Richard Betts

48.4k total citations · 20 hit papers
165 papers, 23.9k citations indexed

About

Richard Betts is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Betts has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 23.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 54 papers in Atmospheric Science and 19 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Richard Betts's work include Climate variability and models (78 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (49 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (43 papers). Richard Betts is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (78 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (49 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (43 papers). Richard Betts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Brazil. Richard Betts's co-authors include Peter M. Cox, Chris Jones, I. J. Totterdell, Steven A. Spall, Chris Huntingford, Pete Falloon, Matthew Collins, F. I. Woodward, Yadvinder Malhi and Nicola Gedney and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Richard Betts

160 papers receiving 22.8k citations

Hit Papers

Acceleration of global warming due to carbon-cycle feedba... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2000 2001 2007 2008 2000 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. Acceleration of global warming due to carbon-cycle feedbacks in a coupled climate model
    2000 3.1k citations Peter M. Cox, Richard Betts et al. Nature profile →
  2. Global response of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function to CO2 and climate change: results from six dynamic global vegetation models
    2001 1.5k citations Richard Betts, Peter M. Cox et al. profile →
  3. Climate Change, Deforestation, and the Fate of the Amazon
    2007 1.3k citations Richard Betts et al. profile →
  4. 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, Chris Huntingford et al. profile →
  5. Offset of the potential carbon sink from boreal forestation by decreases in surface albedo
    2000 795 citations Richard Betts Nature profile →
  6. The impact of new land surface physics on the GCM simulation of climate and climate sensitivity
    1999 727 citations Peter M. Cox, Richard Betts et al. profile →
  7. Implications of climate change for agricultural productivity in the early twenty-first century
    2010 719 citations Richard Betts et al. profile →
  8. Land use/land cover changes and climate: modeling analysis and observational evidence
    2011 664 citations Roger A. Pielke, Dev Niyogi et al. profile →
  9. Detection of a direct carbon dioxide effect in continental river runoff records
    2006 641 citations Peter M. Cox, Richard Betts et al. Nature profile →
  10. Climate change in cities due to global warming and urban effects
    2010 625 citations Mark McCarthy, Richard Betts et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →
  11. The influence of land-use change and landscape dynamics on the climate system: relevance to climate-change policy beyond the radiative effect of greenhouse gases
    2002 622 citations Roger A. Pielke, Gregg Marland et al. profile →
  12. Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change
    2022 621 citations Matthew W. Jones, John T. Abatzoglou et al. profile →
  13. Amazonian forest dieback under climate-carbon cycle projections for the 21st century
    2004 576 citations Peter M. Cox, Richard Betts et al. profile →
  14. Global Changes in Drought Conditions Under Different Levels of Warming
    2018 542 citations Gustavo Naumann, Lorenzo Alfieri et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →
  15. Projected increase in continental runoff due to plant responses to increasing carbon dioxide
    2007 537 citations Richard Betts, Matthew Collins et al. Nature profile →
  16. UK Climate Projections Science Report: Climate Change Projections
    2009 534 citations James M. Murphy, David M. H. Sexton et al. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) profile →
  17. Increased human and economic losses from river flooding with anthropogenic warming
    2018 508 citations Francesco Dottori, Lorenzo Alfieri et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  18. Rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes since 1990
    2020 372 citations Dan H. Shugar, Aaron Burr et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  19. Changes in Climate and Land Use Over the Amazon Region: Current and Future Variability and Trends
    2018 334 citations José A. Marengo, Chantelle Burton et al. profile →
  20. Climate change and the global pattern of moraine-dammed glacial lake outburst floods
    2018 255 citations Stephan Harrison, Jeffrey S. Kargel et al. ˜The œcryosphere profile →

