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D-Index
41
Citations
8375
World Ranking
7612
National Ranking
287

Steven J. Phipps 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 Steven J. Phipps sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 152 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steven J. Phipps 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 Steven J. Phipps sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Steven J. Phipps is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Epidemiology. They have developed expertise in subfields such as Modeling and Simulation and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Scientific Research and Discoveries

Steven J. Phipps has published extensively, with many articles available through platforms such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), where they have 18 publications. Other frequent publication venues include Scientific Reports, Climate of the Past, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, and Reviews of Geophysics.

Recent papers include:

  • "Robust estimates of the true (population) infection rate for COVID-19: a backcasting approach", 2020, Royal Society Open Science
  • "The Sensitivity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to a Changing Climate: Past, Present, and Future", 2020, Reviews of Geophysics
  • "Weakening of the Extratropical Storm Tracks in Solar Geoengineering Scenarios", 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Natural drivers of multidecadal Arctic sea ice variability over the last millennium", 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Extending and understanding the South West Western Australian rainfall record using a snowfall reconstruction from Law Dome, East Antarctica", 2021, Climate of the Past

Collaborations have been a notable part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jason L. Roberts
  • Matt A. King
  • Xuebin Zhang
  • R. Quentin Grafton
  • Tom Kompas

Best Publications

  • Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia

    Moinuddin Ahmed;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Asfawossen Asrat;Hemant P. Borgaonkar

  • Evolution of the Southern Annular Mode during the past millennium

    Nerilie J. Abram;Nerilie J. Abram;Robert Mulvaney;Françoise Vimeux;Steven J. Phipps

  • A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era

    Julien Emile-Geay;Nicholas P. McKay;Darrell S. Kaufman;Lucien Von Gunten

  • The PMIP4 contribution to CMIP6 – Part 2: Two interglacials, scientific objective and experimental design for Holocene and Last Interglacial simulations

    Bette L. Otto-Bliesner;Pascale Braconnot;Sandy P. Harrison;Daniel J Lunt

  • The PMIP4 contribution to CMIP6 – Part 1: Overview and over-arching analysis plan

    Masa Kageyama;Pascale Braconnot;Sandy P. Harrison;Alan M. Haywood

  • Climate drift in the CMIP3 models

    Alexander Sen Gupta;Les C. Muir;Jaclyn N. Brown;Steven J. Phipps

  • The PMIP4 contribution to CMIP6 – Part 3: The last millennium, scientific objective, and experimental design for the PMIP4 past1000 simulations

    Johann H. Jungclaus;Edouard Bard;Mélanie Baroni;Pascale Braconnot

  • The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (GeoMIP6): simulation design and preliminary results

    Benjamin S. Kravitz;Alan Robock;S. Tilmes;Olivier Boucher

  • Robust global ocean cooling trend for the pre-industrial Common Era

    Helen V. McGregor;Michael N. Evans;Hugues Goosse;Guillaume Leduc

  • Separating Forced from Chaotic Climate Variability over the Past Millennium

    Andrew P. Schurer;Gabriele C. Hegerl;Michael E. Mann;Simon F. B. Tett

  • Importance of background climate in determining impact of land-cover change on regional climate

    A. J. Pitman;F. B. Avila;G. Abramowitz;Y. P. Wang

  • Large-scale temperature response to external forcing in simulations and reconstructions of the last millennium

    L. Fernández-Donado;J.F. González-Rouco;C.C. Raible;C.M. Ammann

  • A multi-model assessment of last interglacial temperatures

    Daniel J Lunt;A Abe-Ouchi;P Bakker;A Berger

  • Paleoclimate Data–Model Comparison and the Role of Climate Forcings over the Past 1500 Years*

    Steven John Phipps;Helen Victoria McGregor;Joelle Gergis;Ailie Jane Eyre Gallant

  • Climate variability over the last 35,000 years recorded in marine and terrestrial archives in the Australian region: an OZ-INTIMATE compilation

    Jessica M. Reeves;Timothy T. Barrows;Timothy J. Cohen;Anthony S. Kiem

  • Comparing proxy and model estimates of hydroclimate variability and change over the Common Era

    Jason E. Smerdon;Jurg Luterbacher;Steven J. Phipps;Kevin J. Anchukaitis

  • The Sensitivity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to a Changing Climate: Past, Present, and Future

    T. L. Noble;E. J. Rohling;E. J. Rohling;A. R.A. Aitken;H. C. Bostock

  • A data study of the influence of the equatorial upper stratosphere on northern-hemisphere stratospheric sudden warmings

    L. J. Gray;S. J. Phipps;T. J. Dunkerton;M. P. Baldwin

  • A weak El Nino/Southern Oscillation with delayed seasonal growth around 4,300 years ago

    H. V. McGregor;Mathew J. Fischer;Michael Gagan;David Fink

  • Land radiative management as contributor to regional-scale climate adaptation and mitigation

    Sonia I. Seneviratne;Steven J. Phipps;Steven J. Phipps;Andrew J. Pitman;Annette L. Hirsch

  • The CSIRO Mk3L climate system model version 1.0 – Part 1: Description and evaluation

    S. J. Phipps;L. D. Rotstayn;H. B. Gordon;J. L. Roberts;J. L. Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Nerilie J. Abram
Nerilie J. Abram Australian National University
Helen McGregor
Helen McGregor University of Wollongong
Jason L. Roberts
Jason L. Roberts Australian Antarctic Division
Belen Martrat
Belen Martrat Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Raphael Neukom
Raphael Neukom University of Bern
Hans W. Linderholm
Hans W. Linderholm University of Gothenburg
Jonathan G. Palmer
Jonathan G. Palmer University of New South Wales
Christopher J. Fogwill
Christopher J. Fogwill Cranfield University
Chris S. M. Turney
Chris S. M. Turney Heriot-Watt University
John C. Moore
John C. Moore Beijing Normal University

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