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Michael Oppenheimer

Michael Oppenheimer

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
86
Citations
30992
World Ranking
711
National Ranking
312

Michael Oppenheimer 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 Michael Oppenheimer sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 285 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Oppenheimer 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 Michael Oppenheimer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Oppenheimer is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and specializes in research at the intersection of earth and environmental sciences. Their work primarily covers topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, supported by numerous publications addressing global environmental challenges.

The scientist's research encompasses diverse subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Sociology and Political Science, Oceanography, and Economics and Econometrics. This multidisciplinary approach reflects the complexity of climate-related phenomena and their societal implications.

Main topics covered in Oppenheimer's research include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Climate Change, Adaptation, and Migration, Climate variability and models, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, and Agricultural risk and resilience. These areas indicate a focus on understanding climate impacts, risks, and responses across natural and human systems.

Frequent publication venues for Oppenheimer are:

  • Nature Climate Change
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Earth's Future
  • Climatic Change
  • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Examples of recent published papers by Michael Oppenheimer include:

  • "Understanding and managing connected extreme events" (2020, Nature Climate Change)
  • "Acting rapidly to deploy readily available methane mitigation measures by sector can immediately slow global warming" (2021, Environmental Research Letters)
  • "Global multi-model projections of local urban climates" (2021, Nature Climate Change)
  • "Sea level rise risks and societal adaptation benefits in low-lying coastal areas" (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • "Assessing human habitability and migration" (2021, Science)

Collaboration is a significant element of Oppenheimer's research, with frequent co-authors including Robert E. Kopp, Ning Lin, D. J. Rasmussen, Maya K. Buchanan, and Joseph W. Lockwood. These collaborations reflect an ongoing engagement with interdisciplinary and multi-institutional research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States.

    Solomon Hsiang;Solomon Hsiang;Robert Kopp;Amir Jina;James Rising

  • Probabilistic 21st and 22nd Century Sea-Level Projections at a Global Network of Tide-Gauge Sites

    Robert E. Kopp;Radley M. Horton;Christopher M. Little;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Impacts of 1.5°C Global Warming on Natural and Human Systems

    O. Hoegh-Guldberg;D. Jacob;M. Bindi;S. Brown

  • Probabilistic assessment of sea level during the last interglacial stage

    Robert E. Kopp;Frederik J. Simons;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Adam C. Maloof

  • Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates of adaptation under climate change

    Simon D. Donner;William J. Skirving;Christopher M. Little;Michael Oppenheimer

  • Assessing Dangerous Climate Change Through an Update of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) "Reasons for Concern"

    Joel B. Smith;Stephen H. Schneider;Michael Oppenheimer;Gary W. Yohe

  • Linkages among climate change, crop yields and Mexico–US cross-border migration

    Shuaizhang Feng;Alan B. Krueger;Alan B. Krueger;Michael Oppenheimer

  • Physically based assessment of hurricane surge threat under climate change

    Ning Lin;Kerry Emanuel;Michael Oppenheimer;Erik Vanmarcke

  • Sea Level Rise and Implications for Low Lying Islands, Coasts and Communities

    Michael Oppenheimer;Bruce Glavovic;Jochen Hinkel;Roderik van de Wal

  • Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment.

    Jonathan L. Bamber;Michael Oppenheimer;Robert E. Kopp;Willy P. Aspinall

  • Fixing a critical climate accounting error

    Timothy D. Searchinger;Steven P. Hamburg;Jerry Melillo;William Chameides

  • Technical summary of working group 1.

    J. T. Houghton;D. L. Albritton;L. G. Meira Filho;U. Cubasch

  • Understanding and managing connected extreme events

    Colin Raymond;Colin Raymond;Radley M. Horton;Jakob Zscheischler;Olivia Martius

  • Emergent risks and key vulnerabilities

    Michael Oppenheimer;Maximiliano Campos;Rachel Warren;Joern Birkmann

  • The effectiveness of cool and green roofs as urban heat island mitigation strategies

    Dan Li;Elie R. Bou-Zeid;Michael Oppenheimer

  • Dangerous Climate Impacts and the Kyoto Protocol

    Brian C. O'Neill;Michael Oppenheimer

  • Climate change: New dimensions in disaster risk, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience

    Allan Lavell;Michael Oppenheimer;Cherif Diop;Jeremy Hess

  • Global warming and the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

    Michael Oppenheimer

  • Nonlinear permanent migration response to climatic variations but minimal response to disasters

    Pratikshya Bohra-Mishra;Michael Oppenheimer;Solomon M. Hsiang

  • IPCC reasons for concern regarding climate change risks

    Brian C. O'Neill;Michael Oppenheimer;Rachel Warren;Stephane Hallegatte

  • Climate change prediction: Erring on the side of least drama?

    Keynyn Brysse;Naomi Oreskes;Jessica O'Reilly;Michael Oppenheimer

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Kopp
Robert E. Kopp Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Christopher M. Little
Christopher M. Little Atmospheric and Environmental Research
Radley M. Horton
Radley M. Horton Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Gary W. Yohe
Gary W. Yohe Wesleyan University
Brian C. O'Neill
Brian C. O'Neill Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Bethany A. Bradley
Bethany A. Bradley University of Massachusetts Amherst
Alex Dalgarno
Alex Dalgarno Harvard University
David S. Wilcove
David S. Wilcove Princeton University
Petra Tschakert
Petra Tschakert Curtin University
Lennart Olsson
Lennart Olsson Lund University

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