canada 21 1.9k 1.7k 210 123 73 38 2.0k
N. Sitnikov Russia 14 942 0.5× 882 0.5× 99 0.5× 53 0.4× 31 0.4× 30 1.1k
Shin‐Ya Ogino Japan 16 796 0.4× 649 0.4× 170 0.8× 76 0.6× 143 2.0× 40 930
J. Fishman United States 20 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 69 0.3× 193 1.6× 93 1.3× 36 1.7k
W. W. McMillan United States 13 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 187 0.9× 178 1.4× 9 0.1× 25 1.3k
S. J. Oltmans United States 21 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 201 1.0× 107 0.9× 49 0.7× 36 1.4k
H. Claude Germany 27 2.0k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 167 0.8× 182 1.5× 34 0.5× 47 2.1k
D. P. McNamara United States 14 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 38 0.2× 91 0.7× 28 0.4× 21 1.4k
P. A. Romashkin United States 19 931 0.5× 804 0.5× 130 0.6× 45 0.4× 32 0.4× 29 1.0k
Ghassan Taha United States 20 1.0k 0.5× 953 0.6× 130 0.6× 63 0.5× 20 0.3× 53 1.1k
Sherwin M. Beck United States 15 943 0.5× 803 0.5× 27 0.1× 131 1.1× 44 0.6× 23 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Folkins

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Folkins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Folkins

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ian Folkins. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ian Folkins 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 Ian Folkins. Ian Folkins 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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Folkins, Ian, et al.. (2023). Spatial Variation in the Synoptic Structure of Convective Systems over the Great Plains. Monthly Weather Review. 151(4). 1019–1032.
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Salzen, Knut von, Jason N. S. Cole, Rashed Mahmood, et al.. (2020). Modelling the relationship between liquid water content and cloud droplet number concentration observed in low clouds in the summer Arctic and its radiative effects. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(1). 29–43. 6 indexed citations
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Chang, Rachel, et al.. (2018). Nocturnal Relative Humidity Maxima above the Boundary Layer in the U.S. Midwest: A Diagnostic for the Mountain–Plains Solenoidal Circulation. Monthly Weather Review. 146(2). 641–658. 3 indexed citations
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Folkins, Ian. (2013). The melting level stability anomaly in the tropics. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(3). 1167–1176. 9 indexed citations
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Sheng, Jinyu, et al.. (2013). Improving Statistical Downscaling of General Circulation Models. ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN. 51(2). 213–225. 3 indexed citations
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Folkins, Ian, et al.. (2010). Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Divergence Response to High Rainfall Events in the Tropics: Observations and Models. Journal of Climate. 23(13). 3613–3625. 24 indexed citations
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Folkins, Ian, et al.. (2008). A Low-Level Circulation in the Tropics. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 65(3). 1019–1034. 23 indexed citations
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Folkins, Ian, et al.. (2006). Water Vapor Budget of the Tropical Tropopause Layer. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2007.
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Sinnhuber, Björn‐Martin & Ian Folkins. (2006). Estimating the contribution of bromoform to stratospheric bromine and its relation to dehydration in the tropical tropopause layer. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 6(12). 4755–4761. 34 indexed citations
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Folkins, Ian. (2006). Convective damping of buoyancy anomalies and its effect on lapse rates in the tropical lower troposphere. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 6(1). 1–12. 13 indexed citations
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Folkins, Ian & C. Braun. (2003). Tropical Rainfall and Boundary Layer Moist Entropy. Journal of Climate. 16(11). 1807–1820. 33 indexed citations
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Folkins, Ian, K. K. Kelly, & E. M. Weinstock. (2002). A simple explanation for the increase in relative humidity between 11 and 14 km in the tropics. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(D23). 46 indexed citations
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Folkins, Ian, C. Braun, Anne M. Thompson, & J. C. Witte. (2002). Tropical ozone as an indicator of deep convection. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(D13). 100 indexed citations
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Folkins, Ian, S. J. Oltmans, & Anne M. Thompson. (2000). Tropical convective outflow and near surface equivalent potential temperatures. Geophysical Research Letters. 27(16). 2549–2552. 42 indexed citations
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Folkins, Ian, M. Loewenstein, J. R. Podolske, S. J. Oltmans, & M. H. Proffitt. (1999). A barrier to vertical mixing at 14 km in the tropics: Evidence from ozonesondes and aircraft measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(D18). 22095–22102. 192 indexed citations
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Folkins, Ian, et al.. (1998). Ozone production efficiencies of acetone and peroxides in the upper troposphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 25(9). 1305–1308. 23 indexed citations
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Folkins, Ian, P. O. Wennberg, T. F. Hanisco, J. G. Anderson, & R. J. Salawitch. (1997). OH, HO2, and NO in two biomass burning plumes: Sources of HOx and implications for ozone production. Geophysical Research Letters. 24(24). 3185–3188. 34 indexed citations
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Folkins, Ian, Guy Brasseur, & C. Granier. (1996). Comparison of models of middle atmosphere composition with observations. Advances in Space Research. 18(9-10). 241–254. 1 indexed citations
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Folkins, Ian & Guy Brasseur. (1992). The chemical mechanisms behind ozone depletion. Chemistry & Industry. 1(8). 294–297. 5 indexed citations

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