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Govindasamy Bala 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 Govindasamy Bala sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 169 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Govindasamy Bala 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 Govindasamy Bala sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Govindasamy Bala is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Science in India, focusing on research within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

Their research topics cover a broad array of scientific concerns including Climate variability and models, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Water Quality Monitoring Technologies, Climate Change and Geoengineering, and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations.

Govindasamy Bala has contributed to numerous publications, particularly in prominent venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Climate Dynamics, Earth's Future, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, and Journal of Climate.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries (2023), published in Science Advances
  • Safe and just Earth system boundaries (2023), published in Nature
  • Identifying a Safe and Just Corridor for People and the Planet (2021), published in Earth's Future
  • Potential Impacts of Climate and Land Use Change on the Water Quality of Ganga River around the Industrialized Kanpur Region (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health-Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations (2024), published in The Lancet Planetary Health

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers such as T. Vamsi Nagaraju, Long Cao, Tresa Mary Thomas, Lei Duan, and Ken Caldeira.

Best Publications

  • Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles

    P. Ciais;C. Sabine;G. Bala;L. Bopp

  • Climate–Carbon Cycle Feedback Analysis: Results from the C4MIP Model Intercomparison

    Pierre Friedlingstein;P. Cox;Richard A. Betts;Laurent Bopp

  • China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management

    Chi Chen;Taejin Park;Xuhui Wang;Shilong Piao

  • Human-Induced Changes in the Hydrology of the Western United States

    Tim P. Barnett;David W. Pierce;Hugo G. Hidalgo;Celine Bonfils

  • Combined climate and carbon-cycle effects of large-scale deforestation.

    G. Bala;K. Caldeira;M. Wickett;T. J. Phillips

  • Safe and just Earth system boundaries

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  • Global Carbon and other Biogeochemical Cycles and Feedbacks

    Josep G. Canadell;Pedro M.S. Monteiro;Marcos H. Costa;Leticia Cotrim Da Cunha

  • Impact of geoengineering schemes on the global hydrological cycle

    G. Bala;P. B. Duffy;K. E. Taylor

  • Multi-model climate change projections for India under representative concentration pathways

    Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi;Jaideep Joshi;Mathangi Jayaraman;G Bala

  • Detection and Attribution of Streamflow Timing Changes to Climate Change in the Western United States

    H.G. Hidalgo;T. Das;M.D. Dettinger;M.D. Dettinger;D.R. Cayan;D.R. Cayan

  • Attribution of declining Western U.S. Snowpack to human effects

    David W. Pierce;Tim P. Barnett;Hugo G. Hidalgo;Tapash Das

  • Importance of carbon dioxide physiological forcing to future climate change

    Long Cao;Govindasamy Bala;Ken Caldeira;Ramakrishna Nemani

  • Evaluation of a WRF dynamical downscaling simulation over California

    Peter Caldwell;Hung-Neng S. Chin;David C. Bader;Govindasamy Bala;Govindasamy Bala

  • Climate Effects of Global Land Cover Change

    S. Gibbard;K. Caldeira;G. Bala;T. J. Phillips

  • The Science of Geoengineering

    Ken Caldeira;Govindasamy Bala;Long Cao

  • Biogeophysical impacts of cropland management changes on climate

    D. B. Lobell;G. Bala;P. B. Duffy

  • Regional Differences in the Influence of Irrigation on Climate

    David Lobell;Govindasamy Bala;Art Mirin;Thomas Phillips

  • Fast versus slow response in climate change: implications for the global hydrological cycle

    Govindasamy Bala;Ken Caldeira;R Nemani

  • The effect of horizontal resolution on simulation of very extreme US precipitation events in a global atmosphere model

    Michael F. Wehner;Richard L. Smith;G. Bala;Phillip Duffy

  • Effects of large-scale deforestation on precipitation in the monsoon regions: Remote versus local effects

    N Devaraju;Govindasamy Bala;Angshuman Modak

  • Dependence of climate forcing and response on the altitude of black carbon aerosols

    George A. Ban-Weiss;Long Cao;G. Bala;Ken Caldeira

  • Impact of climate change on Indian forests: a dynamic vegetation modeling approach

    Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi;Ranjith Gopalakrishnan;Mathangi Jayaraman;Govindasamy Bala

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken Caldeira
Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution for Science
Daniel R. Cayan
Daniel R. Cayan University of California, San Diego
N. H. Ravindranath
N. H. Ravindranath Indian Institute of Science
Michael D. Dettinger
Michael D. Dettinger Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Ramakrishna R. Nemani
Ramakrishna R. Nemani Ames Research Center
Céline Bonfils
Céline Bonfils Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Hugo G. Hidalgo
Hugo G. Hidalgo University of Costa Rica
David W. Pierce
David W. Pierce University of California, San Diego
George Ban-Weiss
George Ban-Weiss University of Southern California
Tim P. Barnett
Tim P. Barnett Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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