2026 Andrew J. Pitman: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	90	582	548	25	25	340	36690

Andrew J. Pitman publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew J. Pitman sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 687+

This scientist: 340 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Andrew J. Pitman D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew J. Pitman sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Andrew J. Pitman is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily centers on environmental science, with a particular focus on global and planetary change.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

Environmental Science

The subfields of study they engage with are:

Global and Planetary Change
Atmospheric Science
Water Science and Technology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Environmental Engineering

Central topics in their research cover:

Climate variability and models
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Hydrology and Drought Analysis
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Fire effects on ecosystems

Andrew J. Pitman has published multiple papers in frequently appearing venues such as:

Geophysical Research Letters
Weather and Climate Extremes
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nature Climate Change
Biogeosciences

Some recent publications include:

"Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia," 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
"Robust Future Changes in Meteorological Drought in CMIP6 Projections Despite Uncertainty in Precipitation," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
"Global hotspots for the occurrence of compound events," 2020, Nature Communications
"Widespread shift from ecosystem energy to water limitation with climate change," 2022, Nature Climate Change
"Increased occurrence of high impact compound events under climate change," 2022, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Martin G. De Kauwe
Anna Ukkola
Gab Abramowitz
Sanaa Hobeichi
Jason P. Evans

Best Publications

Regions of Strong Coupling Between Soil Moisture and Precipitation

Randal D. Koster;Paul A. Dirmeyer;Zhichang Guo;Gordon Bonan

3192
Citations
Future climate risk from compound events

Jakob Zscheischler;Seth Westra;Bart J. J. M. van den Hurk;Bart J. J. M. van den Hurk;Sonia I. Seneviratne

2120
Citations
The evolution of, and revolution in, land surface schemes designed for climate models

A. J. Pitman

994
Citations
Global patterns in plant height

Angela T. Moles;David I. Warton;Laura Warman;Nathan G. Swenson

942
Citations
Land use/land cover changes and climate: modeling analysis and observational evidence

Roger A. Pielke Sr.;Andy Pitman;Dev Niyogi;Rezaul Mahmood

940
Citations
Evaluation of the AR4 Climate Models’ Simulated Daily Maximum Temperature, Minimum Temperature, and Precipitation over Australia Using Probability Density Functions

SE Perkins;AJ Pitman;NJ Holbrook;J McAneney

935
Citations
GLACE: The Global Land-Atmosphere Coupling Experiment. Part I: Overview

Randal D. Koster;Zhichang Guo;Paul A. Dirmeyer;Gordon Bonan

851
Citations
Allowable CO2 emissions based on regional and impact-related climate targets

Sonia I. Seneviratne;Markus G. Donat;Andy J. Pitman;Reto Knutti

781
Citations
Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia

Nerilie J. Abram;Benjamin J. Henley;Benjamin J. Henley;Alex Sen Gupta;Tanya J. R. Lippmann

770
Citations
Uncertainties in climate responses to past land cover change: First results from the LUCID intercomparison study

A. J. Pitman;N. de Noblet-Ducoudré;F. T. Cruz;E. L. Davin;E. L. Davin

600
Citations
The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Updating the World on the Latest Climate Science

I. Allison;N. L. Bindoff;R. A. Bindschadler;P. M. Cox

560
Citations
Tropical deforestation: Modeling local- to regional-scale climate change

A. Henderson-Sellers;Robert Earl Dickinson;T. B. Durbidge;P. J. Kennedy

559
Citations
Global patterns in seed size

Angela T Moles;Angela T Moles;David D Ackerly;John C Tweddle;John C Tweddle;John B Dickie

539
Citations
Modeling Root Water Uptake in Hydrological and Climate Models

R.A. Feddes;H. Hoff;M. Bruen;T.E. Dawson

507
Citations
Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation?

Angela T. Moles;Sarah E. Perkins;Shawn W. Laffan;Habacuc Flores-Moreno

490
Citations
Robust Future Changes in Meteorological Drought in CMIP6 Projections Despite Uncertainty in Precipitation

Anna M. Ukkola;Martin G. De Kauwe;Michael L. Roderick;Gab Abramowitz

473
Citations
Land–atmosphere feedbacks amplify aridity increase over land under global warming

Alexis Berg;Kirsten Findell;Benjamin Lintner;Alessandra Giannini

458
Citations
Cabauw Experimental Results from the Project for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes

T.H. Chen;A. Henderson-Sellers;P.C.D. Milly;A.J. Pitman

453
Citations
The Project for Intercomparison of Land Surface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS): Phases 2 and 3

A. Henderson-Sellers;A. J. Pitman;P. K. Love;P. Irannejad

453
Citations
Why is the choice of future climate scenarios for species distribution modelling important

Linda J. Beaumont;Lesley Hughes;A. J. Pitman

441
Citations
Impacts of climate change on the world's most exceptional ecoregions

Linda J. Beaumont;Andrew Pitman;Sarah Perkins;Niklaus E. Zimmermann

438
Citations
Determining Robust Impacts of Land-Use-Induced Land Cover Changes on Surface Climate over North America and Eurasia: Results from the First Set of LUCID Experiments

N de Noblet-Ducoudre;J.P. Boisier;A. Pitman;G.B. Bonan

438
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason P. Evans University of New South Wales

Ann Henderson-Sellers Macquarie University

Ying-Ping Wang Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Martin G. De Kauwe University of Bristol

Markus G. Donat Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Sonia I. Seneviratne ETH Zurich

Belinda E. Medlyn Western Sydney University

Paul A. Dirmeyer George Mason University

Zong-Liang Yang The University of Texas at Austin

Sarah E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick University of New South Wales

External Links

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