Scatterplot of publication stats on climate

Enable tooltip Axes: x = frequency of citation;
y = # matches on 'climate' for that author

Plot of climate authors

ranked by publication and citation statistics
by Jim Prall, Toronto, Canada -- Jim Prall's main climate page
List of open letters and declarations whose signers are noted here
You clicked N. N., who has X=xx matches on 'climate' at Google Scholar, ranking # Rs among whom and # R overall by papers matching 'climate.'
Google scholar shows Y=c citations to this author's #4 most cited paper (on any topic)
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institutional affiliation

PhD info -- -- --
Topics: area of research
# works on climate and citations
IPCC info
Signed: statements signed (key)

This plot illustrates the relative standing of authors on climate change, including all those who served as contributing authors to Working Group 1 of the IPCC's 2007 Fourth Assessment Report (AR4 wg1). Each dot represents one author. Hover to see name and a few stats (if Enable tooltip is checked.) Click on a dot for more details.

  • 'concerned signers' are authors who signed any of 20 declarations affirming the mainstream view of human impact on climate and the need to limit greenhouse emissions
  • 'IPCC AR4 wg1' are 619 contributing authors to IPCC AR4 wg1 (2007)
  • 'non-signers' are non-AR4-wg1 authors on climate who signed neither type of statement
  • 'skeptic signers' are 495 individuals who signed any of 16 declaration skeptical of mainstream climate science or of the need for GHG cuts

    
Under the mouse pointer represents 0 matches on climate at Google Scholar, 0 citations.

Authors are ranked on two factors: their level of peer-reviewed publication on climate, and their work's impact as measured by citations to an author's works. Both sets of numbers were gathered from Google Scholar (GS). This source was selected because it is freely available without subscription to the general public, and provides a broad index covering peer-reviewed, scholarly journals.

Q: Why not the most cited work? A: To emphasize depth, minimizing any 'coattail effect' for minor co-author of one big paper.
Q: Why 4? A: I had to pick a stopping point; I found I could collect the citation count for an author's top four most cited works on Google Scholar from a single screen without scrolling.

Names are shown with standard acronyms for any learned societies to which they belong. Learned society fellows are generally elected by the society's general memembership in recognition of outstanding contributions in their field. Most societies elect fewer than 1% of their members as fellows.

Compiled by Jim Prall, Toronto, Canada, Nov. 2008 - present