M. S. McCaffrey

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 974 citations indexed

About

M. S. McCaffrey is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, M. S. McCaffrey has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 974 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 3 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in M. S. McCaffrey's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (12 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (7 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (3 papers). M. S. McCaffrey is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (12 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (7 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (3 papers). M. S. McCaffrey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. M. S. McCaffrey's co-authors include Joshua Rosenau, Avit Kumar Bhowmik, Minda Berbeco, Ann Reid, Eric Plutzer, Jonathan F. Donges, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Ilona M. Otto, Franziska Allerberger and Wolfgang Lucht and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

M. S. McCaffrey

19 papers receiving 917 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.

Social tipping dynamics for stabilizing Earth’s climate by 2050

2020 481 citations Ilona M. Otto, Jonathan F. Donges et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

M. S. McCaffrey

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Victoria Wibeck Sweden

Bronwyn Hayward New Zealand

Stephanie Moser Switzerland

Manjana Milkoreit United States

Abel Gustafson United States

Margaret Gooch Australia

Matthew T. Ballew United States

Annie Oxarart United States

Jacqueline Frick Switzerland

Alison Shaw Canada

Victoria Wibeck Sweden

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639 ×1.3

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352 ×0.8

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388 ×1.8

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150 ×1.0

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72 ×0.9

Citations per year, relative to M. S. McCaffrey M. S. McCaffrey (= 1×) peers Victoria Wibeck

Countries citing papers authored by M. S. McCaffrey

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. S. McCaffrey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by M. S. McCaffrey. 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 M. S. McCaffrey. The network helps show where M. S. McCaffrey may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. S. McCaffrey

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

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19 of 19 papers shown

Eker, Sibel, Charlie Wilson, Niklas Höhne, et al.. (2024). Harnessing social tipping dynamics: A systems approach for accelerating decarbonization. One Earth. 7(6). 976–988. 7 indexed citations

McCaffrey, M. S. & Jean Boucher. (2022). Pedagogy of agency and action, powers of 10, and fractal entanglement: Radical means for rapid societal transformation toward survivability and justice. Energy Research & Social Science. 90. 102668–102668. 4 indexed citations

Bhowmik, Avit Kumar, et al.. (2020). Powers of 10: seeking ‘sweet spots’ for rapid climate and sustainability actions between individual and global scales. Environmental Research Letters. 15(9). 94011–94011. 20 indexed citations

Meyer, Kris De, et al.. (2020). Transforming the stories we tell about climate change: from ‘issue’ to ‘action’. Environmental Research Letters. 16(1). 15002–15002. 69 indexed citations

Boucher, Jean, et al.. (2020). From the suites to the streets: Examining the range of behaviors and attitudes of international climate activists. Energy Research & Social Science. 72. 101866–101866. 20 indexed citations

Otto, Ilona M., Jonathan F. Donges, Roger Cremades, et al.. (2020). Social tipping dynamics for stabilizing Earth’s climate by 2050. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(5). 2354–2365. 481 indexed citations breakdown →

Plutzer, Eric, M. S. McCaffrey, A. Lee Hannah, et al.. (2016). Climate confusion among U.S. teachers. Science. 351(6274). 664–665. 191 indexed citations

Plutzer, Eric, et al.. (2016). Mixed Messages: How Climate Change is Taught in America's Public Schools. Journal of Bioresource Management. 16 indexed citations

Berbeco, Minda, et al.. (2014). Choose Controversies Wisely: When Teaching Scientific Argumentation, Selecting the Wrong Topic Can Impair-Rather Than Increase-Student Understanding. The Science Teacher. 81(4). 8. 5 indexed citations

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Ledley, T. S., et al.. (2014). Moving Toward Collective Impact in Climate Change Literacy: The Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN). Journal of Geoscience Education. 62(3). 307–318. 16 indexed citations

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Berbeco, Minda, et al.. (2014). Commentary: Choose Controversies Wisely. The Science Teacher. 81(4). 8–9. 6 indexed citations

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McCaffrey, M. S. & Joshua Rosenau. (2012). Science literacy still matters. Nature Climate Change. 2(9). 636–636. 12 indexed citations

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Gold, Anne, et al.. (2012). Peer-Review of Digital Educational Resources—A Rigorous Review Process Developed by the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN). Journal of Geoscience Education. 60(4). 295–308. 15 indexed citations

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Pesnell, W. D., et al.. (2011). The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Education and Outreach (E/PO) Program: Changing Perceptions One Program at a Time. Solar Physics. 275(1-2). 391–406. 1 indexed citations

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Salmon, R. A., David Carlson, Jenny Baeseman, et al.. (2011). Education, outreach and communication during the International Polar Year 2007–2008: stimulating a global polar community. The Polar Journal. 1(2). 265–285. 20 indexed citations

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McCaffrey, M. S., et al.. (2008). Clarifying Climate Confusion: Addressing Systemic Holes, Cognitive Gaps, and Misconceptions Through Climate Literacy. Physical Geography. 29(6). 512–528. 82 indexed citations

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Salmon, R. A., et al.. (2007). International Polar Year 2007-8: a Global Collaboration Between Scientists and the Community. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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McCaffrey, M. S., et al.. (2005). Fluid Transfer Mechanism Using Geochemistry in Shallow Oil Zones of Bahrain Oil Field. SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference. 4 indexed citations

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McCaffrey, M. S., et al.. (2005). Fluid transfer mechanism using Geochemistry in shallow oil zones of Bahrain field.. Proceedings of SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference. 4 indexed citations

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