Peter Lawrence

17.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
84 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Peter Lawrence is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Lawrence has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 27 papers in Atmospheric Science and 12 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Peter Lawrence's work include Climate variability and models (38 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (26 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (14 papers). Peter Lawrence is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (38 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (26 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (14 papers). Peter Lawrence collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Peter Lawrence's co-authors include David M. Lawrence, Thomas N. Chase, Gordon B. Bonan, Samuel Levis, Keith W. Oleson, Sean Swenson, Peter Thornton, Zong‐Liang Yang, M. Flanner and Xubin Zeng and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Peter Lawrence

83 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

Parameterization improvements and functional and structur... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2011 2011 2008 2011 2007 250 500 750 1000
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. Parameterization improvements and functional and structural advances in Version 4 of the Community Land Model
    2011 1.1k citations David M. Lawrence, Keith W. Oleson et al. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems profile →
  2. Parameterization improvements and functional and structural advances in Version 4 of the Community Land Model
    2011 676 citations David M. Lawrence, Keith W. Oleson et al. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems profile →
  3. Improvements to the Community Land Model and their impact on the hydrological cycle
    2008 659 citations Keith W. Oleson, David M. Lawrence et al. profile →
  4. Improving canopy processes in the Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4) using global flux fields empirically inferred from FLUXNET data
    2011 512 citations Peter Lawrence, Keith W. Oleson et al. profile →
  5. Representing a new MODIS consistent land surface in the Community Land Model (CLM 3.0)
    2007 504 citations Peter Lawrence, Thomas N. Chase profile →
  6. The Land Use Model Intercomparison Project (LUMIP) contribution to CMIP6:rationale and experimental design
    2016 349 citations David M. Lawrence, G. C. Hurtt et al. Geoscientific model development profile →
  7. Chemistry-albedo feedbacks offset up to a third of forestation’s CO 2 removal benefits
    2024 46 citations Peter Lawrence 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
Peter Lawrence United States 36 6.1k 3.7k 1.1k 1.0k 980 84 7.8k
Nicola Gedney United Kingdom 29 5.5k 0.9× 3.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 596 0.6× 1.3k 1.4× 53 7.1k
Sergey Malyshev United States 37 4.7k 0.8× 2.9k 0.8× 777 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 591 0.6× 83 6.6k
Jan Polcher‬ France 43 6.1k 1.0× 3.9k 1.1× 809 0.8× 992 1.0× 1.7k 1.7× 129 7.7k
Scott Denning United States 51 8.0k 1.3× 5.1k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 897 0.9× 126 9.4k
Nathalie de Noblet‐Ducoudré France 38 5.2k 0.9× 2.8k 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 849 0.8× 540 0.6× 70 6.6k
Jeremy S. Pal United States 43 6.7k 1.1× 5.2k 1.4× 590 0.6× 722 0.7× 933 1.0× 69 8.5k
Pavel Groisman United States 41 7.5k 1.2× 5.9k 1.6× 882 0.8× 745 0.7× 1.7k 1.7× 105 9.7k
Xuejie Gao China 33 5.5k 0.9× 4.2k 1.1× 609 0.6× 514 0.5× 912 0.9× 89 7.2k
Christoph Frei Switzerland 38 7.7k 1.3× 6.6k 1.8× 616 0.6× 810 0.8× 1.7k 1.7× 59 10.1k
Peter D. Blanken United States 47 6.5k 1.1× 3.5k 0.9× 1.6k 1.6× 1.2k 1.1× 1.6k 1.6× 131 8.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Lawrence

