Philippe Ciais

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Philippe Ciais is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe Ciais has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 4 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Philippe Ciais's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (8 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers) and Climate variability and models (7 papers). Philippe Ciais is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (8 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers) and Climate variability and models (7 papers). Philippe Ciais collaborates with scholars based in France, China and Morocco. Philippe Ciais's co-authors include Benjamin Poulter, Joan Llusià, Michael Obersteiner, Laurent Bopp, Oliviér Boucher, Sara Vicca, Jordi Sardans, Josep Peñuelas, Élise Nardin and Marijn van der Velde and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Global Biogeochemical Cycles.

In The Last Decade

Philippe Ciais

14 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Human-induced nitrogen–phosphorus imbalances alter natural and managed ecosystems across the globe

2013 1.1k citations Josep Peñuelas, Benjamin Poulter et al. Nature Communications profile →

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14 of 14 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Global overlooked multidimensional water scarcity 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Wenfeng Liu, (unknown), Michelle T. H. van Vliet, Kyle Frankel Davis, Philippe Ciais, Yefeng Bao, (unknown), Taisheng Du, Shaozhong Kang, Zun Yin, (unknown), Yoshihide Wada	1
2	Timing the first emergence and disappearance of global water scarcity 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Junguo Liu, Delong Li, He Chen, (unknown), Yoshihide Wada, Matti Kummu, Simon N. Gosling, Hong Yang, Yadu Pokhrel, Philippe Ciais	45
3	Using satellite data to improve the leaf phenology of a global terrestrial biosphere model 2015 ·Biogeosciences ·Natasha MacBean, Fabienne Maignan, Philippe Peylin, Cédric Bacour, François‐Marie Bréon, Philippe Ciais	68
4	Ecosystem model optimization using in situ flux observations: benefit of Monte Carlo versus variational schemes and analyses of the year-to-year model performances 2014 ·Biogeosciences ·Diego Santaren, Philippe Peylin, Cédric Bacour, Philippe Ciais, Bernard Longdoz	33
5	Human-induced nitrogen–phosphorus imbalances alter natural and managed ecosystems across the globe breakdown → 2013 ·Nature Communications ·Josep Peñuelas, Benjamin Poulter, Jordi Sardans, Philippe Ciais, Marijn van der Velde, Laurent Bopp, Oliviér Boucher, Yves Goddéris, (unknown), Joan Llusià, Élise Nardin, Sara Vicca, Michael Obersteiner, Ivan A. Janssens	1126
6	Present-day and future Amazonian precipitation in global climate models: CMIP5 versus CMIP3 2013 ·Climate Dynamics ·Émilie Joetzjer, Hervé Douville, Christine Delire, Philippe Ciais	147
7	Modelling economic and biophysical drivers of agricultural land-use change. Calibration and evaluation of the Nexus Land-Use model over 1961–2006 2013 ·Agritrop (Cirad) ·(unknown), Bruno Dorin, Thierry Brunelle, Patrice Dumas, Philippe Ciais	7
8	How errors on meteorological variables impact simulated ecosystem fluxes: a case study for six French sites 2012 ·Biogeosciences ·Yan Zhao, Philippe Ciais, Philippe Peylin, Nicolas Viovy, Bernard Longdoz, J. M. Bonnefond, Serge Rambal, Katja Klumpp, Albert Olioso, P. Cellier, Fabienne Maignan, Thomas Eglin, Jean‐Christophe Calvet	27
9	Plant functional type mapping for earth system models 2011 ·Geoscientific model development ·Benjamin Poulter, Philippe Ciais, E. L. Hodson, Heike Lischke, Fabienne Maignan, Stephen Plummer, Niklaus E. Zimmermann	132
10	Variability and recent trends in the African terrestrial carbon balance 2009 ·Biogeosciences ·Philippe Ciais, Shilong Piao, Patricia Cadule, Pierre Friedlingstein, A. Chédin	54
11	The African contribution to the global climate-carbon cycle feedback of the 21st century 2008 ·Biogeosciences ·Pierre Friedlingstein, Patricia Cadule, S. L. Piao, Philippe Ciais, Stephen Sitch	11
12	Horizontal displacement of carbon associated with agriculture and its impacts on atmospheric CO₂ 2007 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Philippe Ciais, Philippe Bousquet, Annette Freibauer, Tobias Naegler	51
13	Modeling climate change effects on the potential production of French plains forests at the sub-regional level 2005 ·Tree Physiology ·Denis Loustau, Alexandre Bosc, (unknown), Jérôme Ogée, Hendrik Davi, Christophe François, Éric Dufrêne, M. Déqué, E. Cloppet, Dominique Arrouays, Christine Le Bas, Nicolas Saby, (unknown), (unknown), André Granier, Nathalie Bréda, Philippe Ciais, Nicolas Viovy, François Delage	100
14	Partitioning net ecosystem carbon exchange into net assimilation and respiration using ¹³CO₂ measurements: A cost‐effective sampling strategy 2003 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Jérôme Ogée, Philippe Peylin, Philippe Ciais, Thierry Bariac, Yves Brunet, Paul Berbigier, Catherine Roche, P. Richard, Gérard Bardoux, J. M. Bonnefond	81

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