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D-Index
51
Citations
8783
World Ranking
4781
National Ranking
1763

John R. Christy 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 John R. Christy sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 140 publications — 36th percentile

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

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

John R. Christy 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 John R. Christy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John R. Christy is affiliated with the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a considerable number of publications advancing knowledge in these areas.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Environmental Science (28 publications)
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences (17 publications)

Within these broader fields, their work extends into several subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Oceanography
  • Paleontology

Notable topics investigated in their research are:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena

John R. Christy has several frequently coauthored collaborators, including:

  • Hanne H. Christiansen
  • Melanie Ades
  • Richard P. Allan
  • Anthony Argüez
  • John Augustine

Their research has been published in various academic venues, with the most frequent publication outlets including:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Research Square
  • Theoretical and Applied Climatology
  • Earth and Space Science
  • World

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by John R. Christy are the following, which address climate-related research:

  • "Global Climate," 2023, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Global Climate," 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Global Climate," 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Global Climate," 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Pervasive Warming Bias in CMIP6 Tropospheric Layers," 2020, Earth and Space Science

Best Publications

  • Climate forcings in Goddard Institute for Space Studies SI2000 simulations

    J. Hansen;M. Sato;M. Sato;L. Nazarenko;L. Nazarenko;R. Ruedy

  • Precise Monitoring of Global Temperature Trends from Satellites

    Roy W. Spencer;John R. Christy

  • Solar radiative forcing at selected locations and evidence for global lower tropospheric cooling following the eruptions of El Chichón and Pinatubo

    Ellsworth G. Dutton;John R. Christy

  • MSU Tropospheric Temperatures: Dataset Construction and Radiosonde Comparisons

    John R. Christy;Roy W. Spencer;William D. Braswell

  • Error Estimates of Version 5.0 of MSU–AMSU Bulk Atmospheric Temperatures

    John R. Christy;Roy W. Spencer;William B. Norris;William D. Braswell

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Precision and radiosonde validation of satellite gridpoint temperature anomalies. I - MSU channel 2. II - A tropospheric retrieval and trends during 1979-90

    Roy W. Spencer;John R. Christy

  • THE IMPACT OF MOUNT PINATUBO ON WORLD-WIDE TEMPERATURES

    D. E. Parker;H. Wilson;P. D. Jones;J. R. Christy

  • Methodology and Results of Calculating Central California Surface Temperature Trends: Evidence of Human-Induced Climate Change?

    John R. Christy;William B. Norris;Kelly Redmond;Kevin P. Gallo

  • Precision and Radiosonde Validation of Satellite Gridpoint Temperature Anomalies. Part I: MSU Channel 2

    Roy W. Spencer;John R. Christy

  • Analysis of the Merging Procedure for the MSU Daily Temperature Time Series

    John R. Christy;Roy W. Spencer;Elena S. Lobl

  • Surface Temperature Variations in East Africa and Possible Causes

    John R. Christy;William B. Norris;Richard T. McNider

  • UNCERTAINTIES IN CLIMATE TRENDS Lessons from Upper-Air Temperature Records

    Peter W. Thorne;David E. Parker;John R. Christy;Carl A. Mears

  • Global atmospheric temperature monitoring with satellite microwave measurements - Method and results 1979-84

    Roy W. Spencer;John R. Christy;Norman C. Grody

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Multidecadal changes in the vertical temperature structure of the tropical troposphere

    Dian J. Gaffen;Benjamin D. Santer;James S. Boyle;John R. Christy

  • Tropospheric temperature change since 1979 from tropical radiosonde and satellite measurements

    John R. Christy;William B. Norris;Roy W. Spencer;Justin J. Hnilo

  • Analysis of the impacts of station exposure on the U.S. Historical Climatology Network temperatures and temperature trends

    Souleymane Fall;Anthony Watts;John Nielsen-Gammon;Evan Jones

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Roy W. Spencer
Roy W. Spencer University of Alabama in Huntsville
Richard T. McNider
Richard T. McNider University of Alabama in Huntsville
David Parker
David Parker Met Office
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Johannes W. Kaiser
Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service
Geoff S. Dutton
Geoff S. Dutton National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Roger A. Pielke
Roger A. Pielke University of Colorado Boulder
Carl A. Mears
Carl A. Mears Remote Sensing Systems (United States)
Tim R. McVicar
Tim R. McVicar Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Russell S. Vose
Russell S. Vose National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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