Toshio Yamagata

39.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
291 papers, 30.5k citations indexed

About

Toshio Yamagata is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Toshio Yamagata has authored 291 papers receiving a total of 30.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 228 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 219 papers in Oceanography and 176 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Toshio Yamagata's work include Climate variability and models (225 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (211 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (99 papers). Toshio Yamagata is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (225 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (211 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (99 papers). Toshio Yamagata collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Toshio Yamagata's co-authors include Swadhin K. Behera, N. H. Saji, Karumuri Ashok, P. N. Vinayachandran, B. N. Goswami, Jing‐Jia Luo, Suryachandra A. Rao, Zhaoyong Guan, Hengyi Weng and Yukio Masumoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Toshio Yamagata

285 papers receiving 29.5k citations

Hit Papers

A dipole mode in the tropical Indian Ocean 1998 2026 2007 2016 1999 2007 2001 2003 1998 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. A dipole mode in the tropical Indian Ocean
    1999 4.2k citations Toshio Yamagata et al. profile →
  2. El Niño Modoki and its possible teleconnection
    2007 2.2k citations Karumuri Ashok, Swadhin K. Behera et al. profile →
  3. Impact of the Indian Ocean dipole on the relationship between the Indian monsoon rainfall and ENSO
    2001 911 citations Karumuri Ashok, Toshio Yamagata et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →
  4. Possible impacts of Indian Ocean Dipole mode events on global climate
    2003 880 citations Toshio Yamagata et al. profile →
  5. ENSO theory
    1998 758 citations Yoshinobu Wakata, Toshio Yamagata et al. profile →
  6. Panels with non-stationary multifactor error structures
    2010 728 citations Toshio Yamagata et al. profile →
  7. Individual and Combined Influences of ENSO and the Indian Ocean Dipole on the Indian Summer Monsoon
    2004 531 citations Karumuri Ashok, Toshio Yamagata et al. profile →
  8. Impacts of recent El Niño Modoki on dry/wet conditions in the Pacific rim during boreal summer
    2007 491 citations Karumuri Ashok, Swadhin K. Behera et al. Climate Dynamics profile →
  9. Impacts of El Niño Southern Oscillation on the global yields of major crops
    2014 311 citations Jing‐Jia Luo, Toshio Yamagata et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Toshio Yamagata Japan 87 24.8k 19.1k 18.4k 1.4k 1.0k 291 30.5k
Mark A. Cane United States 90 20.2k 0.8× 11.5k 0.6× 18.3k 1.0× 2.6k 1.8× 1.3k 1.3× 269 27.6k
Peter J. Webster United States 63 17.1k 0.7× 8.5k 0.4× 15.7k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 642 0.6× 156 21.8k
Fei‐Fei Jin United States 75 23.5k 0.9× 15.3k 0.8× 19.2k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 590 0.6× 307 26.6k
Kerry Emanuel United States 100 30.8k 1.2× 15.5k 0.8× 36.1k 2.0× 2.7k 2.0× 1.1k 1.0× 354 42.0k
Michael J. McPhaden United States 90 25.3k 1.0× 23.3k 1.2× 17.5k 0.9× 2.8k 2.0× 574 0.6× 420 32.2k
Mojib Latif Germany 79 19.7k 0.8× 11.7k 0.6× 16.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 687 0.7× 311 23.5k
Shang‐Ping Xie United States 107 35.6k 1.4× 25.3k 1.3× 29.6k 1.6× 1.8k 1.3× 468 0.5× 498 41.2k
Wenju Cai Australia 72 16.3k 0.7× 9.5k 0.5× 12.1k 0.7× 2.3k 1.6× 819 0.8× 318 21.0k
Bin Wang United States 106 37.9k 1.5× 17.6k 0.9× 36.9k 2.0× 1.3k 1.0× 925 0.9× 511 42.4k
David S. Battisti United States 68 13.7k 0.6× 7.0k 0.4× 13.8k 0.8× 1.7k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 189 20.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toshio Yamagata

