Michael Oppenheimer

26.2k total citations · 15 hit papers
258 papers, 15.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Oppenheimer is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Oppenheimer has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 15.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 89 papers in Atmospheric Science and 44 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Michael Oppenheimer's work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (42 papers), Climate variability and models (38 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (34 papers). Michael Oppenheimer is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Policy and Economics (42 papers), Climate variability and models (38 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (34 papers). Michael Oppenheimer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Michael Oppenheimer's co-authors include Robert E. Kopp, Christopher M. Little, Brian C. O’Neill, Shuaizhang Feng, J. X. Mitrovica, Elie Bou‐Zeid, Radley M. Horton, David S. Wilcove, Bethany A. Bradley and Ning Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Oppenheimer

249 papers receiving 14.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States

2017 730 citations Solomon Hsiang, Robert E. Kopp et al. Science profile →
Probabilistic 21st and 22nd century sea‐level projections at a global network of tide‐gauge sites

2014 660 citations Robert E. Kopp, Radley M. Horton et al. Earth s Future profile →
Probabilistic assessment of sea level during the last interglacial stage

2009 547 citations Robert E. Kopp, J. X. Mitrovica et al. profile →
Physically based assessment of hurricane surge threat under climate change

2012 481 citations Ning Lin, Michael Oppenheimer et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Understanding and managing connected extreme events

2020 416 citations Radley M. Horton, Michael Oppenheimer et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Linkages among climate change, crop yields and Mexico–US cross-border migration

2010 391 citations Michael Oppenheimer et al. profile →
The effectiveness of cool and green roofs as urban heat island mitigation strategies

2014 380 citations Elie Bou‐Zeid, Michael Oppenheimer et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
Interactions between urban heat islands and heat waves

2017 344 citations Lei Zhao, Michael Oppenheimer et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment

2019 324 citations Michael Oppenheimer, Robert E. Kopp et al. profile →
Nonlinear permanent migration response to climatic variations but minimal response to disasters

2014 282 citations Michael Oppenheimer, Solomon Hsiang et al. profile →
IPCC reasons for concern regarding climate change risks

2017 278 citations Michael Oppenheimer, Stéphane Hallegatte et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Global multi-model projections of local urban climates

2021 221 citations Lei Zhao, Keith W. Oleson et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Climate variability and international migration: The importance of the agricultural linkage

2016 212 citations Michael Oppenheimer et al. profile →
Acting rapidly to deploy readily available methane mitigation measures by sector can immediately slow global warming

2021 209 citations Michael Oppenheimer, Stephen W. Pacala et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
Sea level rise risks and societal adaptation benefits in low-lying coastal areas

