Rod Downie

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 533 citations indexed

About

Rod Downie is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Rod Downie has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 533 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Atmospheric Science, 7 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Rod Downie's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (5 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (4 papers) and Polar Research and Ecology (4 papers). Rod Downie is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (5 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (4 papers) and Polar Research and Ecology (4 papers). Rod Downie collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Rod Downie's co-authors include Bethan J. Davies, Jeremy Wilkinson, Peter Convey, Martín J. Siegert, Angus Atkinson, Andrew Elliott, Chris Russell, Gareth J. Marshall, Ari S. Friedlaender and Yevgeny Aksenov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Animal Ecology and Annual Review of Marine Science.

In The Last Decade

Rod Downie

11 papers receiving 522 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.

Seasonal Arctic sea ice forecasting with probabilistic deep learning

2021 158 citations Tom R. Andersson, J. Scott Hosking et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rod Downie United Kingdom	6	261	245	154	133	42	12	533
Daniel E. Pendleton United States	11	383 1.5×	140 0.6×	232 1.5×	229 1.7×	40 1.0×	18	560
Louise Ireland United Kingdom	13	394 1.5×	155 0.6×	206 1.3×	127 1.0×	11 0.3×	18	578
Ismael Núñez‐Riboni Germany	13	191 0.7×	259 1.1×	484 3.1×	343 2.6×	45 1.1×	26	777
Pranab Deb India	9	281 1.1×	792 3.2×	445 2.9×	203 1.5×	29 0.7×	21	986
Daisuke Hirano Japan	14	141 0.5×	524 2.1×	191 1.2×	291 2.2×	75 1.8×	36	698
Roland Aznar Spain	12	170 0.7×	189 0.8×	345 2.2×	366 2.8×	11 0.3×	22	618
Vladimir E. Kostylev Canada	12	312 1.2×	80 0.3×	250 1.6×	361 2.7×	21 0.5×	18	589
Caterina Bergami Italy	9	185 0.7×	150 0.6×	82 0.5×	155 1.2×	38 0.9×	26	374
A. J. Fox United Kingdom	5	349 1.3×	576 2.4×	108 0.7×	198 1.5×	20 0.5×	11	799
Qiang Yao United States	14	390 1.5×	320 1.3×	58 0.4×	59 0.4×	14 0.3×	44	506

Countries citing papers authored by Rod Downie

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rod Downie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Rod Downie. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Rod Downie. The network helps show where Rod Downie may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rod Downie

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rod Downie. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rod Downie based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rod Downie. Rod Downie is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Davies, Bethan J., Alison F. Banwell, Mark Brandon, et al.. (2026). The Antarctic Peninsula under present day climate and future low, medium-high and very high emissions scenarios. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 13.

2.

Byrne, James, Lisa‐Marie Leclerc, Amélie Roberto‐Charron, et al.. (2025). AI sea ice forecasts for Arctic conservation: A case study predicting the timing of caribou sea ice migrations. Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 6(2). 1 indexed citations

3.

Forcada, Jaume, et al.. (2024). Walruses from space: walrus counts in simultaneous remotely piloted aircraft system versus very high‐resolution satellite imagery. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 10(5). 584–596. 1 indexed citations

4.

Siegert, Martín J., Michael J. Bentley, Angus Atkinson, et al.. (2023). Antarctic extreme events. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 11. 45 indexed citations

5.

Andersson, Tom R., J. Scott Hosking, María Pérez‐Ortiz, et al.. (2021). Seasonal Arctic sea ice forecasting with probabilistic deep learning. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5124–5124. 158 indexed citations breakdown →

6.

Andersson, Tom R., J. Scott Hosking, María Pérez‐Ortiz, et al.. (2021). A daily to seasonal Arctic sea ice forecasting AI. 1 indexed citations

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Rogers, Alex D., David K. A. Barnes, Nathaniel L. Bindoff, et al.. (2019). Antarctic Futures: An Assessment of Climate-Driven Changes in Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Service Provisioning in the Southern Ocean. Annual Review of Marine Science. 12(1). 87–120. 163 indexed citations

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Siegert, Martín J., Angus Atkinson, Alison F. Banwell, et al.. (2019). The Antarctic Peninsula Under a 1.5°C Global Warming Scenario. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 7. 130 indexed citations

9.

Warwick‐Evans, Victoria, Rod Downie, Mercedes Santos, & Philip N. Trathan. (2019). Habitat preferences of Adélie Pygoscelis adeliae and Chinstrap Penguins Pygoscelis antarctica during pre-moult in the Weddell Sea (Southern Ocean). Polar Biology. 42(4). 703–714. 15 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Akinori, et al.. (2018). Niche partitioning of sympatric penguins by leapfrog foraging appears to be resilient to climate change. Journal of Animal Ecology. 88(2). 223–235. 15 indexed citations

11.

Cavanagh, Rachel D., et al.. (2014). Bridging the Krill Divide: Understanding Cross-Sector Objectives for Krill Fishing and Conservation. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 3 indexed citations

12.

Downie, Rod, et al.. (2005). Proposed construction and operation of Halley VI Research Station, Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Draft Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation (CEE). NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 1 indexed citations

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