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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
83
Citations
68835
World Ranking
812
National Ranking
22

Nicolas Viovy 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 Nicolas Viovy sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 274 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicolas Viovy 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 Nicolas Viovy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Nicolas Viovy is affiliated with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in France. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to global and planetary change, atmospheric science, and ecology.

Their work covers several subfields of study including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Main topics in their research include:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Among their recent publications are:

  • "The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017" (2020), published in NOAA Institutional Repository
  • "Presentation and Evaluation of the IPSL-CM6A-LR Climate Model" (2020), published in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "Direct and seasonal legacy effects of the 2018 heat wave and drought on European ecosystem productivity" (2020), published in Science Advances
  • "Climate warming from managed grasslands cancels the cooling effect of carbon sinks in sparsely grazed and natural grasslands" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Impacts of extreme summers on European ecosystems: a comparative analysis of 2003, 2010 and 2018" (2020), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Nicolas Viovy frequently collaborates with scientists such as Philippe Ciais, Fabienne Maignan, Émilie Joetzjer, Hanqin Tian, and Liyang Liu. This network of coauthors reflects strong interdisciplinary engagement in climate and environmental sciences.

Their publications appear regularly in venues including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Earth System Dynamics
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Europe-wide reduction in primary productivity caused by the heat and drought in 2003

    Ph. Ciais;M. Reichstein;N. Viovy;A. Granier

  • Global Carbon Budget 2016

    Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Josep G. Canadell;Stephen Sitch

  • Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate

    Christian Beer;Markus Reichstein;Enrico Tomelleri;Philippe Ciais

  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

  • Global Carbon Budget 2015

    C. Le Quéré;R. Moriarty;R. M. Andrew;J. G. Canadell

  • Global carbon budget 2014

    C. Le Quéré;R. Moriarty;R. M. Andrew;G. P. Peters

  • Global carbon budget 2013

    C. Le Quere;G.P. Peters;R.J. Andres;Robbie M Andrew

  • A dynamic global vegetation model for studies of the coupled atmosphere-biosphere system

    G. Krinner;Nicolas Viovy;Nathalie de Noblet‐Ducoudré;Jérôme Ogée;Jérôme Ogée

  • Greening of the Earth and its drivers

    Zaichun Zhu;Zaichun Zhu;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Ranga B. Myneni;Mengtian Huang

  • Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide

    Corinne Le Quéré;Corinne Le Quéré;Michael R. Raupach;Josep G. Canadell;Gregg Marland

  • Global Carbon Budget 2018

    Corinne Le Quéré;Robbie M. Andrew;Pierre Friedlingstein;Stephen Sitch

  • Recent decline in the global land evapotranspiration trend due to limited moisture supply

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Philippe Ciais;Sonia I. Seneviratne

  • Climate change projections using the IPSL-CM5 Earth System Model: From CMIP3 to CMIP5

    Jean-Louis Dufresne;M. A. Foujols;S. Denvil;A. Caubel

  • Global Carbon Budget 2019

    Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Matthew W. Jones;Michael O'Sullivan;Robbie Andrew

  • Presentation and evaluation of the IPSL‐CM6A‐LR climate model

    Olivier Boucher;Jérôme Servonnat;Anna Lea Albright;Olivier Aumont

  • The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO2 sink

    Anders Ahlström;Anders Ahlström;Michael R. Raupach;Guy Schurgers;Benjamin Smith

  • Global Carbon Budget 2017

    Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Pierre Friedlingstein;Stephen Sitch

  • The global methane budget 2000–2012

    Marielle Saunois;Philippe Bousquet;Ben Poulter;Anna Peregon

  • Recent trends and drivers of regional sources and sinks of carbon dioxide

    S. Sitch;P. Friedlingstein;N. Gruber;S. D. Jones

  • Growing season extension and its impact on terrestrial carbon cycle in the Northern Hemisphere over the past 2 decades

    Shilong Piao;Pierre Friedlingstein;Philippe Ciais;Nicolas Viovy

  • Global Methane Budget 2000-2012

    M. Saunois;P. Bousquet;B. Poulter;A. Peregon

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Sitch
Stephen Sitch University of Exeter
Pierre Friedlingstein
Pierre Friedlingstein University of Exeter
Benjamin Poulter
Benjamin Poulter Goddard Space Flight Center
Shilong Piao
Shilong Piao Peking University
Sönke Zaehle
Sönke Zaehle Max Planck Society
Ning Zeng
Ning Zeng University of Maryland, College Park
Atul K. Jain
Atul K. Jain University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nicolas Vuichard
Nicolas Vuichard University of Paris-Saclay
Shushi Peng
Shushi Peng Peking University
Hanqin Tian
Hanqin Tian Auburn University

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