John Finnigan

17.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
110 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

John Finnigan is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Finnigan has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 44 papers in Environmental Engineering and 33 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in John Finnigan's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (50 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (39 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (31 papers). John Finnigan is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (50 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (39 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (31 papers). John Finnigan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. John Finnigan's co-authors include J. C. Kaimal, Michael Raupach, Ian N. Harman, Roger H. Shaw, Yves Brunet, M. R. Raupach, Franco Einaudi, Edward G. Patton, P. J. Mulhearn and Mark Rounsevell and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, New Phytologist and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

John Finnigan

109 papers receiving 11.0k citations

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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.

Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows

1994 2.0k citations John Finnigan et al. profile →
Turbulence in Plant Canopies

2000 1.2k citations John Finnigan profile →
Coherent eddies and turbulence in vegetation canopies: The mixing-layer analogy

1996 795 citations John Finnigan et al. Boundary-Layer Meteorology profile →
Could consumption of insects, cultured meat or imitation meat reduce global agricultural land use?

2017 270 citations Peter Alexander, Almut Arneth et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Experiments on the flow over a hill covered by a canopy in stably stratified conditions 2024 ·Frontiers in Earth Science ·John Finnigan, Ian N. Harman, Dale Hughes	2
2	Linking water use efficiency with water use strategy from leaves to communities 2023 ·New Phytologist ·Jie Liang, Ken W. Krauss, John Finnigan, Hilary Stuart‐Williams, Graham D. Farquhar, Marilyn C. Ball	14
3	Appropriate Momentum Provision for Numerical Simulations of Horizontally Homogeneous Urban Canopies Using Periodic Boundary Conditions 2023 ·Boundary-Layer Meteorology ·(unknown), Naoki Ikegaya, Tsubasa Okaze, John Finnigan	6
4	Review of methods for assessing deposition of reactive nitrogen pollutants across complex terrain with focus on the UK 2022 ·Environmental Science Atmospheres ·Nicholas Cowan, Eiko Nemitz, John T. Walker, D. Fowler, John Finnigan, Helen Webster, Peter Levy, Marsailidh Twigg, Sim Tang, Nuria Bachiller‐Jareno, (unknown), R. Kinnersley, Christine F. Braban	2
5	Modeling canopy-induced turbulence in the Earth system: a unified parameterization of turbulent exchange within plant canopies and the roughness sublayer (CLM-ml v0) 2018 ·Geoscientific model development ·Gordon B. Bonan, Edward G. Patton, Ian N. Harman, Keith W. Oleson, John Finnigan, Yaqiong Lü, Elizabeth A. Burakowski	84
6	Patterns of crop cover under future climates 2016 ·AMBIO ·Luciana L. Porfirio, David Newth, Ian N. Harman, John Finnigan, Yiyong Cai	15
7	The Challenges of Living Scenarios for Australia in 2050 2014 ·Journal of futures studies ·Steven J. Cork, (unknown), John Finnigan, Nicky Grigg, Elizabeth A. Fulton, (unknown)	8
8	Towards decision-based global land use models for improved understanding of the Earth system 2014 ·Earth System Dynamics ·Mark Rounsevell, Almut Arneth, Peter Alexander, Daniel G. Brown, Nathalie de Noblet‐Ducoudré, Erle C. Ellis, John Finnigan, Kathleen A. Galvin, Nicky Grigg, Ian N. Harman, James Lennox, Nicholas R. Magliocca, Dawn C. Parker, Brian C. O’Neill, Peter H. Verburg, Oran R. Young	89
9	Economic and environmental impacts of greenhouse gas mitigation: An integrated assessment 2011 ·Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S. (eds) MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. ·David Newth, Don Gunasekera, Kevin Hanslow, John Finnigan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	3
10	Flow Over Hills Covered by a Plant Canopy: Extension to Generalised Two-Dimensional Topography 2009 ·Boundary-Layer Meteorology ·Ian N. Harman, John Finnigan	17
11	Global Integrated Assessment Model: A New Analytical Tool to Assess Climate Change Risks and Policies 2008 ·eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) ·Don Gunasekera, (unknown), Edwina Heyhoe, (unknown), Helal Ahammad, Steven J. Phipps, Ian N. Harman, John Finnigan, Markus Brede	11
12	A wind tunnel study of stably stratified flow on a ridge covered with a tall plant canopy 2008 ·John Finnigan	2
13	FLOWS THROUGH FOREST CANOPIES IN COMPLEX TERRAIN 2008 ·Ecological Applications ·S. E. Belcher, John Finnigan, Ian N. Harman	79
14	AN INTRODUCTION TO FLUX MEASUREMENTS IN DIFFICULT CONDITIONS 2008 ·Ecological Applications ·John Finnigan	66
15	Analytical models for the mean flow inside dense canopies on gentle hilly terrain 2008 ·Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·Davide Poggi, Gabriel G. Katul, John Finnigan, S. E. Belcher	38
16	Emergence and Self-Organization in Chemistry and Biology 2006 ·Australian Journal of Chemistry ·David Newth, John Finnigan	33
17	Egalitarianism in korfball is a myth. 1990 ·(unknown), John Finnigan	2
18	'Single-Layer Models of Evaporation From Plant Canopies Are Incorrect but Useful, Whereas Multilayer Models Are Correct but Useless': Discuss 1988 ·Australian Journal of Plant Physiology ·M. R. Raupach, John Finnigan	196
19	A streamline coordinate system for distorted two-dimensional shear flows 1983 ·Journal of Fluid Mechanics ·John Finnigan	46
20	Pollutant transfer across the cavity region behind a two-dimensional fence 1978 ·Atmospheric Environment (1967) ·C.M. Sheih, P. J. Mulhearn, E. F. Bradley, John Finnigan	5

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