Philippe Ciais

Active 1994–2026

320
Papers
175,064
Citations
225
h-index
285
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Citations

Citations per year for Philippe Ciais1966: 13 citations1967: 1 citations1989: 1 citations1993: 1 citations1994: 1 citations1995: 5 citations1996: 17 citations1997: 16 citations1998: 15 citations1999: 18 citations2000: 31 citations2001: 27 citations2002: 34 citations2003: 82 citations2004: 73 citations2005: 90 citations2006: 80 citations2007: 113 citations2008: 142 citations2009: 249 citations2010: 295 citations2011: 433 citations2012: 397 citations2013: 548 citations2014: 680 citations2015: 866 citations2016: 762 citations2017: 927 citations2018: 1,165 citations2019: 1,439 citations2020: 1,615 citations2021: 1,668 citations2022: 1,974 citations2023: 1,574 citations2024: 1,625 citations2025: 888 citations2026: 86 citations1968–1988: no citations, so these years are not shown1990–1992: no citations, so these years are not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorChina: 4,286 citing papers, 17.7% of this breakdownUnited States: 3,961 citing papers, 16.4% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,673 citing papers, 6.9% of this breakdownGermany: 1,546 citing papers, 6.4% of this breakdownFrance: 1,171 citing papers, 4.8% of this breakdownAustralia: 1,071 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownCanada: 842 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownNetherlands: 752 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 658 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownSpain: 654 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownItaly: 626 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownSweden: 499 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Environmental Science62.2%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences8.5%
  • Engineering4%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
  • Computer Science1.8%
  • Other8.4%

Topics

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics6.4%
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture6%
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics5%
  • Climate variability and models4%
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services3.4%
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation2%
  • Other73.2%

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  1. Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017 cited by 3,159

  2. Global greenhouse gas emissions from animal-based foods are twice those of plant-based foods

    Authors: , , , , , , , , - Nature Food 2021 cited by 956

  3. Characteristics, drivers and feedbacks of global greening

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 2019 cited by 2,074

  4. China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Sustainability 2019 cited by 2,885

  5. Surface Urban Heat Island Across 419 Global Big Cities

    Authors: , , , , , , , , - Environmental Science & Technology 2011 cited by 1,384

  6. Global Carbon Budget 2022

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Stefanie Falk, Richard A. Feely, Thomas Gasser, Marion Gehlen, Thanos Gkritzalis, Lucas Gloege, Giacomo Grassi, Nicolas Gruber, Özgür Gürses, Ian Harris, Matthew Hefner, R. A. Houghton, G. C. Hurtt, Yosuke Iida, Tatiana Ilyina, Atul K. Jain, Annika Jersild, Koji Kadono, Etsushi Kato, Daniel Kennedy, Kees Klein Goldewijk, Jürgen Knauer, Jan Ivar Korsbakken, Peter Landschützer, Nathalie Lefèvre, Keith Lindsay, Junjie Liu, Zhu Liu, Gregg Marland, Nicolas Mayot, Matthew J. McGrath, Nicolas Metzl, Natalie Monacci, David R. Munro, Shin‐Ichiro Nakaoka, Yosuke Niwa, Kevin O’Brien, Tsuneo Ono, Paul I. Palmer, Naiqing Pan, Denis Pierrot, Katie Pocock, Benjamin Poulter, Laure Resplandy, Eddy Robertson, Christian Rödenbeck, Carmen Dolores Arbelo Rodríguez, Thais M. Rosan, Jörg Schwinger, Roland Séférian, Jamie D. Shutler, Ingunn Skjelvan, Tobias Steinhoff, Qing Sun, Adrienne J. Sutton, Colm Sweeney, Shintaro Takao, Toste Tanhua, Pieter P. Tans, Xiangjun Tian, Hanqin Tian, Bronte Tilbrook, Hiroyuki Tsujino, Francesco N. Tubiello, Guido R. van der Werf, Anthony P. Walker, Rik Wanninkhof, Chris Whitehead, Anna Willstrand Wranne, Rebecca Wright and 6 more - Earth system science data 2022 cited by 1,810

  7. Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Science 2010 cited by 2,955

  8. Increased atmospheric vapor pressure deficit reduces global vegetation growth

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Science Advances 2019 cited by 1,671

  9. High-spatiotemporal-resolution mapping of global urban change from 1985 to 2015

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Sustainability 2020 cited by 869

