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James M. Murphy

James M. Murphy

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
53
Citations
30191
World Ranking
4128
National Ranking
318

James M. Murphy 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 James M. Murphy sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 101 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James M. Murphy 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 James M. Murphy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James M. Murphy is affiliated with the Met Office in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental and earth sciences, with a focus on climate variability and models as well as meteorological phenomena and simulations.

The main fields of study in Murphy's work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader fields, their research further covers several subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Media Technology

The core topics they have worked on include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

James M. Murphy has published in several frequent venues, reflecting the thematic focus of their research. They have contributed notably to:

  • Climate Dynamics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Climate
  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Murphy include:

  • The Recent Decline and Recovery of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall: Relative Roles of External Forcing and Internal Variability, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • Eastward shift and extension of ENSO-induced tropical precipitation anomalies under global warming, 2020, Science Advances
  • A perturbed parameter ensemble of HadGEM3-GC3.05 coupled model projections: part 1: selecting the parameter combinations, 2021, Climate Dynamics
  • A perturbed parameter ensemble of HadGEM3-GC3.05 coupled model projections: part 2: global performance and future changes, 2021, Climate Dynamics
  • Response of Pink salmon to climate warming in the northern Bering Sea, 2020, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography

Their frequent collaborators include Elizabeth Kendon, Robin Clark, John W. Rostron, Ben Booth, and Glen Harris, with collaboration counts ranging from three to four co-authored works.

Best Publications

  • Global climate projections. Chapter 10

    G A Meehl;T F Stocker;W D Collins;P Friedlingstein

  • Global climate projections

    G.A. Meehl;T. F. Stocker;W. D. Collins;P. Friedlingstein

  • Quantification of modelling uncertainties in a large ensemble of climate change simulations

    James M. Murphy;David M. H. Sexton;David N. Barnett;Gareth S. Jones

  • Uncertainty in predictions of the climate response to rising levels of greenhouse gases.

    David A. Stainforth;T. Aina;C. Christensen;M. Collins

  • UK Climate Projections Science Report: Climate Change projections

    J.M. Murphy;D.M.H. Sexton;G.J. Jenkins;B.B.B. Booth

  • Improved surface temperature prediction for the coming decade from a global climate model.

    Doug M. Smith;Stephen Cusack;Andrew W. Colman;Chris K. Folland

  • Decadal Prediction: Can It Be Skillful?

    Gerald A. Meehl;Lisa M. Goddard;James Murphy;Ronald J. Stouffer

  • An Evaluation of Statistical and Dynamical Techniques for Downscaling Local Climate

    James Murphy

  • A Summary of the CMIP5 Experiment Design

    Karl E. Taylor;Ronald J. Stouffer;Gerald A. Meehl;Peter Cox

  • HAZUS-MH Flood Loss Estimation Methodology. II. Damage and Loss Assessment

    Charles Scawthorn;Paul Flores;Neil Blais;Hope Seligson

  • UK Climate Projections Briefing Report

    Geoff J Jenkins;James M Murphy;David M Sexton;Jason A Lowe

  • Towards quantifying uncertainty in transient climate change

    Matthew Collins;Ben B. B. Booth;Glen R. Harris;James M. Murphy

  • A methodology for probabilistic predictions of regional climate change from perturbed physics ensembles

    J.M Murphy;B.B.B Booth;M Collins;G.R Harris

  • Transient Response of the Hadley Centre Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model to Increasing Carbon Dioxide. Part 1: Control Climate and Flux Adjustment

    J. M. Murphy

  • Skilful multi-year predictions of Atlantic hurricane frequency

    Doug M. Smith;Rosie Eade;Nick J. Dunstone;David Fereday

  • Climate model errors, feedbacks and forcings: a comparison of perturbed physics and multi-model ensembles

    Matthew Collins;Ben B. B. Booth;B. Bhaskaran;Glen R. Harris

  • Transient Response of the Hadley Centre Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model to Increasing Carbon Dioxide. Part II: Spatial and Temporal Structure of Response

    J. M. Murphy;J. F. B. Mitchell

  • Simulation of climate change over europe using a nested regional‐climate model. II: Comparison of driving and regional model responses to a doubling of carbon dioxide

    R. G. Jones;J. M. Murphy;M. Noguer;A. B. Keen

  • A Review of Uncertainties in Global Temperature Projections over the Twenty-First Century

    R. Knutti;M. R. Allen;P. Friedlingstein;J. M. Gregory;J. M. Gregory

  • HAZUS-MH Flood Loss Estimation Methodology. I: Overview and Flood Hazard Characterization

    Charles Scawthorn;Neil Blais;Hope Seligson;Eric Tate

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew D. Collins
Matthew D. Collins University of Reading
Doug Smith
Doug Smith Met Office
Mark J. Webb
Mark J. Webb Met Office
Jonathan M. Gregory
Jonathan M. Gregory University of Reading
Gerald A. Meehl
Gerald A. Meehl National Center for Atmospheric Research
Adam A. Scaife
Adam A. Scaife Met Office
Myles R. Allen
Myles R. Allen University of Oxford

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