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Neal Butchart

Neal Butchart

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
66
Citations
16271
World Ranking
2089
National Ranking
171

Neal Butchart 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 Neal Butchart sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 138 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Neal Butchart 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 Neal Butchart sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Neal Butchart is affiliated with the Met Office in the United Kingdom and has a research focus in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 39 publications, and Environmental Science, contributing 28 publications. Within these fields, they specialize in subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Oceanography.

Their main research topics include:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

The scientist has published extensively in several notable journals. Frequent venues include:

  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Weather and Climate Dynamics

Noteworthy recent papers by Neal Butchart consist of:

  • "Sudden Stratospheric Warmings" (2020) published in Reviews of Geophysics
  • "Progress in Simulating the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in CMIP Models" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Evaluation of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in global climate models for the SPARC QBO-initiative" (2020) published in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • "Uncertainty in the Response of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings and Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling to Quadrupled CO2 Concentrations in CMIP6 Models" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Response of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation to a warming climate in global climate models" (2020) published in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Collaborations feature frequently in their work, with recurring co-authors including:

  • Scott Osprey
  • James Anstey
  • Yoshio Kawatani
  • Jadwiga H. Richter
  • Andrew C. Bushell

Best Publications

  • The HadGEM2-ES implementation of CMIP5 centennial simulations

    C. D. Jones;J. K. Hughes;Nicolas Bellouin;S. C. Hardiman

  • The Brewer‐Dobson circulation

    Neal Butchart

  • The HadGEM2 family of Met Office Unified Model climate configurations

    N. Bellouin;W. J. Collins;I. D. Culverwell

  • Stratospheric influence on tropospheric jet streams, storm tracks and surface weather

    Joseph Kidston;Adam A. Scaife;Steven C. Hardiman;Daniel M. Mitchell

  • The Area of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex as a Diagnostic for Tracer Transport on an Isentropic Surface

    Neal Butchart;Ellis E. Remsberg

  • Defining Sudden Stratospheric Warmings

    Amy H. Butler;Dian J. Seidel;Steven C. Hardiman;Neal Butchart

  • Assessment of temperature, trace species, and ozone in chemistry-climate model simulations of the recent past

    V. Eyring;N. Butchart;D. W. Waugh;H. Akiyoshi

  • Sudden Stratospheric Warmings

    Mark P. Baldwin;Blanca Ayarzagüena;Thomas Birner;Thomas Birner;Neal Butchart

  • Simulations of anthropogenic change in the strength of the Brewer–Dobson circulation

    N. Butchart;A. A. Scaife;M. Bourqui;M. Bourqui;J. de Grandpre

  • Review of the global models used within phase 1 of the Chemistry–Climate Model Initiative (CCMI)

    Olaf Morgenstern;Michaela I. Hegglin;Eugene Rozanov;Fiona M. O'Connor

  • Multimodel projections of stratospheric ozone in the 21st century

    V. Eyring;D. W. Waugh;G. E. Bodeker;Eugene C. Cordero

  • Impact of stratospheric ozone on Southern Hemisphere circulation change: A multimodel assessment

    S.-W. Son.;E. P. Gerber;J. Perlwitz;J. Perlwitz;L. M. Polvani

  • Removal of chlorofluorocarbons by increased mass exchange between the stratosphere and troposphere in a changing climate

    Neal Butchart;Adam A. Scaife

  • Chemistry-Climate Model Simulations of Twenty- First Century Stratospheric Climate and Circulation Changes

    Neal Butchart;I. Cionni;V. Eyring;T. G. Shepherd

  • A comparison of model-simulated trends in stratospheric temperatures

    K. P. Shine;M. S. Bourqui;P. M. de F. Forster;S. H. E. Hare

  • Possibility of an Arctic ozone hole in a doubled-CO2 climate

    John Austin;Neal Butchart;Keith P. Shine

  • Multimodel assessment of the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: Tropics and global trends

    A. Gettelman;M. I. Hegglin;S.-W. Son;Jung-Hyun Kim

  • An unexpected disruption of the atmospheric quasi-biennial oscillation

    Scott M. Osprey;Neal Butchart;Jeff R. Knight;Adam A. Scaife;Adam A. Scaife

  • Realistic quasi‐biennial oscillations in a simulation of the global climate

    Adam A. Scaife;Neal Butchart;Christopher D. Warner;David Stainforth

  • Multimodel climate and variability of the stratosphere

    N. Butchart;Andrew J. Charlton-Perez;I. Cionni;S. C. Hardiman

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam A. Scaife
Adam A. Scaife Met Office
John Austin
John Austin Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Lesley J. Gray
Lesley J. Gray University of Oxford
Eugene Rozanov
Eugene Rozanov Saint Petersburg State University
Olaf Morgenstern
Olaf Morgenstern National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
David A. Plummer
David A. Plummer Environment and Climate Change Canada
Rolando R. Garcia
Rolando R. Garcia National Center for Atmospheric Research
Guang Zeng
Guang Zeng National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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