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 Interc... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2016 2010 2009 2013 2005 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. 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 Josep G. Canadell, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. 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 Shilong Piao, Philippe Ciais 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 I. Colin Prentice, Ranga B. Myneni et al. Science profile →
  16. Regional Changes in Carbon Dioxide Fluxes of Land and Oceans Since 1980
    2000 586 citations Philippe Ciais, Pierre Friedlingstein 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, Josep G. Canadell et al. profile →
  23. Climate mitigation from vegetation biophysical feedbacks during the past three decades
    2017 390 citations Shilong Piao, Philippe Ciais et al. 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. profile →
  26. An observation-based constraint on permafrost loss as a function of global warming
    2017 316 citations Sarah Chadburn, Eleanor Burke et al. profile →
  27. Widespread seasonal compensation effects of spring warming on northern plant productivity
    2018 313 citations Stephen Sitch, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. profile →
  28. Interannual variation of terrestrial carbon cycle: Issues and perspectives
    2019 278 citations Shilong Piao, Josep G. Canadell 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 Pierre Friedlingstein, Julia Pongratz et al. profile →
  30. Forest expansion dominates China’s land carbon sink since 1980
    2022 223 citations Philippe Ciais, Shilong Piao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  31. Fossil CO2 emissions in the post-COVID-19 era
    2021 202 citations Pierre Friedlingstein, Josep G. Canadell et al. profile →
  32. Global variations in critical drought thresholds that impact vegetation
    2023 107 citations Shilong Piao, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Pierre Friedlingstein 27.5k 13.5k 7.4k 5.0k 3.4k 228 41.3k
Josep G. Canadell 19.0k 0.7× 9.3k 0.7× 8.2k 1.1× 5.1k 1.0× 3.8k 1.1× 210 37.2k
Susan L. Solomon 18.6k 0.7× 14.6k 1.1× 6.5k 0.9× 3.0k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 33 36.8k
Gordon B. Bonan 27.6k 1.0× 14.1k 1.0× 9.7k 1.3× 5.8k 1.1× 1.1k 0.3× 177 41.0k
Dahe Qin 16.0k 0.6× 15.1k 1.1× 4.9k 0.7× 2.6k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 299 31.7k
Ruth DeFries 30.3k 1.1× 8.4k 0.6× 16.8k 2.3× 6.5k 1.3× 3.3k 1.0× 258 47.6k
Jonathan A. Foley 24.4k 0.9× 6.3k 0.5× 13.4k 1.8× 5.3k 1.0× 2.8k 0.8× 134 49.8k
Stephen Sitch 23.3k 0.8× 10.0k 0.7× 7.0k 0.9× 2.8k 0.6× 824 0.2× 263 30.5k
Navin Ramankutty 24.5k 0.9× 6.4k 0.5× 14.1k 1.9× 4.9k 1.0× 3.1k 0.9× 166 49.9k
Keywan Riahi 20.4k 0.7× 9.7k 0.7× 3.6k 0.5× 6.8k 1.4× 9.3k 2.8× 269 44.6k
Martin Manning 14.3k 0.5× 10.3k 0.8× 4.3k 0.6× 2.1k 0.4× 1.6k 0.5× 50 26.3k

