Thomas H. Jagger

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas H. Jagger is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas H. Jagger has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Atmospheric Science, 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Thomas H. Jagger's work include Climate variability and models (42 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (41 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (28 papers). Thomas H. Jagger is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (42 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (41 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (28 papers). Thomas H. Jagger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bermuda and Australia. Thomas H. Jagger's co-authors include James B. Elsner, James P. Kossin, Xufeng Niu, Anastasios A. Tsonis, Kerry Emanuel, Kam‐biu Liu, Richard J. Murnane, Allen G. Hunt, Sarah Strazzo and John Humphreys and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Thomas H. Jagger

54 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

The increasing intensity of the strongest tropical cyclones 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 250 500 750
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. The increasing intensity of the strongest tropical cyclones
    2008 816 citations James B. Elsner, James P. Kossin et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas H. Jagger United States 25 1.8k 1.7k 730 265 184 54 2.5k
J. D. Annan Japan 31 2.3k 1.2× 2.0k 1.1× 532 0.7× 265 1.0× 135 0.7× 87 3.3k
Richard C. J. Somerville United States 29 2.0k 1.1× 2.1k 1.2× 413 0.6× 186 0.7× 269 1.5× 98 3.3k
Frank Selten Netherlands 32 2.4k 1.3× 2.1k 1.2× 488 0.7× 215 0.8× 119 0.6× 84 3.3k
Bedartha Goswami India 28 2.0k 1.1× 2.2k 1.3× 680 0.9× 168 0.6× 101 0.5× 58 3.0k
И. И. Мохов Russia 35 4.0k 2.2× 4.0k 2.3× 561 0.8× 275 1.0× 198 1.1× 330 5.3k
Stephen T. Garner United States 22 2.3k 1.2× 2.1k 1.2× 1.3k 1.7× 285 1.1× 100 0.5× 44 3.2k
Gabriele Messori Sweden 30 1.9k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 318 0.4× 90 0.3× 191 1.0× 133 2.8k
M. R. Allen United Kingdom 11 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 640 0.9× 179 0.7× 139 0.8× 17 2.9k
Andreas Hense Germany 31 2.7k 1.5× 2.6k 1.5× 528 0.7× 203 0.8× 362 2.0× 118 4.0k
William J. Merryfield Canada 30 2.3k 1.2× 2.5k 1.4× 1.1k 1.5× 138 0.5× 164 0.9× 95 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas H. Jagger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas H. Jagger

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Elsner, James B., et al.. (2017). A dasymetric method to spatially apportion tornado casualty counts. Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk. 8(2). 1768–1782. 18 indexed citations
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Elsner, James B., et al.. (2016). Statistical Models for Tornado Climatology: Long and Short-Term Views. PLoS ONE. 11(11). e0166895–e0166895. 22 indexed citations
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Elsner, James B., et al.. (2016). Statistical models for predicting tornado rates: Case studies from Oklahoma and the Mid South USA. International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering. 6(1). 1–9. 2 indexed citations
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Elsner, James B., et al.. (2016). A space–time statistical climate model for hurricane intensification in the North Atlantic basin. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 105–114. 3 indexed citations
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Jagger, Thomas H., et al.. (2015). A Statistical Model for Regional Tornado Climate Studies. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0131876–e0131876. 19 indexed citations
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Elsner, James B., et al.. (2014). Tornado Intensity Estimated from Damage Path Dimensions. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e107571–e107571. 24 indexed citations
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Elsner, James B., et al.. (2014). Daily tornado frequency distributions in the United States. Environmental Research Letters. 9(2). 24018–24018. 25 indexed citations
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Elsner, James B., et al.. (2014). Empirical estimates of kinetic energy from some recent U.S. tornadoes. Geophysical Research Letters. 41(12). 4340–4346. 17 indexed citations
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Elsner, James B. & Thomas H. Jagger. (2013). Hurricane Climatology: A Modern Statistical Guide Using R. 23 indexed citations
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Elsner, James B., et al.. (2012). Sensitivity of limiting hurricane intensity to ocean warmth. Geophysical Research Letters. 39(17). 19 indexed citations
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Elsner, James B., et al.. (2010). Daily tropical cyclone intensity response to solar ultraviolet radiation. Geophysical Research Letters. 37(9). 18 indexed citations
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Jagger, Thomas H. & James B. Elsner. (2010). A Consensus Model for Seasonal Hurricane Prediction. Journal of Climate. 23(22). 6090–6099. 16 indexed citations
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Elsner, James B., et al.. (2010). Toward increased utilization of historical hurricane chronologies. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(D3). 26 indexed citations
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Jagger, Thomas H., et al.. (2010). Climate and solar signals in property damage losses from hurricanes affecting the United States. Natural Hazards. 58(1). 541–557. 12 indexed citations
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Elsner, James B., James P. Kossin, & Thomas H. Jagger. (2008). The increasing intensity of the strongest tropical cyclones. Nature. 455(7209). 92–95. 816 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jagger, Thomas H. & James B. Elsner. (2008). Modeling tropical cyclone intensity with quantile regression. International Journal of Climatology. 29(10). 1351–1361. 39 indexed citations
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Elsner, James B., Thomas H. Jagger, & Kam‐biu Liu. (2008). Comparison of Hurricane Return Levels Using Historical and Geological Records. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 47(2). 368–374. 46 indexed citations
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Elsner, James B., Anastasios A. Tsonis, & Thomas H. Jagger. (2006). High-Frequency Variability in Hurricane Power Dissipation and Its Relationship to Global Temperature. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 87(6). 763–768. 30 indexed citations
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Jagger, Thomas H. & James B. Elsner. (2006). Climatology Models for Extreme Hurricane Winds near the United States. Journal of Climate. 19(13). 3220–3236. 134 indexed citations
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Elsner, James B., Xufeng Niu, & Thomas H. Jagger. (2004). Detecting Shifts in Hurricane Rates Using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo Approach. Journal of Climate. 17(13). 2652–2666. 74 indexed citations

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