Serge Janicot

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Serge Janicot is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Serge Janicot has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 76 papers in Atmospheric Science and 37 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Serge Janicot's work include Climate variability and models (87 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (57 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (38 papers). Serge Janicot is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (87 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (57 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (38 papers). Serge Janicot collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Senegal. Serge Janicot's co-authors include Benjamin Sultan, Bernard Fontaine, Isabelle Poccard, Vincent Moron, Arona Diédhiou, Pierre Camberlin, Elsa Mohíno, J. Bader, Flore Mounier and Christophe Lavaysse and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Serge Janicot

112 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

  1. Frequency of extreme Sahelian storms tripled since 1982 in satellite observations
    2017 305 citations Christopher M. Taylor, Douglas J. Parker et al. profile →

Peers

Serge Janicot
Alessandra Giannini United States
Sulochana Gadgil India
Vincent Moron France
Mathew Barlow United States
Colin Jones United Kingdom
Richard Wood United Kingdom
Peter C. McIntosh Australia
Andreas H. Fink Germany
Scott B. Power Australia
Caroline C. Ummenhofer United States
Alessandra Giannini United States
Serge Janicot
Citations per year, relative to Serge Janicot Serge Janicot (= 1×) peers Alessandra Giannini

Countries citing papers authored by Serge Janicot

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Fields of papers citing papers by Serge Janicot

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Serge Janicot

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Serge Janicot. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Serge Janicot 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 Serge Janicot. Serge Janicot is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Famien, Adjoua Moïse, et al.. (2023). Influence of Continental Atmospheric Forcing on the Decadal Variability of the West African Monsoon. Atmospheric and Climate Sciences. 14(1). 1–28.
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Gaetani, Marco, Serge Janicot, Mathieu Vrac, Adjoua Moïse Famien, & Benjamin Sultan. (2020). Robust assessment of the time of emergence of precipitation change in West Africa. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 7670–7670. 39 indexed citations
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Famien, Adjoua Moïse, Serge Janicot, Mathieu Vrac, et al.. (2018). A bias-corrected CMIP5 dataset for Africa using the CDF-t method – a contribution to agricultural impact studies. Earth System Dynamics. 9(1). 313–338. 69 indexed citations
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Khodri, Myriam, Takeshi Izumo, Jérôme Vialard, et al.. (2017). Tropical explosive volcanic eruptions can trigger El Niño by cooling tropical Africa. Nature Communications. 8(1). 778–778. 134 indexed citations
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Polcher‬, Jan, Douglas J. Parker, Amadou Thierno Gaye, et al.. (2011). AMMA's contribution to the evolution of prediction and decision‐making systems for West Africa. Atmospheric Science Letters. 12(1). 2–6. 12 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Fonseca, Belén, Serge Janicot, Elsa Mohíno, et al.. (2011). Interannual and decadal SST‐forced responses of the West African monsoon. Atmospheric Science Letters. 12(1). 67–74. 112 indexed citations
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Janicot, Serge, Guy Caniaux, Fabrice Chauvin, et al.. (2010). Intraseasonal variability of the West African monsoon. Atmospheric Science Letters. 12(1). 58–66. 93 indexed citations
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Drobinski, Philippe, Sophie Bastin, Serge Janicot, et al.. (2009). On the late northward propagation of the West African monsoon in summer 2006 in the region of Niger/Mali. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(D9). 12 indexed citations
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Janicot, Serge. (2009). A comparison of Indian and African monsoon variability at different time scales. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 341(8-9). 575–590. 12 indexed citations
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Janicot, Serge, Flore Mounier, & Arona Diédhiou. (2008). Les ondes atmosphériques d’échelle synoptique dans la mousson d’Afrique de l’Ouest et centrale : ondes d’est et ondes de Kelvin. Science et changements planétaires / Sécheresse. 19(1). 13–22. 6 indexed citations
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Sultan, Benjamin, Serge Janicot, Christian Baron, et al.. (2008). Les impacts agronomiques du climat en Afrique de l'Ouest : une illustration des problèmes majeurs. Science et changements planétaires / Sécheresse. 19(1). 29–37. 6 indexed citations
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Yaka, Pascal, et al.. (2008). Relationships between climate and year-to-year variability in meningitis outbreaks: A case study in Burkina Faso and Niger. International Journal of Health Geographics. 7(1). 34–34. 64 indexed citations
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Drobinski, P., Sophie Bastin, Serge Janicot, et al.. (2007). Role of scale interactions and orography on the late northward propagation of the West African monsoon in summer 2006 in the region of Niger/Mali. elib (German Aerospace Center). 53(1358). 1–4. 2 indexed citations
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Sultan, Benjamin, Christian Baron, Michaël Dingkuhn, Benoı̂t Sarr, & Serge Janicot. (2005). La variabilité climatique en Afrique de l’Ouest aux échelles saisonnière et intra-saisonnière. II : applications à la sensibilité des rendements agricoles au Sahel. Agritrop (Cirad). 16(1). 23–33. 9 indexed citations
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Sultan, Benjamin, Karim Labadi, Jean‐François Guégan, & Serge Janicot. (2005). Climate Drives the Meningitis Epidemics Onset in West Africa. PLoS Medicine. 2(1). e6–e6. 211 indexed citations
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Sultan, Benjamin, Karim Labadi, Gérard Beltrando, & Serge Janicot. (2004). Meningococcal meningitis and the atmospheric dynamics in West Africa. Environnement Risques & Sante. 3(1). 23–34. 1 indexed citations
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Sultan, Benjamin & Serge Janicot. (2004). La variabilité climatique en Afrique de l’Ouest aux échelles saisonnière et intra-saisonnière. I : mise en place de la mousson et variabilité intra-saisonnière de la convection. Science et changements planétaires / Sécheresse. 15(4). 321–330. 6 indexed citations
18.
Louvet, Samuel & Serge Janicot. (2003). Study of the first guinean rainy season and role of the subtropical jet of the northern hemisphere. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 9321. 3 indexed citations
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Redelsperger, Jean‐Luc & Serge Janicot. (2002). West African Monsoon Project. EGSGA. 258.
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Janicot, Serge, et al.. (2002). Energetics of easterly wave disturbances over West Africa and the tropical Atlantic: a climatology from the 1979-95 NCEP/NCAR reanalyses. Climate Dynamics. 18(6). 487–500. 20 indexed citations

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