W. Higgins

40.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

W. Higgins is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Higgins has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 19 papers in Atmospheric Science and 4 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in W. Higgins's work include Climate variability and models (19 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (18 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (9 papers). W. Higgins is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (19 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (18 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (9 papers). W. Higgins collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. W. Higgins's co-authors include Yun Fan, Ernesto Hugo Berbery, Eric Rogers, Wei Shi, Hong Li, Eugenia Kalnay, Kenneth E. Mitchell, David Parrish, Robert Grumbine and Dušan Jović and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Climate, Monthly Weather Review and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

In The Last Decade

W. Higgins

22 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

North American Regional Reanalysis 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2006 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. North American Regional Reanalysis
    2006 2.9k citations Fedor Mesinger, Geoff DiMego et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
  2. Toward a Unified View of the American Monsoon Systems
    2006 674 citations Carolina Vera, W. Higgins et al. Journal of Climate profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Higgins United States 15 3.4k 3.4k 673 411 390 23 4.5k
Robert Grumbine United States 13 2.4k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 536 0.8× 328 0.8× 351 0.9× 24 3.4k
Ping Zhao China 42 4.5k 1.3× 4.9k 1.5× 972 1.4× 431 1.0× 369 0.9× 148 6.1k
Serge Planton France 29 2.9k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 742 1.1× 572 1.4× 794 2.0× 57 4.0k
Ernesto Hugo Berbery United States 32 4.7k 1.4× 4.1k 1.2× 786 1.2× 762 1.9× 550 1.4× 52 6.0k
Frauke Feser Germany 24 3.2k 0.9× 3.0k 0.9× 644 1.0× 264 0.6× 230 0.6× 55 4.0k
N. A. McFarlane Canada 35 5.0k 1.5× 5.4k 1.6× 864 1.3× 503 1.2× 383 1.0× 59 6.7k
Atsumu Ohmura Switzerland 37 4.4k 1.3× 5.0k 1.5× 278 0.4× 415 1.0× 406 1.0× 77 6.7k
Ulrich Schlese Germany 16 3.7k 1.1× 3.7k 1.1× 808 1.2× 286 0.7× 175 0.4× 23 4.6k
Dušan Jović United States 6 2.2k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 361 0.5× 366 0.9× 373 1.0× 7 3.1k
Tido Semmler Germany 27 2.7k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 734 1.1× 402 1.0× 203 0.5× 70 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by W. Higgins

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Higgins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Higgins

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Higgins. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Higgins 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 W. Higgins. W. Higgins 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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Pan, Baoxiang, Kuolin Hsu, Amir AghaKouchak, Soroosh Sorooshian, & W. Higgins. (2018). Precipitation Prediction Skill for the West Coast United States: From Short to Extended Range. Journal of Climate. 32(1). 161–182. 37 indexed citations
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Wang, Fang, Song Yang, W. Higgins, Qiaoping Li, & Zhiyan Zuo. (2013). Long‐term changes in total and extreme precipitation over China and the United States and their links to oceanic–atmospheric features. International Journal of Climatology. 34(2). 286–302. 34 indexed citations
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Wen, Min, Song Yang, Augustin Vintzileos, W. Higgins, & Renhe Zhang. (2012). Impacts of Model Resolutions and Initial Conditions on Predictions of the Asian Summer Monsoon by the NCEP Climate Forecast System. Weather and Forecasting. 27(3). 629–646. 14 indexed citations
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Jones, Charles, Leila M. V. Carvalho, Jon Gottschalck, & W. Higgins. (2011). The Madden–Julian Oscillation and the Relative Value of Deterministic Forecasts of Extreme Precipitation in the Contiguous United States. Journal of Climate. 24(10). 2421–2428. 3 indexed citations
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Jones, Charles, Leila M. V. Carvalho, Jon Gottschalck, & W. Higgins. (2011). The Madden–Julian Oscillation and the Relative Value of Deterministic Forecasts of Extreme Precipitation in the Contiguous United States. Journal of Climate. 24(10). 2421–2428. 20 indexed citations
6.
Yang, Song, Min Wen, Rongqian Yang, W. Higgins, & Renhe Zhang. (2011). Impacts of land process on the onset and evolution of Asian summer monsoon in the NCEP climate forecast system. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 28(6). 1301–1317. 20 indexed citations
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Wen, Min, Song Yang, W. Higgins, & Renhe Zhang. (2011). Characteristics of the Dominant Modes of Atmospheric Quasi-Biweekly Oscillation over Tropical–Subtropical Americas. Journal of Climate. 24(15). 3956–3970. 23 indexed citations
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Jones, Charles, Jon Gottschalck, Leila M. V. Carvalho, & W. Higgins. (2010). Influence of the Madden–Julian Oscillation on Forecasts of Extreme Precipitation in the Contiguous United States. Monthly Weather Review. 139(2). 332–350. 43 indexed citations
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Gochis, David, Jae Schemm, Wenli Shi, et al.. (2009). A Forum for Evaluating Forecasts of the North American Monsoon. Eos. 90(29). 249–251. 15 indexed citations
10.
Solomon, Susan L., Randall M. Dole, Richard A. Feely, et al.. (2009). A vision for climate services in NOAA. 34(12). 607–609. 4 indexed citations
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Waliser, Duane E., Harry H. Hendon, D. Kim, et al.. (2008). MJO Simulation Diagnostics. Journal of Climate. 22(11). 3006–3030. 278 indexed citations
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Sorooshian, Soroosh, et al.. (2008). Influence of Spatial Resolution on Diurnal Variability during the North American Monsoon. Journal of Climate. 21(16). 3967–3988. 12 indexed citations
13.
Higgins, W. & David Gochis. (2007). Synthesis of Results from the North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) Process Study. Journal of Climate. 20(9). 1601–1607. 59 indexed citations
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Mo, Kingtse C., et al.. (2006). Influence of Initial Conditions on Summer Precipitation Simulations over the United States and Mexico. Journal of Climate. 19(15). 3640–3658. 6 indexed citations
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Vera, Carolina, W. Higgins, Jorge A. Amador, et al.. (2006). Toward a Unified View of the American Monsoon Systems. Journal of Climate. 19(20). 4977–5000. 674 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mesinger, Fedor, Geoff DiMego, Eugenia Kalnay, et al.. (2006). North American Regional Reanalysis. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 87(3). 343–360. 2921 indexed citations breakdown →
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Waple, Anne M., J. H. Lawrimore, M. S. Halpert, et al.. (2002). Climate Assessment for 2001. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 83(6). 938–938. 42 indexed citations
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Nicholson, Thomas, W. Higgins, Paul Turner, Susan James, & et al. (1994). The relation between meaning in life and the occurrence of drug abuse: A retrospective study.. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 8(1). 24–28. 2 indexed citations
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Schubert, Siegfried D., et al.. (1990). An atlas of ECMWF analyses (1980-1987). Part 1: First moment quantities. 9 indexed citations
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Schubert, Siegfried D., et al.. (1990). An atlas of ECMWF analyses (1980-1987). Part 2: Second moment quantities. 1 indexed citations

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