2026 Neil J. Holbrook: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	52	4362	4176	151	145	217	19179

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

2134
Citations
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

1970
Citations
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

1606
Citations
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

935
Citations
Marine Heatwaves.

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828
Citations
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

807
Citations
Categorizing and naming marine heatwaves

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

751
Citations
A global assessment of marine heatwaves and their drivers

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

697
Citations
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

604
Citations
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

601
Citations
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

466
Citations
Potential applications of subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) predictions

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

452
Citations
Keeping pace with marine heatwaves

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

413
Citations
Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwaves events

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

397
Citations
Insights from CMIP6 for Australia's future climate

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

327
Citations
Impact of land cover change on the climate of southwest Western Australia

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

319
Citations
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

312
Citations
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

310
Citations
Interrogating resilience: toward a typology to improve its operationalization

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

236
Citations
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

233
Citations
Decadal climate variability in Australia during the twentieth century

Scott Power;Faina Tseitkin;Vikram Mehta;Beth Lavery

202
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric C. J. Oliver Dalhousie University

Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Dan A. Smale Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Thomas Wernberg University of Western Australia

Scott B. Power Bureau of Meteorology

Sarah E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick University of New South Wales

Shayne McGregor Monash University

Alex Sen Gupta University of New South Wales

Markus G. Donat Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Nathaniel L. Bindoff University of Tasmania

External Links

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