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D-Index
45
Citations
5606
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6560
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291

Hugo Beltrami 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 Hugo Beltrami sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 193 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hugo Beltrami 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 Hugo Beltrami sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hugo Beltrami is affiliated with St. Francis Xavier University in Canada. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. This expertise is reflected in a substantial body of work covering topics related to climate and environmental dynamics.

The scientist's main research themes include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions

Several recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of Beltrami's scientific output. Notable papers include:

  • Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go? (2020), published in Earth system science data
  • Heat stored in the Earth system 1960-2020: where does the energy go? (2023), published in Earth system science data
  • Lower boundary conditions in land surface models - effects on the permafrost and the carbon pools: a case study with CLM4.5 (2020), published in Geoscientific model development
  • Long-term global ground heat flux and continental heat storage from geothermal data (2021), published in Climate of the past
  • First assessment of the earth heat inventory within CMIP5 historical simulations (2021), published in Earth System Dynamics

Beltrami frequently collaborates with other researchers in related fields. Prominent co-authors include Francisco José Cuesta-Valero, Almudena García-García, J. Fidel González-Rouco, Elena García-Bustamante, and Joel Finnis. These collaborations contribute to the interdisciplinary nature of the work, addressing complex climate and environmental processes from multiple perspectives.

Published work is often featured in established venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geoscientific model development, Earth System Dynamics, Earth system science data, and Climate of the past. This distribution of publication outlets reflects an engagement with both data repositories and peer-reviewed journals within the environmental and earth sciences domains.

Best Publications

  • Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go?

    Karina von Schuckmann;Lijing Cheng;Matthew D. Palmer;James Hansen

  • Mediterranean climate variability over the last centuries: a review

    Jürg Luterbacher;Elena Xoplaki;Carlo Casty;Heinz Wanner

  • Evidence for recent warming from perturbed geothermal gradients : examples from eastern Canada

    Jean-Claude Mareschal;Hugo Beltrami

  • Heat stored in the Earth system 1960–2020: where does the energy go?

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  • Simulation and inversion of borehole temperature profiles in surrogate climates: Spatial distribution and surface coupling

    J. F. González-Rouco;H. Beltrami;E. Zorita;H. von Storch

  • An examination of short- and long-term air-ground temperature coupling

    Hugo Beltrami;Lisa Kellman

  • Carbon dioxide in soil profiles: Production and temperature dependence

    David Risk;Lisa Kellman;Hugo Beltrami

  • Looking deeper: An investigation of soil carbon losses following harvesting from a managed northeastern red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) forest chronosequence

    A. Diochon;A. Diochon;L. Kellman;H. Beltrami

  • Recent warming in eastern Canada inferred from geothermal measurements

    Hugo Beltrami;Jean-Claude Mareschal

  • On the relationship between ground temperature histories and meteorological records: a report on the Pomquet station

    Hugo Beltrami

  • Continental heat gain in the global climate system

    Hugo Beltrami;Jason E. Smerdon;Henry N. Pollack;Shaopeng Huang

  • Climate from borehole data: Energy fluxes and temperatures since 1500

    Hugo Beltrami

  • Ground temperature histories for central and eastern Canada from geothermal measurements: Little Ice Age signature

    Hugo Beltrami;Jean-Claude Mareschal

  • Borehole climatology: a discussion based on contributions from climate modeling

    J. F. González-Rouco;H. Beltrami;E. Zorita;M. B. Stevens

  • Expansion of the Lyme Disease Vector Ixodes Scapularis in Canada Inferred from CMIP5 Climate Projections.

    Michelle McPherson;Almudena García-García;Francisco José Cuesta-Valero;Hugo Beltrami;Hugo Beltrami

  • Soil Profile CO2 concentrations in forested and clear cut sites in Nova Scotia, Canada

    Asfaw Bekele;Lisa Kellman;Hugo Beltrami

  • Ground temperature histories in eastern and central Canada from geothermal measurements: evidence of climatic change

    Hugo Beltrami;Alan M. Jessop;Jean-Claude Mareschal

  • Effects of bottom boundary placement on subsurface heat storage: Implications for climate model simulations

    M. Bruce Stevens;Jason E. Smerdon;J. Fidel González-Rouco;Marc Stieglitz

  • Deforestation Induced Climate Change: Effects of Spatial Scale.

    Patrick Longobardi;Alvaro Montenegro;Hugo Beltrami;Michael Eby

  • Ground warming patterns in the Northern Hemisphere during the last five centuries

    Hugo Beltrami;Evelise Bourlon

  • Resolution of ground temperature histories inverted from borehole temperature data

    Hugo Beltrami;Jean-Claude Mareschal

  • Continental Heat Gain in the Global Climate System

    J. E. Smerdon;H. Beltrami;H. N. Pollack;S. Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason E. Smerdon
Jason E. Smerdon Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
J. Fidel González-Rouco
J. Fidel González-Rouco Complutense University of Madrid
Jean-Claude Mareschal
Jean-Claude Mareschal University of Quebec at Montreal
Lev Tarasov
Lev Tarasov Memorial University of Newfoundland
Susan Wijffels
Susan Wijffels Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Eduardo Zorita
Eduardo Zorita Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Robert N. Harris
Robert N. Harris Oregon State University
Timothy P. Boyer
Timothy P. Boyer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Catia M. Domingues
Catia M. Domingues National Oceanography Centre
Pierre Gentine
Pierre Gentine Columbia University

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