2026 Roland Séférian: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Rising Stars	62	142	142	2	2	163	36579
Environmental Sciences	63	2396	2287	91	90	159	37185

Roland Séférian 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 Roland Séférian sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 687+

This scientist: 159 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roland Séférian 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 Roland Séférian sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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

2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Roland Séférian is affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable emphasis on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Atmospheric Science.

Their work covers a range of topics related to atmospheric and environmental dynamics, including:

Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Climate variability and models
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Climate Change Policy and Economics
Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

In terms of publication venues, Roland Séférian frequently contributes to:

Biogeosciences
Earth System Dynamics
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Their recent papers include:

"Global Carbon Budget 2020," published in 2020 in Earth system science data
"Global Carbon Budget 2022," published in 2022 in Earth system science data
"Global Carbon Budget 2021," published in 2022 in Earth system science data
"Global Carbon Budget 2023," published in 2023 in Earth system science data
"Twenty-first century ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation, and upper-ocean nutrient and primary production decline from CMIP6 model projections," published in 2020 in Biogeosciences

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated extensively with Roland Séférian. These include:

Tatiana Ilyina
Jörg Schwinger
Laurent Bopp
Jerry Tjiputra
Chris Jones

Best Publications

Global Carbon Budget 2016

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

4532
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2015

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

3035
Citations
Global carbon budget 2014

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

2742
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2018

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

2446
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2020

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

2252
Citations
Multiple stressors of ocean ecosystems in the 21st century: projections with CMIP5 models

Laurent Bopp;L. Resplandy;James C. Orr;Scott C. Doney

1732
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2019

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

1662
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2017

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

1267
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2023

Unknown

1220
Citations
Evaluation of CMIP6 DECK Experiments With CNRM-CM6-1

A. Voldoire;D. Saint‐Martin;S. Sénési;B. Decharme

1076
Citations
Impacts of 1.5°C Global Warming on Natural and Human Systems

O. Hoegh-Guldberg;D. Jacob;M. Bindi;S. Brown

1014
Citations
Evaluation of CNRM Earth System Model, CNRM‐ESM2‐1: Role of Earth System Processes in Present‐Day and Future Climate

Roland Séférian;Pierre Nabat;Martine Michou;David Saint‐Martin

836
Citations
Technical Summary: Global warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty

M. Allen;P. Antwi-Agyei;F. Aragon-Durand;M. Babiker

825
Citations
Mitigation Pathways Compatible with 1.5°C in the Context of Sustainable Development

Joeri Rogelj;Drew Shindell;Kejun Jiang;Solomone Fifita

813
Citations
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

785
Citations
Climate model projections from the Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6

Claudia Tebaldi;Kevin Debeire;Veronika Eyring;Veronika Eyring;Erich Fischer

682
Citations
Carbon-concentration and carbon-climate feedbacks in CMIP6 models and their comparison to CMIP5 models

Vivek K. Arora;Anna Katavouta;Anna Katavouta;Richard G. Williams;Chris D. Jones

548
Citations
Estimating and tracking the remaining carbon budget for stringent climate targets

Joeri Rogelj;Piers M. Forster;Elmar Kriegler;Christopher J. Smith

390
Citations
Drivers and uncertainties of future global marine primary production in marine ecosystem models

C Laufkötter;C Laufkötter;M Vogt;N Gruber;M Aita-Noguchi

378
Citations
Tracking Improvement in Simulated Marine Biogeochemistry Between CMIP5 and CMIP6.

Roland Séférian;Sarah Berthet;Andrew Yool;Julien Palmiéri

369
Citations
Recent Changes in the ISBA‐CTRIP Land Surface System for Use in the CNRM‐CM6 Climate Model and in Global Off‐Line Hydrological Applications

Bertrand Decharme;Christine Delire;Marie Minvielle;Jeanne Colin

342
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Bopp École Normale Supérieure

Tatiana Ilyina Max Planck Society

Joeri Rogelj Imperial College London

Pierre Friedlingstein University of Exeter

Andrew Lenton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Jerry Tjiputra Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

Julia Pongratz Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Marion Gehlen French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

Christian Rödenbeck Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

Bronte Tilbrook CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

External Links

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