James E. Hansen

90.0k citations
331 papers · 45.1k · 30 hit papers · h-index 92

Impact in

    • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
    • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
    • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
    • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
    • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
    • Climate variability and models
    • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Papers in

    • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 63
    • Climate variability and models 47
    • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds 35
    • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 54
    • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 49

James E. Hansen

318 papers receiving 41.5k citations

James E. Hansen's Hit Papers

Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed? 2025 · 59 citations
590+8+17Years since publication50010001.5k2.0k

Peers

James E. Hansen
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  • Atmospheric Science 23.4k
  • Global and Planetary Change 24.1k
  • Complementary and alternative medicine 2.4k
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3.4k
  • Oceanography 2.9k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside James E. Hansen, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Climate Forcing by Anthropogenic Aerosols
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19922975
2
GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE
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20102294
3
Light scattering in planetary atmospheres
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19742085
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Climate Effects of Black Carbon Aerosols in China and India
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20021768
5
Radiative forcing and climate response
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19971708
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Global temperature change
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20061526
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A Parameterization for the Absorption of Solar Radiation in the Earth's Atmosphere
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19741212
8
Perception of climate change
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20121033
9
Soot climate forcing via snow and ice albedos
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20031008
10
Principles of Exercise Testing and Interpretation
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1987880
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Efficient Three-Dimensional Global Models for Climate Studies: Models I and II
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1983852
12
Global trends of measured surface air temperature
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1987800
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Global warming in the twenty-first century: An alternative scenario
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2000766
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Stratospheric aerosol optical depths, 1850–1990
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1993735
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Predicted Values for Clinical Exercise Testing
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1984733
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Climate Impact of Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
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1981707
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Global climate changes as forecast by Goddard Institute for Space Studies three‐dimensional model
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1988705
18
Optimizing the exercise protocol for cardiopulmonary assessment
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1983694
19
Earth's Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications
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2005647
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GISS analysis of surface temperature change
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1999601

About James E. Hansen

James E. Hansen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Complementary and alternative medicine, having authored 331 papers that have together received 45.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (63 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (54 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (49 papers), Climate variability and models (47 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (35 papers), Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (27 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (22 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (23.4k citations), Global and Planetary Change (24.1k citations), Complementary and alternative medicine (2.4k citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (3.4k citations) and Oceanography (2.9k citations). James E. Hansen has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include Reto Rüedy, Andrew A. Lacis, Makiko Sato, M. Sato, Karlman Wasserman, Larry D. Travis, Larissa Nazarenko, S. Lebedeff, K. Lo and Darryl Y. Sue. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Science, CHEST Journal, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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