Pierre Friedlingstein

120.3k total citations · 32 hit papers
228 papers, 41.3k citations indexed

About

Pierre Friedlingstein is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Friedlingstein has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 41.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 197 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 86 papers in Atmospheric Science and 39 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Pierre Friedlingstein's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (150 papers), Climate variability and models (120 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (56 papers). Pierre Friedlingstein is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (150 papers), Climate variability and models (120 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (56 papers). Pierre Friedlingstein collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Pierre Friedlingstein's co-authors include Philippe Ciais, Reto Knutti, Shilong Piao, Stephen Sitch, Susan Solomon, Gian‐Kasper Plattner, Josep G. Canadell, Nicolas Viovy, Corinne Le Quéré and Peter M. Cox and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Friedlingstein

225 papers receiving 40.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Scenario Model Intercomparis... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2016 2010 2009 2013 2005 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) for CMIP6
    2016 3.2k citations Pierre Friedlingstein, Reto Knutti et al. Geoscientific model development profile →
  2. The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in China
    2010 2.8k citations Shilong Piao, Philippe Ciais et al. profile →
  3. Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions
    2009 2.2k citations Susan Solomon, Gian‐Kasper Plattner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility
    2013 1.7k citations Reto Knutti, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. profile →
  5. A dynamic global vegetation model for studies of the coupled atmosphere‐biosphere system
    2005 1.6k citations Gerhard Krinner, Nicolas Viovy et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
  6. Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement
    2020 1.5k citations Corinne Le Quéré, Josep G. Canadell et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  7. The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO 2 sink
    2015 1.1k citations Anders Ahlström, Michael Raupach et al. Science profile →
  8. Surface Urban Heat Island Across 419 Global Big Cities
    2011 1.1k citations Shushi Peng, Shilong Piao et al. profile →
  9. Evaluation of the terrestrial carbon cycle, future plant geography and climate‐carbon cycle feedbacks using five Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs)
    2008 958 citations Stephen Sitch, Shilong Piao et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  10. Net carbon dioxide losses of northern ecosystems in response to autumn warming
    2008 926 citations Shilong Piao, Philippe Ciais et al. profile →
  11. Uncertainties in CMIP5 Climate Projections due to Carbon Cycle Feedbacks
    2013 783 citations Pierre Friedlingstein, Vivek K. Arora et al. profile →
  12. Growing season extension and its impact on terrestrial carbon cycle in the Northern Hemisphere over the past 2 decades
    2007 707 citations Shilong Piao, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles profile →
  13. Permafrost carbon-climate feedbacks accelerate global warming
    2011 674 citations Charles D. Koven, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  14. The LMDZ4 general circulation model: climate performance and sensitivity to parametrized physics with emphasis on tropical convection
    2006 659 citations Pascale Braconnot, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. profile →
  15. Climatic Control of the High-Latitude Vegetation Greening Trend and Pinatubo Effect
    2002 607 citations Ranga B. Myneni, Stephen Sitch et al. Science profile →
  16. Regional Changes in Carbon Dioxide Fluxes of Land and Oceans Since 1980
    2000 586 citations Philippe Peylin, Philippe Ciais et al. Science profile →
  17. Persistent growth of CO2 emissions and implications for reaching climate targets
    2014 556 citations Pierre Friedlingstein, Josep G. Canadell et al. profile →
  18. Sensitivity of tropical carbon to climate change constrained by carbon dioxide variability
    2013 539 citations Peter M. Cox, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. profile →
  19. Spatiotemporal patterns of terrestrial gross primary production: A review
    2015 523 citations Alessandro Anav, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. profile →
  20. Carbon–Concentration and Carbon–Climate Feedbacks in CMIP5 Earth System Models
    2013 512 citations Vivek K. Arora, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. profile →
  21. Spring temperature change and its implication in the change of vegetation growth in North America from 1982 to 2006
    2011 456 citations Shilong Piao, Philippe Ciais et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  22. Update on CO2 emissions
    2010 445 citations Pierre Friedlingstein, R. A. Houghton et al. profile →
  23. Climate mitigation from vegetation biophysical feedbacks during the past three decades
    2017 390 citations Shilong Piao, Philippe Ciais et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  24. Emission budgets and pathways consistent with limiting warming to 1.5 °C
    2017 385 citations Pierre Friedlingstein et al. profile →
  25. Carbon dioxide emissions continue to grow amidst slowly emerging climate policies
    2019 383 citations Josep G. Canadell, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  26. An observation-based constraint on permafrost loss as a function of global warming
    2017 316 citations Sarah Chadburn, Eleanor Burke et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  27. Widespread seasonal compensation effects of spring warming on northern plant productivity
    2018 313 citations Michael O’Sullivan, Stephen Sitch et al. profile →
  28. Interannual variation of terrestrial carbon cycle: Issues and perspectives
    2019 278 citations Shilong Piao, Ana Bastos et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  29. National contributions to climate change due to historical emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide since 1850
    2023 271 citations R. A. Houghton, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. profile →
  30. Forest expansion dominates China’s land carbon sink since 1980
    2022 223 citations Philippe Ciais, Shilong Piao et al. profile →
  31. Fossil CO2 emissions in the post-COVID-19 era
    2021 202 citations Corinne Le Quéré, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  32. Global variations in critical drought thresholds that impact vegetation
    2023 107 citations Shilong Piao, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. profile →

