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2023

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D-Index
77
Citations
27166
World Ranking
1116
National Ranking
109

Johnny C. L. Chan 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 Johnny C. L. Chan sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 302 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Johnny C. L. Chan 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 Johnny C. L. Chan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Johnny C. L. Chan is affiliated with City University of Hong Kong in China and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science.

Their primary subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Sociology and Political Science, and Accounting. The main topics explored in their work cover Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Climate Variability and Models, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Disaster Management and Resilience, and Urban Heat Island Mitigation.

Recent publications by Johnny C. L. Chan include:

  • Declining tropical cyclone frequency under global warming, 2022, Nature Climate Change
  • Global warming changes tropical cyclone translation speed, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Dynamics and characteristics of dry and moist heatwaves over East Asia, 2022, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Rethinking disaster resilience in high-density cities: Towards an urban resilience knowledge system, 2021, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • ENSO and Tropical Cyclones, 2020, Geophysical Monograph

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Johnny C. L. Chan include:

  • Suzana J. Camargo
  • Jianjun Xu
  • Wen Zhou
  • Kevin Walsh
  • James P. Kossin

Their work has been published notably in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
  • Tropical Cyclone Research and Review
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Johnny C. L. Chan's research addresses complex atmospheric and environmental phenomena, particularly relating to tropical cyclones, climate variability, and their impacts on urban and natural environments.

Best Publications

  • Tropical cyclones and climate change

    Thomas R. Knutson;John L. McBride;Johnny Chan;Kerry Emanuel

  • The East Asian summer monsoon: an overview

    Ding Yihui;Johnny C. L. Chan

  • Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment: Part II: Projected Response to Anthropogenic Warming

    Thomas Knutson;Suzana J. Camargo;Johnny C. L. Chan;Kerry Emanuel

  • How Strong ENSO Events Affect Tropical Storm Activity over the Western North Pacific(.

    Bin Wang;Johnny C. L. Chan

  • Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Northwest Pacific in Relation to the El Niño/Southern Oscillation Phenomenon

    Johnny C. L. Chan

  • Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Western North Pacific Associated with El Niño and La Niña Events

    Johnny C. L. Chan

  • Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Assessment: Part I: Detection and Attribution

    Thomas R. Knutson;Suzana J. Camargo;Johnny C. L. Chan;Kerry A. Emanuel

  • Tropical Cyclone Movement and Surrounding Flow Relationships

    Johnny C. L. Chan;William M. Gray

  • Analytical and Numerical Studies of the Beta-Effect in Tropical Cyclone Motion. Part I: Zero Mean Flow

    Johnny C. L. Chan;R. T. Williams

  • PDO, ENSO and the early summer monsoon rainfall over south China

    Johnny C. L. Chan;Wen Zhou;Wen Zhou

  • Global Warming and Western North Pacific Typhoon Activity from an Observational Perspective

    Johnny C. L. Chan;Kin Sik Liu

  • Geophysical Applications of Partial Wavelet Coherence and Multiple Wavelet Coherence

    Eric K. W. Ng;Johnny C. L. Chan

  • Synoptic-Scale Controls of Persistent Low Temperature and Icy Weather over Southern China in January 2008

    Wen Zhou;Johnny C. L. Chan;Wen Chen;Jian Ling

  • Comment on "Changes in Tropical Cyclone Number, Duration, and Intensity in a Warming Environment"

    Johnny C. L. Chan

  • Interannual and interdecadal variations of tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific

    Johnny C. L. Chan

  • THE PHYSICS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE MOTION

    Johnny C.L. Chan

  • ENSO and the South China Sea summer monsoon onset

    Wen Zhou;Johnny C. L. Chan

  • Intraseasonal Variability of the South China Sea Summer Monsoon

    Jiangyu Mao;Johnny C. L. Chan

  • Declining tropical cyclone frequency under global warming

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  • Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change from a Simple Ocean–Atmosphere Coupled Model

    Johnny C. L. Chan;Yihong Duan;Lynn K. Shay

  • Tropical Cyclone Intensity in Vertical Wind Shear

    Martin L. M. Wong;Johnny C. L. Chan

Frequent Co-Authors

Wen Zhou
Wen Zhou Fudan University
Chang-Hoi Ho
Chang-Hoi Ho Seoul National University
Kyung-Ja Ha
Kyung-Ja Ha Pusan National University
Thomas R. Knutson
Thomas R. Knutson Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
James P. Kossin
James P. Kossin University of Wisconsin–Madison
Masato Sugi
Masato Sugi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Russell L. Elsberry
Russell L. Elsberry University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Masaki Satoh
Masaki Satoh University of Tokyo
Liguang Wu
Liguang Wu Fudan University

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