Michael W. Wara

4.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
30 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Michael W. Wara is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Economics and Econometrics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael W. Wara has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atmospheric Science, 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Michael W. Wara's work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (11 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (6 papers). Michael W. Wara is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Policy and Economics (11 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (6 papers). Michael W. Wara collaborates with scholars based in United States and Norway. Michael W. Wara's co-authors include Ana Christina Ravelo, Margaret Lois Delaney, Mitchell W Lyle, Annette Olivarez Lyle, Dyke Andreasen, Sam Heft‐Neal, Marshall Burke, David G. Victor, Isabella Premoli-Silva and Steven M. Bohaty and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael W. Wara

28 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Regional climate shifts caused by gradual global cooling in the Pliocene epoch

2004 530 citations Ana Christina Ravelo, Dyke Andreasen et al. Nature profile →
A Transient Rise in Tropical Sea Surface Temperature During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

2003 515 citations James C. Zachos, Michael W. Wara et al. Science profile →
The changing risk and burden of wildfire in the United States

2021 385 citations Marshall Burke, Sam Heft‐Neal et al. profile →
The contribution of wildfire to PM2.5 trends in the USA

2023 145 citations Marshall Burke, Marissa L. Childs et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael W. Wara United States	17	1.6k	820	644	639	539	30	3.1k
Pushker Kharecha United States	17	1.0k 0.6×	1.0k 1.3×	318 0.5×	410 0.6×	330 0.6×	25	3.3k
Neil R. Edwards United Kingdom	38	1.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.8×	443 0.7×	372 0.6×	938 1.7×	108	4.6k
Leon J. Clarke United Kingdom	25	740 0.5×	512 0.6×	482 0.7×	917 1.4×	240 0.4×	57	2.4k
Sylvie Joussaume France	29	3.9k 2.4×	2.6k 3.2×	984 1.5×	439 0.7×	165 0.3×	55	5.8k
Álvaro Montenegro United States	21	731 0.4×	1.0k 1.2×	366 0.6×	181 0.3×	235 0.4×	43	2.1k
Cathy M. Trudinger Australia	34	3.0k 1.8×	3.6k 4.4×	959 1.5×	253 0.4×	227 0.4×	62	5.2k
Paul J. Hearty United States	35	3.2k 2.0×	437 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	625 1.0×	128 0.2×	96	4.6k
Michael Eby Canada	38	3.4k 2.1×	3.8k 4.6×	751 1.2×	253 0.4×	625 1.2×	89	6.3k
Peter Tyson South Africa	35	3.1k 1.9×	2.6k 3.2×	652 1.0×	349 0.5×	97 0.2×	91	5.6k
Philip B. Holden United Kingdom	27	658 0.4×	618 0.8×	233 0.4×	210 0.3×	554 1.0×	88	2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael W. Wara

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael W. Wara

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Burke, Marshall, Marissa L. Childs, Brandon De La Cuesta, et al.. (2023). The contribution of wildfire to PM2.5 trends in the USA. Nature. 622(7984). 761–766. 145 indexed citations breakdown →

Wu, Xiao, et al.. (2023). Low-intensity fires mitigate the risk of high-intensity wildfires in California’s forests. Science Advances. 9(45). eadi4123–eadi4123. 21 indexed citations

Wang, Zhecheng, Michael W. Wara, Arun Majumdar, & Ram Rajagopal. (2023). Local and utility-wide cost allocations for a more equitable wildfire-resilient distribution grid. Nature Energy. 8(10). 1097–1108. 8 indexed citations

Wara, Michael W.. (2016). Competition at the Grid Edge: Innovation and Antitrust Law in the Electricity Sector. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Wara, Michael W., Danny Cullenward, & Rachel Teitelbaum. (2015). Peak Electricity and the Clean Power Plan. The Electricity Journal. 28(4). 18–27. 9 indexed citations

Ford, Heather L., Ana Christina Ravelo, Petra Dekens, Jonathan P LaRiviere, & Michael W. Wara. (2015). The evolution of the equatorial thermocline and the early Pliocene El Padre mean state. Geophysical Research Letters. 42(12). 4878–4887. 62 indexed citations

Fowlie, Meredith, Lawrence H. Goulder, Matthew J. Kotchen, et al.. (2014). An economic perspective on the EPA's Clean Power Plan. Science. 346(6211). 815–816. 25 indexed citations

Cullenward, Danny, Jordan Wilkerson, Michael W. Wara, & John P. Weyant. (2014). Dynamically Estimating the Distributional Impacts of U.S. Climate Policy with NEMS: A Case Study of the Climate Protection Act of 2013. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Wara, Michael W.. (2014). Instrument Choice, Carbon Emissions, and Information. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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LaRiviere, Jonathan P, Ana Christina Ravelo, Allison Crimmins, et al.. (2012). Late Miocene decoupling of oceanic warmth and atmospheric carbon dioxide forcing. Nature. 486(7401). 97–100. 167 indexed citations

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Wara, Michael W. & David G. Victor. (2008). A Realistic Policy on International Carbon Offsets. 147 indexed citations

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Wara, Michael W.. (2007). Is the global carbon market working?. Nature. 445(7128). 595–596. 270 indexed citations

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Wara, Michael W.. (2006). Measuring the Clean Development Mechanism's Performance and Potential (WP #56). UCLA law review. 55. 78 indexed citations

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Wara, Michael W., Ana Christina Ravelo, & Margaret Lois Delaney. (2005). Permanent El Nino-Like Conditions During the Pliocene Warm Period. Science. 309(5735). 758–761. 467 indexed citations

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Ravelo, Ana Christina, Dyke Andreasen, Mitchell W Lyle, Annette Olivarez Lyle, & Michael W. Wara. (2004). Regional climate shifts caused by gradual global cooling in the Pliocene epoch. Nature. 429(6989). 263–267. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wara, Michael W., L. D. Anderson, Stephen A. Schellenberg, et al.. (2003). Application of a radially viewed inductively coupled plasma‐optical emission spectrophotometer to simultaneous measurement of Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, and Mn/Ca ratios in marine biogenic carbonates. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 4(8). 16 indexed citations

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Wara, Michael W., M. L. Delaney, Thomas D. Bullen, & Ana Christina Ravelo. (2003). Possible roles of pH, temperature, and partial dissolution in determining boron concentration and isotopic composition in planktonic foraminifera. Paleoceanography. 18(4). 31 indexed citations

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Zachos, James C., Michael W. Wara, Steven M. Bohaty, et al.. (2003). A Transient Rise in Tropical Sea Surface Temperature During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Science. 302(5650). 1551–1554. 515 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wara, Michael W., Ana Christina Ravelo, & M. L. Delaney. (2002). Reconstruction of Eastern and Western Tropical Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Surface Seawater, 5 Ma to Present. AGUFM. 2002. 2 indexed citations

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Ravelo, Ana Christina, Dyke Andreasen, Michael W. Wara, Mitchell W Lyle, & Annette M. Olivarez. (2001). California Margin Records of Pliocene Circulation and Climate. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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