Susan Solomon

52.7k total citations · 17 hit papers
418 papers, 35.8k citations indexed

About

Susan Solomon is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Solomon has authored 418 papers receiving a total of 35.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 333 papers in Atmospheric Science, 282 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 59 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Susan Solomon's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (282 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (234 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (212 papers). Susan Solomon is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (282 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (234 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (212 papers). Susan Solomon collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Susan Solomon's co-authors include Rolando R. García, David W. J. Thompson, Guy Brasseur, R. W. Portmann, Reto Knutti, Gian‐Kasper Plattner, Pierre Friedlingstein, J. S. Daniel, A. R. Ravishankara and R. W. Sanders and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Susan Solomon

407 papers receiving 32.1k citations

Hit Papers

Irreversible climate chan... 1979 2026 1994 2010 2009 2002 1999 1986 1984 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions
    2009 2.2k citations Susan Solomon, Gian‐Kasper Plattner et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Interpretation of Recent Southern Hemisphere Climate Change
    2002 1.5k citations David W. J. Thompson, Susan Solomon Science profile →
  3. Stratospheric ozone depletion: A review of concepts and history
    1999 1.4k citations Susan Solomon profile →
  4. On the depletion of Antarctic ozone
    1986 1.1k citations Susan Solomon, Rolando R. García et al. Nature profile →
  5. Aeronomy of the Middle Atmosphere: Chemistry and Physics of the Stratosphere and Mesosphere
    1984 1.0k citations Susan Solomon et al. profile →
  6. Contributions of Stratospheric Water Vapor to Decadal Changes in the Rate of Global Warming
    2010 908 citations Susan Solomon, Karen H. Rosenlof et al. Science profile →
  7. Detection of human influence on twentieth-century precipitation trends
    2007 812 citations Gabriele C. Hegerl, Nathan P. Gillett et al. Nature profile →
  8. Signatures of the Antarctic ozone hole in Southern Hemisphere surface climate change
    2011 736 citations David W. J. Thompson, Susan Solomon et al. profile →
  9. The effect of breaking gravity waves on the dynamics and chemical composition of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere
    1985 687 citations Rolando R. García, Susan Solomon Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  10. Communication of the role of natural variability in future North American climate
    2012 669 citations Reto Knutti, Susan Solomon et al. profile →
  11. Progress towards a quantitative understanding of Antarctic ozone depletion
    1990 626 citations Susan Solomon Nature profile →
  12. Aeronomy of the Middle Atmosphere
    2005 625 citations Susan Solomon et al. profile →
  13. The Persistently Variable “Background” Stratospheric Aerosol Layer and Global Climate Change
    2011 440 citations Susan Solomon, J. S. Daniel et al. Science profile →
  14. Emergence of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer
    2016 438 citations Susan Solomon, Diane J. Ivy et al. Science profile →
  15. Observational and theoretical evidence in support of a significant in-situ photochemical source of tropospheric ozone
    1979 263 citations Susan Solomon et al. profile →
  16. The effect of particle precipitation events on the neutral and ion chemistry of the middle atmosphere: II. Odd hydrogen
    1981 263 citations Susan Solomon et al. profile →
  17. Observational and theoretical evidence in support of a significant in-situ photochemical source of tropospheric ozone
    1979 189 citations Susan Solomon et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Susan Solomon 26.4k 21.4k 5.2k 2.4k 1.9k 418 35.8k
Michael B. McElroy 10.6k 0.4× 7.1k 0.3× 5.5k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 293 22.1k
Paul J. Crutzen 35.0k 1.3× 28.8k 1.3× 3.2k 0.6× 2.0k 0.8× 2.2k 1.2× 371 53.5k
Yuk L. Yung 11.1k 0.4× 7.8k 0.4× 7.7k 1.5× 647 0.3× 1.9k 1.0× 452 19.0k
John P. Burrows 25.9k 1.0× 19.5k 0.9× 1.6k 0.3× 724 0.3× 3.3k 1.7× 759 29.6k
Keith P. Shine 11.5k 0.4× 11.9k 0.6× 880 0.2× 595 0.2× 1.2k 0.6× 238 19.3k
James E. Hansen 23.3k 0.9× 23.9k 1.1× 2.3k 0.4× 2.8k 1.2× 257 0.1× 330 44.5k
Andrew A. Lacis 12.8k 0.5× 13.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.2× 1.3k 0.5× 221 0.1× 152 19.0k
O. B. Toon 18.6k 0.7× 15.1k 0.7× 8.3k 1.6× 402 0.2× 577 0.3× 427 26.4k
Steven C. Wofsy 20.1k 0.8× 27.2k 1.3× 633 0.1× 1.7k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 358 37.3k
Daniel Rosenfeld 21.6k 0.8× 21.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.2× 541 0.2× 542 0.3× 329 26.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Susan Solomon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susan Solomon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Susan Solomon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Susan Solomon 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 Susan Solomon. Susan Solomon 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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Fu, Qiang, Susan Solomon, Stephen Po–Chedley, et al.. (2025). Recent Warming of the Southern Hemisphere Subtropical Lower Stratosphere and Antarctic Ozone Healing. AGU Advances. 6(4). 2 indexed citations
