2026 Reto Ruedy: 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	61	2689	2566	1075	995	98	37584

Overview

Reto Ruedy is affiliated with the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions focusing on global and planetary change as well as atmospheric science.

Their recent publications include:

GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology (2020), published in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Global warming in the pipeline (2023), published in Oxford Open Climate Change
CMIP6 Historical Simulations (1850-2014) With GISS-E2.1 (2020), published in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Future Climate Change Under SSP Emission Scenarios With GISS-E2.1 (2022), published in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed? (2025), published in Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development

Ruedy's work addresses various main topics, including:

Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Climate variability and models
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ruedy include Gary L. Russell, Maxwell Kelley, George Tselioudis, Anthony D. Del Genio, and Anastasia Romanou.

The majority of Ruedy's research appears in the following publication venues:

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Oxford Open Climate Change
Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Ocean Modelling

Subfields of study connected to Ruedy's research consist of:

Global and Planetary Change
Atmospheric Science
Oceanography
Molecular Biology
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Best Publications

GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE

J. Hansen;R. Ruedy;M. Sato;K. Lo

3792
Citations
Global temperature change.

James Hansen;Makiko Sato;Reto Ruedy;Ken Lo

2819
Citations
Radiative forcing and climate response

J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy

2812
Citations
Perception of climate change

James Hansen;Makiko Sato;Reto Ruedy

1849
Citations
Efficacy of climate forcings

J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;L. Nazarenko

1694
Citations
Climate Sensitivity: Analysis of Feedback Mechanisms

J. Hansen;A. Lacis;D. Rind;G. Russell

1579
Citations
Efficient Three-Dimensional Global Models for Climate Studies: Models I and II

J. Hansen;G. Russell;D. Rind;P. Stone

1493
Citations
Global climate changes as forecast by Goddard Institute for Space Studies three-dimensional model

J. Hansen;I. Fung;A. Lacis;D. Rind

1458
Citations
Global warming in the twenty-first century: An alternative scenario

James Hansen;Makiko Sato;Reto Ruedy;Andrew Lacis

1428
Citations
Earth's Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications

James Hansen;Larissa Nazarenko;Reto Ruedy;Makiko Sato

1268
Citations
Present-Day Atmospheric Simulations Using GISS ModelE: Comparison to In Situ, Satellite, and Reanalysis Data

Gavin A. Schmidt;Reto Ruedy;James E. Hansen;Igor Aleinov

1062
Citations
GISS analysis of surface temperature change

J. Hansen;R. Ruedy;J. Glascoe;M. Sato

1015
Citations
Improvements in the GISTEMP Uncertainty Model

Nathan J. L. Lenssen;Nathan J. L. Lenssen;Gavin A. Schmidt;James E. Hansen;Matthew J. Menne

903
Citations
A closer look at United States and global surface temperature change

J. Hansen;R. Ruedy;M. Sato;M. Imhoff

823
Citations
Configuration and Assessment of the GISS ModelE2 Contributions to the CMIP5 Archive

Gavin A. Schmidt;Max Kelley;Larissa Nazarenko;Reto Ruedy

735
Citations
Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms: evidence from paleoclimate data, climate modeling, and modern observations that 2 °C global warming could be dangerous

James E. Hansen;Makiko H. Sato;Paul Hearty;Reto Ruedy

721
Citations
Atmospheric CO2: Principal Control Knob Governing Earth’s Temperature

Andrew A. Lacis;Gavin A. Schmidt;David Rind;Reto A. Ruedy

708
Citations
GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology.

Maxwell Kelley;Gavin A. Schmidt;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Susanne E. Bauer

616
Citations
Climate forcings in the Industrial era

James E. Hansen;Makiko Sato;Andrew Lacis;Reto Ruedy

614
Citations
Potential climate impact of Mount Pinatubo eruption

James Hansen;Andrew Lacis;Reto Ruedy;Makiko Sato

612
Citations
Potential evapotranspiration and the likelihood of future drought

D. Rind;R. Goldberg;J. Hansen;C. Rosenzweig

503
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James Hansen Columbia University

Makiko Sato Columbia University

Gavin A. Schmidt Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Andrew A. Lacis Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Gary L. Russell Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Ron L. Miller Goddard Institute for Space Studies

David Rind Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Larissa Nazarenko Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Drew T. Shindell Duke University

Anastasia Romanou Goddard Institute for Space Studies

External Links

Personal website of Reto Ruedy

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