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xue, Jiaqing, Wenjun Zhang, Jing‐Jia Luo, et al.. (2025). Interdecadal modulation of Ningaloo Niño/Niña strength in the Southeast Indian Ocean by the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1966–1966.
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Ling, Fenghua, Jing‐Jia Luo, Lei Bai, et al.. (2024). Diffusion model-based probabilistic downscaling for 180-year East Asian climate reconstruction. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 7(1). 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Shixin, Tiexi Chen, Jing‐Jia Luo, et al.. (2024). Warming climate is helping human beings run faster, jump higher and throw farther through less dense air. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 7(1). 2 indexed citations
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Doi, Takeshi, Swadhin K. Behera, & Toshio Yamagata. (2024). Seasonal predictability of the extreme Pakistani rainfall of 2022 possible contributions from the northern coastal Arabian Sea temperature. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 7(1). 7 indexed citations
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Xue, Jiaqing, Jing‐Jia Luo, Chaoxia Yuan, & Toshio Yamagata. (2020). Discovery of Chile Niño/Niña. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(5). 16 indexed citations
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Aiki, Hidenori & Toshio Yamagata. (2006). Energetics of the layer-thickness form drag based on an integral identity. 13 indexed citations
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Ashok, Karumuri, et al.. (2004). A Numerical Simulation Study of the Indian Summer Monsoon of 1994 using NCAR MM5. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 82(6). 1755–1775. 32 indexed citations
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Behera, Swadhin K. & Toshio Yamagata. (2003). Reply. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 81(6). 1507–1509. 1 indexed citations
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Behera, Swadhin K. & Toshio Yamagata. (2003). Influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the Southern Oscillation.. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 81(1). 169–177. 186 indexed citations
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Yamagata, Toshio & Yukio Masumoto. (1992). Interdecadal Natural Climate Variability in the Western Pacific and its Implication in Global Warming. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 70(1B). 167–175. 32 indexed citations
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Yamagata, Toshio & Yukio Masumoto. (1989). A simple ocean-atmosphere coupled model for the origin of a warm El Niño Southern Oscillation event. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 329(1604). 225–236. 30 indexed citations
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Wakata, Yoshinobu & Toshio Yamagata. (1989). Time Evolution of a Localized Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly in Coupled Air-sea Models. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 67(6). 1071–1079. 2 indexed citations
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Yamagata, Toshio. (1987). A Simple Moist Model Relevant to the Origin of Intraseasonal Disturbances in the Tropics. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 65(2). 153–165. 22 indexed citations
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Matsuura, Tomonori & Toshio Yamagata. (1985). A Numerical Study of a Viscous flow Past a Circular Cylinder on an ƒ-plane. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 63(2). 151–167. 13 indexed citations
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Yamagata, Toshio & Yoshikazu Hayashi. (1984). A Simple Diagnostic Model for the 30-50 Day Oscillation in the Tropics. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 62(5). 709–717. 43 indexed citations
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Yamagata, Toshio & Tomonori Matsuura. (1981). A Generalization of Prandtl-Batchelor Theorem for Planetary Fluid Flows in a Closed Geostrophic Contour. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 59(5). 615–619. 8 indexed citations
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Yamagata, Toshio. (1980). The Stability, Modulation and Long Wave Resonance of a Planetary Wave in a Rotating, Two-Layer Fluid on a Channel Beta-Planet. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 58(3). 160–171. 23 indexed citations
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Yamagata, Toshio. (1977). Stability of Planetary Waves in a Two-Layer System. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 55(3). 240–247. 1 indexed citations
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Yamagata, Toshio. (1974). On the Preferred Scale of the Finite-Amplitude Eddies Caused by the Barotropic Instability on a β-plane. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 52(2). 258–260. 1 indexed citations

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