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Santer, Benjamin D., Susan Solomon, David W. J. Thompson, Qiang Fu, & Yaowei Li. (2025). Human influence on climate detectable in the late 19th century. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(25). e2500829122–e2500829122. 1 indexed citations
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Solomon, Susan, Benjamin D. Santer, Douglas E. Kinnison, et al.. (2025). Fingerprinting the recovery of Antarctic ozone. Nature. 639(8055). 646–651. 1 indexed citations
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Solomon, Susan, et al.. (2023). Inferring the photolysis rate of NO 2 in the stratosphere based on satellite observations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(18). 10413–10422. 1 indexed citations
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Solomon, Susan, et al.. (2023). Six-month course and outcome of treatment-seeking individuals with alcohol dependence syndrome. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 65(11). 1184–1189. 2 indexed citations
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Santer, Benjamin D., Stephen Po–Chedley, Lilong Zhao, et al.. (2023). Exceptional stratospheric contribution to human fingerprints on atmospheric temperature. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(20). e2300758120–e2300758120. 24 indexed citations
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Weimer, Michael, Douglas E. Kinnison, Rolando R. García, et al.. (2023). A Method for Estimating Global Subgrid‐Scale Orographic Gravity‐Wave Temperature Perturbations in Chemistry‐Climate Models. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 15(9). 4 indexed citations
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Solomon, Susan, Kane A. Stone, Pengfei Yu, et al.. (2022). On the stratospheric chemistry of midlatitude wildfire smoke. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(10). e2117325119–e2117325119. 57 indexed citations
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Santer, Benjamin D., Stephen Po–Chedley, C. A. Mears, et al.. (2021). Using Climate Model Simulations to Constrain Observations. Journal of Climate. 34(15). 6281–6301. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lily, Susan Solomon, Kane A. Stone, et al.. (2021). On the use of satellite observations to fill gaps in the Halley station total ozone record. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(12). 9829–9838. 1 indexed citations
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Zambri, Brian, Douglas E. Kinnison, & Susan Solomon. (2020). Subpolar Activation of Halogen Heterogeneous Chemistry in Austral Spring. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(2). 2 indexed citations
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Santer, Benjamin D., John C. Fyfe, Susan Solomon, et al.. (2019). Quantifying stochastic uncertainty in detection time of human-caused climate signals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(40). 19821–19827. 35 indexed citations
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Santer, Benjamin D., Stephen Po–Chedley, Mark D. Zelinka, et al.. (2018). Human influence on the seasonal cycle of tropospheric temperature. Science. 361(6399). 104 indexed citations
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Solomon, Susan, Diane J. Ivy, Justin Bandoro, et al.. (2017). Mirrored changes in Antarctic ozone and stratospheric temperature in the late 20th versus early 21st centuries. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(16). 8940–8950. 30 indexed citations
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Solomon, Susan, Douglas E. Kinnison, Rolando R. García, et al.. (2016). Monsoon circulations and tropical heterogeneous chlorine chemistry in the stratosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 43(24). 23 indexed citations
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Haßler, Birgit, Paul J. Young, R. W. Portmann, et al.. (2013). Comparison of three vertically resolved ozone data sets: climatology, trends and radiative forcings. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(11). 5533–5550. 30 indexed citations
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Matthews, H. Damon, Susan Solomon, & Raymond T. Pierrehumbert. (2012). Cumulative carbon as a policy framework for achieving climate stabilization. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 370(1974). 4365–4379. 94 indexed citations
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Mahlstein, Irina, et al.. (2012). . Edinburgh Research Explorer. 68 indexed citations
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Solomon, Susan, Gian‐Kasper Plattner, Reto Knutti, & Pierre Friedlingstein. (2009). Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(6). 1704–1709. 2220 indexed citations breakdown →
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Solomon, Susan, R. W. Sanders, & H. L. Miller. (1990). Visible and near‐ultraviolet spectroscopy at McMurdo Station, Antarctica 7. OClO diurnal photochemistry and implications for ozone destruction. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 95(D9). 13807–13817. 55 indexed citations

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