Peers

Pierre Friedlingstein
Comparison fields: 5 of 196
  • Global and Planetary Change 27.5k
  • Atmospheric Science 13.5k
  • Ecology 7.4k
  • Environmental Engineering 5.0k
  • Economics and Econometrics 3.4k
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Keywan Riahi Austria
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Uncertain Pathways to a Future Safe Climate
2024 ·Earth s Future ·Steven C. Sherwood, Gabriele C. Hegerl, Pascale Braconnot, Pierre Friedlingstein, Heiko Goelzer, Neil Harris, Elisabeth A. Holland, Hyungjun Kim, Molly Mitchell, T. Naish, Paulo Nobre, Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner, Kevin A. Reed, James Renwick, (unknown)
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Elucidating climatic drivers of photosynthesis by tropical forests
2023 ·Global Change Biology ·Yuan Wang, Junjie Liu, P. O. Wennberg, Liyin He, Damien Bonal, Philipp Köhler, Christian Frankenberg, Stephen Sitch, Pierre Friedlingstein
10
3
Adaptive emission reduction approach to reach any global warming target
2022 ·Nature Climate Change ·Jens Terhaar, Thomas L. Frölicher, (unknown), Pierre Friedlingstein, Fortunat Joos
40
4
Greening drylands despite warming consistent with carbon dioxide fertilization effect
2021 ·Global Change Biology ·Alemu Gonsamo, Philippe Ciais, Diego G. Miralles, Stephen Sitch, Wouter Dorigo, Danica Lombardozzi, Pierre Friedlingstein, Julia E. M. S. Nabel, Daniel S. Goll, Michael O’Sullivan, Almut Arneth, Peter Anthoni, Atul K. Jain, Andy Wiltshire, Philippe Peylin, Alessandro Cescatti
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JULES-CN: a coupled terrestrial carbon–nitrogen scheme (JULES vn5.1)
2021 ·Geoscientific model development ·A. Wiltshire, Eleanor Burke, Sarah Chadburn, Chris Jones, Peter M. Cox, Taraka Davies‐Barnard, Pierre Friedlingstein, Anna Harper, Spencer Liddicoat, Stephen Sitch, Sönke Zaehle
62
6
Slowdown of the greening trend in natural vegetation with further rise in atmospheric CO 2
2021 ·Biogeosciences ·Alexander J. Winkler, Ranga B. Myneni, Alexis Hannart, Stephen Sitch, Vanessa Haverd, Danica Lombardozzi, Vivek K. Arora, Julia Pongratz, Julia E. M. S. Nabel, Daniel S. Goll, Etsushi Kato, Hanqin Tian, Almut Arneth, Pierre Friedlingstein, Atul K. Jain, Sönke Zaehle, Victor Brovkin
78
7
Quantifying process-level uncertainty contributions to TCRE and carbon budgets for meeting Paris Agreement climate targets
2020 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Chris Jones, Pierre Friedlingstein
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8
Evaluation of global terrestrial evapotranspiration using state-of-the-art approaches in remote sensing, machine learning and land surface modeling
2020 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Shufen Pan, Naiqing Pan, Hanqin Tian, Pierre Friedlingstein, Stephen Sitch, Hao Shi, Vivek K. Arora, Vanessa Haverd, Atul K. Jain, Etsushi Kato, Sebastian Lienert, Danica Lombardozzi, Julia E. M. S. Nabel, Catherine Ottlé, Benjamin Poulter, Sönke Zaehle, Steven W. Running
203
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Predictable Variations of the Carbon Sinks and Atmospheric CO2 Growth in a Multi‐Model Framework
2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Tatiana Ilyina, Hongmei Li, Aaron Spring, Wolfgang A. Müller, Laurent Bopp, M. O. Chikamoto, Gökhan Danabasoglu, Mikhail Dobrynin, John P. Dunne, Filippa Fransner, Pierre Friedlingstein, W.‐S. Lee, Nicole S. Lovenduski, William J. Merryfield, Emmanuel Mignot, (unknown), Roland Séférian, Reinel Sospedra‐Alfonso, Michio Watanabe, Stephen Yeager
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Enhanced regional terrestrial carbon uptake over Korea revealed by atmospheric CO2 measurements from 1999 to 2017
2020 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown), Sujong Jeong, Chang‐Hoi Ho, Hoonyoung Park, Junjie Liu, Haeyoung Lee, Stephen Sitch, Pierre Friedlingstein, Sebastian Lienert, Danica Lombardozzi, Vanessa Haverd, (unknown), Sönke Zaehle, Etsushi Kato, Hanqin Tian, Nicolas Vuichard, Andy Wiltshire, Ning Zeng
