Joyce E. Penner

35.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
237 papers, 17.2k citations indexed

About

Joyce E. Penner is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Joyce E. Penner has authored 237 papers receiving a total of 17.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 195 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 194 papers in Atmospheric Science and 24 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Joyce E. Penner's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (182 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (133 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (98 papers). Joyce E. Penner is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (182 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (133 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (98 papers). Joyce E. Penner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Joyce E. Penner's co-authors include T. Novakov, Catherine C. Chuang, Akinori Ito, Xiaohong Liu, Michael J. Prather, Karl E. Taylor, S. J. Ghan, J.J. Walton, Cheng Zhou and Sanford Sillman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Joyce E. Penner

228 papers receiving 15.8k citations

Hit Papers

Emissions of primary aerosol and precursor gases in ... 1993 2026 2004 2015 2006 1993 2009 1999 1996 200 400 600
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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. Emissions of primary aerosol and precursor gases in the years 2000 and 1750 prescribed data-sets for AeroCom
    2006 673 citations Stefan Kinne, Oliviér Boucher et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
  2. Large contribution of organic aerosols to cloud-condensation-nuclei concentrations
    1993 634 citations Joyce E. Penner et al. Nature profile →
  3. Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Aviation
    2009 569 citations Joyce E. Penner, Michael J. Prather et al. profile →
  4. Aviation and the Global Atmosphere
    1999 561 citations Joyce E. Penner et al. profile →
  5. A global three‐dimensional model study of carbonaceous aerosols
    1996 552 citations Joyce E. Penner, Catherine C. Chuang et al. profile →
  6. Contribution of different aerosol species to the global aerosol extinction optical thickness: Estimates from model results
    1997 521 citations Mian Chin, Joyce E. Penner et al. profile →
  7. Scattering and absorbing aerosols in the climate system
    2022 257 citations Jing Li, Barbara E. Carlson et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joyce E. Penner United States 67 14.2k 13.1k 3.4k 921 827 237 17.2k
B. E. Anderson United States 59 9.0k 0.6× 7.5k 0.6× 2.9k 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 614 0.7× 312 11.9k
Gunnar Myhre Norway 63 8.9k 0.6× 9.1k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 703 0.8× 973 1.2× 209 12.3k
Sonia M. Kreidenweis United States 82 20.5k 1.4× 16.3k 1.2× 7.5k 2.2× 965 1.0× 1.3k 1.6× 279 22.0k
Peter V. Hobbs United States 78 18.8k 1.3× 16.1k 1.2× 3.9k 1.1× 730 0.8× 1.4k 1.7× 386 21.4k
Ulrike Lohmann Switzerland 81 23.2k 1.6× 21.6k 1.6× 3.9k 1.2× 573 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 370 25.7k
A. Stohl Norway 86 22.3k 1.6× 20.5k 1.6× 6.0k 1.8× 822 0.9× 2.0k 2.5× 394 28.0k
K. S. Carslaw United Kingdom 67 13.0k 0.9× 10.4k 0.8× 2.7k 0.8× 238 0.3× 683 0.8× 212 14.6k
Oliviér Boucher France 78 19.5k 1.4× 21.7k 1.7× 3.3k 1.0× 476 0.5× 1.7k 2.0× 287 27.2k
Robert J. Charlson United States 63 17.4k 1.2× 14.1k 1.1× 4.7k 1.4× 567 0.6× 2.0k 2.4× 209 20.9k
Piers Forster United Kingdom 73 10.8k 0.8× 12.7k 1.0× 1.9k 0.6× 683 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 271 17.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joyce E. Penner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhu, Jialei, Joyce E. Penner, Chaopeng Hong, et al.. (2025). Cropland expansion reduces biogenic secondary organic aerosol and associated radiative cooling. Nature Geoscience. 18(7). 624–630. 1 indexed citations
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Prather, Michael J., Andrew Gettelman, & Joyce E. Penner. (2025). Trade-offs in aviation impacts on climate favour non-CO2 mitigation. Nature. 643(8073). 988–993. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Jing, Barbara E. Carlson, Yuk L. Yung, et al.. (2022). Scattering and absorbing aerosols in the climate system. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 3(6). 363–379. 257 indexed citations breakdown →
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Myhre, Gunnar, B. H. Samset, Kari Alterskjær, et al.. (2020). Cloudy-sky contributions to the direct aerosol effect. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(14). 8855–8865. 10 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jialei & Joyce E. Penner. (2019). Global Modeling of Secondary Organic Aerosol With Organic Nucleation. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 124(14). 8260–8286. 17 indexed citations
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Penner, Joyce E., Cheng Zhou, Anne Garnier, & David L. Mitchell. (2018). Anthropogenic Aerosol Indirect Effects in Cirrus Clouds. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(20). 11652–11677. 53 indexed citations
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Wu, Chenglai, Xiaohong Liu, Minghui Diao, et al.. (2017). Direct comparisons of ice cloud macro- and microphysical properties simulated by the Community Atmosphere Model version 5 with HIPPO aircraft observations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(7). 4731–4749. 13 indexed citations
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Zhou, Cheng & Joyce E. Penner. (2017). Why do general circulation models overestimate the aerosol cloud lifetime effect? A case study comparing CAM5 and a CRM. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(1). 21–29. 29 indexed citations
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Zhou, Cheng, Joyce E. Penner, Guangxing Lin, Xiaohong Liu, & Minghuai Wang. (2016). What controls the low ice number concentration in the upper troposphere?. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(19). 12411–12424. 14 indexed citations
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Penner, Joyce E., et al.. (2015). How Will Secondary Organic Aerosols Change in the Future. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015.
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Lin, Guangxing, Sanford Sillman, Joyce E. Penner, & Akinori Ito. (2014). Global modeling of SOA: the use of different mechanisms for aqueous-phase formation. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(11). 5451–5475. 92 indexed citations
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Yun, Yuxing, Joyce E. Penner, & Olga Popovicheva. (2013). The effects of hygroscopicity on ice nucleation of fossil fuel combustion aerosols in mixed-phase clouds. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(8). 4339–4348. 33 indexed citations
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Stier, Philip, Nick Schutgens, Nicolas Bellouin, et al.. (2013). Host model uncertainties in aerosol radiative forcing estimates: results from the AeroCom Prescribed intercomparison study. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(6). 3245–3270. 120 indexed citations
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Magnúsdóttir, Guðrún, E. J. Barron, Joyce E. Penner, et al.. (2007). Climate Variability and Change. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations
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Weisenstein, Debra K., et al.. (2006). Global 2-D intercomparison of sectional and modal aerosol modules. 1 indexed citations
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Zuffada, Cinzia, О. В. Калашникова, A. Eldering, et al.. (2006). Characterization Of The Global Angstrom Exponent And Aerosol Optical Depth From MISR Observations And IMPACT Model Predictions. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations
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Feng, Yan, Joyce E. Penner, & Y. Chen. (2005). Global Modeling of Nitrate and Ammonium: Implications on Direct and Indirect Aerosol Forcing. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Herzog, Michael, C. Jablonowski, R. Oehmke, et al.. (2003). Adaptive Grids in Climate Modeling: Concept and First Results. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations
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Luther, F. M., et al.. (1979). POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 26 indexed citations

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