Will Steffen
Impact in
- Global and Planetary Change top 2%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Climate variability and models
- Soil Science top 5%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Papers in
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- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 3
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- Global Energy and Sustainability Research 2
- Co-authors
- F. Stuart Chapin (1 shared paper)Timothy G. F. Kittel (1 shared paper)Xuemei Bai (1 shared paper)José Manuel Palma‐Oliveira (1 shared paper)Frank Biermann (1 shared paper)Karen L. O’Brien (1 shared paper)Alexander P. Wolfe (1 shared paper)Frans Berkhout (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Global Environmental Change (1 paper)Episodes (1 paper)Global Change Biology (1 paper)Nature (1 paper)Earth-Science Reviews (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesAustralia
In The Last Decade
Will Steffen
9 papers receiving 1.5k citations
Will Steffen's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 118
- Global and Planetary Change 993
- Soil Science 276
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 305
- Ecological Modeling 104
- Atmospheric Science 340
Countries citing papers authored by Will Steffen
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Fields of papers citing papers by Will Steffen
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Co-authors
The 20 scholars most cited alongside Will Steffen, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recent patterns and mechanisms of carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 1140 |
| 2 | 2016 | 227 | |
| 3 | 2000 | 125 | |
| 4 | 2009 | 82 | |
| 5 | 2022 | 52 | |
| 6 | 2022 | 29 | |
| 7 | What would a climate-adapted settlement look like in 2030? A Case Study of Inverloch and Sandy Point | 2013 | 5 |
| 8 | The critical decade Victorian climate impacts and opportunities | 2012 | 3 |
| 9 | Stages of the Anthropocene: Assessing the Human Impact on the Earth System | 2008 | 2 |
About Will Steffen
Will Steffen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, having authored 9 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (3 papers), Global Energy and Sustainability Research (2 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (1 paper), demographic modeling and climate adaptation (1 paper), Marine and environmental studies (1 paper), Plant and animal studies (1 paper), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (1 paper) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (993 citations), Soil Science (276 citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (305 citations), Ecological Modeling (104 citations) and Atmospheric Science (340 citations). Will Steffen has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include F. Stuart Chapin, Timothy G. F. Kittel, Xuemei Bai, José Manuel Palma‐Oliveira, Frank Biermann, Karen L. O’Brien, Alexander P. Wolfe, Frans Berkhout, Maria Carmen Lemos and Eduardo S. Brondízio. Their work appears in journals such as Global Environmental Change, Episodes, Global Change Biology, Nature and Earth-Science Reviews.
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