Wenju Cai

32.7k total citations · 15 hit papers
318 papers, 21.0k citations indexed

About

Wenju Cai is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenju Cai has authored 318 papers receiving a total of 21.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 279 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 216 papers in Atmospheric Science and 213 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Wenju Cai's work include Climate variability and models (274 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (193 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (79 papers). Wenju Cai is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (274 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (193 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (79 papers). Wenju Cai collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Wenju Cai's co-authors include Tim Cowan, Agus Santoso, Lixin Wu, Michael J. McPhaden, Guojian Wang, Axel Timmermann, Peter van Rensch, Matthew H. England, Matthew Collins and Fei‐Fei Jin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wenju Cai

301 papers receiving 20.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Increasing frequency of extreme El Niño events due to greenhouse warming

2014 1.6k citations Wenju Cai, Matthew Collins et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Recent intensification of wind-driven circulation in the Pacific and the ongoing warming hiatus

2014 1.1k citations Wenju Cai, Michael J. McPhaden et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
The impact of global warming on the tropical Pacific Ocean and El Niño

2010 975 citations Matthew Collins, Soon‐Il An et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
ENSO and greenhouse warming

2015 645 citations Wenju Cai, Agus Santoso et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Enhanced warming over the global subtropical western boundary currents

2012 585 citations Lixin Wu, Wenju Cai et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Pacific western boundary currents and their roles in climate

2015 520 citations Lixin Wu, Wenju Cai et al. profile →
Weather conditions conducive to Beijing severe haze more frequent under climate change

2017 516 citations Wenju Cai, Lixin Wu et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Increased frequency of extreme La Niña events under greenhouse warming

2015 494 citations Wenju Cai, Guojian Wang et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Increased variability of eastern Pacific El Niño under greenhouse warming

2018 436 citations Wenju Cai, Guojian Wang et al. profile →
Teleconnection Pathways of ENSO and the IOD and the Mechanisms for Impacts on Australian Rainfall

2011 402 citations Wenju Cai et al. Journal of Climate profile →
ENSO Atmospheric Teleconnections and Their Response to Greenhouse Gas Forcing

2018 379 citations Sang‐Wook Yeh, Wenju Cai et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →
The Defining Characteristics of ENSO Extremes and the Strong 2015/2016 El Niño

2017 377 citations Agus Santoso, Michael J. McPhaden et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →
Historical change of El Niño properties sheds light on future changes of extreme El Niño

2019 257 citations Bin Wang, Young‐Min Yang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Increased ENSO sea surface temperature variability under four IPCC emission scenarios

2022 151 citations Wenju Cai, Guojian Wang et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Increased occurrences of consecutive La Niña events under global warming

