James E. Hansen

87.7k citations
338 papers · 67.9k · 37 hit papers · h-index 105

Impact in

    • Climate variability and models
    • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
    • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
    • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
    • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
    • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Papers in

James E. Hansen

327 papers receiving 61.8k citations

James E. Hansen's Hit Papers

Transforming US agriculture for carbon removal with enhanced weathering 2025 · 38 citations
380+6+13Years since publication2.5k5k7.5k

Peers

James E. Hansen
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  • Global and Planetary Change 27.4k
  • Atmospheric Science 12.8k
  • Complementary and alternative medicine 3.5k
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3.1k
  • Environmental Engineering 2.6k
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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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A safe operating space for humanity
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20099084
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Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity
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20094713
3
Climate Forcing by Anthropogenic Aerosols
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19923095
4
GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE
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20102485
5
Light scattering in planetary atmospheres
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19742228
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Climate Effects of Black Carbon Aerosols in China and India
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20021807
7
Radiative forcing and climate response
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19971770
8
Global temperature change
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20061653
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A Parameterization for the Absorption of Solar Radiation in the Earth's Atmosphere
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19741284
10
Efficacy of climate forcings
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20051199
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Perception of climate change
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20121136
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Soot climate forcing via snow and ice albedos
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20031043
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Climate sensitivity: Analysis of feedback mechanisms
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1984985
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Efficient Three-Dimensional Global Models for Climate Studies: Models I and II
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1983934
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Principles of Exercise Testing and Interpretation
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1987917
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Global trends of measured surface air temperature
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1987853
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Global warming in the twenty-first century: An alternative scenario
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2000829
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Global climate changes as forecast by Goddard Institute for Space Studies three‐dimensional model
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1988814
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Predicted Values for Clinical Exercise Testing
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1984798
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Climate Impact of Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
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1981793

About James E. Hansen

James E. Hansen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Complementary and alternative medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Astronomy and Astrophysics, having authored 338 papers that have together received 67.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate variability and models (99 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (42 papers), Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (34 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (27 papers), Climate Change and Environmental Impact (23 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (20 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (20 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (27.4k citations), Atmospheric Science (12.8k citations), Complementary and alternative medicine (3.5k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (3.1k citations) and Environmental Engineering (2.6k citations). James E. Hansen has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include Reto A. Ruedy, Andrew A. Lacis, Makiko Sato, M. Sato, Karlman Wasserman, Larry D. Travis, Sergej A. Lebedeff, Larissa Nazarenko, Gary L. Russell and K. Kenneth Lo. Their work appears in journals such as CHEST Journal, Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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