Ian Simmonds

22.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
275 papers, 16.9k citations indexed

About

Ian Simmonds is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Simmonds has authored 275 papers receiving a total of 16.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 220 papers in Atmospheric Science, 218 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 57 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Ian Simmonds's work include Climate variability and models (193 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (93 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (82 papers). Ian Simmonds is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (193 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (93 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (82 papers). Ian Simmonds collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Ian Simmonds's co-authors include James A. Screen, Kevin Keay, Dehai Luo, Irina Rudeva, Eun‐Pa Lim, RJ Murray, Aiguo Dai, Clara Deser, Alexandre Bernardes Pezza and David Noone and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Ian Simmonds

268 papers receiving 16.3k 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.

The central role of diminishing sea ice in recent Arctic temperature amplification

2010 1.8k citations James A. Screen, Ian Simmonds profile →
Impact of Ural Blocking on Winter Warm Arctic–Cold Eurasian Anomalies. Part I: Blocking-Induced Amplification

2016 309 citations Dehai Luo, Yao Yao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian Simmonds Australia	71	14.2k	12.6k	3.3k	767	702	275	16.9k
Alex Hall United States	57	7.6k 0.5×	8.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	567 0.7×	704 1.0×	147	10.8k
Gabriele Villarini United States	67	9.6k 0.7×	12.9k 1.0×	1.9k 0.6×	1.8k 2.3×	735 1.0×	287	15.4k
Kenneth E. Mitchell United States	40	9.9k 0.7×	10.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.4×	3.7k 4.8×	758 1.1×	67	15.3k
Wesley Ebisuzaki United States	15	10.7k 0.8×	11.6k 0.9×	3.8k 1.2×	823 1.1×	607 0.9×	24	13.9k
Ingeborg Levin Germany	50	5.5k 0.4×	5.8k 0.5×	469 0.1×	563 0.7×	1.5k 2.2×	154	8.5k
Colm Sweeney United States	64	8.7k 0.6×	10.8k 0.9×	4.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.8×	1.6k 2.3×	219	15.6k
M. Flanner United States	43	8.6k 0.6×	7.3k 0.6×	476 0.1×	830 1.1×	689 1.0×	91	10.6k
Tianjun Zhou China	87	20.3k 1.4×	22.6k 1.8×	5.9k 1.8×	894 1.2×	838 1.2×	554	25.8k
Tetsuzo Yasunari Japan	51	8.7k 0.6×	9.3k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	430 0.6×	639 0.9×	163	11.1k
Jean‐Louis Dufresne France	42	8.5k 0.6×	9.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	478 0.6×	680 1.0×	111	11.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Simmonds

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Simmonds

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Alizadeh, Omid, et al.. (2025). Causality in the Winter Interaction Between Extratropical Storm Tracks, Atmospheric Circulation, and Arctic Sea Ice Loss. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(5). 1 indexed citations

Shen, Yanbo, et al.. (2023). Impact of synoptic circulation patterns on renewable energy-related variables over China. Renewable Energy. 215. 118875–118875. 2 indexed citations

Luo, Binhe, Dehai Luo, Cunde Xiao, et al.. (2023). Increased Summer European Heatwaves in Recent Decades: Contributions From Greenhouse Gases‐Induced Warming and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation‐Like Variations. Earth s Future. 11(8). 17 indexed citations

Luo, Binhe, Dehai Luo, Aiguo Dai, Ian Simmonds, & Lixin Wu. (2021). Decadal Variability of Winter Warm Arctic‐Cold Eurasia Dipole Patterns Modulated by Pacific Decadal Oscillation and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. Earth s Future. 10(1). 44 indexed citations

Harrison, John, М. И. Балонов, François Bochud, et al.. (2021). The use of dose quantities in radiological protection: ICRP publication 147 Ann ICRP 50(1) 2021. Journal of Radiological Protection. 41(2). 410–422. 25 indexed citations

Li, Muyuan, Yao Yao, Ian Simmonds, et al.. (2021). Atmospheric transmission patterns which promote persistent winter haze over Beijing. 4 indexed citations

Li, Muyuan, Yao Yao, Ian Simmonds, et al.. (2021). Linkages between the atmospheric transmission originating from the North Atlantic Oscillation and persistent winter haze over Beijing. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(24). 18573–18588. 14 indexed citations

Screen, James A., Thomas J. Bracegirdle, & Ian Simmonds. (2018). Polar Climate Change as Manifest in Atmospheric Circulation. PubMed. 4(4). 383–395. 137 indexed citations

Lee, Sukyoung, Tingting Gong, Steven B. Feldstein, James A. Screen, & Ian Simmonds. (2017). Revisiting the Cause of the 1989–2009 Arctic Surface Warming Using the Surface Energy Budget: Downward Infrared Radiation Dominates the Surface Fluxes. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(20). 159 indexed citations

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Evangelista, Heitor, Jefferson Cárdia Simões, Ricardo H. M. Godoi, et al.. (2013). Mineral dust variability in central West Antarctica associated with ozone depletion. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(4). 2165–2175. 16 indexed citations

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Butler, Tim, Ian Simmonds, & P. J. Rayner. (2004). Mass balance inverse modelling of methane in the 1990s using a Chemistry Transport Model. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 4(11/12). 2561–2580. 12 indexed citations

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Simmonds, Ian, et al.. (1999). A refinement of cyclone tracking methods with data from FROST. 48(SP). 35–49. 114 indexed citations

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Simmonds, Ian. (1998). NRPB models for calculating the transfer of radionuclides through the environment : verification and validation. 1 indexed citations

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Simmonds, Ian, et al.. (1996). Relationships between Summer Rainfall over China and Ocean Temperatures in the Tropical Western Pacific. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 74(2). 273–279. 18 indexed citations

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Turner, John, David H. Bromwich, S. R. Colwell, et al.. (1996). The Antarctic First Regional Observing Study of the Troposphere (FROST) Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 77(9). 2007–2032. 48 indexed citations

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Simmonds, Ian. (1995). Risks of leukaemia and other cancers in Seascale from all sources of ionising radiation exposure. 31 indexed citations

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Simmonds, Ian, et al.. (1995). FARMLAND : a dynamic model for the transfer of radionuclides through terrestrial foodchains. 38 indexed citations

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Simmonds, Ian & G. Linsley. (1981). Dynamic modeling system for the transfer of radioactivity in terrestrial food chains. 4 indexed citations

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Simmonds, Ian & G. Linsley. (1980). A methodology for the evaluation of the collective dose from radioactivity in terrestrial food chains. 1 indexed citations

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Simmonds, Ian, et al.. (1976). The data submitted by the United Kingdom to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation for the 1977 report to the general assembly. 1 indexed citations

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