Michael McCarthy

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 724 citations indexed

About

Michael McCarthy is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, General Health Professions and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael McCarthy has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 724 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Atmospheric Science, 7 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Michael McCarthy's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (24 papers), Climate change and permafrost (20 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (8 papers). Michael McCarthy is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (24 papers), Climate change and permafrost (20 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (8 papers). Michael McCarthy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Michael McCarthy's co-authors include Francesca Pellicciotti, Evan Miles, Stefan Fugger, Marin Kneib, Amaury Dehecq, Hamish D. Pritchard, Ian Willis, Thomas E. Shaw, Pascal Buri and Lindsey Nicholson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Michael McCarthy

44 papers receiving 701 citations

Hit Papers

Health and sustainability of glaciers in High Mountain Asia 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2025 50 100 150
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.

  1. Health and sustainability of glaciers in High Mountain Asia
    2021 167 citations Evan Miles, Michael McCarthy et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Global increase in the occurrence and impact of multiyear droughts
    2025 44 citations Pascal Buri, Simone Fatichi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael McCarthy United States 13 596 182 128 99 82 49 724
G. A. Nosenko Russia 13 861 1.4× 159 0.9× 150 1.2× 84 0.8× 38 0.5× 40 929
Mauro Valt Italy 16 570 1.0× 63 0.3× 142 1.1× 198 2.0× 69 0.8× 46 688
Thomas Slater United Kingdom 9 472 0.8× 207 1.1× 89 0.7× 107 1.1× 11 0.1× 16 568
G. J. Wolken United States 12 578 1.0× 93 0.5× 139 1.1× 79 0.8× 39 0.5× 34 654
Mohd Farooq Azam India 17 1.5k 2.5× 266 1.5× 219 1.7× 211 2.1× 169 2.1× 42 1.6k
C. Simon L. Ommanney Canada 12 716 1.2× 110 0.6× 125 1.0× 65 0.7× 32 0.4× 26 755
Ryan Wilson United Kingdom 14 476 0.8× 75 0.4× 97 0.8× 112 1.1× 38 0.5× 28 574
Mariusz Grabiec Poland 18 655 1.1× 145 0.8× 177 1.4× 43 0.4× 14 0.2× 38 713
Ding Yongjian China 13 426 0.7× 33 0.2× 67 0.5× 105 1.1× 115 1.4× 50 537
Martin Großhauser Austria 4 588 1.0× 48 0.3× 34 0.3× 167 1.7× 164 2.0× 5 652

Countries citing papers authored by Michael McCarthy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael McCarthy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Michael McCarthy. 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 Michael McCarthy. The network helps show where Michael McCarthy may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael McCarthy

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shaw, Thomas E., Evan Miles, Michael McCarthy, et al.. (2025). Mountain glaciers recouple to atmospheric warming over the twenty-first century. Nature Climate Change. 15(11). 1212–1218.
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Fyffe, Catriona, Evan Miles, Thomas E. Shaw, et al.. (2025). Thin and ephemeral snow shapes melt and runoff dynamics in the Peruvian Andes. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 434–434. 1 indexed citations
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Shaw, Thomas E., Evan Miles, Marin Kneib, et al.. (2025). Snowfall decrease in recent years undermines glacier health and meltwater resources in the Northwestern Pamirs. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 691–691. 1 indexed citations
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Kneib, Marin, Catriona Fyffe, Evan Miles, et al.. (2023). Controls on Ice Cliff Distribution and Characteristics on Debris‐Covered Glaciers. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(6). 17 indexed citations
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Compagno, Loris, Matthias Huss, Evan Miles, et al.. (2022). Modelling supraglacial debris-cover evolution from the single-glacier to the regional scale: an application to High Mountain Asia. ˜The œcryosphere. 16(5). 1697–1718. 25 indexed citations
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Fugger, Stefan, Catriona Fyffe, Simone Fatichi, et al.. (2022). Understanding monsoon controls on the energy and mass balance of glaciers in the Central and Eastern Himalaya. ˜The œcryosphere. 16(5). 1631–1652. 33 indexed citations
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Miles, Evan, Michael McCarthy, Amaury Dehecq, et al.. (2021). Health and sustainability of glaciers in High Mountain Asia. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2868–2868. 167 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fugger, Stefan, Catriona Fyffe, Simone Fatichi, et al.. (2021). Understanding monsoon controls on the energy and mass balance of Himalayan glaciers. 4 indexed citations
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Compagno, Loris, Matthias Huss, Evan Miles, et al.. (2021). Modelling supraglacial debris-cover evolution from the single glacier to the regional scale: an application to High Mountain Asia. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 3 indexed citations
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Nicholson, Lindsey, Michael McCarthy, Hamish D. Pritchard, & Ian Willis. (2018). Supraglacial debris thickness variability: impact on ablation and relation to terrain properties. ˜The œcryosphere. 12(12). 3719–3734. 63 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Michael, Hamish D. Pritchard, Ian Willis, & Edward C. King. (2017). Ground-penetrating radar measurements of debris thickness on Lirung Glacier, Nepal. Journal of Glaciology. 63(239). 543–555. 56 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Michael. (2015). US gives food manufacturers three years to ban trans fats. BMJ. 350(jun17 7). h3315–h3315. 3 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Michael. (2015). US panel proposes new name and diagnostic criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome. BMJ. 350(feb10 21). h775–h775. 1 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Michael. (2014). Maine judge refuses to quarantine nurse who cared for Ebola patients. BMJ. 349(nov03 12). g6606–g6606. 1 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Michael. (2014). US Senate confirms Burwell as secretary of health. BMJ. 348(jun09 7). g3813–g3813.
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McCarthy, Michael. (2014). 26 nations join US Global Health Security Agenda. BMJ. 348(feb18 4). g1589–g1589. 5 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Michael. (2013). Most uninsured Americans plan to buy insurance in response to health reform law. BMJ. 347(oct02 3). f5962–f5962. 1 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Michael. (2013). US moves to ban trans fats. BMJ. 347(nov08 7). f6749–f6749. 5 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Michael. (2013). Health act's troubled rollout hammers popular support. BMJ. 347(nov25 5). f7058–f7058. 1 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Michael. (2013). FDA reveals new initiatives to deal with drug shortages. BMJ. 347(nov04 6). f6646–f6646. 2 indexed citations

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