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Contrasting interannual atmospheric CO 2 variabilities and their terrestrial mechanisms for two types of El Niños
2018 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Jun Wang, Ning Zeng, Meirong Wang, Fei Jiang, Jingming Chen, Pierre Friedlingstein, Atul K. Jain, Ziqiang Jiang, Weimin Ju, Sebastian Lienert, Julia E. M. S. Nabel, Stephen Sitch, Nicolas Viovy, Hengmao Wang, A. Wiltshire
22
12
Recent Changes in Global Photosynthesis and Terrestrial Ecosystem Respiration Constrained From Multiple Observations
2018 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Wei Li, Philippe Ciais, Yilong Wang, Yi Yin, Shushi Peng, Zaichun Zhu, Ana Bastos, Chao Yue, Ashley P. Ballantyne, Grégoire Broquet, Josep G. Canadell, Alessandro Cescatti, Chi Chen, L. A. Cooper, Pierre Friedlingstein, Corinne Le Quéré, Ranga B. Myneni, Shilong Piao
21
13
Accelerating net terrestrial carbon uptake during the warming hiatus due to reduced respiration
2017 ·Nature Climate Change ·Ashley P. Ballantyne, William K. Smith, William R. L. Anderegg, Pekka E. Kauppi, Jorge L. Sarmiento, Pieter P. Tans, Elena Shevliakova, Yude Pan, Benjamin Poulter, Alessandro Anav, Pierre Friedlingstein, R. A. Houghton, Steven W. Running
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Role of CO 2 , climate and land use in regulating the seasonal amplitudeincrease of carbon fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems: a multimodel analysis
2016 ·Biogeosciences ·Fang Zhao, Ning Zeng, Ghassem Asrar, Pierre Friedlingstein, Akihiko Ito, Atul K. Jain, Eugenia Kalnay, Etsushi Kato, Charles D. Koven, Benjamin Poulter, Rashid Rafique, Stephen Sitch, Shijie Shu, Benjamin D. Stocker, Nicolas Viovy, Andy Wiltshire, Sönke Zaehle
26
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The C4MIP experimental protocol for CMIP6
2016 ·Spiral (Imperial College London) ·Chris Jones, Vivek K. Arora, Pierre Friedlingstein, Laurent Bopp, Victor Brovkin, John P. Dunne, Heather Graven, Forrest M. Hoffman, Tatiana Ilyina, Jasmin G. John, Martin Jung, Michio Kawamiya, Charles D. Koven, Julia Pongratz, Thomas Raddatz, J. T. Randerson, Sönke Zaehle
5
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C4MIP – The Coupled Climate–Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison Project:experimental protocol for CMIP6
2016 ·Geoscientific model development ·Chris Jones, Vivek Arora, Pierre Friedlingstein, Laurent Bopp, Victor Brovkin, John P. Dunne, Heather Graven, Forrest M. Hoffman, Tatiana Ilyina, Jasmin G. John, Martin Jung, Michio Kawamiya, Charles D. Koven, Julia Pongratz, Thomas Raddatz, James T. Randerson, Sönke Zaehle
199
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The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO 2 sink breakdown →
2015 ·Science ·Anders Ahlström, Michael Raupach, Guy Schurgers, Benjamin Smith, Almut Arneth, Martin Jung, Markus Reichstein, Josep G. Canadell, Pierre Friedlingstein, Atul K. Jain, Etsushi Kato, Benjamin Poulter, Stephen Sitch, Benjamin D. Stocker, Nicolas Viovy, Ying‐Ping Wang, Andy Wiltshire, Sönke Zaehle, Ning Zeng
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Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions breakdown →
2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Susan Solomon, Gian‐Kasper Plattner, Reto Knutti, Pierre Friedlingstein
2220
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Changes in climate and land use have a larger direct impact than rising CO 2 on global river runoff trends
2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shilong Piao, Pierre Friedlingstein, Philippe Ciais, Nathalie de Noblet‐Ducoudré, David Labat, Sönke Zaehle
480
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A dynamic global vegetation model for studies of the coupled atmosphere‐biosphere system breakdown →
2005 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Gerhard Krinner, Nicolas Viovy, Nathalie de Noblet‐Ducoudré, Jérôme Ogée, Jan Polcher‬, Pierre Friedlingstein, Philippe Ciais, Stephen Sitch, I. Colin Prentice
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