2023 143 citations Tao Geng, Fan Jia et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenju Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wenju Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wenju Cai 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 Wenju Cai. Wenju Cai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The emergence of a dipole-like mode in Arctic atmospheric circulation conducive to European heat waves 2025 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Doo Young Lee, Sang‐Wook Yeh, (unknown), Wenju Cai, Guojian Wang, Young‐Min Yang	0
2	Excessive equatorial light rain causes modeling dry bias of Indian summer monsoon rainfall 2025 ·npj Climate and Atmospheric Science ·(unknown), Chun Zhao, (unknown), (unknown), Mingyue Xu, Xiaoyu Hao, (unknown), Hong An, Wenju Cai, Tao Geng	2
3	A century of enduring legacy bodes well for future success of the Ocean University of China 2024 ·Science Bulletin ·Wenju Cai, Minhan Dai, Renhe Zhang	0
4	Atlantic origin of the increasing Asian westerly jet interannual variability 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Chundi Hu, Bin Wang, Renguang Wu, (unknown), Song Yang, Wenju Cai, Peiliang Li, Xuejun Xiong, Dake Chen	14
5	Diverse Responses of Strong Positive SST and Rainfall Indian Ocean Dipole Events under Greenhouse Warming 2024 ·Journal of Climate ·Jiazhen Wang, Tao Geng, Wenju Cai, Guojian Wang, (unknown), Lixin Wu, (unknown)	2
6	Near-term projection of Amazon rainfall dominated by phase transition of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation 2024 ·npj Climate and Atmospheric Science ·Yi Liu, Wenju Cai, Yu Zhang, Xiaopei Lin, Ziguang Li	1
7	Observations Reveal Intense Air‐Sea Exchanges Over Submesoscale Ocean Front 2024 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Haiyuan Yang, Zhaohui Chen, Shantong Sun, Mingkui Li, Wenju Cai, Lixin Wu, (unknown), (unknown), Ke Ma, Xiaohui Ma, Zhao Jing, Bolan Gan	18
8	Persistently active El Niño–Southern Oscillation since the Mesozoic 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Shineng Hu, Yongyun Hu, Wenju Cai, Yishuai Jin, Zhengyao Lu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jian Zhang, Qiang Wei, Yonggang Liu, Jun Yang, Ji Nie	3
9	Role of external forcing in the time-varying trends of global-mean surface temperature under current and future climates 2024 ·Environmental Research Letters ·(unknown), Bolan Gan, Wenju Cai, Lixin Wu	1
10	Decreased Indian Ocean Dipole variability under prolonged greenhouse warming 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Soong‐Ki Kim, (unknown), Soon‐Il An, Chao Liu, Wenju Cai, Agus Santoso, Jong‐Seong Kug	6
11	High downward surface solar radiation conducive to ozone pollution more frequent under global warming 2023 ·Science Bulletin ·(unknown), Yang Gao, Shaoqing Zhang, Wenju Cai, Guannan Geng, Steven J. Davis, Hong Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mingchen Ma, (unknown), Qiaoqiao Wang, Xiaohong Yao, Huiwang Gao, Lixin Wu	30
12	Will Increasing Climate Model Resolution Be Beneficial for ENSO Simulation? 2022 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Bolan Gan, Wenju Cai, Lixin Wu, Tao Geng, Hong Wang, Shengpeng Wang, Zhao Jing, Fan Jia	14
13	El Niño/Southern Oscillation inhibited by submesoscale ocean eddies 2022 ·Nature Geoscience ·Shengpeng Wang, Zhao Jing, Lixin Wu, Wenju Cai, Ping Chang, Hong Wang, Tao Geng, Gökhan Danabasoglu, Zhaohui Chen, Xiaohui Ma, Bolan Gan, Haiyuan Yang	29
14	Local meridional circulation changes contribute to a projected slowdown of the Indian Ocean Walker circulation 2022 ·npj Climate and Atmospheric Science ·(unknown), Kyung‐Ja Ha, Wenju Cai, Eui‐Seok Chung, Tamás Bódai	11
15	Enhanced North Pacific impact on El Niño/Southern Oscillation under greenhouse warming 2021 ·Nature Climate Change ·Fan Jia, Wenju Cai, Bolan Gan, Lixin Wu, Emanuele Di Lorenzo	55
16	Remote Influence of the Midlatitude South Atlantic Variability in Spring on Antarctic Summer Sea Ice 2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Li Zhang, Bolan Gan, Xichen Li, Hong Wang, (unknown), Wenju Cai, Lixin Wu	17
17	Essential Role of the Midlatitude South Atlantic Variability in Altering the Southern Hemisphere Summer Storm Tracks 2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Li Zhang, Bolan Gan, Hong Wang, Lixin Wu, Wenju Cai	8
18	Potential influence of the Atlantic Multi‐decadal Oscillation in modulating the biennial relationship between Indian and Australian summer monsoons 2018 ·International Journal of Climatology ·(unknown), Karumuri Ashok, (unknown), Zhaoyong Guan, Wenju Cai	11
19	ENSO Atmospheric Teleconnections and Their Response to Greenhouse Gas Forcing breakdown → 2018 ·Reviews of Geophysics ·Sang‐Wook Yeh, Wenju Cai, Seung‐Ki Min, Michael J. McPhaden, Dietmar Dommenget, Boris Dewitte, Matthew Collins, Karumuri Ashok, Soon‐Il An, (unknown), Jong‐Seong Kug	379
20	MEETING SUMMARIES 2015 ·Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·Agus Santoso, Wenju Cai, Matthew Collins, Michael J. McPhaden, Fei‐Fei Jin, Éric Guilyardi, Gabriel A. Vecchi, Dietmar Dommenget, Guojian Wang	16

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