Josep G. Canadell

100.0k citations
210 papers · 37.2k indexed · 34 hit papers · h-index 83
Co-authors
Michael RaupachRobert B. JacksonCorinne Le QuéréGlen P. PetersErnst‐Detlef SchulzeHarold A. MooneyOsvaldo E. SalaPhilippe Ciais
Topics
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (104 papers)Climate variability and models (37 papers)Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (35 papers)
Cited by
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceSoil Science
Journals
NatureScienceProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations
AustraliaUnited StatesUnited Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Josep G. Canadell

206 papers receiving 35.6k citations

Hit Papers

A global analysis of root distributions for terrestrial b...19962026200620161996200920202007200050010001.5k2.0k
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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.

  1. A global analysis of root distributions for terrestrial biomes
    1996 2.2k citations Robert B. Jackson, Josep G. Canadell et al. profile →
  2. Soil organic carbon pools in the northern circumpolar permafrost region
    2009 1.9k citations Josep G. Canadell et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
  3. Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement
    2020 1.5k citations Corinne Le Quéré, Robert B. Jackson et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  4. Contributions to accelerating atmospheric CO 2 growth from economic activity, carbon intensity, and efficiency of natural sinks
    2007 1.5k citations Josep G. Canadell, Corinne Le Quéré et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. The Global Carbon Cycle: A Test of Our Knowledge of Earth as a System
    2000 1.5k citations Josep G. Canadell et al. Science profile →
  6. Maximum rooting depth of vegetation types at the global scale
    1996 1.4k citations Josep G. Canadell, Robert B. Jackson et al. profile →
  7. Global and regional drivers of accelerating CO 2 emissions
    2007 1.3k citations Michael Raupach, Gregg Marland et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  8. Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change: Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle
    2008 1.2k citations Josep G. Canadell, Christopher B. Field et al. profile →
  9. The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO 2 sink
    2015 1.1k citations Anders Ahlström, Michael Raupach et al. Science profile →
  10. Contribution of semi-arid ecosystems to interannual variability of the global carbon cycle
    2014 1.1k citations Benjamin Poulter, Philippe Ciais et al. Nature profile →
  11. Managing Forests for Climate Change Mitigation
    2008 1.0k citations Josep G. Canadell, Michael Raupach Science profile →
  12. Betting on negative emissions
    2014 792 citations Josep G. Canadell, Philippe Ciais et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  13. The challenge to keep global warming below 2 °C
    2012 731 citations Josep G. Canadell, Philippe Ciais et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  14. Peatlands and the carbon cycle: from local processes to global implications – a synthesis
    2008 724 citations Josep G. Canadell et al. profile →
  15. Rapid growth in CO2 emissions after the 2008–2009 global financial crisis
    2011 642 citations Gregg Marland, Corinne Le Quéré et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  16. Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change
    2022 621 citations Matthew W. Jones, John T. Abatzoglou et al. profile →
  17. Global Warming and Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis
    2000 588 citations Josep G. Canadell et al. profile →
  18. Persistent growth of CO2 emissions and implications for reaching climate targets
    2014 556 citations Pierre Friedlingstein, Josep G. Canadell et al. profile →
  19. Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World
    2007 498 citations Josep G. Canadell profile →
  20. Current and future CO 2 emissions from drained peatlands in Southeast Asia
    2010 478 citations Josep G. Canadell et al. profile →
  21. Recent reversal in loss of global terrestrial biomass
    2015 457 citations Josep G. Canadell et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  22. Update on CO2 emissions
    2010 445 citations Pierre Friedlingstein, R. A. Houghton et al. profile →
  23. Carbon dioxide emissions continue to grow amidst slowly emerging climate policies
    2019 383 citations Josep G. Canadell, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  24. Drivers of declining CO2 emissions in 18 developed economies
    2019 350 citations Corinne Le Quéré, Josep G. Canadell et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  25. Increasing anthropogenic methane emissions arise equally from agricultural and fossil fuel sources
    2020 344 citations Robert B. Jackson, Marielle Saunois et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
  26. Recent pause in the growth rate of atmospheric CO2 due to enhanced terrestrial carbon uptake
    2016 325 citations Trevor F. Keenan, I. Colin Prentice et al. Nature Communications profile →
  27. Key indicators to track current progress and future ambition of the Paris Agreement
    2017 307 citations Josep G. Canadell, Robert B. Jackson et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  28. Multi-decadal increase of forest burned area in Australia is linked to climate change
    2021 298 citations Josep G. Canadell, Peter Briggs et al. Nature Communications profile →
  29. Interannual variation of terrestrial carbon cycle: Issues and perspectives
    2019 278 citations Shilong Piao, Xuhui Wang et al. profile →
  30. Acceleration of global N2O emissions seen from two decades of atmospheric inversion
    2019 277 citations Prabir K. Patra, Hanqin Tian et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  31. Fossil CO2 emissions in the post-COVID-19 era
    2021 202 citations Corinne Le Quéré, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  32. Climate drives global soil carbon sequestration and crop yield changes under conservation agriculture
    2020 198 citations Josep G. Canadell et al. profile →
  33. Record-high CO 2 emissions from boreal fires in 2021
    2023 148 citations Bo Zheng, Philippe Ciais et al. Science profile →
  34. Evidence and attribution of the enhanced land carbon sink
    2023 134 citations Trevor F. Keenan, C. A. Williams et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →

