2026 John M. Wallace: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	100	368	345	161	146	242	78270

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

John M. Wallace is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science.

They have contributed extensively to various topics, notably:

Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Climate variability and models
Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

John M. Wallace has authored papers in prominent journals, including:

"Revisiting the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation as Seen in ERA5. Part I: Description and Momentum Budget" (2020), Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
"Alternative performance targets for integrating cover crops as a proactive herbicide-resistance management tool" (2020), Weed Science
"Organic fertility inputs synergistically increase denitrification-derived nitrous oxide emissions in agroecosystems" (2021), Ecological Applications
"Weed-Insect Interactions in Annual Cropping Systems" (2021), Annals of the Entomological Society of America
"Revisiting the Role of Mountains in the Northern Hemisphere Winter Atmospheric Circulation" (2021), Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research include Mary E. Barbercheck, Mark J. VanGessel, Hamid A. Pahlavan, Qiang Fu, and William S. Curran.

Their regular publication venues feature multiple papers in:

Weed Science
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Agronomy Journal
Weed Technology
Children & Schools

John M. Wallace has also contributed to book publications with titles such as "The Atmospheric General Circulation" published by Cambridge University Press in 2023, and "Gilbert T Walker's Enduring Studies of Climate Variability" published by World Scientific in 2024.

In recognition of their work, they were named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1997.

Best Publications

A Pacific interdecadal climate oscillation with impacts on salmon production

Nathan J. Mantua;Steven R. Hare;Yuan Zhang;John M. Wallace

9957
Citations
Teleconnections in the Geopotential Height Field during the Northern Hemisphere Winter

John M. Wallace;David S. Gutzler

6141
Citations
The Arctic oscillation signature in the wintertime geopotential height and temperature fields

David W. J. Thompson;John M. Wallace

5385
Citations
Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey

John M. Wallace;Peter Victor Hobbs

4348
Citations
Annular Modes in the Extratropical Circulation. Part I: Month-to-Month Variability*

David W. J. Thompson;John M. Wallace

4105
Citations
ENSO-like Interdecadal Variability: 1900–93

Yuan Zhang;John M. Wallace;David S. Battisti

3253
Citations
Planetary-Scale Atmospheric Phenomena Associated with the Southern Oscillation

John D. Horel;John M. Wallace

2732
Citations
An Intercomparison of Methods for Finding Coupled Patterns in Climate Data

Christopher S. Bretherton;Catherine Smith;John M. Wallace

2131
Citations
Abrupt climate change

RB Alley;Jochem Marotzke;WD Nordhaus;JT Overpeck

1702
Citations
The Effective Number of Spatial Degrees of Freedom of a Time-Varying Field

Christopher S. Bretherton;Martin Widmann;Valentin P. Dymnikov;John M. Wallace

1676
Citations
Meteorological Aspects of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation

Eugene M. Rasmusson;John M. Wallace

1500
Citations
Annular Modes in the Extratropical Circulation. Part II: Trends

David W. J. Thompson;John M. Wallace;Gabriele C. Hegerl

1481
Citations
Barotropic Wave Propagation and Instability, and Atmospheric Teleconnection Patterns.

A. J. Simmons;J. M. Wallace;G. W. Branstator

1187
Citations
Regional climate impacts of the Northern Hemisphere annular mode

David W. J. Thompson;John M. Wallace

1174
Citations
Response of Sea Ice to the Arctic Oscillation

Ignatius G. Rigor;John M. Wallace;Roger L. Colony

1144
Citations
An Observational Study of the Northern Hemisphere Wintertime Circulation

Maurice L. Blackmon;John M. Wallace;Ngar-Cheung Lau;Steven L. Mullen

912
Citations
Singular value decomposition of wintertime sea surface temperature and 500-mb height anomalies

John M. Wallace;Catherine Smith;Christopher S. Bretherton

893
Citations
Diurnal Variations in Precipitation and Thunderstorm Frequency over the Conterminous United States

J. M. Wallace

768
Citations
North atlantic oscillatiodannular mode: Two paradigms—one phenomenon

John M. Wallace

698
Citations
The Influence of Sea-Surface Temperature on Surface Wind in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific: Seasonal and Interannual Variability

J. M. Wallace;T. P. Mitchell;C. Deser

680
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. J. Thompson University of East Anglia

Qiang Fu University of Washington

David S. Battisti University of Washington

Peter V. Hobbs University of Washington

James R. Holton University of Washington

Chih-Pei Chang Naval Postgraduate School

Qinghua Ding University of California, Santa Barbara

Clara Deser National Center for Atmospheric Research

Huang-Hsiung Hsu Academia Sinica

George N. Kiladis National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

External Links

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