Michael Eby

12.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
89 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Eby is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Eby has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 57 papers in Atmospheric Science and 35 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Michael Eby's work include Climate variability and models (47 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (33 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers). Michael Eby is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (47 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (33 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers). Michael Eby collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Michael Eby's co-authors include Andrew J. Weaver, Kirsten Zickfeld, H. Damon Matthews, Katrin J. Meißner, Álvaro Montenegro, Marika M. Holland, Cecilia M. Bitz, Oleg A. Saenko, David Archer and Edward C. Wiebe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Eby

87 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

The UVic earth system climate model: Model description, climatology, and applications to past, present and future climates

2001 579 citations Andrew J. Weaver, Michael Eby et al. profile →
Atmospheric Lifetime of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide

2009 514 citations David Archer, Michael Eby et al. profile →
Carbon–Concentration and Carbon–Climate Feedbacks in CMIP5 Earth System Models

2013 512 citations Vivek K. Arora, Michael Eby et al. Journal of Climate profile →
A model intercomparison of changes in the Atlantic thermohaline circulation in response to increasing atmospheric CO₂ concentration

2005 501 citations Andrew J. Weaver, Michael Eby et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Eby Canada	38	3.8k	3.4k	2.1k	905	751	89	6.3k
R. L. Langenfelds Australia	41	6.1k 1.6×	5.4k 1.6×	956 0.5×	919 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	98	8.3k
Aixue Hu United States	47	6.1k 1.6×	5.7k 1.7×	3.6k 1.7×	649 0.7×	688 0.9×	135	8.9k
Ralph F. Keeling United States	45	5.6k 1.5×	4.2k 1.3×	3.4k 1.6×	823 0.9×	1.6k 2.1×	153	9.1k
T. C. Johns United Kingdom	20	6.0k 1.6×	4.8k 1.4×	1.4k 0.7×	275 0.3×	707 0.9×	29	8.2k
Richard Wood United Kingdom	33	4.8k 1.3×	4.1k 1.2×	2.5k 1.2×	460 0.5×	526 0.7×	74	6.8k
Thierry Fichefet Belgium	40	4.7k 1.2×	6.7k 2.0×	2.3k 1.1×	939 1.0×	879 1.2×	125	8.9k
U. Siegenthaler Switzerland	40	3.3k 0.9×	4.4k 1.3×	2.0k 0.9×	975 1.1×	1.7k 2.2×	73	7.7k
Uwe Mikolajewicz Germany	53	5.4k 1.4×	6.8k 2.0×	4.2k 2.0×	1.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	146	10.0k
Jasmin G. John United States	34	5.2k 1.4×	3.1k 0.9×	2.9k 1.4×	621 0.7×	1.4k 1.9×	70	8.0k
Ulrich Cubasch Germany	40	5.7k 1.5×	6.4k 1.9×	1.4k 0.7×	269 0.3×	760 1.0×	146	8.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Eby

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Eby

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Weaver, Andrew J., et al.. (2025). Mitigating anthropogenic climate change with aqueous green energy. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 1700–1700. 3 indexed citations

Eby, Michael, et al.. (2025). Environmental impacts from the widespread implementation of ocean thermal energy conversion. Climatic Change. 178(5). 102–102. 2 indexed citations

Zickfeld, Kirsten, Andrew H. MacDougall, Joe R. Melton, et al.. (2021). WETMETH 1.0: a new wetland methane model for implementation in Earth system models. Geoscientific model development. 14(10). 6215–6240. 11 indexed citations

Mengis, Nadine, David P. Keller, Andrew H. MacDougall, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of the University of Victoria Earth System Climate Model version 2.10 (UVic ESCM 2.10). Geoscientific model development. 13(9). 4183–4204. 39 indexed citations

Jones, Chris, Thomas L. Frölicher, Charles D. Koven, et al.. (2019). The Zero Emissions Commitment Model Intercomparison Project (ZECMIP) contribution to C4MIP: quantifying committed climate changes following zero carbon emissions. Geoscientific model development. 12(10). 4375–4385. 69 indexed citations

Swart, Neil C., John C. Fyfe, Oleg A. Saenko, & Michael Eby. (2014). Wind-driven changes in the ocean carbon sink. Biogeosciences. 11(21). 6107–6117. 17 indexed citations

Meißner, Katrin J., et al.. (2013). Impact of sea ice variability on the oxygen isotope content of seawater under glacial and interglacial conditions. Paleoceanography. 28(3). 388–400. 22 indexed citations

Wania, R., Katrin J. Meißner, Michael Eby, et al.. (2012). Carbon-nitrogen feedbacks in the UVic ESCM. Geoscientific model development. 5(5). 1137–1160. 25 indexed citations

Montenegro, Álvaro, et al.. (2012). Spatial scale dependency of the modelled climatic response to deforestation. 5 indexed citations

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Fyke, Jeremy, et al.. (2011). A new coupled ice sheet/climate model: description and sensitivity to model physics under Eemian, Last Glacial Maximum, late Holocene and modern climate conditions. Geoscientific model development. 4(1). 117–136. 63 indexed citations

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Somes, Christopher J., Andreas Schmittner, Eric D. Galbraith, et al.. (2010). Simulating the global distribution of nitrogen isotopes in the ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 24(4). 195 indexed citations

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Cao, Long, Michael Eby, & Andy Ridgwell. (2009). The importance of ocean transport in the fate of anthropogenic CO2. Biogeosciences. 6(6). 375–390. 2 indexed citations

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Cao, Long, Michael Eby, Andy Ridgwell, et al.. (2009). The role of ocean transport in the uptake of anthropogenic CO ₂. Biogeosciences. 6(3). 375–390. 88 indexed citations

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Weber, S. L., Sybren Drijfhout, Ayako Abe‐Ouchi, et al.. (2007). The modern and glacial overturning circulation in the Atlantic ocean in PMIP coupled model simulations. Climate of the past. 3(1). 51–64. 182 indexed citations

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Fyfe, John C., Oleg A. Saenko, Kirsten Zickfeld, Michael Eby, & Andrew J. Weaver. (2007). The Role of Poleward-Intensifying Winds on Southern Ocean Warming. Journal of Climate. 20(21). 5391–5400. 132 indexed citations

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Montenegro, Álvaro, Adauto Araújo, Michael Eby, et al.. (2006). Parasites, Paleoclimate, and the Peopling of the Americas. Current Anthropology. 47(1). 193–200. 27 indexed citations

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Saenko, Oleg A., Michael Eby, & Andrew J. Weaver. (2004). The effect of sea-ice extent in the North Atlantic on the stability of the thermohaline circulation in global warming experiments. Climate Dynamics. 22(6-7). 689–699. 11 indexed citations

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Weaver, Andrew J., et al.. (2003). Neoproterozoic “snowball Earth”: Dynamic sea ice over a quiescent ocean. Paleoceanography. 18(4). 34 indexed citations

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Nazarenko, Larissa, Tessa Sou, Michael Eby, & Greg Holloway. (1997). The Arctic ocean-ice system studied by contamination modelling. Annals of Glaciology. 25. 17–21. 5 indexed citations

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Nazarenko, Larissa, Tessa Sou, Michael Eby, & Greg Holloway. (1997). The Arctic ocean-ice system studied by contamination modelling. Annals of Glaciology. 25. 17–21. 1 indexed citations

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