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Richard G. Jones

Richard G. Jones

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Environmental Sciences
UK
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
73
Citations
33205
World Ranking
1380
National Ranking
112

Richard G. Jones 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 Richard G. Jones sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 255 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard G. Jones 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 Richard G. Jones sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% 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 United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2006 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

Richard G. Jones is affiliated with the Met Office in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Sociology and Political Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered in Richard G. Jones's research include Climate Variability and Models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Disaster Management and Resilience, as well as Sustainability and Climate Change Governance.

The scientist has contributed to multiple frequently appearing publication venues, among them are Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Climate Risk Management, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Several recent papers by Richard G. Jones highlight ongoing research interests and contributions:

  • An update of IPCC climate reference regions for subcontinental analysis of climate model data: definition and aggregated datasets, 2020, Earth system science data
  • Regional climate downscaling over Europe: perspectives from the EURO-CORDEX community, 2020, Regional Environmental Change
  • Evaluation of the Large EURO-CORDEX Regional Climate Model Ensemble, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Loss and Damage and limits to adaptation: recent IPCC insights and implications for climate science and policy, 2020, Sustainability Science
  • Inventories of extreme weather events and impacts: Implications for loss and damage from and adaptation to climate extremes, 2021, Climate Risk Management

Frequent collaborators in their work include Rachel James, Friederike E. L. Otto, Joseph Daron, José Manuel Gutiérrez, and Emily Boyd, with whom multiple co-authored publications have been produced over time.

Richard G. Jones was recognized as an ACM Distinguished Member in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Regional Climate Projections. Chapter 11

    J H Christensen;B Hewitson;A Busuioc;A Chen

  • Regional climate projections

    J. H. Christensen;B. Hewitson;A. Busuioc;A. Chen

  • Precipitation downscaling under climate change: Recent developments to bridge the gap between dynamical models and the end user

    Douglas Maraun;Douglas Maraun;F. Wetterhall;A. M. Ireson;R. E. Chandler

  • Declines of managed honey bees and beekeepers in Europe

    Simoon G. Potts;Stuart P.M. Roberts;Robin Dean

  • Regional Climate Information—Evaluation and Projections

    F. Giorgi;J. Christensen;M. Hulme;H. von Storch

  • An inter-comparison of regional climate models for Europe: model performance in present-day climate

    Daniela Jacob;Lars Bärring;Ole Bøssing Christensen;Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen

  • Comparison of uncertainty sources for climate change impacts: flood frequency in England

    A. L. Kay;H. N. Davies;V. A. Bell;R. G. Jones

  • Future change of temperature and precipitation extremes in South America as derived from the PRECIS regional climate modeling system

    J. A. Marengo;R. Jones;L. M. Alves;M. C. Valverde

  • A Regional Climate Change Assessment Program for North America

    Linda O. Mearns;William Gutowski;Richard Jones;Ruby Leung

  • Simulation of climate change over europe using a nested regional‐climate model. I: Assessment of control climate, including sensitivity to location of lateral boundaries

    R. G. Jones;J. M. Murphy;M. Noguer

  • An update of IPCC climate reference regions for subcontinental analysis of climate model data: definition and aggregated datasets

    Maialen Iturbide;José M. Gutiérrez;Lincoln M. Alves;Joaquín Bedia

  • Daily precipitation statistics in regional climate models: Evaluation and intercomparison for the European Alps

    Christoph Frei;Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen;Michel Déqué;Daniela Jacob

  • Selecting CMIP5 GCMs for downscaling over multiple regions

    C. F. McSweeney;R. G. Jones;R. G. Jones;Robert W. Lee;D. P. Rowell

  • The North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program: Overview of Phase I Results

    Linda O. Mearns;Ray Arritt;Sébastien Biner;Melissa S. Bukovsky

  • Global Climate Change and Sea Level Rise: Potential Losses of Intertidal Habitat for Shorebirds

    H. Galbraith;R. Jones;R. Park;J. Clough

  • Reconciling two approaches to attribution of the 2010 Russian heat wave

    F. E. L. Otto;N. Massey;G. J. van Oldenborgh;R. G. Jones

  • Regional climate downscaling over Europe: perspectives from the EURO-CORDEX community

    Daniela Jacob;Claas Teichmann;Stefan Sobolowski;Eleni Katragkou

  • Pollen and charcoal in lake sediments compared with historically documented forest fires in southern Switzerland since AD 1920

    Willy Tinner;Marco Conedera;Brigitta Ammann;Heinz W. Gaggeler

  • Human influence on climate in the 2014 southern England winter floods and their impacts

    Nathalie Schaller;Alison L. Kay;Rob Lamb;Neil R. Massey

  • African Climate Change: Taking the Shorter Route

    Richard Washington;Mike Harrison;Declan Conway;Emily Black

  • Climate Change 2014

    C. B. Field;V. R. Barros;M. D. Mastrandrea;K. J. Mach

  • Causes and uncertainty of future summer drying over Europe

    David P. Rowell;Richard G. Jones

  • Evaluation of the Large EURO-CORDEX Regional Climate Model Ensemble

    Robert Vautard;Nikolay Kadygrov;Carley Iles;Fredrik Boberg

  • Simulation of climate change over europe using a nested regional‐climate model. II: Comparison of driving and regional model responses to a doubling of carbon dioxide

    R. G. Jones;J. M. Murphy;M. Noguer;A. B. Keen

  • Reply to “Comments on ‘The North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program: Overview of Phase I Results'”

    Linda O. Mearns;Melissa S. Bukovsky;Ruby Leung;Yun Qian

Frequent Co-Authors

Myles R. Allen
Myles R. Allen University of Oxford
Friederike E. L. Otto
Friederike E. L. Otto University of Oxford
Simon Dadson
Simon Dadson University of Oxford
Erik Kjellström
Erik Kjellström Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Linda O. Mearns
Linda O. Mearns National Center for Atmospheric Research
Michel Déqué
Michel Déqué Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen
Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen University of Copenhagen
William J. Gutowski
William J. Gutowski Iowa State University

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