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D-Index
87
Citations
32890
World Ranking
670
National Ranking
297

Gavin A. Schmidt 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 Gavin A. Schmidt sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 260 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gavin A. Schmidt 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 Gavin A. Schmidt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gavin A. Schmidt is primarily affiliated with the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental and earth sciences, with a particular focus on climate variability, atmospheric dynamics, and planetary change.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • "An Assessment of Earth's Climate Sensitivity Using Multiple Lines of Evidence" (2020, Reviews of Geophysics)
  • "GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology" (2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems)
  • "Climate simulations: recognize the 'hot model' problem" (2022, Nature)
  • "Historical (1850-2014) Aerosol Evolution and Role on Climate Forcing Using the GISS ModelE2.1 Contribution to CMIP6" (2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems)
  • "CMIP6 Historical Simulations (1850-2014) With GISS-E2.1" (2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems)

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Larissa Nazarenko
  • Maxwell Kelley
  • Clara Orbe
  • G. Faluvegi
  • David Rind

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Frontiers in Climate
  • Journal of Climate

Main fields of study encompass:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their subfields of expertise include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Economics and Econometrics

Key topics within their research focus on:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Best Publications

  • Efficacy of climate forcings

    J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;L. Nazarenko

  • Earth's Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications

    James Hansen;Larissa Nazarenko;Reto Ruedy;Makiko Sato

  • An assessment of Earth's climate sensitivity using multiple lines of evidence

    S C Sherwood;M J Webb;J D Annan;K C Armour

  • Improved Attribution of Climate Forcing to Emissions

    Drew T. Shindell;Greg Faluvegi;Dorothy M. Koch;Gavin A. Schmidt

  • Global gridded data set of the oxygen isotopic composition in seawater

    Allegra N. LeGrande;Gavin A. Schmidt

  • Present-Day Atmospheric Simulations Using GISS ModelE: Comparison to In Situ, Satellite, and Reanalysis Data

    Gavin A. Schmidt;Reto Ruedy;James E. Hansen;Igor Aleinov

  • Solar Forcing of Regional Climate Change During the Maunder Minimum

    Drew T. Shindell;Gavin A. Schmidt;Michael E. Mann;David Rind

  • Improvements in the GISTEMP Uncertainty Model

    Nathan J. L. Lenssen;Nathan J. L. Lenssen;Gavin A. Schmidt;James E. Hansen;Matthew J. Menne

  • High-resolution palaeoclimatology of the last millennium: a review of current status and future prospects:

    P.D. Jones;K.R. Briffa;T.J. Osborn;J.M. Lough

  • Configuration and Assessment of the GISS ModelE2 Contributions to the CMIP5 Archive

    Gavin A. Schmidt;Max Kelley;Larissa Nazarenko;Reto Ruedy

  • Atmospheric CO2: Principal Control Knob Governing Earth’s Temperature

    Andrew A. Lacis;Gavin A. Schmidt;David Rind;Reto A. Ruedy

  • Simulation of recent northern winter climate trends by greenhouse-gas forcing

    Drew T. Shindell;Drew T. Shindell;Ron L. Miller;Gavin A. Schmidt;Gavin A. Schmidt;Lionel Pandolfo

  • Climate simulations: recognize the ‘hot model’ problem

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  • GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology.

    Maxwell Kelley;Gavin A. Schmidt;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Susanne E. Bauer

  • Volcanic contribution to decadal changes in tropospheric temperature

    Benjamin D. Santer;Céline Bonfils;Jeffrey F. Painter;Mark D. Zelinka

  • A Review of Antarctic Surface Snow Isotopic Composition : Observations, Atmospheric Circulation, and Isotopic Modeling

    V. Masson-Delmotte;S. Hou;A. Ekaykin;J. Jouzel

  • Forced annular variations in the 20th century Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report models

    R. L. Miller;R. L. Miller;G. A. Schmidt;G. A. Schmidt;D. T. Shindell;D. T. Shindell

  • Climate forcing reconstructions for use in PMIP simulations of the last millennium (v1.0)

    G. A. Schmidt;Johann H. Jungclaus;C. M. Ammann;Edouard Bard

  • Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study

    J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;P. Kharecha

  • Southern Hemisphere climate response to ozone changes and greenhouse gas increases

    Drew T. Shindell;Gavin A. Schmidt

  • Northern Hemisphere Winter Climate Response to Greenhouse Gas, Ozone, Solar and Volcanic Forcing

    Drew T. Shindell;Gavin A. Schmidt;Ron L. Miller;David Rind

Frequent Co-Authors

Drew T. Shindell
Drew T. Shindell Duke University
Ron L. Miller
Ron L. Miller Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Larissa Nazarenko
Larissa Nazarenko Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Allegra N. LeGrande
Allegra N. LeGrande Goddard Institute for Space Studies
David Rind
David Rind Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Reto Ruedy
Reto Ruedy Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Anastasia Romanou
Anastasia Romanou Goddard Institute for Space Studies
James Hansen
James Hansen Columbia University
Gary L. Russell
Gary L. Russell Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Michael E. Mann
Michael E. Mann Pennsylvania State University

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