Simon J. Brown

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Simon J. Brown is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon J. Brown has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 22 papers in Atmospheric Science and 5 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Simon J. Brown's work include Climate variability and models (31 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (14 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (13 papers). Simon J. Brown is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (31 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (14 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (13 papers). Simon J. Brown collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Simon J. Brown's co-authors include Eleanor Burke, Seita Emori, Nikolaos Christidis, John Caesar, Christopher A. T. Ferro, James M. Murphy, Peter A. Stott, David M. H. Sexton, Matthew Collins and Robin Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Simon J. Brown

37 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Dynamic and thermodynamic changes in mean and extreme pre... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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. Dynamic and thermodynamic changes in mean and extreme precipitation under changed climate
    2005 538 citations Simon J. Brown et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →
  2. 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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon J. Brown United Kingdom 23 3.0k 1.8k 547 439 282 40 3.7k
Hui Wan Canada 21 3.0k 1.0× 2.3k 1.3× 536 1.0× 354 0.8× 368 1.3× 35 3.8k
Byron E. Gleason United States 13 2.9k 1.0× 2.4k 1.4× 413 0.8× 351 0.8× 389 1.4× 16 4.0k
Ying Shi China 29 2.7k 0.9× 2.2k 1.2× 497 0.9× 377 0.9× 285 1.0× 69 3.4k
Heiko Paeth Germany 32 2.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 340 0.6× 450 1.0× 399 1.4× 125 3.5k
Moetasim Ashfaq United States 36 3.5k 1.2× 2.4k 1.4× 1.0k 1.9× 503 1.1× 309 1.1× 86 4.6k
Willem A. Landman South Africa 33 2.4k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 525 1.0× 509 1.2× 249 0.9× 105 3.5k
Klaus Wyser Sweden 31 3.8k 1.3× 2.9k 1.6× 663 1.2× 345 0.8× 344 1.2× 66 4.9k
Claas Teichmann Germany 25 2.5k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 425 0.8× 272 0.6× 276 1.0× 45 3.3k
Lucie A. Vincent Canada 23 3.1k 1.0× 2.6k 1.4× 665 1.2× 289 0.7× 408 1.4× 28 4.1k
Nikolaos Christidis United Kingdom 35 3.6k 1.2× 2.4k 1.3× 386 0.7× 462 1.1× 350 1.2× 72 4.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon J. Brown

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon J. Brown

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kay, Gillian, Nick Dunstone, Doug Smith, et al.. (2025). Rapidly increasing chance of record UK summer temperatures. Weather. 80(8). 268–276.
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Tett, Simon F. B., et al.. (2025). Attribution of extreme precipitation related to a fatal derailment near Carmont, Scotland. Environmental Research Climate. 4(3). 35010–35010.
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Guentchev, Galina, et al.. (2022). Using high-resolution global climate models from the PRIMAVERA project to create a European winter windstorm event set. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 22(11). 3585–3606. 7 indexed citations
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Kent, Chris, Nick Dunstone, Simon Tucker, et al.. (2021). Estimating unprecedented extremes in UK summer daily rainfall. Environmental Research Letters. 17(1). 14041–14041. 20 indexed citations
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Brown, Simon J.. (2017). The drivers of variability in UK extreme rainfall. International Journal of Climatology. 38(S1). 23 indexed citations
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Thompson, Vikki, Nick Dunstone, Adam A. Scaife, et al.. (2017). High risk of unprecedented UK rainfall in the current climate. Nature Communications. 8(1). 107–107. 164 indexed citations
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Brown, Simon J., James M. Murphy, David M. H. Sexton, & Glen Harris. (2014). Climate projections of future extreme events accounting for modelling uncertainties and historical simulation biases. Climate Dynamics. 43(9-10). 2681–2705. 27 indexed citations
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Burke, Eleanor, et al.. (2010). An extreme value analysis of UK drought and projections of change in the future. Journal of Hydrology. 388(1-2). 131–143. 86 indexed citations
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Murphy, James M., David M. H. Sexton, Geoff Jenkins, et al.. (2009). UK Climate Projections Science Report: Climate Change Projections. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 534 indexed citations breakdown →
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Burke, Eleanor & Simon J. Brown. (2008). Evaluating Uncertainties in the Projection of Future Drought. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 9(2). 292–299. 210 indexed citations
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Christidis, Nikolaos, Peter A. Stott, Simon J. Brown, David J. Karoly, & John Caesar. (2007). Human Contribution to the Lengthening of the Growing Season during 1950–99. Journal of Climate. 20(21). 5441–5454. 84 indexed citations
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Burke, Eleanor, Simon J. Brown, & Nikolaos Christidis. (2006). Modeling the Recent Evolution of Global Drought and Projections for the Twenty-First Century with the Hadley Centre Climate Model. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 7(5). 1113–1125. 453 indexed citations
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Barnett, David N., Simon J. Brown, James M. Murphy, David M. H. Sexton, & Mark J. Webb. (2006). Quantifying uncertainty in changes in extreme event frequency in response to doubled CO2 using a large ensemble of GCM simulations. Climate Dynamics. 26(5). 489–511. 88 indexed citations
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Christidis, Nikolaos, Peter A. Stott, Simon J. Brown, Gabriele C. Hegerl, & John Caesar. (2005). Detection of changes in temperature extremes during the second half of the 20th century. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(20). 134 indexed citations
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Folland, Chris K. & Simon J. Brown. (2004). Weather extremes. Weather. 59(5). 134–134.
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Christy, John R., D. E. Parker, Simon J. Brown, et al.. (2001). Differential trends in tropical sea surface and atmospheric temperatures since 1979. Geophysical Research Letters. 28(1). 183–186. 33 indexed citations
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Folland, Chris K., Nick A Rayner, Simon J. Brown, et al.. (2001). Global temperature change and its uncertainties since 1861. Geophysical Research Letters. 28(13). 2621–2624. 299 indexed citations
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Hurrell, James W., Kevin E. Trenberth, Simon J. Brown, & John R. Christy. (2000). Comparison of Tropospheric Temperatures from Radiosondes and Satellites: 1979–98. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 81(9). 2165–2177. 42 indexed citations

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