Patrick Keys

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Patrick Keys is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Keys has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Patrick Keys's work include Climate variability and models (11 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (7 papers) and Climate Change and Geoengineering (5 papers). Patrick Keys is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (11 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (7 papers) and Climate Change and Geoengineering (5 papers). Patrick Keys collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Netherlands. Patrick Keys's co-authors include Lan Wang‐Erlandsson, Line Gordon, Ruud van der Ent, H. H. G. Savenije, Elizabeth A. Barnes, Victor Galaz, Sarah Cornell, Ingo Fetzer, Andrew Merrie and Derek B. Booth and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Keys

46 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

A planetary boundary for green water 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 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. A planetary boundary for green water
    2022 179 citations Lan Wang‐Erlandsson, Ruud van der Ent 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
Patrick Keys United States 21 1.2k 607 509 272 172 49 1.8k
Lan Wang‐Erlandsson Sweden 22 1.3k 1.1× 730 1.2× 466 0.9× 330 1.2× 100 0.6× 52 2.0k
Mahendran Roobavannan Australia 9 1.8k 1.5× 1.0k 1.7× 529 1.0× 220 0.8× 268 1.6× 13 2.4k
Dewi Kirono Australia 23 1.3k 1.1× 718 1.2× 356 0.7× 182 0.7× 134 0.8× 47 1.7k
Christophe Viavattene United Kingdom 18 938 0.8× 294 0.5× 448 0.9× 164 0.6× 320 1.9× 37 1.4k
M. Monirul Qader Mirza Canada 19 1.2k 1.0× 522 0.9× 365 0.7× 213 0.8× 415 2.4× 29 2.1k
Huimin Wang China 21 990 0.8× 384 0.6× 262 0.5× 283 1.0× 161 0.9× 92 1.6k
Alessandra Bianchi Italy 16 2.1k 1.8× 1.1k 1.7× 816 1.6× 239 0.9× 316 1.8× 27 2.7k
John Sweeney Ireland 25 1.1k 0.9× 524 0.9× 401 0.8× 296 1.1× 161 0.9× 68 1.8k
Willem Ligtvoet Netherlands 16 1.4k 1.2× 573 0.9× 524 1.0× 118 0.4× 324 1.9× 36 1.9k
Wolfgang Kron Germany 13 2.1k 1.8× 847 1.4× 757 1.5× 273 1.0× 538 3.1× 21 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Patrick Keys

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Keys

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Keys

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Patrick Keys. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Patrick Keys 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 Patrick Keys. Patrick Keys 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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Beames, Penny, Kate A. Brauman, Patrick Keys, et al.. (2025). Pathways to instability: A synthetic framework to parse connections between water and conflict. 3(4). 426–456. 1 indexed citations
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Keys, Patrick, Elizabeth A. Barnes, Noah S. Diffenbaugh, et al.. (2025). Exposure to compound climate hazards transmitted via global agricultural trade networks. Environmental Research Letters. 20(4). 44039–44039.
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Keys, Patrick, Lan Wang‐Erlandsson, Michele‐Lee Moore, et al.. (2024). The dry sky: future scenarios for humanity's modification of the atmospheric water cycle. Global Sustainability. 7. 4 indexed citations
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Moore, Michele‐Lee, Lan Wang‐Erlandsson, Örjan Bodin, et al.. (2024). Moving from fit to fitness for governing water in the Anthropocene. Nature Water. 2(6). 511–520. 7 indexed citations
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Keys, Patrick, et al.. (2023). The Future in Anthropocene Science. Earth s Future. 12(1). 2 indexed citations
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Keys, Patrick, Elizabeth A. Barnes, & Neil Carter. (2021). A machine-learning approach to human footprint index estimation with applications to sustainable development. Environmental Research Letters. 16(4). 44061–44061. 32 indexed citations
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Spijkers, Jessica, Andrew Merrie, Colette C. C. Wabnitz, et al.. (2021). Exploring the future of fishery conflict through narrative scenarios. One Earth. 4(3). 386–396. 36 indexed citations
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Findell, Kirsten L., Patrick Keys, Ruud van der Ent, et al.. (2019). Rising Temperatures Increase Importance of Oceanic Evaporation as a Source for Continental Precipitation. Journal of Climate. 32(22). 7713–7726. 50 indexed citations
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Keys, Patrick & Lan Wang‐Erlandsson. (2018). On the social dynamics of moisture recycling. Earth System Dynamics. 9(2). 829–847. 29 indexed citations
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Wang‐Erlandsson, Lan, Ingo Fetzer, Patrick Keys, et al.. (2018). Remote land use impacts on river flows through atmospheric teleconnections. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 22(8). 4311–4328. 95 indexed citations
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Keys, Patrick & Lan Wang‐Erlandsson. (2017). On the social dynamics of moisture recycling. 2 indexed citations
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Wang‐Erlandsson, Lan, W.G.M. Bastiaanssen, Hongkai Gao, et al.. (2016). Global root zone storage capacity from satellite-based evaporation. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 20(4). 1459–1481. 140 indexed citations
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Ent, Ruud van der, Lan Wang‐Erlandsson, Patrick Keys, & H. H. G. Savenije. (2014). Contrasting roles of interception and transpiration in the hydrological cycle – Part 2: Moisture recycling. Earth System Dynamics. 5(2). 471–489. 172 indexed citations
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Keys, Patrick, Elizabeth A. Barnes, Ruud van der Ent, & Line Gordon. (2014). Variability of moisture recycling using a precipitationshed framework. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 18(10). 3937–3950. 89 indexed citations
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Ent, Ruud van der, Lan Wang‐Erlandsson, Patrick Keys, & H. H. G. Savenije. (2013). Contrasting roles of interception and transpiration in the hydrological cycle. AGUFM. 2013. 5 indexed citations
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Keys, Patrick, et al.. (2012). Analyzing precipitationsheds to understand the vulnerability of rainfall dependent regions. Biogeosciences. 9(2). 733–746. 136 indexed citations
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Keys, Patrick, Jennie Barron, & Mats Lannerstad. (2012). Releasing the pressure : water resource efficiencies and gains for ecosystem services. 11 indexed citations
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Keys, Patrick, et al.. (2000). Use of Electronic Appeal Transcripts in the Alberta Court of Appeal. 2(2). 329.

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