Mark A. Saunders

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
72 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Mark A. Saunders is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark A. Saunders has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Atmospheric Science, 29 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Mark A. Saunders's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (25 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (25 papers) and Climate variability and models (24 papers). Mark A. Saunders is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (25 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (25 papers) and Climate variability and models (24 papers). Mark A. Saunders collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Mark A. Saunders's co-authors include Benjamin Lloyd‐Hughes, C. T. Russell, D. J. Southwood, Rade Musulin, Roger A. Pielke, Christopher W. Landsea, Adam S. Lea, C. J. Farrugia, N. Sckopke and Budong Qian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Mark A. Saunders

69 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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 drought climatology for Europe

2002 976 citations Benjamin Lloyd‐Hughes, Mark A. Saunders International Journal of Climatology profile →
Normalized Hurricane Damage in the United States: 1900–2005

2008 848 citations Mark A. Saunders et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark A. Saunders United Kingdom	30	2.4k	1.7k	1.5k	767	627	72	4.6k
J. P. McFadden United States	40	2.5k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	620 0.8×	158 0.3×	78	6.2k
Shingo Watanabe Japan	41	4.5k 1.9×	4.5k 2.7×	1.7k 1.1×	131 0.2×	1.3k 2.1×	154	7.0k
R. A. Goldberg United States	29	942 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	152 0.2×	165 0.3×	89	2.9k
Joanna D. Haigh United Kingdom	38	4.6k 1.9×	5.1k 3.0×	1.7k 1.2×	278 0.4×	711 1.1×	127	6.9k
Michael Kühn Australia	35	928 0.4×	726 0.4×	494 0.3×	607 0.8×	2.0k 3.2×	124	3.5k
Curt Covey United States	28	5.1k 2.1×	4.6k 2.7×	578 0.4×	66 0.1×	1.2k 1.9×	77	6.8k
Starley L. Thompson United States	39	2.5k 1.0×	2.9k 1.7×	361 0.2×	64 0.1×	271 0.4×	84	4.7k
Anthony D. Del Genio United States	54	7.4k 3.1×	7.7k 4.6×	2.0k 1.3×	263 0.3×	1.1k 1.8×	154	10.0k
Abhijit Mitra India	31	572 0.2×	646 0.4×	929 0.6×	216 0.3×	193 0.3×	197	3.0k
Hauke Schmidt Germany	42	4.7k 1.9×	5.3k 3.1×	1.5k 1.0×	82 0.1×	604 1.0×	135	6.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Normandeau, Alexandre, Nicolas Van Nieuwenhove, Anne de Vernal, et al.. (2024). Labrador Coastal Current and productivity variations offshore Nain (Nunatsiavut) during the late Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews. 337. 108790–108790.

Saunders, Mark A., Philip J. Klotzbach, Adam S. Lea, Carl J. Schreck, & Michael M. Bell. (2020). Quantifying the Probability and Causes of the Surprisingly Active 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season. Earth and Space Science. 7(3). 11 indexed citations

Saunders, Mark A. & Adam S. Lea. (2019). August Forecast Update for North Atlantic Hurricane Activity in 2019. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

Saunders, Mark A., et al.. (2017). Methodology for Computation of UK Windstorm Gust Return Levels on a High Spatial Resolution (100 m) Grid. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

Saunders, Mark A. & Adam S. Lea. (2008). Large contribution of sea surface warming to recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity. Nature. 451(7178). 557–560. 168 indexed citations

Manning, Peter, John E. Newington, Mark A. Saunders, et al.. (2006). Decoupling the direct and indirect effects of nitrogen deposition on ecosystem function. Ecology Letters. 9(9). 1015–1024. 82 indexed citations

Saunders, Mark A., et al.. (2005). April forecast update for Atlantic hurricane activity in 2005. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

Saunders, Mark A. & Adam S. Lea. (2005). Seasonal prediction of hurricane activity reaching the coast of the United States. Nature. 434(7036). 1005–1008. 73 indexed citations

Saunders, Mark A., et al.. (2004). August forecast update for Northwest Pacific typhoon activity in 2004. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Lloyd‐Hughes, Benjamin, et al.. (2004). A Consolidated CLIPER Model for Improved August–September ENSO Prediction Skill. Weather and Forecasting. 19(6). 1089–1105. 5 indexed citations

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Saunders, Mark A., et al.. (2002). March Forecast Update for Atlantic Hurricane Activity in 2002. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Lloyd‐Hughes, Benjamin & Mark A. Saunders. (2002). Seasonal prediction of European spring precipitation from El Niño–Southern Oscillation and Local sea‐surface temperatures. International Journal of Climatology. 22(1). 1–14. 91 indexed citations

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Lloyd‐Hughes, Benjamin & Mark A. Saunders. (2002). A drought climatology for Europe. International Journal of Climatology. 22(13). 1571–1592. 976 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saunders, Mark A. & Budong Qian. (2002). Seasonal predictability of the winter NAO from north Atlantic sea surface temperatures. Geophysical Research Letters. 29(22). 47 indexed citations

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Saunders, Mark A.. (1998). Central and Eastern European Floods of July 1997. UCL Discovery (University College London). 7 indexed citations

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Saunders, Mark A., et al.. (1996). Reducing Cloud Contamination in ATSR Averaged Sea Surface Temperature Data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 13(2). 492–506. 24 indexed citations

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Southwood, D. J. & Mark A. Saunders. (1985). Curvature coupling of slow and Alfvén MHD waves in a magnetotail field configuration. Planetary and Space Science. 33(1). 127–134. 62 indexed citations

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Saunders, Mark A.. (1983). Recent ISEE observations of the magnetopause and low latitude boundary layer - A review. 52(1). 190–198. 33 indexed citations

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Saunders, Mark A., D. J. Southwood, E. W. Hones, & C. T. Russell. (1981). A hydromagnetic vortex seen by ISEE-1 and 2. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 43(9). 927–932. 24 indexed citations

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Bering, E. A., T. J. Rosenberg, J. R. Benbrook, et al.. (1980). Electric fields, electron precipitation, and VLF radiation during a simultaneous magnetospheric substorm and atmospheric thunderstorm. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 85(A1). 55–72. 57 indexed citations

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