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.
Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet
20157.1k citationsWill Steffen, Katherine Richardson et al.Scienceprofile →
Aerosols, Climate, and the Hydrological Cycle
20013.0k citationsV. Ramanathan et al.Scienceprofile →
Global and regional climate changes due to black carbon
This map shows the geographic impact of V. Ramanathan's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by V. Ramanathan with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites V. Ramanathan more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by V. Ramanathan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by V. Ramanathan. The network helps show where V. Ramanathan may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of V. Ramanathan
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of V. Ramanathan.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of V. Ramanathan 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 V. Ramanathan. V. Ramanathan is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
Ramanathan, V., Roger D. Aines, Maximilian Auffhammer, et al.. (2019). Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions. eScholarship (California Digital Library).1 indexed citations
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Ramanathan, V., et al.. (2018). Climate Extremes and Global Health. Foreign Affairs.1 indexed citations
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Ramanathan, V., et al.. (2016). The Next Front on Climate Change. Foreign Affairs. 95(2). 16.3 indexed citations
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Steffen, Will, Katherine Richardson, Johan Rockström, et al.. (2015). Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet. Science. 347(6223). 1259855–1259855.7139 indexed citations breakdown →
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Victor, David G., C. F. Kennel, & V. Ramanathan. (2012). The Climate Threat We Can Beat. Foreign Affairs.9 indexed citations
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Feng, Yu, V. R. Kotamarthi, Anne Jefferson, et al.. (2012). Observation-constrained Estimation of Aerosol Climate Impacts over S Asia. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012.1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Rick, P. S. Praveen, E. M. Wilcox, et al.. (2012). First UAV Measurements of Entrainment Layer Fluxes with Coupled Cloud Property Measurements. AGUFM. 2012.1 indexed citations
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Xu, Ying, Ranjit Prasad Bahadur, C. Zhao, L. Ruby Leung, & V. Ramanathan. (2012). Estimating radiative forcing of carbonaceous aerosols over California based on satellite and ground observations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012.2 indexed citations
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Ramanathan, Nithya, et al.. (2010). Cellphones as a Distributed Platform for Black Carbon Data Collection. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010.1 indexed citations
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Chung, C. E. & V. Ramanathan. (2010). An observation-based estimate of global black carbon and brown carbon AODs and radiative forcings. AGUFM. 2010.1 indexed citations
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Wallack, Jessica Seddon & V. Ramanathan. (2009). The Other Climate Changers. Foreign Affairs.3 indexed citations
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Stith, Jeffrey L. & V. Ramanathan. (2007). The Pacific Dust Experiment (PaCDEX) Field Campaign: A summary of accomplishments during the field campaign and examples of early results.. AGUFM. 2007.1 indexed citations
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Ramanathan, V.. (2007). Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change. AGUFM. 2007.5 indexed citations
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Ramana, M. V., et al.. (2006). Direct measurements of albedo and solar absorption over the Northern Indian Ocean with a new observing system of Stacked Multiple UAVs. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006.6 indexed citations
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Ramanathan, V., G. Roberts, M. V. Ramana, C. Corrigan, & Hiep Van Nguyen. (2006). Simultaneous Measurements of direct, semi-direct and indirect aerosol forcing with Stacked Autonomous UAVs: A New Observing Platform. AGUFM. 2006.2 indexed citations
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Ramanathan, V., Greg Roberts, C. Corrigan, M. V. Ramana, & Hiep Van Nguyen. (2005). Aerosol, cloud, and radiometric measurements with small autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005.1 indexed citations
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Tian, Baijun & V. Ramanathan. (2001). Role of Tropical Clouds in Surface and Atmospheric Energy Budget. AGUFM. 2001.1 indexed citations
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Ramanathan, V. & Andrew M. Vogelmann. (1997). Greenhouse effect, atmospheric solar absorption and the earth's radiation budget: from the Arrhenius-Langley era to the 1990s. AMBIO. 26(1). 38–46.89 indexed citations
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