John Turner

76.4k total citations · 12 hit papers
354 papers, 32.1k citations indexed

About

John Turner is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Turner has authored 354 papers receiving a total of 32.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Atmospheric Science, 104 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 62 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in John Turner's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (96 papers), Climate variability and models (75 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (65 papers). John Turner is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (96 papers), Climate variability and models (75 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (65 papers). John Turner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. John Turner's co-authors include Penélope J. Oakes, Michael A. Hogg, S. Alexander Haslam, Gareth J. Marshall, Stephen Reicher, David Willer, Craig McGarty, Tony Phillips, Thomas J. Bracegirdle and J. Scott Hosking and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In The Last Decade

John Turner

341 papers receiving 29.6k citations

Hit Papers

Rediscovering the Social Group: A Self-Categorization The... 1975 2026 1992 2009 1989 1994 1981 2003 2005 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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. Rediscovering the Social Group: A Self-Categorization Theory.
    1989 5.4k citations John Turner, Penélope J. Oakes et al. profile →
  2. Self and Collective: Cognition and Social Context
    1994 1.4k citations John Turner, Penélope J. Oakes et al. profile →
  3. Towards a cognitive redefinition of the social group.
    1981 1000 citations John Turner profile →
  4. Recent Rapid Regional Climate Warming on the Antarctic Peninsula
    2003 980 citations Gareth J. Marshall, Dominic A. Hodgson et al. profile →
  5. Antarctic climate change during the last 50 years
    2005 925 citations John Turner, Gareth J. Marshall et al. profile →
  6. Stereotyping and Social Reality
    1994 909 citations Penélope J. Oakes, S. Alexander Haslam et al. profile →
  7. Social comparison and social identity: Some prospects for intergroup behaviour
    1975 906 citations John Turner profile →
  8. Social categorization and the self-concept: A social cognitive theory of group behavior.
    2010 792 citations John Turner profile →
  9. Social comparison and group interest in ingroup favouritism
    1979 660 citations John Turner et al. profile →
  10. Absence of 21st century warming on Antarctic Peninsula consistent with natural variability
    2016 553 citations John Turner, Hua Lu et al. profile →
  11. The significance of the social identity concept for social psychology with reference to individualism, interactionism and social influence
    1986 538 citations John Turner, Penélope J. Oakes British Journal of Social Psychology profile →
  12. 2014 390 citations John Turner, Nicholas E. Barrand et al. University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Turner United Kingdom 82 12.5k 9.2k 7.8k 5.9k 3.6k 354 32.1k
Richard N. Cooper United States 81 8.9k 0.7× 4.5k 0.5× 1.6k 0.2× 6.6k 1.1× 1.9k 0.5× 426 42.0k
James S. Coleman United States 70 17.7k 1.4× 883 0.1× 2.7k 0.3× 2.6k 0.4× 1.1k 0.3× 340 47.5k
Henry F. Kaiser United States 24 4.9k 0.4× 621 0.1× 4.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.2× 743 0.2× 86 33.6k
Элинор Остром United States 106 26.4k 2.1× 455 0.0× 1.5k 0.2× 31.1k 5.3× 7.7k 2.1× 325 88.5k
Dale W. Griffin United States 62 3.5k 0.3× 1.1k 0.1× 5.7k 0.7× 862 0.1× 1.5k 0.4× 155 17.8k
Thomas Kühn United States 34 6.5k 0.5× 1.2k 0.1× 2.2k 0.3× 1.9k 0.3× 281 0.1× 113 33.2k
Sidney Siegel United States 26 2.2k 0.2× 365 0.0× 5.3k 0.7× 2.5k 0.4× 5.2k 1.4× 46 48.9k
Paul Slovic United States 113 33.2k 2.6× 550 0.1× 6.5k 0.8× 4.8k 0.8× 632 0.2× 420 73.7k
C. Michael Hall New Zealand 97 24.7k 2.0× 430 0.0× 3.6k 0.5× 2.2k 0.4× 1.0k 0.3× 775 39.7k
Carl Folke Sweden 117 16.1k 1.3× 2.7k 0.3× 1.5k 0.2× 44.7k 7.6× 25.9k 7.2× 300 93.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Turner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Turner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jena, Babula, John Turner, C. C. Bajish, et al.. (2024). Occurrence of an unusual extensive ice-free feature within the pack ice of the central Weddell Sea, Antarctica. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 7(1). 1 indexed citations
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Jena, Babula, C. C. Bajish, John Turner, et al.. (2024). Evolution of Antarctic Sea Ice Ahead of the Record Low Annual Maximum Extent in September 2023. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(7). 20 indexed citations
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Turner, John, Hua Lu, John King, et al.. (2022). An Extreme High Temperature Event in Coastal East Antarctica Associated With an Atmospheric River and Record Summer Downslope Winds. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(4). 37 indexed citations
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Turner, John, Caroline Holmes, Thomas Caton Harrison, et al.. (2022). Record Low Antarctic Sea Ice Cover in February 2022. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(12). 102 indexed citations
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Jena, Babula, et al.. (2022). Record low sea ice extent in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica in April/May 2019 driven by intense and explosive polar cyclones. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 5(1). 31 indexed citations
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Turner, John, Margaret H. Friedel, & Mathias Neumann. (2021). Phyllode fall and nutrient content in a mulga (Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth.) community in central Australia in response to rainfall. The Rangeland Journal. 43(1). 1–9. 3 indexed citations
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Neumann, Mathias, et al.. (2021). Dynamics of necromass in woody Australian ecosystems. Ecosphere. 12(8). 13 indexed citations
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Turner, John, Maria Vittoria Guarino, Babula Jena, et al.. (2020). Recent Decrease of Summer Sea Ice in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(11). 88 indexed citations
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Chenoli, Sheeba Nettukandy, John Turner, & Azizan Abu Samah. (2018). Effects of Vertically Propagating Mountain Waves During a Strong Wind Event Over the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Current Science. 115(9). 1684–1684. 2 indexed citations
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Turner, John, Nicholas E. Barrand, Thomas J. Bracegirdle, et al.. (2014). University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham). 390 indexed citations breakdown →
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Reynolds, Katherine J., Penélope J. Oakes, S. Alexander Haslam, John Turner, & Michelle K. Ryan. (2004). Social identity as the basis of group entitativity: Elaborating the case for the Science of Social Groups Per Se. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 236–248. 4 indexed citations
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Massom, Robert A., Michael J. Pook, Josefino C. Comiso, et al.. (2004). Precipitation over the Interior East Antarctic Ice Sheet Related to Midlatitude Blocking-High Activity. Journal of Climate. 17(10). 1914–1928. 79 indexed citations
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Dávid, Barbara & John Turner. (1999). Studies in Self-Categorization and Minority Conversion. British Journal of Social Psychology. 6 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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Casassa, Gino, Kenneth C. Jezek, John Turner, & I. M. Whillans. (1991). Relict flow stripes on the Ross Ice Shelf. Annals of Glaciology. 15. 132–138. 9 indexed citations
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Casassa, Gino, Kenneth C. Jezek, John Turner, & I. M. Whillans. (1991). Relict flow stripes on the Ross Ice Shelf. Annals of Glaciology. 15. 132–138. 36 indexed citations
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Turner, John. (1981). Towards a cognitive redefinition of the social group.. 1000 indexed citations breakdown →
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Turner, John, et al.. (1976). Effect of polychlorinated biphenyls on poultry. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 19(2). 231–232. 3 indexed citations
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Challinor, A. B. & John Turner. (1975). Variation in Hibolithes arkelli arkelli —2. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 18(6). 837–848. 5 indexed citations

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