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D-Index
52
Citations
8589
World Ranking
4555
National Ranking
72

Fred Kucharski publications per year

1997: 1 publications 1998: 1 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 1 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 1 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 18 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 25 publications 2024: 15 publications 2025: 9 publications
1997 2025

256 publications in total across all disciplines

Fred Kucharski publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2027

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Fred Kucharski sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 204 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Fred Kucharski D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2027

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Fred Kucharski sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Fred Kucharski is affiliated with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. The scientist's work is extensively published in atmospheric science, global and planetary change, and oceanography.

Kucharski's research topics mainly include climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, marine and coastal ecosystems, cryospheric studies and observations, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

The scientist has contributed frequently to various publication venues, notably:

  • Climate Dynamics
  • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Journal of Climate
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Among the recent papers where Kucharski is an author or coauthor are:

  • Assessment of CMIP6 Performance and Projected Temperature and Precipitation Changes Over South America, 2021, Earth Systems and Environment
  • Separating the Indian and Pacific Ocean Impacts on the Euro-Atlantic Response to ENSO and Its Transition from Early to Late Winter, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • Mechanisms of tropical Pacific decadal variability, 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Assessing Changes in Characteristics of Hot Extremes Over India in a Warming Environment and their Driving Mechanisms, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Tropical Indian Ocean Mediates ENSO Influence Over Central Southwest Asia During the Wet Season, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Kucharski has a history of collaboration with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Muhammad Adnan Abid
  • Mansour Almazroui
  • Moetasim Ashfaq
  • Riccardo Farneti
  • Franco Molteni

Best Publications

  • Are Atlantic Niños enhancing Pacific ENSO events in recent decades

    Belén Rodríguez-Fonseca;Irene Polo;Javier García-Serrano;Teresa Losada

  • Western tropical Pacific multidecadal variability forced by the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation.

    Cheng Sun;Fred Kucharski;Jianping Li;Fei-Fei Jin

  • A Gill-Matsuno-type mechanism explains the tropical Atlantic influence on African and Indian monsoon rainfall

    F. Kucharski;A. Bracco;J. H. Yoo;A. M. Tompkins

  • Assessment of CMIP6 performance and projected temperature and precipitation changes over South America

    Mansour Almazroui;Mansour Almazroui;Moetasim Ashfaq;M. Nazrul Islam;Irfan Ur Rashid

  • Climate model shows large-scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara increase rain and vegetation

    Yan Li;Yan Li;Yan Li;Eugenia Kalnay;Safa Motesharrei;Jorge Rivas

  • Low-Frequency Variability of the Indian Monsoon–ENSO Relationship and the Tropical Atlantic: The “Weakening” of the 1980s and 1990s

    Fred Kucharski;Annalisa Bracco;J. H. Yoo;Franco Molteni

  • Decadal interactions between the western tropical Pacific and the North Atlantic Oscillation

    Fred Kucharski;Franco Molteni;Annalisa Bracco

  • Atlantic forced component of the Indian monsoon interannual variability

    F. Kucharski;A. Bracco;J. H. Yoo;F. Molteni

  • Global high resolution versus Limited Area Model climate change projections over Europe: quantifying confidence level from PRUDENCE results

    M Deque;R G Jones;M Wild;F Giorgi

  • Variability and predictability of West African droughts: a review on the role of sea surface temperature anomalies.

    Belen Rodríguez-Fonseca;Elsa Mohino;Carlos R. Mechoso;Cyril Caminade

  • On the Need of Intermediate Complexity General Circulation Models: A “SPEEDY” Example

    Fred Kucharski;Franco Molteni;Martin P. King;Riccardo Farneti

  • Atlantic forcing of Pacific decadal variability

    Fred Kucharski;Fred Kucharski;Farah Ikram;Franco Molteni;Riccardo Farneti

  • Tropical Pacific response to 20th century Atlantic warming

    Fred Kucharski;In-Sik Kang;Riccardo Farneti;Laura Feudale

  • The CLIVAR C20C Project: Which components of the Asian-Australian monsoon circulation variations are forced and reproducible?

    Tianjun Zhou;Bo Wu;A. A. Scaife;S. Brönnimann

  • Processes in the Pacific La Niña onset triggered by the Atlantic Niño

    Irene Polo;Marta Martin-Rey;Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca;Fred Kucharski;Fred Kucharski

  • The CLIVAR C20C project: selected twentieth century climate events

    A. A. Scaife;F. Kucharski;C. K. Folland;J. Kinter

  • Why Is ENSO Influencing Northwest India Winter Precipitation in Recent Decades

    R. K. Yadav;J. H. Yoo;F. Kucharski;M. A. Abid

  • Teleconnections of the tropical Atlantic to the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans: A review of recent findings

    Chunzai Wang;Fred Kucharski;Rondrotiana Barimalala;Annalisa Bracco

  • Decadal Climate Variability and Predictability: Challenges and Opportunities

    Christophe Cassou;Yochanan Kushnir;Ed Hawkins;Anna Pirani

  • Thermodynamic controls of the Atlantic Niño

    Hyacinth C. Nnamchi;Jianping Li;Fred Kucharski;In-Sik Kang

  • Decadal interactions between the western tropical Pacific and the North Atlantic Oscillation

    Fred Kucharski

  • Climate model shows large-scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara increase rain and vegetation

    J. R. Rivas;Y. Li;E. Kalnay;S. Motesharrei

Frequent Co-Authors

In-Sik Kang
In-Sik Kang Second Institute of Oceanography
Franco Molteni
Franco Molteni European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Mansour Almazroui
Mansour Almazroui King Abdulaziz University
Riccardo Farneti
Riccardo Farneti International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Annalisa Bracco
Annalisa Bracco Georgia Institute of Technology
Jianping Li
Jianping Li Ocean University of China
Carlos R. Mechoso
Carlos R. Mechoso University of California, Los Angeles
Noel Keenlyside
Noel Keenlyside University of Bergen
Michael K. Tippett
Michael K. Tippett Columbia University
Ning Zeng
Ning Zeng University of Maryland, College Park

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