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All Works

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Varney, Rebecca, Pierre Friedlingstein, Sarah Chadburn, Eleanor Burke, & Peter M. Cox. (2024). Soil carbon-concentration and carbon-climate feedbacks in CMIP6 Earth system models. Biogeosciences. 21(11). 2759–2776. 1 indexed citations
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Sherwood, Steven C., Gabriele C. Hegerl, Pascale Braconnot, et al.. (2024). Uncertain Pathways to a Future Safe Climate. Earth s Future. 12(6). 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuan, Junjie Liu, P. O. Wennberg, et al.. (2023). Elucidating climatic drivers of photosynthesis by tropical forests. Global Change Biology. 29(17). 4811–4825. 10 indexed citations
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Winkler, Alexander J., Ranga B. Myneni, Alexis Hannart, et al.. (2021). Slowdown of the greening trend in natural vegetation with further rise in atmospheric CO 2. Biogeosciences. 18(17). 4985–5010. 78 indexed citations
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Wiltshire, A., Eleanor Burke, Sarah Chadburn, et al.. (2021). JULES-CN: a coupled terrestrial carbon–nitrogen scheme (JULES vn5.1). Geoscientific model development. 14(4). 2161–2186. 62 indexed citations
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Jones, Chris & Pierre Friedlingstein. (2020). Quantifying process-level uncertainty contributions to TCRE and carbon budgets for meeting Paris Agreement climate targets. Environmental Research Letters. 15(7). 74019–74019. 34 indexed citations
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Collalti, Alessio, Andreas Ibrom, Anders Stockmarr, et al.. (2020). Forest production efficiency increases with growth temperature. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5322–5322. 72 indexed citations
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Jeong, Sujong, Chang‐Hoi Ho, Hoonyoung Park, et al.. (2020). Enhanced regional terrestrial carbon uptake over Korea revealed by atmospheric CO2 measurements from 1999 to 2017. Global Change Biology. 26(6). 3368–3383. 9 indexed citations
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Pan, Shufen, Naiqing Pan, Hanqin Tian, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of global terrestrial evapotranspiration using state-of-the-art approaches in remote sensing, machine learning and land surface modeling. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 24(3). 1485–1509. 203 indexed citations
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Varney, Rebecca, Peter M. Cox, Sarah Chadburn, et al.. (2020). A spatial emergent constraint on the sensitivity of soil carbon turnover time to global warming. Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jun, Ning Zeng, Meirong Wang, et al.. (2018). Contrasting interannual atmospheric CO 2 variabilities and their terrestrial mechanisms for two types of El Niños. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(14). 10333–10345. 22 indexed citations
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Shu, Shijie, Atul K. Jain, Almut Arneth, et al.. (2016). The terrestrial carbon budget of South and Southeast Asia. Environmental Research Letters. 11(10). 105006–105006. 36 indexed citations
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Murray‐Tortarolo, Guillermo N., Pierre Friedlingstein, Stephen Sitch, et al.. (2016). The carbon cycle in Mexico: past, present and future of C stocks and fluxes. Biogeosciences. 13(1). 223–238. 21 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fang, Ning Zeng, Ghassem Asrar, et al.. (2016). Role of CO 2 , climate and land use in regulating the seasonal amplitudeincrease of carbon fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems: a multimodel analysis. Biogeosciences. 13(17). 5121–5137. 26 indexed citations
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Jones, Chris, Vivek K. Arora, Pierre Friedlingstein, et al.. (2016). The C4MIP experimental protocol for CMIP6. Spiral (Imperial College London). 5 indexed citations
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Ahlström, Anders, Michael Raupach, Guy Schurgers, et al.. (2015). The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO 2 sink. Science. 348(6237). 895–899. 1109 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chadburn, Sarah, Eleanor Burke, Richard Essery, et al.. (2015). Impact of model developments on present and future simulations of permafrost in a global land-surface model. ˜The œcryosphere. 9(4). 1505–1521. 57 indexed citations
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Solomon, Susan, Gian‐Kasper Plattner, Reto Knutti, & Pierre Friedlingstein. (2009). Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(6). 1704–1709. 2220 indexed citations breakdown →
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Piao, Shilong, Pierre Friedlingstein, Philippe Ciais, et al.. (2007). Changes in climate and land use have a larger direct impact than rising CO 2 on global river runoff trends. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(39). 15242–15247. 480 indexed citations
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Krinner, Gerhard, Nicolas Viovy, Nathalie de Noblet‐Ducoudré, et al.. (2005). A dynamic global vegetation model for studies of the coupled atmosphere‐biosphere system. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 19(1). 1603 indexed citations breakdown →

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