Isla R. Simpson

13.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
124 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Isla R. Simpson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Isla R. Simpson has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 108 papers in Atmospheric Science and 22 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Isla R. Simpson's work include Climate variability and models (101 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (56 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (44 papers). Isla R. Simpson is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (101 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (56 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (44 papers). Isla R. Simpson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Isla R. Simpson's co-authors include Clara Deser, Karen A. McKinnon, Richard Seager, Peter B. Hitchcock, Tiffany A. Shaw, Mingfang Ting, Adam S. Phillips, Jadwiga H. Richter, Flavio Lehner and Haibo Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Isla R. Simpson

114 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

Positive Youth Development, Participation in Community Yo... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2020 2016 2021 250 500 750
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. Positive Youth Development, Participation in Community Youth Development Programs, and Community Contributions of Fifth-Grade Adolescents
    2005 970 citations Isla R. Simpson et al. profile →
  2. Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects
    2020 603 citations Clara Deser, Flavio Lehner et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  3. Storm track processes and the opposing influences of climate change
    2016 393 citations Tiffany A. Shaw, Isla R. Simpson et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
  4. Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability
    2021 271 citations Keith B. Rodgers, Sun‐Seon Lee 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
Isla R. Simpson United States 42 5.4k 4.8k 1.0k 785 424 124 7.0k
Marc Leblanc France 48 1.2k 0.2× 452 0.1× 617 0.6× 134 0.2× 377 0.9× 188 8.4k
Steven A. Ackerman United States 49 8.7k 1.6× 8.4k 1.8× 437 0.4× 38 0.0× 538 1.3× 158 11.9k
John H. Simpson United Kingdom 54 2.4k 0.4× 3.4k 0.7× 6.6k 6.3× 79 0.1× 213 0.5× 178 10.1k
Patricia M. Anderson United States 49 1.0k 0.2× 5.3k 1.1× 242 0.2× 76 0.1× 83 0.2× 158 8.4k
John K. Williams United States 29 1.2k 0.2× 1.4k 0.3× 302 0.3× 37 0.0× 377 0.9× 84 3.4k
Kevin M. Brown United States 35 554 0.1× 743 0.2× 299 0.3× 98 0.1× 195 0.5× 107 4.0k
Stephen A. Klein United States 68 14.2k 2.6× 13.2k 2.7× 2.2k 2.1× 23 0.0× 25 0.1× 194 15.7k
Stéphane Lambert France 33 1.5k 0.3× 1.3k 0.3× 294 0.3× 23 0.0× 186 0.4× 133 4.0k
Emily V. Fischer United States 39 2.4k 0.4× 2.9k 0.6× 103 0.1× 139 0.2× 101 0.2× 157 4.7k
John Woodward United Kingdom 33 289 0.1× 1.8k 0.4× 165 0.2× 41 0.1× 167 0.4× 119 3.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isla R. Simpson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Simpson, Isla R., et al.. (2025). The Unprecedented Late-Summer 2023 Heatwave in Southeastern South America: Attribution and future projection of similar events. Weather and Climate Extremes. 48. 100772–100772. 1 indexed citations
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Dunne, John P., Helene T. Hewitt, Julie M. Arblaster, et al.. (2025). An evolving Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 7 (CMIP7) and Fast Track in support of future climate assessment. Geoscientific model development. 18(19). 6671–6700. 1 indexed citations
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Simpson, Isla R., Tiffany A. Shaw, Paulo Ceppi, et al.. (2025). Confronting Earth System Model trends with observations. Science Advances. 11(11). eadt8035–eadt8035. 6 indexed citations
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Sobel, Adam H., et al.. (2024). Implementation and Exploration of Parameterizations of Large‐Scale Dynamics in NCAR's Single Column Atmosphere Model SCAM6. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 16(6).
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Karpechko, Alexey Yu., Isla R. Simpson, Marlene Kretschmer, et al.. (2024). Northern Hemisphere Stratosphere‐Troposphere Circulation Change in CMIP6 Models: 2. Mechanisms and Sources of the Spread. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(13). 4 indexed citations
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He, Jie, et al.. (2023). Origins of Uncertainty in the Response of the Summer North Pacific Subtropical High to CO2 Forcing. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(22). 3 indexed citations
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Martin, Zane, Isla R. Simpson, Pu Lin, et al.. (2023). The Lack of a QBO‐MJO Connection in Climate Models With a Nudged Stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(17). 5 indexed citations
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Ábalos, Marta, David Barriopedro, Ricardo García‐Herrera, et al.. (2022). Assessing the Projected Changes in European Air Stagnation due to Climate Change. Journal of Climate. 36(3). 917–930. 1 indexed citations
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Karpechko, Alexey Yu., Hilla Afargan‐Gerstman, Amy H. Butler, et al.. (2022). Northern Hemisphere Stratosphere‐Troposphere Circulation Change in CMIP6 Models: 1. Inter‐Model Spread and Scenario Sensitivity. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(18). 22 indexed citations
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Charlton‐Perez, Andrew, Jochen Bröcker, Alexey Yu. Karpechko, et al.. (2021). A Minimal Model to Diagnose the Contribution of the Stratosphere to Tropospheric Forecast Skill. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(24). 7 indexed citations
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Rodgers, Keith B., Sun‐Seon Lee, Nan Rosenbloom, et al.. (2021). Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability. 56 indexed citations
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Visioni, Daniele, Douglas G. MacMartin, Ben Kravitz, et al.. (2020). Reduced Poleward Transport Due to Stratospheric Heating Under Stratospheric Aerosols Geoengineering. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(17). 36 indexed citations
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Deser, Clara, Adam S. Phillips, Isla R. Simpson, et al.. (2020). Isolating the Evolving Contributions of Anthropogenic Aerosols and Greenhouse Gases: A New CESM1 Large Ensemble Community Resource. Journal of Climate. 33(18). 7835–7858. 125 indexed citations
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Deser, Clara, Flavio Lehner, Keith B. Rodgers, et al.. (2020). Publisher Correction: Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects. Nature Climate Change. 10(8). 791–791. 10 indexed citations
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Bacmeister, Julio T., Cécile Hannay, Brian Medeiros, et al.. (2020). CO2 Increase Experiments Using the CESM: Relationship to Climate Sensitivity and Comparison of CESM1 to CESM2. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 12(11). 34 indexed citations
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Simpson, Isla R., Simone Tilmes, Jadwiga H. Richter, et al.. (2019). The Regional Hydroclimate Response to Stratospheric Sulfate Geoengineering and the Role of Stratospheric Heating. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 124(23). 12587–12616. 105 indexed citations
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Butler, Amy H., Andrew Charlton‐Perez, Daniela I. V. Domeisen, Isla R. Simpson, & Jeremiah Sjoberg. (2019). Predictability of Northern Hemisphere Final Stratospheric Warmings and Their Surface Impacts. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(17-18). 10578–10588. 44 indexed citations
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Fasullo, John, Simone Tilmes, Jadwiga H. Richter, et al.. (2018). Persistent polar ocean warming in a strategically geoengineered climate. Nature Geoscience. 11(12). 910–914. 35 indexed citations

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