James A. Screen

17.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
118 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

James A. Screen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Screen has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Atmospheric Science, 97 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in James A. Screen's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (94 papers), Climate variability and models (90 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (48 papers). James A. Screen is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (94 papers), Climate variability and models (90 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (48 papers). James A. Screen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. James A. Screen's co-authors include Ian Simmonds, Clara Deser, Russell Blackport, Jennifer A. Francis, Klaus Dethloff, James E. Overland, Elizabeth A. Barnes, Judah Cohen, Robert A. Tomas and Jason C. Furtado and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

James A. Screen

109 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Recent Arctic amplification and extreme mid-latitude weather

2014 1.8k citations Judah Cohen, James A. Screen et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
The central role of diminishing sea ice in recent Arctic temperature amplification

2010 1.8k citations James A. Screen, Ian Simmonds profile →
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 →
The impact of Arctic warming on the midlatitude jet‐stream: Can it? Has it? Will it?

2015 376 citations James A. Screen et al. profile →
Arctic amplification decreases temperature variance in northern mid- to high-latitudes

2014 341 citations James A. Screen Nature Climate Change profile →
Consistency and discrepancy in the atmospheric response toArctic sea-ice loss across climate models

2018 283 citations James A. Screen, Clara Deser et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
Minimal influence of reduced Arctic sea ice on coincident cold winters in mid-latitudes

2019 242 citations Russell Blackport, James A. Screen et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
New climate models reveal faster and larger increases in Arctic precipitation than previously projected

2021 195 citations James A. Screen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James A. Screen United Kingdom	44	10.5k	8.8k	1.7k	545	438	118	11.7k
Jennifer A. Francis United States	38	8.4k 0.8×	6.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	486 0.9×	387 0.9×	90	9.5k
John C. Fyfe Canada	49	7.0k 0.7×	7.5k 0.9×	2.6k 1.6×	295 0.5×	517 1.2×	129	9.5k
Thierry Fichefet Belgium	40	6.7k 0.6×	4.7k 0.5×	2.3k 1.4×	939 1.7×	879 2.0×	125	8.9k
Shingo Watanabe Japan	41	4.5k 0.4×	4.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	209 0.4×	528 1.2×	154	7.0k
Judah Cohen United States	45	7.4k 0.7×	6.5k 0.7×	994 0.6×	193 0.4×	294 0.7×	101	8.4k
Thorsten Mauritsen Germany	47	7.1k 0.7×	6.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	228 0.4×	187 0.4×	103	8.2k
Edward Hanna United Kingdom	50	7.5k 0.7×	3.7k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	264 0.5×	629 1.4×	158	8.8k
Mathew Barlow United States	41	5.8k 0.6×	6.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	168 0.3×	408 0.9×	79	7.9k
Keith W. Dixon United States	37	4.6k 0.4×	5.2k 0.6×	3.1k 1.9×	297 0.5×	605 1.4×	66	6.7k
Gregory M. Flato Canada	39	5.2k 0.5×	4.7k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	356 0.7×	504 1.2×	71	7.4k

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Blockley, Ed, Jennifer L. Catto, Helene T. Hewitt, et al.. (2025). The impact of Arctic sea‐ice loss on winter weather in the British Isles. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 152(774).

Catto, Jennifer L., et al.. (2025). The Tug-of-War on the Storm Tracks between Sea Ice Loss and Ocean Warming Is Mainly an Atlantic Phenomenon. Journal of Climate. 38(18). 4907–4924. 1 indexed citations

Screen, James A., et al.. (2025). Incomplete Arctic Sea‐Ice Recovery Under CO₂ Removal and Its Effects on the Winter Atmospheric Circulation. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(5).

Seviour, William J. M., et al.. (2024). Exploring Mechanisms for Model‐Dependency of the Stratospheric Response to Arctic Warming. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(10). 4 indexed citations

Scaife, Adam A., et al.. (2024). Effect of increased ocean resolution on model errors in El Niño–Southern Oscillation and its teleconnections. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 150(760). 1489–1500. 7 indexed citations

Cai, Ziyi, Qinglong You, Hans W. Chen, et al.. (2023). Assessing Arctic wetting: Performances of CMIP6 models and projections of precipitation changes. Atmospheric Research. 297. 107124–107124. 12 indexed citations

Screen, James A., et al.. (2023). Tropical Forcing of Barents‐Kara Sea Ice During Autumn. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(8). 2 indexed citations

Scaife, Adam A., et al.. (2023). Underpredicted ENSO Teleconnections in Seasonal Forecasts. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(5). 32 indexed citations

Xu, Mian, Wenshou Tian, Jiankai Zhang, et al.. (2023). Important role of stratosphere-troposphere coupling in the Arctic mid-to-upper tropospheric warming in response to sea-ice loss. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 6(1). 28 indexed citations

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Screen, James A., et al.. (2022). Net Equatorward Shift of the Jet Streams When the Contribution From Sea‐Ice Loss Is Constrained by Observed Eddy Feedback. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(23). 30 indexed citations

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Wang, Lin, Geoffrey K. Vallis, Ruth Geen, et al.. (2021). Amplified Waveguide Teleconnections Along the Polar Front Jet Favor Summer Temperature Extremes Over Northern Eurasia. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(13). 31 indexed citations

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Xu, Mian, Wenshou Tian, Jiankai Zhang, et al.. (2021). Distinct Tropospheric and Stratospheric Mechanisms Linking Historical Barents‐Kara Sea‐Ice Loss and Late Winter Eurasian Temperature Variability. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(20). 30 indexed citations

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Blackport, Russell, John C. Fyfe, & James A. Screen. (2021). Decreasing subseasonal temperature variability in the northern extratropics attributed to human influence. Nature Geoscience. 14(10). 719–723. 39 indexed citations

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Deser, Clara, Flavio Lehner, Keith B. Rodgers, et al.. (2020). Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects. Nature Climate Change. 10(4). 277–286. 603 indexed citations breakdown →

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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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Kolstad, Erik W. & James A. Screen. (2019). Nonstationary Relationship Between Autumn Arctic Sea Ice and the Winter North Atlantic Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(13). 7583–7591. 47 indexed citations

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Screen, James A., et al.. (2019). Links Between Barents‐Kara Sea Ice and the Extratropical Atmospheric Circulation Explained by Internal Variability and Tropical Forcing. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(1). 64 indexed citations

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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

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Screen, James A. & Jennifer A. Francis. (2016). Contribution of sea-ice loss to Arctic amplification is regulated by Pacific Ocean decadal variability. Nature Climate Change. 6(9). 856–860. 177 indexed citations

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Ayarzagüena, Blanca & James A. Screen. (2016). Taking the Chill off: Future Arctic Sea-Ice Loss Reduces Severity of Cold Air Outbreaks in Mid-Latitudes. AGUFM. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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