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Orlov, Anton, Felix Havermann, Julia Pongratz, et al.. (2025). Limited Effect of Future Land‐Use Changes on Human Heat Stress and Labor Capacity. Earth s Future. 13(1). 1 indexed citations
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Holland, Marika M., Cécile Hannay, John Fasullo, et al.. (2024). New model ensemble reveals how forcing uncertainty and model structure alter climate simulated across CMIP generations of the Community Earth System Model. Geoscientific model development. 17(4). 1585–1602. 12 indexed citations
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Kumar, Sanjiv, et al.. (2024). Land-Use Feedback under Global Warming—A Transition from Radiative to Hydrological Feedback Regime. Journal of Climate. 37(14). 3847–3866. 2 indexed citations
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Devanand, Anjana, Maoyi Huang, David M. Lawrence, et al.. (2020). Land Use and Land Cover Change Strongly Modulates Land‐Atmosphere Coupling and Warm‐Season Precipitation Over the Central United States in CESM2‐VR. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 12(9). 13 indexed citations
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Boysen, Lena, Victor Brovkin, Julia Pongratz, et al.. (2020). Global climate response to idealized deforestation in CMIP6 models. Biogeosciences. 17(22). 5615–5638. 95 indexed citations
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Otto‐Bliesner, Bette L., Esther C. Brady, Robert A. Tomas, et al.. (2020). A Comparison of the CMIP6midHoloceneandlig127kSimulations in CESM2. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 35(11). 18 indexed citations
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Shi, Mingjie, Nicholas C. Parazoo, Sujong Jeong, et al.. (2019). Exposure to cold temperature affects the spring phenology of Alaskan deciduous vegetation types. Environmental Research Letters. 15(2). 25006–25006. 9 indexed citations
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Forzieri, Giovanni, Grégory Duveiller, Goran Georgievski, et al.. (2018). Evaluating the Interplay Between Biophysical Processes and Leaf Area Changes in Land Surface Models. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 10(5). 1102–1126. 31 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Peter, David M. Lawrence, & G. C. Hurtt. (2018). Attributing the Carbon Cycle Impacts of CMIP5 Historical and Future Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Community Earth System Model (CESM1). Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 123(5). 1732–1755. 24 indexed citations
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Lombardozzi, Danica, Peter Lawrence, David M. Lawrence, et al.. (2018). Simulating Transient Crop Management in the Community Land Model Version 5. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Mahowald, N. M., James T. Randerson, Keith Lindsay, et al.. (2016). Interactions between land use change and carbon cycle feedbacks. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 31(1). 96–113. 49 indexed citations
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Lawrence, David M., G. C. Hurtt, Almut Arneth, et al.. (2016). The Land Use Model Intercomparison Project (LUMIP) contribution to CMIP6:rationale and experimental design. Geoscientific model development. 9(9). 2973–2998. 349 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kloster, Silvia, N. M. Mahowald, James T. Randerson, & Peter Lawrence. (2012). The impacts of climate, land use, and demography on fires during the 21st century simulated by CLM-CN. Biogeosciences. 9(1). 509–525. 121 indexed citations
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Otto‐Bliesner, Bette L., Laura Landrum, Andrew Conley, et al.. (2011). Last Millennium Climate and Its Variability in CCSM4. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Kloster, Silvia, N. M. Mahowald, J. T. Randerson, et al.. (2010). Fire dynamics during the 20th century simulated by the Community Land Model. Biogeosciences. 7(6). 1877–1902. 157 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Peter & Thomas N. Chase. (2007). Climate Impacts of Potential Vegetation versus Current Day MODIS Land Cover in the Community Climate System Model (CCSM). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Peter. (2003). The multiple roles of discrete event simulation in the workplace. Australasian journal of engineering education. 7(2). 165–172. 2 indexed citations
18.
Galea, Edwin R., et al.. (1998). A comparison of predictions from the buildingEXODUS evacuation model with experimental data. Aggressive Behavior. 36(1). 54–66. 11 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Peter, et al.. (1980). Armyworm : a damaging pest of coarse grains on the south coast. 21(1). 22–25. 6 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Peter, et al.. (1975). Biological control of insects on the Ord. 1. Production of Sitotroga cerealella for mass rearing of Trichogramma wasps. Journal of the Department of Agriculture for Western Australia. 16(4). 90–92. 4 indexed citations

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