2022 101 citations Michael Oppenheimer et al. profile →

Peers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Oppenheimer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Oppenheimer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Oppenheimer 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 Oppenheimer. Michael Oppenheimer 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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Quasi‐Governmental Organization Under Pressure: The Connecticut Green Bank's Response to a Budget Shock 2025 ·Environmental Policy and Governance ·(unknown), Adam Goldstein, Michael Oppenheimer	0
2	US-CoastEX: Observation-based probabilistic reanalysis of storm surge and sea level extremes for the United States 2025 ·Scientific Data ·Joao Morim, D. J. Rasmussen, Thomas Wahl, Francisco M. Calafat, Robert E. Kopp, Michael Oppenheimer, Sönke Dangendorf	1
3	Observations reveal changing coastal storm extremes around the United States 2025 ·Nature Climate Change ·Joao Morim, Thomas Wahl, D. J. Rasmussen, Francisco M. Calafat, Sean Vitousek, Sönke Dangendorf, Robert E. Kopp, Michael Oppenheimer	5
4	The curve: An ethnography of projecting sea level rise under uncertainty 2024 ·Global Environmental Change ·Jessica O’Reilly, Michael Oppenheimer	1
5	Increasing Flood Hazard Posed by Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification in a Changing Climate 2024 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Ning Lin, Avantika Gori, Michael Oppenheimer	8
6	Socioeconomic distributional impacts of evaluating flood mitigation activities using equity-weighted benefit-cost analysis 2024 ·Environmental Research Letters ·(unknown), Michael Oppenheimer, Ning Lin, Jesse D. Gourevitch	3
7	The timing of decreasing coastal flood protection due to sea-level rise 2023 ·Nature Climate Change ·Tim H. J. Hermans, Victor Malagon Santos, Caroline A. Katsman, Robert Jane, D. J. Rasmussen, Marjolijn Haasnoot, Gregory G. Garner, Robert E. Kopp, Michael Oppenheimer, Aimée B. A. Slangen	29
8	Correlation Between Sea‐Level Rise and Aspects of Future Tropical Cyclone Activity in CMIP6 Models 2022 ·Earth s Future ·(unknown), Michael Oppenheimer, Ning Lin, Robert E. Kopp, Gabriel A. Vecchi, Avantika Gori	12
9	Using Neural Networks to Predict Hurricane Storm Surge and to Assess the Sensitivity of Surge to Storm Characteristics 2022 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·(unknown), Ning Lin, Michael Oppenheimer, Ching‐Yao Lai	19
10	Migration towards Bangladesh coastlines projected to increase with sea-level rise through 2100 2021 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Andrew Reid Bell, David Wrathall, Valerie Mueller, Joyce Chen, Michael Oppenheimer, Mathew Hauer, Helen Adams, Scott Kulp, Peter U. Clark, Elizabeth Fussell, Nicholas R. Magliocca, Tingyin Xiao, Elisabeth Gilmore, (unknown), Maia Call, Aimée B. A. Slangen	50
11	Global multi-model projections of local urban climates breakdown → 2021 ·Nature Climate Change ·Lei Zhao, Keith W. Oleson, Elie Bou‐Zeid, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Andrew Bray, Qing Zhu, Zhonghua Zheng, Chen Chen, Michael Oppenheimer	221
12	The Political Complexity of Coastal Flood Risk Reduction: Lessons for Climate Adaptation Public Works in the U.S. 2020 ·Earth s Future ·D. J. Rasmussen, Robert E. Kopp, Rachael Shwom, Michael Oppenheimer	16
13	Physical extreme sea level metrics may misrepresent future flood risk 2020 ·D. J. Rasmussen, Michael Oppenheimer, Robert E. Kopp, Benjamin Strauss, Scott Kulp	2
14	Temporally Compound Heat Wave Events and Global Warming: An Emerging Hazard 2019 ·Earth s Future ·Jane W. Baldwin, (unknown), Gabriel A. Vecchi, Michael Oppenheimer	185
15	Leakage risks of geologic CO2 storage and the impacts on the global energy system and climate change mitigation 2017 ·Climatic Change ·Hang Deng, Jeffrey M. Bielicki, Michael Oppenheimer, Jeffrey P. Fitts, Catherine A. Peters	65
16	Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States breakdown → 2017 ·Science ·Solomon Hsiang, Robert E. Kopp, Amir Jina, James Rising, Michael Delgado, Shashank Mohan, D. J. Rasmussen, Robert Muir‐Wood, Paul Wilson, Michael Oppenheimer, Kate Larsen, Trevor Houser	730
17	Mapping the climate change challenge 2016 ·Nature Climate Change ·Stéphane Hallegatte, Joeri Rogelj, Myles Allen, Leon Clarke, Ottmar Edenhofer, Christopher B. Field, Pierre Friedlingstein, (unknown), Reto Knutti, Katharine J. Mach, Michael D. Mastrandrea, Adrien Michel, Jan C. Minx, Michael Oppenheimer, Gian‐Kasper Plattner, Keywan Riahi, Michiel Schaeffer, Thomas F. Stocker, Detlef P. van Vuuren	81
18	Probabilistic 21st and 22nd century sea‐level projections at a global network of tide‐gauge sites breakdown → 2014 ·Earth s Future ·Robert E. Kopp, Radley M. Horton, Christopher M. Little, J. X. Mitrovica, Michael Oppenheimer, D. J. Rasmussen, Benjamin Strauss, Claudia Tebaldi	660
19	Nitrogen cycling and feedbacks in a global dynamic land model 2009 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Stefan Gerber, Lars O. Hedin, Michael Oppenheimer, Stephen W. Pacala, Elena Shevliakova	182
20	Climate change and plant invasions: restoration opportunities ahead? 2008 ·Global Change Biology ·Bethany A. Bradley, Michael Oppenheimer, David S. Wilcove	184

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