Kathleen L. McInnes

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Kathleen L. McInnes is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathleen L. McInnes has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Atmospheric Science, 52 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 51 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Kathleen L. McInnes's work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (45 papers), Climate variability and models (42 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (26 papers). Kathleen L. McInnes is often cited by papers focused on Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (45 papers), Climate variability and models (42 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (26 papers). Kathleen L. McInnes collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Kathleen L. McInnes's co-authors include Kevin Walsh, Graeme D. Hubbert, Julian O’Grady, Mark Hemer, Ron Hoeke, Seth Westra, John Church, Michael Leonard, Janice Bathols and Ian Macadam and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Kathleen L. McInnes

89 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A compound event framework for understanding extreme impacts

2013 581 citations Seth Westra, Kathleen L. McInnes et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kathleen L. McInnes Australia	35	2.3k	2.3k	1.4k	924	531	89	4.1k
Michael Tsimplis United Kingdom	42	2.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	3.2k 2.3×	889 1.0×	473 0.9×	113	5.2k
Barry D. Keim United States	32	2.6k 1.1×	2.2k 0.9×	603 0.4×	341 0.4×	601 1.1×	93	4.2k
Hamed Moftakhari United States	27	2.7k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	396 0.3×	545 0.6×	367 0.7×	84	3.8k
Andreas Sterl Netherlands	35	2.9k 1.2×	2.9k 1.3×	2.5k 1.8×	664 0.7×	224 0.4×	64	5.0k
Amato T. Evan United States	30	3.5k 1.5×	2.9k 1.3×	538 0.4×	649 0.7×	647 1.2×	57	4.7k
Mark R. Jury South Africa	32	3.0k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	231 0.3×	395 0.7×	261	3.9k
M. deCastro Spain	39	1.6k 0.7×	882 0.4×	2.2k 1.6×	345 0.4×	677 1.3×	114	3.8k
Uwe Ulbrich Germany	43	5.4k 2.3×	4.7k 2.1×	933 0.7×	285 0.3×	306 0.6×	144	6.8k
Hai‐Ru Chang United States	13	1.9k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	331 0.4×	584 1.1×	15	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Kathleen L. McInnes

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hernaman, Vanessa, et al.. (2025). The effect of sea-level rise on tides, extreme sea levels and waves in Port Phillip Bay in south-eastern Australia. Ocean Modelling. 196. 102563–102563. 1 indexed citations

O’Grady, Julian, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of Parametric Tropical Cyclone Surface Winds over the Eastern Australian Region. Monthly Weather Review. 152(1). 345–361. 1 indexed citations

Wasko, Conrad, Seth Westra, Rory Nathan, et al.. (2023). A systematic review of climate change science relevant to Australian design flood estimation. 5 indexed citations

Colberg, Frank, Kathleen L. McInnes, Julian O’Grady, & Ron Hoeke. (2019). Atmospheric circulation changes and their impact on extreme sea levels around Australia. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 19(5). 1067–1086. 16 indexed citations

Hinkel, Jochen, John Church, Jonathan M. Gregory, et al.. (2019). Meeting User Needs for Sea Level Rise Information: A Decision Analysis Perspective. Earth s Future. 7(3). 320–337. 108 indexed citations

Cozannet, Gonéri Le, Robert J. Nicholls, Jochen Hinkel, et al.. (2017). Sea Level Change and Coastal Climate Services: The Way Forward. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 5(4). 49–49. 60 indexed citations

Walsh, Kevin, Christopher J. White, Kathleen L. McInnes, et al.. (2016). Natural hazards in Australia: storms, wind and hail. Climatic Change. 139(1). 55–67. 30 indexed citations

O’Grady, Julian, Kathleen L. McInnes, & Ron Hoeke. (2015). Forecasting maximum wave setup hazards around Australia. 636. 1 indexed citations

Hoeke, Ron, Kathleen L. McInnes, & Julian O’Grady. (2015). Wind and Wave Setup Contributions to Extreme Sea Levels at a Tropical High Island: A Stochastic Cyclone Simulation Study for Apia, Samoa. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 3(3). 1117–1135. 33 indexed citations

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Hoeke, Ron, et al.. (2013). Widespread inundation of Pacific islands triggered by distant-source wind-waves. Global and Planetary Change. 108. 128–138. 203 indexed citations

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Seneviratne, Sonia I., Neville Nicholls, David R. Easterling, et al.. (2012). Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment: An overview of the IPCC SREX report. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 12566. 48 indexed citations

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McInnes, Kathleen L., Julian O’Grady, Kevin Walsh, & Frank Colberg. (2011). Progress Towards Quantifying Storm Surge Risk in Fiji due to Climate Variability and Change. Journal of Coastal Research. 7 indexed citations

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McInnes, Kathleen L., Tim Erwin, & Janice Bathols. (2011). Global Climate Model projected changes in 10 m wind speed and direction due to anthropogenic climate change. Atmospheric Science Letters. 12(4). 325–333. 125 indexed citations

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Suppiah, Ramasamy, Kevin Hennessy, P. H. Whetton, et al.. (2007). Australian climate change projections derived from simulations performed for the IPCC 4th Assessment Report. 56(3). 131–152. 207 indexed citations

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Church, John, et al.. (2006). Sea-level rise around the Australian coastline and the changing frequency of extreme sea-level events. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 55(4). 253–260. 86 indexed citations

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Church, John, et al.. (2004). Sea-level rise and the frequency of extreme event around the Australian coastline. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 19(10). 1207–1209. 15 indexed citations

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Hubbert, Graeme D. & Kathleen L. McInnes. (1999). A storm surge inundation model for coastal planning and impact studies. Journal of Coastal Research. 15(1). 168–185. 108 indexed citations

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Pittock, A. Barrie, Kevin Walsh, & Kathleen L. McInnes. (1996). Tropical cyclones and coastal inundation under enhanced greenhouse conditions. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 92(1-2). 159–169. 3 indexed citations

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McInnes, Kathleen L. & John L. McBride. (1993). Australian Southerly Busters. Part I. Analysis of a Numerically Simulated Case Study. Monthly Weather Review. 121(7). 1904–1920. 12 indexed citations

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McBride, John L. & Kathleen L. McInnes. (1993). Australian Southerly Busters. Part II: The Dynamical Structure of the orographically. Monthly Weather Review. 121(7). 1921–1935. 9 indexed citations

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