2026 Kim M. Cobb: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	56	2356	2137	985	870	187	16006

Overview

Kim M. Cobb is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields within Earth and environmental sciences, focusing primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Subfields of particular concentration include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, and Geology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, such as:

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Climate variability and models
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Geological and Geophysical Studies
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Marine and fisheries research
Marine and coastal plant biology

Recent publications demonstrate Kim M. Cobb's involvement in climate and environmental research with contributions to notable journals. Key papers include:

"Changing El Niño-Southern Oscillation in a warming climate" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
"Initialized Earth System prediction from subseasonal to decadal timescales" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
"Decadal climate variability in the tropical Pacific: Characteristics, causes, predictability, and prospects" (2021), published in Science
"No consistent ENSO response to volcanic forcing over the last millennium" (2020), published in Science
"Dynamic symbioses reveal pathways to coral survival through prolonged heatwaves" (2020), published in Nature Communications

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, including Shelby A Ellis, Jessica W Moermann, Hussein R. Sayani, Tamara T. Perry, and Akilah A. Jefferson.

Kim M. Cobb has contributed articles to several prominent publication venues, with repeated works appearing in:

Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Science

Best Publications

North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate and ecosystem change

E. Di Lorenzo;N. Schneider;K. M. Cobb;P. J. S. Franks

1387
Citations
The Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Revisited

Matthew Newman;Matthew Newman;Michael A. Alexander;Toby R. Ault;Kim M. Cobb

1316
Citations
El Niño–Southern Oscillation complexity

Axel Timmermann;Axel Timmermann;Soon Il An;Jong Seong Kug;Fei Fei Jin

1171
Citations
El Niño/Southern Oscillation and tropical Pacific climate during the last millennium

Kim M. Cobb;Kim M. Cobb;Christopher D. Charles;Hai Cheng;R. Lawrence Edwards

1131
Citations
ENSO and greenhouse warming

Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Agus Santoso;Guojian Wang;Sang Wook Yeh

875
Citations
High-resolution palaeoclimatology of the last millennium: a review of current status and future prospects:

P.D. Jones;K.R. Briffa;T.J. Osborn;J.M. Lough

777
Citations
Changing El Niño–Southern Oscillation in a warming climate

Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Agus Santoso;Agus Santoso;Matthew Collins;Boris Dewitte

591
Citations
Highly variable El Niño-Southern Oscillation throughout the Holocene.

Kim M. Cobb;Niko Westphal;Hussein R. Sayani;Jordan T. Watson

546
Citations
Millennial-scale trends in west Pacific warm pool hydrology since the Last Glacial Maximum

Judson W. Partin;Kim M. Cobb;Jess F. Adkins;Brian Clark

479
Citations
Central Pacific El Niño and decadal climate change in the North Pacific Ocean

E. Di Lorenzo;K. M. Cobb;J. C. Furtado;N. Schneider

398
Citations
Evolution and forcing mechanisms of El Niño over the past 21,000 years

Zhengyu Liu;Zhengyu Liu;Zhengyao Lu;Xinyu Wen;B.L. Otto-Bliesner

344
Citations
Origin of marine barite deposits: Sr and S isotope characterization

Adina Paytan;Sarah Mearon;Kim Cobb;Miriam Kastner

307
Citations
Support for global climate reorganization during the “Medieval Climate Anomaly”

N.E. Graham;N.E. Graham;C.M. Ammann;D. Fleitmann;K.M. Cobb

291
Citations
Tropical Pacific - mid-latitude teleconnections in medieval times

Nicholas E. Graham;Nicholas E. Graham;Malcolm K. Hughes;Caspar M. Ammann;Kim M. Cobb

277
Citations
Interlaboratory study for coral Sr/Ca and other element/Ca ratio measurements

Ed C. Hathorne;Alexander C. Gagnon;Thomas Felis;Jess F. Adkins

272
Citations
Estimating Central Equatorial Pacific SST Variability over the Past Millennium. Part II: Reconstructions and Implications

Julien Emile-Geay;Kimberly M. Cobb;Michael E. Mann;Andrew T. Wittenberg

258
Citations
Improved oxygen isotope temperature calibrations for cosmopolitan benthic foraminifera

T.M. Marchitto;T.M. Marchitto;W.B. Curry;J. Lynch-Stieglitz;S.P. Bryan;S.P. Bryan

227
Citations
Initialized Earth System prediction from subseasonal to decadal timescales

Gerald A. Meehl;Jadwiga H. Richter;Haiyan Teng;Antonietta Capotondi;Antonietta Capotondi

210
Citations
Varied Response of Western Pacific Hydrology to Climate Forcings over the Last Glacial Period

Stacy A. Carolin;Kim M. Cobb;Jess F. Adkins;Brian Clark

206
Citations
Diurnal to interannual rainfall δ 18 O variations in northern Borneo driven by regional hydrology

Jessica W. Moerman;Kim M. Cobb;Jess F. Adkins;Harald Sodemann

199
Citations
Decadal climate variability in the tropical Pacific: Characteristics, causes, predictability, and prospects.

Scott Power;Scott Power;Matthieu Lengaigne;Antonietta Capotondi;Antonietta Capotondi;Myriam Khodri

196
Citations
A central tropical Pacific coral demonstrates Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic decadal climate connections

Kim M. Cobb;Christopher D. Charles;David E. Hunter

183
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Noone University of Auckland

Jess F. Adkins California Institute of Technology

Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University

Christopher D. Charles Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Julien Emile-Geay University of Southern California

Antonietta Capotondi National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Axel Timmermann Pusan National University

Wenju Cai Ocean University of China

Helen McGregor University of Wollongong

Jean Lynch-Stieglitz Georgia Institute of Technology

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