M. Mu

9.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

M. Mu is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Mu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 15 papers in Atmospheric Science and 9 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in M. Mu's work include Climate variability and models (18 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (10 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (8 papers). M. Mu is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (18 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (10 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (8 papers). M. Mu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. M. Mu's co-authors include James T. Randerson, Douglas C. Morton, P. S. Kasibhatla, Guido R. van der Werf, Louis Giglio, G. J. Collatz, T. T. van Leeuwen, Ruth DeFries, Yufang Jin and Guang J. Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

M. Mu

25 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Global fire emissions and the contribution of deforestation, savanna, forest, agricultural, and peat fires (1997–2009)

2010 2.1k citations Guido R. van der Werf, James T. Randerson et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
Global fire emissions estimates during 1997–2016

2017 1.4k citations Guido R. van der Werf, James T. Randerson et al. Earth system science data profile →
Global covariation of carbon turnover times with climate in terrestrial ecosystems

2014 673 citations Nuno Carvalhais, Matthias Forkel et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Mu United States	18	4.6k	3.5k	861	597	409	29	5.7k
Silvia Kloster Germany	29	3.9k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	552 0.6×	450 0.8×	104 0.3×	48	4.5k
Brendan M. Rogers United States	33	5.2k 1.1×	3.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	376 0.6×	276 0.7×	106	6.3k
Ninglian Wang China	36	1.7k 0.4×	3.3k 1.0×	759 0.9×	386 0.6×	228 0.6×	253	4.9k
T. T. van Leeuwen Netherlands	14	3.6k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	591 0.7×	589 1.0×	70 0.2×	19	4.2k
Gitta Lasslop Germany	27	4.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	161 0.3×	300 0.7×	48	4.6k
Gonzalo Miguez‐Macho Spain	35	3.6k 0.8×	2.1k 0.6×	577 0.7×	104 0.2×	412 1.0×	87	5.5k
Niels Andela United States	22	3.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.3×	1.2k 1.4×	135 0.2×	252 0.6×	40	4.2k
Evan S. Kane United States	30	1.5k 0.3×	1.3k 0.4×	1.7k 2.0×	201 0.3×	392 1.0×	97	3.2k
Sergey Venevsky China	18	3.2k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.7×	90 0.2×	353 0.9×	35	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by M. Mu

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Mu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Mu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Randerson, James T., Yue Li, Weiwei Fu, et al.. (2025). The weak land carbon sink hypothesis. Science Advances. 11(37). eadr5489–eadr5489.

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Werf, Guido R. van der, James T. Randerson, Dave van Wees, et al.. (2025). Landscape fire emissions from the 5th version of the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED5). Scientific Data. 12(1). 1870–1870.

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Li, Weiping, et al.. (2023). Spatial and temporal variations of gross primary production simulated by land surface model BCC_AVIM2.0. Advances in Climate Change Research. 14(2). 286–299. 6 indexed citations

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Collier, Nathan, Forrest M. Hoffman, David M. Lawrence, et al.. (2018). The International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) System: Design, Theory, and Implementation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 10(11). 2731–2754. 202 indexed citations

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Werf, Guido R. van der, James T. Randerson, Louis Giglio, et al.. (2017). Global fire emissions estimates during 1997–2016. Earth system science data. 9(2). 697–720. 1447 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mu, M., James T. Randerson, W. J. Riley, & Forrest M. Hoffman. (2016). International land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) Package v001.00. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 4 indexed citations

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Carvalhais, Nuno, Matthias Forkel, Myroslava Khomik, et al.. (2014). Global covariation of carbon turnover times with climate in terrestrial ecosystems. Nature. 514(7521). 213–217. 673 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keppel‐Aleks, G., Aaron S. Wolf, M. Mu, et al.. (2014). Separating the influence of temperature, drought, and fire on interannual variability in atmospheric CO ₂. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 28(11). 1295–1310. 32 indexed citations

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Yu, Yang, et al.. (2012). Contribution of the location and spatial pattern of initial error to uncertainties in El Nino predictions. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 203. 1 indexed citations

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Werf, Guido R. van der, James T. Randerson, Louis Giglio, et al.. (2010). Global fire emissions and the contribution of deforestation, savanna, forest, agricultural, and peat fires (1997–2009). Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(23). 11707–11735. 2143 indexed citations breakdown →

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Werf, Guido R. van der, James T. Randerson, Louis Giglio, et al.. (2010). Global fire emissions and the contribution of deforestation, savanna, forest, agricultural, and peat fires (1997–2009). 71 indexed citations

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Mu, M. & Guang J. Zhang. (2008). Energetics of Madden Julian Oscillations in the NCAR CAM3: A Composite View. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(D5). 13 indexed citations

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Mu, M. & Guang J. Zhang. (2006). Energetics of Madden‐Julian oscillations in the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Atmosphere Model version 3 (NCAR CAM3). Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(D24). 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guang J. & M. Mu. (2005). Simulation of the Madden–Julian Oscillation in the NCAR CCM3 Using a Revised Zhang–McFarlane Convection Parameterization Scheme. Journal of Climate. 18(19). 4046–4064. 132 indexed citations

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Chongyin, Li, M. Mu, & Zhenxia Long. (2003). Influence of intraseasonal oscillation on east-asian summer monsoon. 17. 130–142.

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Mu, M., et al.. (2002). Predictability Problems In Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction. EGS General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2692. 2 indexed citations

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Chongyin, Li & M. Mu. (2001). The Influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole on Atmospheric Circulation and Climate. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 18(5). 831–843. 80 indexed citations

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Chongyin, Li, et al.. (2001). Origin of the Tbo-Interaction between anomalous east-Asian winter monsoon and enso cycle. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 18(4). 554–566. 36 indexed citations

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Li, Chongyin & M. Mu. (2000). Relationship between East Asian winter monsoon, warm pool situation and ENSO cycle. Chinese Science Bulletin. 45(16). 1448–1455. 34 indexed citations

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Chongyin, Li, M. Mu, & Guangqing Zhou. (1999). The variation of warm pool in the equatorial western pacific and its impacts on climate. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 16(3). 378–394. 12 indexed citations

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