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Didier Swingedouw

Didier Swingedouw

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
55
Citations
11722
World Ranking
3836
National Ranking
150

Didier Swingedouw 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 Didier Swingedouw sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 190 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Didier Swingedouw 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 Didier Swingedouw sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Didier Swingedouw is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with extensive work focusing on atmospheric science, global and planetary change, and oceanography. Key subfields also include ecology and earth-surface processes.

The main topics covered in their work involve climate variability and models, geology and paleoclimatology research, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, cryospheric studies and observations, meteorological phenomena and simulations, ecosystem dynamics and resilience, and tree-ring climate responses.

Among Didier Swingedouw's recent publications are the following papers:

  • Presentation and Evaluation of the IPSL-CM6A-LR Climate Model, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • North Atlantic climate far more predictable than models imply, 2020, Nature
  • Climate change impacts and adaptations of wine production, 2024, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • IPSL-CM5A2 - an Earth system model designed for multi-millennial climate simulations, 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • Modes of climate variability: Synthesis and review of proxy-based reconstructions through the Holocene, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews

They have frequently collaborated with researchers such as Emmanuel Mignot, Gökhan Danabasoglu, Laura Jackson, Pablo Ortega, and Aixue Hu. These collaborations have contributed to a consistent output of research in notable venues.

The scientist's work is published regularly in a range of scientific journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Frontiers in Climate
  • Climate Dynamics

Best Publications

  • Climate change projections using the IPSL-CM5 Earth System Model: From CMIP3 to CMIP5

    Jean-Louis Dufresne;M. A. Foujols;S. Denvil;A. Caubel

  • Presentation and evaluation of the IPSL‐CM6A‐LR climate model

    Olivier Boucher;Jérôme Servonnat;Anna Lea Albright;Olivier Aumont

  • Assessing recent trends in high-latitude Southern Hemisphere surface climate

    Julie M. Jones;Sarah T. Gille;Hugues Goosse;Nerilie J. Abram

  • A model-tested North Atlantic Oscillation reconstruction for the past millennium

    Pablo Ortega;Flavio Lehner;Didier Swingedouw;Valerie Masson-Delmotte

  • Catalogue of abrupt shifts in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change climate models

    Sybren Drijfhout;Sybren Drijfhout;Sebastian Bathiany;Sebastian Bathiany;Claudie Beaulieu;Victor Brovkin

  • North Atlantic climate far more predictable than models imply

    Doug M. Smith;A. Scaife;A. Scaife;Rosie Eade;P. Athanasiadis

  • Key features of the IPSL ocean atmosphere model and its sensitivity to atmospheric resolution

    Olivier Marti;Pascale Braconnot;Jean-Louis Dufresne;Jacques Bellier

  • Fate of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation : Strong decline under continued warming and Greenland melting

    P. Bakker;P. Bakker;A. Schmittner;J. T. M. Lenaerts;A. Abe-Ouchi

  • Climatic impacts of fresh water hosing under Last Glacial Maximum conditions: a multi-model study

    M Kageyama;Ute Merkel;B Otto-Bliesner;Matthias Prange

  • Large-scale temperature response to external forcing in simulations and reconstructions of the last millennium

    L. Fernández-Donado;J.F. González-Rouco;C.C. Raible;C.M. Ammann

  • Abrupt cooling over the North Atlantic in modern climate models.

    Giovanni Sgubin;Didier Swingedouw;Sybren Drijfhout;Yannick Mary

  • Impact of explosive volcanic eruptions on the main climate variability modes

    Didier Swingedouw;Juliette Mignot;Pablo Ortega;Myriam Khodri

  • Bidecadal North Atlantic ocean circulation variability controlled by timing of volcanic eruptions

    Didier Swingedouw;Pablo Ortega;Juliette Mignot;Juliette Mignot;Eric Guilyardi

  • Persistent influence of ice sheet melting on high northern latitude climate during the early Last Interglacial

    Aline Govin;Aline Govin;Pascale Braconnot;Emilie Capron;Elsa Cortijo

  • Decadal fingerprints of freshwater discharge around Greenland in a multi-model ensemble

    Didier Swingedouw;Christian B. Rodehacke;Erik Behrens;Matthew Menary

  • Forecasted coral reef decline in marine biodiversity hotspots under climate change.

    Patrice Descombes;Mary S. Wisz;Fabien Leprieur;Valerianio Parravicini

  • Arctic warming will promote Atlantic–Pacific fish interchange

    Mary Wisz;O. Broennimann;Peter Grønkjær;Peter R. Møller

  • Natural forcing of climate during the last millennium: fingerprint of solar variability

    D. Swingedouw;L. Terray;C. Cassou;A. Voldoire

  • Impact of transient freshwater releases in the Southern Ocean on the AMOC and climate

    Didier Swingedouw;Thierry Fichefet;Hugues Goosse;Marie-France Loutre

  • Antarctic ice-sheet melting provides negative feedbacks on future climate warming

    Didier Swingedouw;Thierry Fichefet;Philippe Huybrechts;H. Goosse

  • Intense storm activity during the Little Ice Age on the French Mediterranean coast.

    Laurent Dezileau;Pierre Sabatier;Pierre Sabatier;P. Blanchemanche;Baptiste Joly

Frequent Co-Authors

Juliette Mignot
Juliette Mignot Université Paris Cité
Eric Guilyardi
Eric Guilyardi Université Paris Cité
Pascale Braconnot
Pascale Braconnot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Masa Kageyama
Masa Kageyama Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Gurvan Madec
Gurvan Madec Sorbonne University
Pascal Yiou
Pascal Yiou French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Thierry Fichefet
Thierry Fichefet Université Catholique de Louvain
Jean-Louis Dufresne
Jean-Louis Dufresne École Normale Supérieure
Sandrine Bony
Sandrine Bony Université Paris Cité
Sophie Szopa
Sophie Szopa Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

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