Paulo Barbosa

7.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
76 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Paulo Barbosa is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paulo Barbosa has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Ecology and 13 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Paulo Barbosa's work include Hydrology and Drought Analysis (29 papers), Climate variability and models (29 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (19 papers). Paulo Barbosa is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Drought Analysis (29 papers), Climate variability and models (29 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (19 papers). Paulo Barbosa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Belgium and United Kingdom. Paulo Barbosa's co-authors include Gustavo Naumann, J. Vogt, Jonathan Spinoni, Hugo Carrão, Alessandro Dosio, José M. C. Pereira, Jean‐Marie Grégoire, Niall McCormick, Daniela Stroppiana and Simone Russo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment and Global Biogeochemical Cycles.

In The Last Decade

Paulo Barbosa

76 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

4 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.

Will drought events become more frequent and severe in Europe?

2017 675 citations Jonathan Spinoni, J. Vogt et al. International Journal of Climatology profile →
World drought frequency, duration, and severity for 1951-2010

2013 592 citations Jonathan Spinoni, Gustavo Naumann et al. International Journal of Climatology profile →
Mapping global patterns of drought risk: An empirical framework based on sub-national estimates of hazard, exposure and vulnerability

2016 351 citations Hugo Carrão, Gustavo Naumann et al. profile →
A new global database of meteorological drought events from 1951 to 2016

2019 308 citations Jonathan Spinoni, Paulo Barbosa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paulo Barbosa Italy	32	3.9k	1.0k	853	850	844	76	5.1k
Jonathan Spinoni Italy	25	3.2k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	862 1.0×	699 0.8×	467 0.6×	46	4.5k
Gustavo Naumann Italy	32	4.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.4×	481 0.6×	71	5.8k
A. Wiltshire United Kingdom	31	3.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.9×	828 1.0×	826 1.0×	982 1.2×	55	5.3k
G. Fischer Austria	20	2.2k 0.6×	999 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	636 0.8×	47	5.0k
Ahmed El Kenawy Spain	38	3.7k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	854 1.0×	582 0.7×	453 0.5×	119	4.8k
Lincoln Muniz Alves Brazil	31	3.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.6×	419 0.5×	1.3k 1.5×	69	5.6k
Gerard van der Schrier Netherlands	26	4.8k 1.2×	2.4k 2.3×	1.0k 1.2×	673 0.8×	738 0.9×	79	6.6k
Yuecun Ma China	7	2.0k 0.5×	723 0.7×	887 1.0×	588 0.7×	845 1.0×	9	3.5k
Petr Štěpánek Czechia	35	2.9k 0.8×	1.8k 1.8×	408 0.5×	549 0.6×	596 0.7×	146	4.3k
Pierluigi Calanca Switzerland	35	2.4k 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	505 0.6×	927 1.1×	832 1.0×	111	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Paulo Barbosa

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paulo Barbosa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Spinoni, Jonathan, Paulo Barbosa, Hans‐Martin Füssel, et al.. (2021). Global population‐weighted degree‐day projections for a combination of climate and socio‐economic scenarios. International Journal of Climatology. 41(11). 5447–5464. 10 indexed citations

Cammalleri, Carmelo, Jonathan Spinoni, Paulo Barbosa, Andrea Toreti, & J. Vogt. (2021). The effects of non‐stationarity on SPI for operational drought monitoring in Europe. International Journal of Climatology. 42(6). 3418–3430. 27 indexed citations

Cammalleri, Carmelo, Paulo Barbosa, Alfred de Jager, et al.. (2021). A revision of the Combined Drought Indicator (CDI) used in the European Drought Observatory (EDO). Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 21(2). 481–495. 41 indexed citations

Naumann, Gustavo, et al.. (2020). Water Footprint Expands with Gross Domestic Product. Sustainability. 12(20). 8741–8741. 3 indexed citations

Spinoni, Jonathan, Paulo Barbosa, Alessandro Dosio, Niall McCormick, & J. Vogt. (2018). Is Europe at risk of desertification due to climate change. EGUGA. 9557. 3 indexed citations

Spinoni, Jonathan, J. Vogt, Paulo Barbosa, et al.. (2018). Global database of meteorological drought events from 1951 to 2016. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 9481. 1 indexed citations

Spinoni, Jonathan, J. Vogt, Gustavo Naumann, Paulo Barbosa, & Alessandro Dosio. (2017). Will drought events become more frequent and severe in Europe?. International Journal of Climatology. 38(4). 1718–1736. 675 indexed citations breakdown →

Spinoni, Jonathan, J. Vogt, Paulo Barbosa, et al.. (2017). Changes of heating and cooling degree‐days in Europe from 1981 to 2100. International Journal of Climatology. 38(S1). 159 indexed citations

Vogt, J., et al.. (2016). A Global Drought Observatory for Emergency Response. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

10.

Dutra, Emanuel, Fredrik Wetterhall, Francesca Di Giuseppe, et al.. (2015). Monitoring and seasonal forecasting of meteorological droughts. EGUGA. 9907. 2 indexed citations

11.

Naumann, Gustavo, Paulo Barbosa, Luís Garrote, Ana Iglesias, & J. Vogt. (2014). Exploring drought vulnerability in Africa: an indicator based analysis to be used in early warning systems. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 18(5). 1591–1604. 136 indexed citations

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Naumann, Gustavo, Emanuel Dutra, Paulo Barbosa, et al.. (2014). Comparison of drought indicators derived from multiple data sets over Africa. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 18(5). 1625–1640. 69 indexed citations

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Dutra, Emanuel, Fredrik Wetterhall, Francesca Di Giuseppe, et al.. (2014). Global meteorological drought – Part 1: Probabilistic monitoring. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 18(7). 2657–2667. 37 indexed citations

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Dutra, Emanuel, Fredrik Wetterhall, Francesca Di Giuseppe, et al.. (2014). Global meteorological drought – Part 2: Seasonal forecasts. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 18(7). 2669–2678. 61 indexed citations

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Spinoni, Jonathan, Hugo Carrão, Gustavo Naumann, et al.. (2013). A global drought climatology for the 3rd edition of the World Atlas of Desertification (WAD). EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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Naumann, Gustavo, Emanuel Dutra, Paulo Barbosa, et al.. (2013). Establishing the dominant source of uncertainty in drought indicators. 1 indexed citations

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Spinoni, Jonathan, Fabio Micale, Hugo Carrão, et al.. (2013). Global and continental changes of arid areas using the FAO Aridity Index over the periods 1951-1980 and 1981-2010. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 4 indexed citations

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Russo, Simone, Alessandro Dosio, Andreas Sterl, Paulo Barbosa, & J. Vogt. (2013). Projection of occurrence of extreme dry‐wet years and seasons in Europe with stationary and nonstationary Standardized Precipitation Indices. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 118(14). 7628–7639. 109 indexed citations

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Barbosa, Paulo, et al.. (2009). Using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) for Drought Monitoring over Africa. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 744. 7843–140880. 1 indexed citations

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Barbosa, Paulo, et al.. (2002). Burnt area mapping in southern Europe using IRS-WiFS.. 13 indexed citations

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