Kai Kornhuber

4.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
41 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Kai Kornhuber is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Kornhuber has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 30 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Kai Kornhuber's work include Climate variability and models (35 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (25 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (10 papers). Kai Kornhuber is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (35 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (25 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (10 papers). Kai Kornhuber collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Kai Kornhuber's co-authors include Dim Coumou, Stefan Rahmstorf, Stefan Petri, Radley M. Horton, Vladimir Petoukhov, Efi Rousi, S. K. Miller, Michael Mann, Byron A. Steinman and Fei Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kai Kornhuber

40 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Understanding and managing connected extreme events 2019 2026 2021 2023 2020 2022 2019 2019 2022 100 200 300 400
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. Understanding and managing connected extreme events
    2020 416 citations Colin Raymond, Radley M. Horton et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  2. Accelerated western European heatwave trends linked to more-persistent double jets over Eurasia
    2022 297 citations Efi Rousi, Kai Kornhuber et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Extreme weather events in early summer 2018 connected by a recurrent hemispheric wave-7 pattern
    2019 272 citations Kai Kornhuber, Scott Osprey et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
  4. Amplified Rossby waves enhance risk of concurrent heatwaves in major breadbasket regions
    2019 246 citations Kai Kornhuber, Dim Coumou et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  5. 2021 North American heatwave amplified by climate change-driven nonlinear interactions
    2022 114 citations Kai Kornhuber, Mingfang Ting et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  6. Extreme terrestrial heat in 2023
    2024 58 citations Kai Kornhuber et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Kornhuber United States 25 2.2k 1.6k 390 320 276 41 3.1k
B. H. Samset Norway 34 3.1k 1.4× 3.0k 1.9× 630 1.6× 179 0.6× 96 0.3× 109 4.4k
Jesús Fernández Spain 28 2.7k 1.2× 2.2k 1.4× 98 0.3× 218 0.7× 245 0.9× 79 3.3k
Tatsuya Nagashima Japan 28 2.0k 0.9× 2.2k 1.3× 702 1.8× 223 0.7× 185 0.7× 72 3.4k
Kate M. Willett United Kingdom 21 1.8k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 363 0.9× 224 0.7× 394 1.4× 38 2.8k
T. C. Peterson United States 13 3.2k 1.5× 2.0k 1.2× 324 0.8× 203 0.6× 513 1.9× 20 4.4k
Sarah Sparrow United Kingdom 25 1.5k 0.7× 995 0.6× 194 0.5× 128 0.4× 106 0.4× 88 2.1k
Jascha Lehmann Germany 14 1.2k 0.5× 932 0.6× 83 0.2× 192 0.6× 151 0.5× 24 1.6k
Gary Strand United States 20 2.3k 1.0× 1.9k 1.2× 102 0.3× 647 2.0× 161 0.6× 39 3.3k
Fiona M. O’Connor United Kingdom 26 2.6k 1.2× 2.7k 1.6× 670 1.7× 246 0.8× 141 0.5× 92 3.8k
Hideo Shiogama Japan 42 5.3k 2.4× 4.1k 2.5× 336 0.9× 877 2.7× 455 1.6× 167 6.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Kornhuber

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Kornhuber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Kornhuber

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Kornhuber. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Kornhuber based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kai Kornhuber. Kai Kornhuber is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ting, Mingfang, et al.. (2025). CETD, a global compound events detection and visualisation toolbox and dataset. Scientific Data. 12(1). 356–356.
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Lian, Xu, et al.. (2025). Northern ecosystem productivity reduced by Rossby-wave-driven hot–dry conditions. Nature Geoscience. 18(7). 615–623. 3 indexed citations
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Kornhuber, Kai & Gabriele Messori. (2023). Recent Increase in a Recurrent Pan-Atlantic Wave Pattern Driving Concurrent Wintertime Extremes. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 104(9). E1694–E1708. 9 indexed citations
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Kornhuber, Kai, Corey Lesk, Carl‐Friedrich Schleussner, et al.. (2023). Risks of synchronized low yields are underestimated in climate and crop model projections. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3528–3528. 66 indexed citations
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Röthlisberger, Matthias, et al.. (2022). Recurrent Rossby waves and south-eastern Australian heatwaves. Weather and Climate Dynamics. 3(4). 1139–1156. 12 indexed citations
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Luo, Fei, Frank Selten, Kathrin Wehrli, et al.. (2022). Summertime Rossby waves in climate models: substantial biases in surface imprint associated with small biases in upper-level circulation. Weather and Climate Dynamics. 3(3). 905–935. 15 indexed citations
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Jiménez‐Esteve, Bernat, Kai Kornhuber, & Daniela I. V. Domeisen. (2022). Heat Extremes Driven by Amplification of Phase‐Locked Circumglobal Waves Forced by Topography in an Idealized Atmospheric Model. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(21). e2021GL096337–e2021GL096337. 19 indexed citations
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Lesk, Corey & Kai Kornhuber. (2022). An effective clean energy transition must anticipate growing climate disruptions. Environmental Research Climate. 1(1). 13002–13002. 1 indexed citations
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Kornhuber, Kai, et al.. (2022). Enhanced urban adaptation efforts needed to counter rising extreme rainfall risks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 31 indexed citations
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Gloege, Lucas, Kai Kornhuber, Indrani Pal, et al.. (2022). Land‐Atmosphere Cascade Fueled the 2020 Siberian Heatwave. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(6). 17 indexed citations
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Rogers, Cassandra D. W., Mingfang Ting, Cuihua Li, et al.. (2021). Recent Increases in Exposure to Extreme Humid‐Heat Events Disproportionately Affect Populated Regions. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(19). 94 indexed citations
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Kornhuber, Kai & Talia Tamarin‐Brodsky. (2021). Future Changes in Northern Hemisphere Summer Weather Persistence Linked to Projected Arctic Warming. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(4). 34 indexed citations
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Capua, Giorgia Di, Sarah Sparrow, Kai Kornhuber, et al.. (2021). Drivers behind the summer 2010 wave train leading to Russian heatwave and Pakistan flooding. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 4(1). 57 indexed citations
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Pfleiderer, Peter, Carl‐Friedrich Schleussner, Kai Kornhuber, & Dim Coumou. (2019). Summer weather becomes more persistent in a 2 °C world. Nature Climate Change. 9(9). 666–671. 151 indexed citations
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Kornhuber, Kai, Scott Osprey, Dim Coumou, et al.. (2019). Extreme weather events in early summer 2018 connected by a recurrent hemispheric wave-7 pattern. Environmental Research Letters. 14(5). 54002–54002. 272 indexed citations breakdown →
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Drouard, Marie, Kai Kornhuber, & Tim Woollings. (2019). Disentangling Dynamic Contributions to Summer 2018 Anomalous Weather Over Europe. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(21). 12537–12546. 55 indexed citations
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Petoukhov, Vladimir, Stefan Petri, Kai Kornhuber, et al.. (2018). Alberta wildfire 2016: Apt contribution from anomalous planetary wave dynamics. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12375–12375. 24 indexed citations
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Mann, Michael, Stefan Rahmstorf, Kai Kornhuber, et al.. (2017). Influence of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Planetary Wave Resonance and Extreme Weather Events. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 45242–45242. 260 indexed citations
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Kavalakkatt, Jaison, Xianzhong Lin, Kai Kornhuber, et al.. (2012). Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 from CuxSnSy nanoparticle precursors on ZnO nanorod arrays. Thin Solid Films. 535. 380–383. 11 indexed citations

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