Maria Sand

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Maria Sand is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Sand has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Atmospheric Science, 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Maria Sand's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (14 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (13 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (9 papers). Maria Sand is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (14 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (13 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (9 papers). Maria Sand collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United Kingdom and United States. Maria Sand's co-authors include Terje K. Berntsen, Øyvind Seland, Jón Egill Kristjánsson, Alf Kirkevåg, Joakim Langner, M. Flanner, Knut von Salzen, David G. Victor, Didier Hauglustaine and Richard G. Derwent and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Climate, Geophysical Research Letters and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

Maria Sand

19 papers receiving 1.0k 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 multi-model assessment of the Global Warming Potential of hydrogen

2023 129 citations Maria Sand, Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie et al. Communications Earth & Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Sand Norway	12	746	730	168	81	79	20	1.1k
Joana Leitão Germany	11	714 1.0×	567 0.8×	375 2.2×	26 0.3×	237 3.0×	22	1.1k
Günter Helas Germany	14	616 0.8×	490 0.7×	184 1.1×	36 0.4×	83 1.1×	18	892
James S. Wang United States	14	479 0.6×	463 0.6×	119 0.7×	11 0.1×	82 1.0×	21	731
Alexander de Meij Italy	22	1.1k 1.4×	812 1.1×	523 3.1×	14 0.2×	259 3.3×	45	1.4k
Modi Ahmed Kuwait	13	194 0.3×	240 0.3×	84 0.5×	37 0.5×	63 0.8×	20	647
Tore Flatlandsmo Berglen Norway	14	1.1k 1.5×	603 0.8×	336 2.0×	24 0.3×	587 7.4×	20	1.6k
Alba Lorente Netherlands	23	1.2k 1.6×	1.5k 2.0×	336 2.0×	7 0.1×	294 3.7×	43	1.8k
Sudhanshu Pandey Netherlands	21	841 1.1×	1.4k 1.9×	83 0.5×	7 0.1×	161 2.0×	43	1.5k
Noor Al-Dousari Kuwait	12	156 0.2×	200 0.3×	76 0.5×	35 0.4×	62 0.8×	14	589
T. Saud India	19	735 1.0×	311 0.4×	728 4.3×	17 0.2×	311 3.9×	30	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Maria Sand

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maria Sand

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Sand

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Skeie, Ragnhild Bieltvedt, Marit Sandstad, Srinath Krishnan, Gunnar Myhre, & Maria Sand. (2025). Sensitivity of climate effects of hydrogen to leakage size, location, and chemical background. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 25(9). 4929–4942. 3 indexed citations

Sandstad, Marit, Srinath Krishnan, Gunnar Myhre, Maria Sand, & Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie. (2025). What to consider when considering climate effects of hydrogen – Towards an assessment framework. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 145. 795–802. 2 indexed citations

Hodnebrog, Øivind, et al.. (2023). Future projections of atmospheric icing in Norway. Cold Regions Science and Technology. 210. 103836–103836. 2 indexed citations

Sand, Maria, Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie, Marit Sandstad, et al.. (2023). A multi-model assessment of the Global Warming Potential of hydrogen. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 129 indexed citations breakdown →

Stjern, Camilla W., Piers Forster, Matthew Kasoar, et al.. (2023). The Time Scales of Climate Responses to Carbon Dioxide and Aerosols. Journal of Climate. 36(11). 3537–3551. 11 indexed citations

Räisänen, Petri, Joonas Merikanto, Risto Makkonen, et al.. (2022). Mapping the dependence of black carbon radiative forcing on emission region and season. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(17). 11579–11602. 2 indexed citations

Hodnebrog, Øivind, et al.. (2022). Future Projections of Atmospheric Icing in Norway. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Hauglustaine, Didier, Fabien Paulot, W. J. Collins, et al.. (2022). Climate benefit of a future hydrogen economy. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 90 indexed citations

Sand, Maria, Gunnar Myhre, Marit Sandstad, & Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie. (2020). Atmospheric Impacts of Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 1 indexed citations

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Sand, Maria, Terje K. Berntsen, Annica M. L. Ekman, Hans‐Christen Hansson, & Anna Lewinschal. (2020). Surface temperature response to regional black carbon emissions: do location and magnitude matter?. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(5). 3079–3089. 10 indexed citations

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İm, Ulaş, Jesper Heile Christensen, Ole-Kenneth Nielsen, et al.. (2019). Contributions of Nordic anthropogenic emissions on air pollution and premature mortality over the Nordic region and the Arctic. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(20). 12975–12992. 22 indexed citations

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Lewinschal, Anna, Annica M. L. Ekman, Hans‐Christen Hansson, et al.. (2019). Local and remote temperature response of regional SO ₂ emissions. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(4). 2385–2403. 25 indexed citations

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Samset, B. H., et al.. (2019). How Daily Temperature and Precipitation Distributions Evolve With Global Surface Temperature.. Earth s Future. 7(12). 1323–1336. 18 indexed citations

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Samset, B. H., Maria Sand, Chris Smith, et al.. (2018). Climate Impacts From a Removal of Anthropogenic Aerosol Emissions. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(2). 1020–1029. 144 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Rashed, Knut von Salzen, M. Flanner, et al.. (2016). Seasonality of global and Arctic black carbon processes in the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme models. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 121(12). 7100–7116. 43 indexed citations

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Sand, Maria, Terje K. Berntsen, Knut von Salzen, et al.. (2015). Response of Arctic temperature to changes in emissions of short-lived climate forcers. Nature Climate Change. 6(3). 286–289. 160 indexed citations

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Sand, Maria, Trond Iversen, Patrik Bohlinger, et al.. (2015). A Standardized Global Climate Model Study Showing Unique Properties for the Climate Response to Black Carbon Aerosols. Journal of Climate. 28(6). 2512–2526. 24 indexed citations

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Iversen, Trond, Mats Bentsen, Ingo Bethke, et al.. (2013). The Norwegian Earth System Model, NorESM1-M – Part 2: Climate response and scenario projections. Geoscientific model development. 6(2). 389–415. 249 indexed citations

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Sand, Maria, Terje K. Berntsen, Jennifer E. Kay, et al.. (2013). The Arctic response to remote and local forcing of black carbon. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(1). 211–224. 72 indexed citations

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Sand, Maria, Terje K. Berntsen, Øyvind Seland, & Jón Egill Kristjánsson. (2013). Arctic surface temperature change to emissions of black carbon within Arctic or midlatitudes. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 118(14). 7788–7798. 75 indexed citations

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