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Josep G. Canadell
Comparison fields: 5 of 201
  • Global and Planetary Change 19.0k
  • Atmospheric Science 9.3k
  • Ecology 8.2k
  • Environmental Engineering 5.1k
  • Soil Science 4.6k
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All Works

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Global warming amplifies wildfire health burden and reshapes inequality
2025 ·Nature ·Junri Zhao,Bo Zheng,Philippe Ciais,Yang Chen,Thomas Gasser,Josep G. Canadell,Longyi Zhang,Qiang Zhang
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South Asia's Ecosystems Are a Net Carbon Sink, But the Region Is a Major Net GHG Source to the Atmosphere
2025 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Atul K. Jain,(unknown),(unknown),Naveen Chandra,Prabir K. Patra,Josep G. Canadell,Abha Chhabra,Philippe Ciais,Hammad Gilani,Murali Krishna Gumma,Masayuki Kondo,Erandathie Lokupitiya,Naiqing Pan,Him Lal Shrestha,(unknown),Hanqin Tian,Yogesh K. Tiwari
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Enhanced CH4 emissions from global wildfires likely due to undetected small fires
2025 ·Nature Communications ·Junri Zhao,Philippe Ciais,Frédéric Chevallier,Josep G. Canadell,Ivar R. van der Velde,Emilio Chuvieco,Yang Chen,Qiang Zhang,Kebin He,Bo Zheng
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China’s carbon sinks from land-use change underestimated
2025 ·Nature Climate Change ·Yakun Zhu,Xiaosheng Xia,Josep G. Canadell,Shilong Piao,(unknown),Umakant Mishra,Xuhui Wang,Wenping Yuan,Zhangcai Qin
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Methane and Nitrous Oxide Budgets for Australasia: A Regional Assessment of Natural and Anthropogenic Sources and Sinks
2025 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·(unknown),Josep G. Canadell,Elizabeth D. Keller,Peter Briggs,Phillip W. Ford,Ian N. Harman,T. W. Hilton,(unknown),Ronny Lauerwald,Damien T. Maher,(unknown),Naiqing Pan,Benjamin Poulter,Laure Resplandy,Judith A. Rosentreter,Marielle Saunois,Hanqin Tian,(unknown),Zhen Zhang
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Evidence and attribution of the enhanced land carbon sinkbreakdown →
2023 ·Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ·(unknown),Trevor F. Keenan,C. A. Williams,Yu Zhou,(unknown),Ana Bastos,Josep G. Canadell,I. Colin Prentice,Stephen Sitch,César Terrer
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Future hotter summer greatly increases residential electricity consumption in Beijing: A study based on different house layouts and shared socioeconomic pathways
2023 ·Sustainable Cities and Society ·Qiyuan Hu,(unknown),Xiang Gao,Sijia Wang,Dan Zhang,Yuting Qin,Qihan Wang,Yi Zhou,Na Huang,Josep Peñuelas,Jordi Sardans,Josep G. Canadell,Philippe Ciais,Zhihua Pan,(unknown),Lin Xu,(unknown)
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Higher global gross primary productivity under future climate with more advanced representations of photosynthesis
2023 ·Science Advances ·Jürgen Knauer,Matthias Cuntz,Benjamin Smith,Josep G. Canadell,Belinda E. Medlyn,(unknown),Silvia Caldararu,Vanessa Haverd
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A Comprehensive Assessment of Anthropogenic and Natural Sources and Sinks of Australasia's Carbon Budget
2023 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·(unknown),Josep G. Canadell,Elizabeth D. Keller,Peter Briggs,(unknown),Donna Giltrap,Ian N. Harman,T. W. Hilton,Miko U. F. Kirschbaum,Ronny Lauerwald,Lìyı̌n Liáng,Taylor Maavara,S. E. Mikaloff Fletcher,P. J. Rayner,Laure Resplandy,Judith A. Rosentreter,(unknown),Óscar Serrano,Benjamin Smith
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Climate change 2021. The physical science basis. Summary for policymakers
2021 ·DORA WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research) ·Richard P. Allan,Paola A. Arias,Sophie Berger,Josep G. Canadell,Christophe Cassou,Deliang Chen,Annalisa Cherchi,Sarah Connors,Erika Coppola,Faye Cruz,Gian‐Kasper Plattner,Xiao Cunde
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Climate Change Increases the Risk of Wildfires: January 2020
2020 ·UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·Matthew W. Jones,Adam J. P. Smith,Richard Betts,Josep G. Canadell,I. Colin Prentice,Corinne Le Quéré
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Climate Change Increases the Risk of Wildfires: September 2020
