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2023

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52
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Neil J. Holbrook 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 Neil J. Holbrook sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 217 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Neil J. Holbrook 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 Neil J. Holbrook sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Neil J. Holbrook is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a substantial body of work in related subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Archeology.

Holbrook's main topics of study encompass Climate Variability and Models, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, and Marine and Fisheries Research.

The scientist has contributed to several research papers, including:

  • "Marine Heatwaves" (2020) published in Annual Review of Marine Science
  • "Keeping pace with marine heatwaves" (2020) published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwave events" (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Insights From CMIP6 for Australia's Future Climate" (2020) published in Earth's Future
  • "Links between Large-Scale Modes of Climate Variability and Synoptic Weather Patterns in the Southern Indian Ocean" (2020) published in Journal of Climate

Holbrook frequently collaborates with other researchers. Co-authors with whom they have published the most work include Alistair J. Hobday, Alex Sen Gupta, Jules B. Kajtar, Eric C. J. Oliver, and Antonietta Capotondi.

The main venues for Holbrook's publications include the Journal of Climate, Communications Earth & Environment, Geophysical Research Letters, Climate Dynamics, and Climatic Change.

Best Publications

  • A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves

    Alistair J. Hobday;Lisa V. Alexander;Sarah E. Perkins;Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale

  • Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Markus G. Donat;Michael T. Burrows;Pippa J. Moore

  • Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services

    Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale;Thomas Wernberg;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Mads Thomsen

  • Evaluation of the AR4 Climate Models’ Simulated Daily Maximum Temperature, Minimum Temperature, and Precipitation over Australia Using Probability Density Functions

    SE Perkins;AJ Pitman;NJ Holbrook;J McAneney

  • Marine Heatwaves.

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  • Climate change cascades: Shifts in oceanography, species' ranges and subtidal marine community dynamics in eastern Tasmania

    Craig R. Johnson;Sam C. Banks;Neville S. Barrett;Fabienne Cazassus

  • Categorizing and naming marine heatwaves

    Alistair J. Hobday;Eric C.J. Oliver;Eric C.J. Oliver;Alex Sen Gupta;Jessica A. Benthuysen

  • A global assessment of marine heatwaves and their drivers

    Neil J. Holbrook;Neil J. Holbrook;Hillary A. Scannell;Alexander Sen Gupta;Jessica A. Benthuysen

  • The unprecedented 2015/16 Tasman Sea marine heatwave.

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Jessica A. Benthuysen;Nathaniel L. Bindoff;Nathaniel L. Bindoff;Nathaniel L. Bindoff;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Projected Marine Heatwaves in the 21st Century and the Potential for Ecological Impact

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Michael T. Burrows;Markus G. Donat;Alex Sen Gupta;Alex Sen Gupta

  • Species traits and climate velocity explain geographic range shifts in an ocean‐warming hotspot

    Jennifer M. Sunday;Jennifer M. Sunday;Gretta T. Pecl;Stewart Frusher;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Potential applications of subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) predictions

    Christopher J. White;Christopher J. White;Henrik Carlsen;Andrew W. Robertson;Richard J.T. Klein

  • Keeping pace with marine heatwaves

    NJ Holbrook;NJ Holbrook;A Sen Gupta;Ecj Oliver;AJ Hobday

  • Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwaves events

    Alexander Sen Gupta;Mads Thomsen;Jessica A. Benthuysen;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Insights from CMIP6 for Australia's future climate

    Michael Richard Grose;Sugata Narsey;Francois Delage;Andrew J. Dowdy

  • Impact of land cover change on the climate of southwest Western Australia

    A. J. Pitman;G. T. Narisma;R. A. Pielke;N. J. Holbrook

  • Defining and observing stages of climate-mediated range shifts in marine systems

    Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates;Gretta T. Pecl;Stewart Frusher;Alistair J. Hobday

  • The strengthening East Australian Current, its eddies and biological effects — an introduction and overview

    Iain M. Suthers;Jock W. Young;Mark E. Baird;Moninya Roughan

  • Interrogating resilience: toward a typology to improve its operationalization

    Julie L. Davidson;Chris Jacobson;Anna Lyth;Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes

  • OCEANIC VARIABILITY AND COASTAL TOPOGRAPHY SHAPE GENETIC STRUCTURE IN A LONG-DISPERSING SEA URCHIN

    Sam C Banks;Maxine P Piggott;Jane E. Williamson;Ulysse Bove

  • Decadal climate variability in Australia during the twentieth century

    Scott Power;Faina Tseitkin;Vikram Mehta;Beth Lavery

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric C. J. Oliver
Eric C. J. Oliver Dalhousie University
Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Dan A. Smale
Dan A. Smale Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Thomas Wernberg
Thomas Wernberg University of Western Australia
Scott B. Power
Scott B. Power Bureau of Meteorology
Sarah E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick
Sarah E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick University of New South Wales
Shayne McGregor
Shayne McGregor Monash University
Alex Sen Gupta
Alex Sen Gupta University of New South Wales
Markus G. Donat
Markus G. Donat Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Nathaniel L. Bindoff
Nathaniel L. Bindoff University of Tasmania

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