Robert Pincus

18.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
130 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Robert Pincus is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Pincus has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Atmospheric Science, 81 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Robert Pincus's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (49 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (43 papers) and Climate variability and models (42 papers). Robert Pincus is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (49 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (43 papers) and Climate variability and models (42 papers). Robert Pincus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Robert Pincus's co-authors include Björn Stevens, Stephen A. Klein, Howard W. Barker, Steven Platnick, M. B. Baker, Sandrine Bony, Steven A. Ackerman, Thorsten Mauritsen, Jean‐Jacques Morcrette and Mark J. Webb and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Robert Pincus

119 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Atmospheric component of the MPI‐M Earth System Model: ECHAM6

2013 1.1k citations Björn Stevens, M. A. Giorgetta et al. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems profile →
Cloud and aerosol properties, precipitable water, and profiles of temperature and water vapor from MODIS

2003 784 citations Robert Pincus et al. profile →
Clouds, circulation and climate sensitivity

2015 646 citations Sandrine Bony, Björn Stevens et al. profile →
COSP: Satellite simulation software for model assessment

2011 460 citations Sandrine Bony, Stephen A. Klein et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert Pincus	7.6k	7.3k	573	383	347	130	8.9k
Robert F. Cahalan	5.8k 0.8×	5.0k 0.7×	1.3k 2.3×	395 1.0×	366 1.1×	99	7.0k
David D. Turner	7.4k 1.0×	7.7k 1.1×	352 0.6×	292 0.8×	780 2.2×	325	9.9k
Erik van Meijgaard	6.4k 0.8×	10.0k 1.4×	1.0k 1.7×	224 0.6×	674 1.9×	153	12.3k
Mark Vaughan	12.2k 1.6×	11.4k 1.6×	351 0.6×	767 2.0×	495 1.4×	167	12.8k
Peter Koepke	4.2k 0.5×	4.0k 0.6×	223 0.4×	221 0.6×	352 1.0×	104	5.1k
Jennifer E. Kay	6.6k 0.9×	8.1k 1.1×	996 1.7×	195 0.5×	233 0.7×	117	9.4k
David M. Schultz	4.3k 0.6×	4.8k 0.7×	561 1.0×	229 0.6×	597 1.7×	250	6.5k
Douglas Maraun	7.2k 0.9×	4.9k 0.7×	512 0.9×	206 0.5×	638 1.8×	90	8.9k
Thomas H. Vonder Haar	3.6k 0.5×	3.7k 0.5×	851 1.5×	191 0.5×	502 1.4×	169	4.9k
Ilan Koren	7.9k 1.0×	7.7k 1.1×	381 0.7×	1.3k 3.5×	329 0.9×	194	9.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Pincus

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Pincus

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Iglesias‐Suarez, Fernando, et al.. (2025). Interpretable Machine Learning‐Based Radiation Emulation for ICON. elib (German Aerospace Center). 2(4).

Polvani, Lorenzo M., et al.. (2025). Analytical Models of Instantaneous Radiative Forcing across Opacity Regimes. Journal of Climate. 38(24). 7351–7368.

Dunne, John P., Helene T. Hewitt, Julie M. Arblaster, et al.. (2025). An evolving Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 7 (CMIP7) and Fast Track in support of future climate assessment. Geoscientific model development. 18(19). 6671–6700. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Xuanyu, Juliana Dias, Brandon Wolding, et al.. (2025). Impacts of Weak Sea Surface Temperature Warm Anomalies on Local Trade Cumulus Cloudiness in Large Eddy Simulations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 17(7).

Mlawer, E. J., et al.. (2024). A More Transparent Infrared Window. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(22). 2 indexed citations

Polvani, Lorenzo M., et al.. (2023). Sparse, Empirically Optimized Quadrature for Broadband Spectral Integration. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 15(10). 3 indexed citations

Fildier, Benjamin, Caroline Müller, Robert Pincus, & S. Fueglistaler. (2023). How Moisture Shapes Low‐Level Radiative Cooling in Subsidence Regimes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 5 indexed citations

Griffies, Stephen M., Eleanor Blyth, Jiwen Fan, Robert Pincus, & Tapio Schneider. (2021). Concerning the Aims and Scope for JAMES. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 13(5). 1 indexed citations

Albright, Anna Lea, Benjamin Fildier, Ludovic Touzé‐Peiffer, et al.. (2021). Atmospheric radiative profiles during EUREC ⁴ A. Earth system science data. 13(2). 617–630. 12 indexed citations

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George, Geet, Björn Stevens, Sandrine Bony, et al.. (2021). JOANNE: Joint dropsonde Observations of the Atmosphere in tropical North atlaNtic meso-scale Environments. Earth system science data. 13(11). 5253–5272. 33 indexed citations

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Pincus, Robert, Stefan A. Buehler, Manfred Brath, et al.. (2020). Benchmark Calculations of Radiative Forcing by Greenhouse Gases. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(23). 26 indexed citations

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Smith, Chris, Ryan J. Kramer, Gunnar Myhre, et al.. (2020). Effective Radiative Forcing and Adjustments in CMIP6. 1 indexed citations

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Pincus, Robert, E. J. Mlawer, & Jennifer Delamere. (2019). Balancing Accuracy, Efficiency, and Flexibility in Radiation Calculations for Dynamical Models. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 11(10). 3074–3089. 74 indexed citations

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Abramowitz, Gab, Nadja Herger, E. D. Gutmann, et al.. (2019). ESD Reviews: Model dependence in multi-model climate ensembles: weighting, sub-selection and out-of-sample testing. Earth System Dynamics. 10(1). 91–105. 108 indexed citations

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Abramowitz, Gab, Nadja Herger, E. D. Gutmann, et al.. (2018). Model dependence in multi-model climate ensembles: weighting, sub-selection and out-of-sample testing. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 11 indexed citations

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Klein, Stephen A., Alex Hall, Joel R. Norris, & Robert Pincus. (2017). Low-Cloud Feedbacks from Cloud-Controlling Factors: A Review. Surveys in Geophysics. 38(6). 1307–1329. 157 indexed citations

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Klein, Stephen A., Alex Hall, Joel R. Norris, & Robert Pincus. (2017). Low-Cloud Feedbacks from Cloud-Controlling Factors: A Review. 135–157. 20 indexed citations

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Feldman, Daniel, S. M. Freidenreich, David Paynter, et al.. (2017). A New Paradigm for Diagnosing Contributions to Model Aerosol Forcing Error. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(23). 24 indexed citations

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Pincus, Robert. (2006). Systematic comparisons of clouds as observed by MODIS and ISCCP. 1 indexed citations

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Pincus, Robert. (1977). On tests in variance components models. Series Statistics. 8(2). 251–255. 4 indexed citations

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