Rachel Licker

3.7k citations

21 papers · 2.6k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 17

Global and Planetary Change top 2%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 2%
Sociology and Political Science top 5%
Plant Science top 5%
Economics and Econometrics top 5%

Co-authors: Jonathan A. Foley Navin Ramankutty Christopher J. Kucharik Carol Barford Matt Johnston Katja Frieler Reto Knutti Joeri Rogelj
Topics: Climate Change and Health Impacts (5 papers)Air Quality and Health Impacts (3 papers)Climate variability and models (3 papers)
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Soil Science
Journals: Geophysical Research Letters Nature Climate Change Global Environmental Change
Partner nations: United States Germany South Africa

In The Last Decade

Rachel Licker

21 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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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.

Science and policy characteristics of the Paris Agreement temperature goal

2016 644 citations Carl‐Friedrich Schleussner, Joeri Rogelj et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Mind the gap: how do climate and agricultural management explain the ‘yield gap’ of croplands around the world?

2010 433 citations Rachel Licker, Matt Johnston et al. Global Ecology and Biogeography profile →
IPCC reasons for concern regarding climate change risks

2017 278 citations Brian C. O’Neill, Michael Oppenheimer et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Estimating the sea level rise responsibility of industrial carbon producers 2025 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Shaina Sadai,Meghana Ranganathan,Alexander Nauels,Zebedee Nicholls,(unknown),Kristina Dahl,Rachel Licker,B. Ekwurzel	1
2	Quantifying the contribution of major carbon producers to increases in vapor pressure deficit and burned area in western US and southwestern Canadian forests 2023 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Kristina Dahl,John T. Abatzoglou,Carly Phillips,J. Pablo Ortiz‐Partida,Rachel Licker,(unknown),B. Ekwurzel	21
3	Quantifying the impact of future extreme heat on the outdoor work sector in the United States 2022 ·Elementa Science of the Anthropocene ·Rachel Licker,Kristina Dahl,John T. Abatzoglou	16
4	The ozone climate penalty, NAAQS attainment, and health equity along the Colorado Front Range 2021 ·Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology ·James Crooks,Rachel Licker,(unknown),B. Ekwurzel	15
5	Environmental and climate justice and technological carbon removal 2021 ·The Electricity Journal ·(unknown),Frances Wang,Holly Jean Buck,(unknown),(unknown),Rachel Licker,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	40
6	Compound Risks of Hurricane Evacuation Amid the COVID‐19 Pandemic in the United States 2020 ·GeoHealth ·Sen Pei,Kristina Dahl,Teresa K. Yamana,Rachel Licker,Jeffrey Shaman	47
7	Compound climate risks in the COVID-19 pandemic 2020 ·Nature Climate Change ·Carly Phillips,Astrid Caldas,Rachel Cleetus,Kristina Dahl,Juan Declet‐Barreto,Rachel Licker,(unknown),J. Pablo Ortiz‐Partida,Alexandra Phelan,Erika Spanger‐Siegfried,Shuchi Talati,Christopher H. Trisos,Colin J. Carlson	200
8	Increased frequency of and population exposure to extreme heat index days in the United States during the 21st century 2019 ·Environmental Research Communications ·Kristina Dahl,Rachel Licker,John T. Abatzoglou,Juan Declet‐Barreto	104
9	Attributing ocean acidification to major carbon producers 2019 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Rachel Licker,B. Ekwurzel,Scott C. Doney,Sarah Cooley,Ivan D. Lima,Richard Heede,Peter C. Frumhoff	23
10	Killer heat in the United States: climate choices and the future of dangerously hot days 2019 ·Kristina Dahl,Erika Spanger‐Siegfried,Rachel Licker,Astrid Caldas,John T. Abatzoglou,(unknown),Rachel Cleetus,(unknown),Juan Declet‐Barreto,(unknown)	10
11	IPCC reasons for concern regarding climate change risksbreakdown → 2017 ·Nature Climate Change ·Brian C. O’Neill,Michael Oppenheimer,Rachel Warren,Stéphane Hallegatte,Robert E. Kopp,Hans‐Otto Pörtner,Robert J. Scholes,Joern Birkmann,Wendy Foden,Rachel Licker,Katharine J. Mach,(unknown),Michael D. Mastrandrea,Jeff Price,Kiyoshi Takahashi,Jean-Pascal van Ypersele de Strihou,Gary Yohe	278
12	Science and policy characteristics of the Paris Agreement temperature goalbreakdown → 2016 ·Nature Climate Change ·Carl‐Friedrich Schleussner,Joeri Rogelj,Michiel Schaeffer,Tabea Lissner,Rachel Licker,Erich Fischer,Reto Knutti,Anders Levermann,Katja Frieler,Bill Hare	644
13	Climate variability and migration in the Philippines 2016 ·Population and Environment ·Pratikshya Bohra-Mishra,Michael Oppenheimer,Ruohong Cai,Shuaizhang Feng,Rachel Licker	88
14	The influence of climate variability on internal migration flows in South Africa 2016 ·Global Environmental Change ·Marina Mastrorillo,Rachel Licker,Pratikshya Bohra-Mishra,Giorgio Fagiolo,Lyndon Estes,Michael Oppenheimer	137
15	High carbon and biodiversity costs from converting Africa’s wet savannahs to cropland 2015 ·Nature Climate Change ·Timothy D. Searchinger,Lyndon Estes,Philip K. Thornton,Tim Beringer,An Notenbaert,Daniel I. Rubenstein,Ralph E. Heimlich,Rachel Licker,Mario Herrero	97
16	Use of agro-climatic zones to upscale simulated crop yield potential 2013 ·Field Crops Research ·Justin Van Wart,L.G.J. van Bussel,J. Wolf,Rachel Licker,Patricio Grassini,Andrew Nelson,Hendrik Boogaard,James Gerber,Nathaniel D. Mueller,Lieven Claessens,M.K. van Ittersum,Kenneth G. Cassman	253
17	Closing the gap: global potential for increasing biofuel production through agricultural intensification 2011 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Matt Johnston,Rachel Licker,Jonathan A. Foley,Tracey Holloway,Nathaniel D. Mueller,Carol Barford,Christopher J. Kucharik	35
18	Mind the gap: how do climate and agricultural management explain the ‘yield gap’ of croplands around the world?breakdown → 2010 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Rachel Licker,Matt Johnston,Jonathan A. Foley,Carol Barford,Christopher J. Kucharik,Chad Monfreda,Navin Ramankutty	433
19	From the ground up: The role of climate versus management on global crop yield patterns 2008 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Rachel Licker,Margaret Johnston,J. A. Foley,Navin Ramankutty	1
20	Abrupt changes in rainfall during the twentieth century 2007 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Gemma Narisma,Jonathan A. Foley,Rachel Licker,Navin Ramankutty	107

About Rachel Licker

Rachel Licker is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Agronomy and Crop Science, having authored 21 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate Change and Health Impacts (5 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (3 papers) and Climate variability and models (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (866 citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (496 citations) and Soil Science (229 citations). Rachel Licker has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and South Africa. Frequent co-authors include Jonathan A. Foley, Navin Ramankutty, Christopher J. Kucharik, Carol Barford, Matt Johnston, Katja Frieler, Reto Knutti, Joeri Rogelj, Michiel Schaeffer and Erich Fischer. Their work appears in journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Nature Climate Change and Global Environmental Change.

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