2020 ·UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·Adam J. P. Smith,Matthew W. Jones,John T. Abatzoglou,Josep G. Canadell,Richard Betts
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Recent Changes in Global Photosynthesis and Terrestrial Ecosystem Respiration Constrained From Multiple Observations
2018 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Wei Li,Philippe Ciais,Yilong Wang,Yi Yin,Shushi Peng,Zaichun Zhu,Ana Bastos,Chao Yue,Ashley P. Ballantyne,Grégoire Broquet,Josep G. Canadell,Alessandro Cescatti,Chi Chen,L. A. Cooper,Pierre Friedlingstein,Corinne Le Quéré,Ranga B. Myneni,Shilong Piao
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Regional carbon fluxes from land use and land cover change in Asia, 1980–2009
2016 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Leonardo Calle,Josep G. Canadell,Prabir K. Patra,Philippe Ciais,Kazuhito Ichii,Hanqin Tian,Masayuki Kondo,Shilong Piao,Almut Arneth,Anna Harper,Akihiko Ito,Etsushi Kato,Charles D. Koven,Stephen Sitch,Benjamin D. Stocker,(unknown),Andy Wiltshire,Sönke Zaehle,Benjamin Poulter
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The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO 2 sinkbreakdown →
2015 ·Science ·Anders Ahlström,Michael Raupach,Guy Schurgers,Benjamin Smith,Almut Arneth,Martin Jung,Markus Reichstein,Josep G. Canadell,Pierre Friedlingstein,Atul K. Jain,Etsushi Kato,Benjamin Poulter,Stephen Sitch,Benjamin D. Stocker,Nicolas Viovy,Ying‐Ping Wang,Andy Wiltshire,Sönke Zaehle,Ning Zeng
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Correction for Pasari et al., Several scales of biodiversity affect ecosystem multifunctionality
2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Weile Wang,Philippe Ciais,Ramakrishna Nemani,Josep G. Canadell,Shilong Piao,Stephen Sitch,Michael A. White,JanWillem Duitman,Marcel Schouten,A.P. de Groot,Keren Borensztajn,Joost Daalhuisen,Sandrine Florquin,Tom van der Poll,C. Arnold Spek
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A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World’s Forests
2011 ·Science ·Yude Pan,Richard A. Birdsey,Jingyun Fang,R. A. Houghton,Pekka E. Kauppi,Werner A. Kurz,Oliver L. Phillips,А. Shvidenko,Simon L. Lewis,Josep G. Canadell,Philippe Ciais,Robert B. Jackson,Stephen W. Pacala,A. David McGuire,Shilong Piao,Aapo Rautiainen,Stephen Sitch,Daniel J. Hayes
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Protecting climate with forests
2008 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Robert B. Jackson,James T. Randerson,Josep G. Canadell,Ray G. Anderson,Roni Avissar,Dennis Baldocchi,Gordon B. Bonan,Ken Caldeira,Noah S. Diffenbaugh,Christopher B. Field,Bruce A. Hungate,Estéban G. Jobbágy,Lara M. Kueppers,Marcelo D. Nosetto,Diane E. Pataki
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Anthropogenic and biophysical contributions to increasing atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> growth rate and airborne fraction
2008 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Corinne Le Quéré,Josep G. Canadell,Michael Raupach
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Contributions to accelerating atmospheric CO 2 growth from economic activity, carbon intensity, and efficiency of natural sinksbreakdown →
2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Josep G. Canadell,Corinne Le Quéré,Michael Raupach,Christopher B. Field,Erik T. Buitenhuis,Philippe Ciais,T. J. Conway,Nathan P. Gillett,R. A. Houghton,Gregg Marland
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About Josep G. Canadell

Josep G. Canadell is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering, having authored 210 papers that have together received 37.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (104 papers), Climate variability and models (37 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (35 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (19.0k citations), Atmospheric Science (9.3k citations) and Soil Science (4.6k citations). Josep G. Canadell has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Michael Raupach, Robert B. Jackson, Corinne Le Quéré, Glen P. Peters, Ernst‐Detlef Schulze, Harold A. Mooney, Osvaldo E. Sala, Philippe Ciais, Robbie M. Andrew and Gregg Marland. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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