  10. Global Carbon Budget 2023

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Frédéric Chevallier, Louise Chini, Margot Cronin, Xinyu Dou, Kazutaka Enyo, Wiley Evans, Stefanie Falk, Richard A. Feely, Liang Feng, Daniel J. Ford, Thomas Gasser, Joséfine Ghattas, Thanos Gkritzalis, Giacomo Grassi, Luke Gregor, Nicolas Gruber, Özgür Gürses, Ian Harris, Matthew Hefner, Jens Heinke, R. A. Houghton, G. C. Hurtt, Yosuke Iida, Tatiana Ilyina, A. R. Jacobson, Atul K. Jain, Tereza Jarníková, Annika Jersild, Fei Jiang, Zhe Jin, Fortunat Joos, Etsushi Kato, Ralph F. Keeling, Daniel Kennedy, Kees Klein Goldewijk, Jürgen Knauer, Jan Ivar Korsbakken, Arne Körtzinger, Xin Lan, Nathalie Lefèvre, Hongmei Li, Junjie Liu, Zhiqiang Liu, Lei Ma, G. Marland, Nicolas Mayot, Patrick McGuire, Galen A. McKinley, Gesa Meyer, Eric J. Morgan, David R. Munro, Shin‐Ichiro Nakaoka, Yosuke Niwa, Kevin M. O'Brien, Are Olsen, Abdirahman M Omar, Tsuneo Ono, Melf Paulsen, Denis Pierrot, Katie Pocock, Benjamin Poulter, Carter M. Powis, Gregor Rehder, Laure Resplandy, Eddy Robertson, Christian Rödenbeck, Thais M. Rosan, Jörg Schwinger, Roland Séférian, T. Luke Smallman and 23 more - Earth system science data 2023 cited by 1,362

  11. Greening of the Earth and its drivers

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Sönke Zaehle, Ning Zeng - Nature Climate Change 2016 cited by 2,673

  12. Accelerating the energy transition towards photovoltaic and wind in China

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature 2023 cited by 715

  13. Microbial carbon use efficiency promotes global soil carbon storage

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Vinisa Saynes, Xiaomeng Huang, Yiqi Luo - Nature 2023 cited by 897

  14. Global Carbon Budget 2020

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Thomas Gasser, Marion Gehlen, Dennis Gilfillan, Thanos Gkritzalis, Luke Gregor, Nicolas Gruber, Ian Harris, Kerstin Hartung, Vanessa Haverd, R. A. Houghton, Tatiana Ilyina, Atul K. Jain, Émilie Joetzjer, Koji Kadono, Etsushi Kato, Vassilis Kitidis, Jan Ivar Korsbakken, Peter Landschützer, Nathalie Lefèvre, Andrew Lenton, Sebastian Lienert, Zhu Liu, Danica Lombardozzi, Gregg Marland, Nicolas Metzl, David R. Munro, Julia E. M. S. Nabel, Shin‐Ichiro Nakaoka, Yosuke Niwa, Kevin O’Brien, Tsuneo Ono, Paul I. Palmer, Denis Pierrot, Benjamin Poulter, Laure Resplandy, Eddy Robertson, Christian Rödenbeck, Jörg Schwinger, Roland Séférian, Ingunn Skjelvan, Adam J. P. Smith, Adrienne J. Sutton, Toste Tanhua, Pieter P. Tans, Hanqin Tian, Bronte Tilbrook, Guido R. van der Werf, Nicolas Vuichard, Anthony P. Walker, Rik Wanninkhof, Andrew Watson, David Willis, A. Wiltshire, Wenping Yuan, Xu Yue, Sönke Zaehle - Earth system science data 2020 cited by 2,537

  15. The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in China

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature 2010 cited by 3,491

  16. Global Carbon Budget 2021

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Liang Feng, Thomas Gasser, Dennis Gilfillan, Thanos Gkritzalis, Giacomo Grassi, Luke Gregor, Nicolas Gruber, Özgür Gürses, Ian Harris, R. A. Houghton, G. C. Hurtt, Yosuke Iida, Tatiana Ilyina, Ingrid T. Luijkx, Atul K. Jain, S. D. M. Jones, Etsushi Kato, Daniel Kennedy, Kees Klein Goldewijk, Jürgen Knauer, Jan Ivar Korsbakken, Arne Körtzinger, Peter Landschützer, Siv K. Lauvset, Nathalie Lefèvre, Sebastian Lienert, Junjie Liu, Gregg Marland, Patrick McGuire, Joe R. Melton, David R. Munro, Julia E. M. S. Nabel, Shin‐Ichiro Nakaoka, Yosuke Niwa, Tsuneo Ono, Denis Pierrot, Benjamin Poulter, Gregor Rehder, Laure Resplandy, Eddy Robertson, Christian Rödenbeck, Thais M. Rosan, Jörg Schwinger, Clemens Schwingshackl, Roland Séférian, Adrienne J. Sutton, Colm Sweeney, Toste Tanhua, Pieter P. