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62
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2546
National Ranking
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Jennifer E. Kay 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 Jennifer E. Kay sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 177 publications — 55th percentile

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

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

Jennifer E. Kay 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 Jennifer E. Kay sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jennifer E. Kay is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily concentrates on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with numerous contributions specifically within Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, and policy-related studies in Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

The main topics addressed in Jennifer Kay's work include climate variability and models, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, meteorological phenomena and simulations, cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, and atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Frequently publishing in venues such as Geophysical Research Letters, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Nature Climate Change, and Geoscientific Model Development, they have established a pattern of involvement in key outlets relevant to earth system modeling and climate science.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Jennifer E. Kay include:

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2), 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • An underestimated negative cloud feedback from cloud lifetime changes, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments, 2021, ResearchWorks at the University of Washington (University of Washington)
  • Fasting season length sets temporal limits for global polar bear persistence, 2020, Nature Climate Change

Jennifer E. Kay frequently collaborates with scholars including Marika M. Holland, David A. Bailey, Alexandra Jahn, David P. Schneider, and Nicole Feldl, demonstrating a network of research partnerships predominantly in climate and atmospheric sciences.

Best Publications

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

    G. Danabasoglu;J. F. Lamarque;J. Bacmeister;D. A. Bailey

  • The Community Earth System Model: A Framework for Collaborative Research

    James W. Hurrell;M. M. Holland;P. R. Gent;S. Ghan

  • The Community Earth System Model (CESM) large ensemble project: a community resource for studying climate change in the presence of internal climate variability

    Jennifer E Kay;Clara Deser;Adam S Phillips;A Mai

  • The Arctic’s rapidly shrinking sea ice cover: a research synthesis

    Julienne C. Stroeve;Mark C. Serreze;Marika M. Holland;Jennifer E. Kay;Jennifer E. Kay

  • CloudSat mission: Performance and early science after the first year of operation

    Graeme L. Stephens;Deborah G. Vane;Simone Tanelli;Eastwood Im

  • Derivation of blood-brain barrier endothelial cells from human pluripotent stem cells

    Ethan S Lippmann;Samira M Azarin;Jennifer E Kay;Randy A Nessler

  • Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects

    Clara Deser;Flavio Lehner;Keith B. Rodgers;Toby R. Ault

  • Quantifying climate feedbacks in polar regions

    Hugues Goosse;Jennifer E. Kay;Kyle C. Armour;Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo

  • Cloud influence on and response to seasonal Arctic sea ice loss

    Jennifer E. Kay;Jennifer E. Kay;Andrew Gettelman

  • Inflammation-induced DNA damage, mutations and cancer.

    Jennifer Kay;Elina Thadhani;Leona Samson;Bevin Engelward

  • The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice extent minimum

    Jennifer E. Kay;Jennifer E. Kay;Tristan L'Ecuyer;Andrew Gettelman;Graeme Stephens

  • Inter‐annual to multi‐decadal Arctic sea ice extent trends in a warming world

    Jennifer E. Kay;Marika M. Holland;Alexandra Jahn

  • Influence of internal variability on Arctic sea-ice trends

    Neil C. Swart;John C. Fyfe;Ed Hawkins;Jennifer E. Kay

  • Global Climate Impacts of Fixing the Southern Ocean Shortwave Radiation Bias in the Community Earth System Model (CESM)

    Jennifer E. Kay;Casey Wall;Vineel Yettella;Brian Medeiros

  • Exposing Global Cloud Biases in the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) Using Satellite Observations and Their Corresponding Instrument Simulators

    J. E. Kay;B. R. Hillman;B. R. Hillman;S. A. Klein;Y. Zhang

  • The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) contribution to CMIP6.

    Mark J. Webb;Timothy Andrews;Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo;Sandrine Bony

  • Climate Change Projections in CESM1(CAM5) Compared to CCSM4

    Gerald A. Meehl;Warren M. Washington;Julie M. Arblaster;Aixue Hu

  • Ubiquitous low-level liquid-containing Arctic clouds: New observations and climate model constraints from CALIPSO-GOCCP

    G. Cesana;J. E. Kay;H. Chepfer;J. M. English

  • Sensitivity to glacial forcing in the CCSM4

    Esther C. Brady;Bette L. Otto-Bliesner;Jennifer E. Kay;Nan Rosenbloom

  • Coupling between Arctic feedbacks and changes in poleward energy transport

    Yen-Ting Hwang;Dargan M. W. Frierson;Jennifer E. Kay

Frequent Co-Authors

Marika M. Holland
Marika M. Holland National Center for Atmospheric Research
Andrew Gettelman
Andrew Gettelman Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Tristan L'Ecuyer
Tristan L'Ecuyer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Alan R. Gillespie
Alan R. Gillespie University of Washington
Alexandra Jahn
Alexandra Jahn University of Colorado Boulder
Stephanie K. Kampf
Stephanie K. Kampf Colorado State University
Matthew D. Shupe
Matthew D. Shupe University of Colorado Boulder
Jean-Francois Lamarque
Jean-Francois Lamarque National Center for Atmospheric Research
Clara Deser
Clara Deser National Center for Atmospheric Research
Cecilia M. Bitz
Cecilia M. Bitz University of Washington

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