Karl Stein

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 977 citations indexed

About

Karl Stein is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Karl Stein has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 977 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Karl Stein's work include Climate variability and models (11 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (6 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (5 papers). Karl Stein is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (11 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (6 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (5 papers). Karl Stein collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Japan. Karl Stein's co-authors include Axel Timmermann, Niklas Schneider, Malte F. Stuecker, Fei‐Fei Jin, Eui‐Seok Chung, Richard Rocheleau, Keith B. Rodgers, Ryohei Yamaguchi, Marc Matsuura and Kyung‐Sook Yun and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Karl Stein

16 papers receiving 961 citations

Hit Papers

Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200 250
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. Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability
    2021 271 citations Keith B. Rodgers, Sun‐Seon Lee et al. Earth System Dynamics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karl Stein United States 14 672 580 344 115 81 17 977
S. K. Dube India 20 400 0.6× 796 1.4× 651 1.9× 174 1.5× 11 0.1× 63 1.2k
Eun‐Jeong Lee South Korea 12 729 1.1× 724 1.2× 309 0.9× 15 0.1× 2 0.0× 42 905
Taro Takahashi Japan 7 236 0.4× 459 0.8× 121 0.4× 16 0.1× 3 0.0× 19 732
Xiaolu Yan China 15 302 0.4× 330 0.6× 29 0.1× 17 0.1× 17 0.2× 49 609
Andreas Will Germany 6 605 0.9× 572 1.0× 121 0.4× 10 0.1× 18 0.2× 17 887
Patrick T. Brown United States 11 417 0.6× 267 0.5× 110 0.3× 26 0.2× 5 0.1× 23 672
Young‐Min Yang China 18 983 1.5× 853 1.5× 377 1.1× 14 0.1× 4 0.0× 65 1.2k
Stefano Federico Italy 19 625 0.9× 722 1.2× 97 0.3× 15 0.1× 8 0.1× 83 976
Xiaoxu Shi Germany 15 328 0.5× 487 0.8× 228 0.7× 7 0.1× 2 0.0× 51 711
Yuqing Wang United States 17 1.2k 1.8× 1.5k 2.7× 794 2.3× 72 0.6× 16 0.2× 34 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Karl Stein

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karl Stein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Karl Stein. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Karl Stein. The network helps show where Karl Stein may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karl Stein

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karl Stein. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karl Stein 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 Karl Stein. Karl Stein is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Lee, Sun‐Seon, Nan Rosenbloom, Keith B. Rodgers, et al.. (2025). Multi-centennial climate change in a warming world beyond 2100. Earth System Dynamics. 16(5). 1427–1451.
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Kim, Ji‐Eun, Ryohei Yamaguchi, Keith B. Rodgers, et al.. (2023). Interannual fires as a source for subarctic summer decadal climate variability mediated by permafrost thawing. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 6(1). 4 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Ryohei, Ji‐Eun Kim, Keith B. Rodgers, et al.. (2023). Persistent Ocean Anomalies as a Response to Northern Hemisphere Heating Induced by Biomass Burning Variability. Journal of Climate. 36(23). 8225–8241. 7 indexed citations
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Zeller, Elke, Axel Timmermann, Kyung‐Sook Yun, et al.. (2023). Human adaptation to diverse biomes over the past 3 million years. Science. 380(6645). 604–608. 35 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Ryohei, Keith B. Rodgers, Axel Timmermann, et al.. (2022). Trophic level decoupling drives future changes in phytoplankton bloom phenology. Nature Climate Change. 12(5). 469–476. 33 indexed citations
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Ying, Jun, Matthew Collins, Wenju Cai, et al.. (2022). Emergence of climate change in the tropical Pacific. Nature Climate Change. 12(4). 356–364. 48 indexed citations
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Rodgers, Keith B., Sun‐Seon Lee, Nan Rosenbloom, et al.. (2021). Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability. 56 indexed citations
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Rodgers, Keith B., Sun‐Seon Lee, Nan Rosenbloom, et al.. (2021). Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability. Earth System Dynamics. 12(4). 1393–1411. 271 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yun, Kyung‐Sook, June‐Yi Lee, Axel Timmermann, et al.. (2021). Increasing ENSO–rainfall variability due to changes in future tropical temperature–rainfall relationship. Communications Earth & Environment. 2(1). 85 indexed citations
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Stein, Karl, Axel Timmermann, Eun Young Kwon, & Tobias Friedrich. (2020). Timing and magnitude of Southern Ocean sea ice/carbon cycle feedbacks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(9). 4498–4504. 31 indexed citations
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Stein, Karl, et al.. (2018). Characterization of a Fast Battery Energy Storage System for Primary Frequency Response. Energies. 11(12). 3358–3358. 26 indexed citations
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Stein, Karl, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of a 1 MW, 250 kW-hr Battery Energy Storage System for Grid Services for the Island of Hawaii. Energies. 11(12). 3367–3367. 14 indexed citations
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Dubarry, Matthieu, et al.. (2016). Battery Energy Storage System battery durability and reliability under electric utility grid operations: Analysis of 3 years of real usage. Journal of Power Sources. 338. 65–73. 78 indexed citations
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Stein, Karl, Axel Timmermann, Niklas Schneider, Fei‐Fei Jin, & Malte F. Stuecker. (2014). ENSO Seasonal Synchronization Theory. Journal of Climate. 27(14). 5285–5310. 102 indexed citations
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Widlansky, Matthew J., Axel Timmermann, Karl Stein, et al.. (2012). Changes in South Pacific rainfall bands in a warming climate. Nature Climate Change. 3(4). 417–423. 66 indexed citations
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Stein, Karl, Axel Timmermann, & Niklas Schneider. (2011). Phase Synchronization of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation with the Annual Cycle. Physical Review Letters. 107(12). 128501–128501. 48 indexed citations
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Stein, Karl, Niklas Schneider, Axel Timmermann, & Fei‐Fei Jin. (2010). Seasonal Synchronization of ENSO Events in a Linear Stochastic Model*. Journal of Climate. 23(21). 5629–5643. 73 indexed citations

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