Peers

Richard Betts
Comparison fields: 5 of 184
  • Global and Planetary Change 15.6k
  • Atmospheric Science 7.2k
  • Ecology 4.0k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 2.7k
  • Water Science and Technology 2.6k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Very high fire danger in UK in 2022 at least 6 times more likely due to human-caused climate change
2025 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Chantelle Burton, Andrew Ciavarella, Douglas I. Kelley, Andrew James Hartley, Mark McCarthy, (unknown), Richard Betts, Eddy Robertson
0
2
Regional Impacts Poorly Constrained by Climate Sensitivity
2024 ·Earth s Future ·Ranjini Swaminathan, Jacob Schewe, Jeremy Walton, Klaus Zimmermann, Colin Jones, Richard Betts, Chantelle Burton, Chris Jones, Matthias Mengel, Christopher Reyer, Andrew G. Turner, Katja Weigel
6
3
Modelling the impact of forest management and CO2-fertilisation on growth and demography in a Sitka spruce plantation
2023 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Eddy Robertson, Anna Harper, James Morison, Georgios Xenakis, Astley Hastings, Jon McCalmont, (unknown), Ian J. Bateman, (unknown), Richard Betts, Stephen Bathgate, (unknown), Matthew Heard, Peter M. Cox
1
4
Approaching 1.5 °C: how will we know we’ve reached this crucial warming mark?
2023 ·Nature ·Richard Betts, Stephen E. Belcher, Leon Hermanson, Albert Klein Tank, Jason Lowe, Chris Jones, Colin Morice, Nick A Rayner, Adam A. Scaife, Peter A. Stott
35
5
Burned area mapping in Different Data Products for the Southwest of the Brazilian Amazon
2023 ·Revista Brasileira de Cartografia ·(unknown), Philip M. Fearnside, Aurora Miho Yanai, Paulo Maurı́cio Lima de Alencastro Graça, Ricardo Dalagnol, Ana Carolina Moreira Pessôa, (unknown), Chantelle Burton, Chris Jones, Richard Betts, (unknown), (unknown), Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Liana O. Anderson
3
6
Assessing the chance of unprecedented dry conditions over North Brazil during El Niño events
2022 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Gillian Kay, Nick Dunstone, Doug Smith, Richard Betts, Christopher Cunningham, Adam A. Scaife
10
7
Climate Change Increases the Risk of Wildfires: January 2020
2020 ·UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·Matthew W. Jones, Adam J. P. Smith, Richard Betts, Josep G. Canadell, I. Colin Prentice, Corinne Le Quéré
5
8
Climate Change Increases the Risk of Wildfires: September 2020
2020 ·UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·Adam J. P. Smith, Matthew W. Jones, John T. Abatzoglou, Josep G. Canadell, Richard Betts
2
9
Rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes since 1990 breakdown →
2020 ·Nature Climate Change ·Dan H. Shugar, Aaron Burr, Umesh K. Haritashya, Jeffrey S. Kargel, C. Scott Watson, Maureen C. Kennedy, Alexandre Bevington, Richard Betts, Stephan Harrison, Katherine Strattman
372
10
Changes in productivity and carbon storage of grasslands in China under future global warming scenarios of 1.5°C and 2°C
2019 ·Journal of Plant Ecology ·Zhaoqi Wang, Jinfeng Chang, Shushi Peng, Shilong Piao, Philippe Ciais, Richard Betts
20
11
Multi-Model Projections of River Flood Risk in Europe under Global Warming
2018 ·Climate ·Lorenzo Alfieri, Francesco Dottori, Richard Betts, Peter Salamon, Luc Feyen
103
12
Global Changes in Drought Conditions Under Different Levels of Warming breakdown →
2018 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Gustavo Naumann, Lorenzo Alfieri, Klaus Wyser, Lorenzo Mentaschi, Richard Betts, Hugo Carrão, Jonathan Spinoni, J. Vogt, Luc Feyen
542
13
Climate change and the global pattern of moraine-dammed glacial lake outburst floods breakdown →
2018 ·˜The œcryosphere ·Stephan Harrison, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Christian Huggel, John V. Reynolds, Dan H. Shugar, Richard Betts, Adam Emmer, Neil F. Glasser, Umesh K. Haritashya, Jan Klimeš, Liam Reinhardt, Yvonne Schaub, Andy Wiltshire, Dhananjay Regmi, Vít Vilímek
255
14
Will Fire Danger Be Reduced by Using Solar Radiation Management to Limit Global Warming to 1.5 °C Compared to 2.0 °C?
2018 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Chantelle Burton, Richard Betts, Chris Jones, Karina Williams
16
15
Social ‘tipping points’ under climate/environmental change
2017 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Pierre Ozer, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), François Gemenne, Tim Lenton, Richard Betts, Florence De Longueville
1
16
Downscaling of South America present climate driven by 4-member HadCM3 runs
2010 ·Biblioteca Digital da Memória Científica do INPE (National Institute for Space Research) ·Sin Chan Chou, José A. Marengo, André Lyra, Gustavo Sueiro, José Pesquero, Lincoln Muniz Alves, Richard Betts, Gillian Kay, Diego Chagas, Jorge Luís Gomes
1
17
UK Climate Projections Science Report: Climate Change Projections breakdown →
2009 ·UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·James M. Murphy, David M. H. Sexton, Geoff Jenkins, Ben Booth, (unknown), (unknown), Matthew Collins, Glen Harris, Elizabeth Kendon, Richard Betts, Simon J. Brown, (unknown), Mark McCarthy, Ruth E. McDonald, Ag Stephens, Craig Wallace, Rachel Warren, Robert L. Wilby, Richard Wood
534
18
Global warming uncertainties due to carbon cycle feedbacks exceed those due to CO2 emissions
2009 ·EGUGA ·Ben Booth, Colin Jones, M. Collin, I. J. Totterdell, Peter M. Cox, Stephen Sitch, Chris Huntingford, Richard Betts
1
19
The climatic impacts of land surface change and carbon management, and the implications for climate-change mitigation policy
2003 ·Climate Policy ·Gregg Marland, Roger A. Pielke, Mike Apps, Roni Avissar, Richard Betts, K. J. Davis, Peter C. Frumhoff, Stephen T. Jackson, Linda A. Joyce, Pekka E. Kauppi, John Katzenberger, K.G. MacDicken, Ronald P. Neilson, John O. Niles, Dev Niyogi, Richard J. Norby, Naomi Peña, Neil Sampson, Yongkang Xue
144
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Acceleration of global warming due to carbon-cycle feedbacks in a coupled climate model breakdown →
2000 ·Nature ·Peter M. Cox, Richard Betts, Chris Jones, Steven A. Spall, I. J. Totterdell
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