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Thomas E. Downing 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 Thomas E. Downing sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 129 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas E. Downing 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 Thomas E. Downing sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas E. Downing is affiliated with the Stockholm Environment Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research career is primarily associated with this institution, indicating a focus on environmental and sustainability issues.

Although there are no listed recent papers, co-authors, or publication venues available, the scientist's profile reflects an ongoing engagement in their field. The absence of recent publication data suggests either emerging work or involvement in collaborative or institutional research activities not captured here.

The profile does not enumerate specific fields or subfields of study, nor detailed main topics of work. This lack of detailed topic or field information may reflect a broad research agenda or a focus on interdisciplinary approaches within environmental science.

No records indicate any book publications or academic awards associated with Thomas E. Downing at this time.

Given the affiliation with the Stockholm Environment Institute and the geographic link to the United Kingdom, the work is likely situated within the context of environmental research, policy analysis, or sustainability studies, which are central themes of this institution.

Best Publications

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development

    James F. Reynolds;D. Mark Stafford Smith;Eric F. Lambin;B. L. Turner

  • Adaptation to climate change in the context of sustainable development and equity

    B Smit;O Pilifosova;I Burton;B Challenger

  • Climate change and social vulnerability: Toward a sociology and geography of food insecurity

    Hans G. Bohle;Thomas E. Downing;Michael J. Watts

  • Resilience and vulnerability: Complementary or conflicting concepts?

    Fiona Miller;Henny Osbahr;Emily Boyd;Emily Boyd;Frank Thomalla

  • Reducing hazard vulnerability: towards a common approach between disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation

    Frank Thomalla;Tom Downing;Erika Spanger-Siegfried;Georges Han

  • Inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation

    Richard J.T. Klein;S. Huq;F. Denton;T.E. Downing

  • Relative impacts of human-induced climate change and natural climate variability

    Mike Hulme;Elaine M. Barrow;Nigel W. Arnell;Paula A. Harrison

  • Distributional aspects of climate change impacts

    Richard S.J Tol;Richard S.J Tol;Richard S.J Tol;Thomas E Downing;Onno J Kuik;Joel B Smith

  • Adapting to Climate Change in Africa

    Thomas E. Downing;Lasse Ringius;Mike Hulme;Dominic Waughray

  • Societal Vulnerability to Climate Change and Variability

    J.W. Handmer;S. Dovers;T.E. Downing

  • Adapting to climate variability: Pumpkins, people and policy

    Gina Ziervogel;Sukaina Bharwani;Thomas E. Downing

  • Assessing vulnerability for climate adaptation

    T.E. Downing;A Patwardhan;Rjt Klein;E Mukhala

  • The atlas of climate change

    Kirstin Dow;Thomas E. Downing

  • Issues in the interpretation of climate model ensembles to inform decisions

    David A Stainforth;David A Stainforth;Thomas E Downing;Richard Washington;Ana Lopez

  • Climate change and vulnerable places: global food security and country studies in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Senegal and Chile

    Thomas E. Downing

  • Agent-based social simulation: a method for assessing the impact of seasonal climate forecast applications among smallholder farmers

    Gina Ziervogel;Mike Bithell;Richard Washington;Tom Downing

  • Climate change and world food security

    Thomas E. Downing

  • A hydro-economic model for the assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation in irrigated agriculture

    Paloma Esteve;Consuelo Varela-Ortega;Irene Blanco-Gutiérrez;Thomas E. Downing

  • Vulnerable peoples and places

    Roger Kasperson;Kristin Dow;Emma R.M Archer;Daniel Caceres

Frequent Co-Authors

Gina Ziervogel
Gina Ziervogel University of Cape Town
Richard S. J. Tol
Richard S. J. Tol University of Sussex
Richard Washington
Richard Washington University of Oxford
Richard J.T. Klein
Richard J.T. Klein Stockholm Environment Institute
David A. Stainforth
David A. Stainforth London School of Economics and Political Science
Paula A. Harrison
Paula A. Harrison Lancaster University
Robert J. Nicholls
Robert J. Nicholls University of East Anglia
Johan Rockström
Johan Rockström Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Mike Hulme
Mike Hulme University of Cambridge
Mikhail A. Semenov
Mikhail A. Semenov Rothamsted Research

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