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D-Index
44
Citations
8446
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6685
National Ranking
2387

Nicole S. Lovenduski 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 Nicole S. Lovenduski sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 141 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicole S. Lovenduski 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 Nicole S. Lovenduski sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nicole S. Lovenduski is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within Earth and Environmental Sciences, with a focus on climate and oceanographic processes.

The main fields of study include Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. More specific subfields encompass Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Political Science and International Relations.

Their work frequently addresses a range of topics, such as Marine and coastal ecosystems, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Cryospheric studies and observations, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses.

Recent papers highlight significant contributions to understanding climate systems and ocean dynamics:

  • Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Twenty-first century ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation, and upper-ocean nutrient and primary production decline from CMIP6 model projections, 2020, Biogeosciences
  • Initialized Earth System prediction from subseasonal to decadal timescales, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Quantifying Errors in Observationally Based Estimates of Ocean Carbon Sink Variability, 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • External Forcing Explains Recent Decadal Variability of the Ocean Carbon Sink, 2020, AGU Advances

Nicole S. Lovenduski has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Cara Nissen
  • Tessa Gorte
  • Jan T. M. Lenaerts
  • Jeffrey B. Weiss
  • Charles Bardeen

Their publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Communications Earth & Environment

Best Publications

  • Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects

    Clara Deser;Flavio Lehner;Keith B. Rodgers;Toby R. Ault

  • Global Carbon and other Biogeochemical Cycles and Feedbacks

    Josep G. Canadell;Pedro M.S. Monteiro;Marcos H. Costa;Leticia Cotrim Da Cunha

  • Twenty-first century ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation, and upper-ocean nutrient and primary production decline from CMIP6 model projections

    Lester Kwiatkowski;Olivier Torres;Laurent Bopp;Olivier Aumont

  • Enhanced CO2 outgassing in the Southern Ocean from a positive phase of the Southern Annular Mode

    Nicole S. Lovenduski;Nicolas Gruber;Nicolas Gruber;Scott C. Doney;Ivan D. Lima

  • The Variable Southern Ocean Carbon Sink.

    Nicolas Gruber;Peter Landschützer;Nicole S Lovenduski

  • Toward a mechanistic understanding of the decadal trends in the Southern Ocean carbon sink

    Nicole S. Lovenduski;Nicolas Gruber;Scott C. Doney

  • Impact of the Southern Annular Mode on Southern Ocean circulation and biology

    Nicole S. Lovenduski;Nicolas Gruber

  • Predicting near-term changes in the Earth System: A large ensemble of initialized decadal prediction simulations using the Community Earth System Model

    S. G. Yeager;G. Danabasoglu;N. A. Rosenbloom;W. Strand

  • Sea–air CO 2 fluxes in the Southern Ocean for the period 1990–2009

    Andrew Lenton;Bronte Tilbrook;Bronte Tilbrook;R. M. Law;Dorothee C. E. Bakker

  • Initialized Earth System prediction from subseasonal to decadal timescales

    Gerald A. Meehl;Jadwiga H. Richter;Haiyan Teng;Antonietta Capotondi;Antonietta Capotondi

  • Quantifying Errors in Observationally Based Estimates of Ocean Carbon Sink Variability

    Lucas Gloege;Galen A. McKinley;Peter Landschützer;Amanda R. Fay

  • Natural Variability and Anthropogenic Trends in the Ocean Carbon Sink

    Galen A. McKinley;Amanda R. Fay;Nicole S. Lovenduski;Darren J. Pilcher

  • Timescales for detection of trends in the ocean carbon sink

    Galen A. McKinley;Darren J. Pilcher;Darren J. Pilcher;Amanda R. Fay;Keith Lindsay

  • Coccolithophore growth and calcification in a changing ocean

    Kristen M. Krumhardt;Nicole S. Lovenduski;M. Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez;Joan A. Kleypas

  • External Forcing Explains Recent Decadal Variability of the Ocean Carbon Sink

    Galen A. McKinley;Amanda R. Fay;Yassir A. Eddebbar;Lucas Gloege

  • Societal shifts due to COVID-19 reveal large-scale complexities and feedbacks between atmospheric chemistry and climate change.

    Joshua L Laughner;Jessica L Neu;David Schimel;Paul O Wennberg

  • Reducing uncertainty in projections of terrestrial carbon uptake

    Nicole S Lovenduski;Gordon B Bonan

  • Recent evidence for a strengthening CO2 sink in the Southern Ocean from carbonate system measurements in the Drake Passage (2002–2015)

    David R. Munro;Nicole S. Lovenduski;Taro Takahashi;Britton B. Stephens

  • Rapidly expanding nuclear arsenals in Pakistan and India portend regional and global catastrophe

    Owen B. Toon;Charles G. Bardeen;Alan Robock;Lili Xia

  • Partitioning uncertainty in ocean carbon uptake projections: Internal variability, emission scenario, and model structure

    Nicole S. Lovenduski;Galen A. McKinley;Amanda R. Fay;Keith Lindsay

  • Estimates of net community production in the Southern Ocean determined from time series observations (2002–2011) of nutrients, dissolved inorganic carbon, and surface ocean pCO2 in Drake Passage

    David R. Munro;Nicole S. Lovenduski;Britton B. Stephens;Timothy Newberger;Timothy Newberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Galen A. McKinley
Galen A. McKinley Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Keith Lindsay
Keith Lindsay National Center for Atmospheric Research
Matthew C. Long
Matthew C. Long National Center for Atmospheric Research
Alan Robock
Alan Robock Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Stephen G. Yeager
Stephen G. Yeager National Center for Atmospheric Research
Owen B. Toon
Owen B. Toon University of Colorado Boulder
John C. Fyfe
John C. Fyfe University of Victoria
Andrew Lenton
Andrew Lenton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Colm Sweeney
Colm Sweeney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Tatiana Ilyina
Tatiana Ilyina Max Planck Society

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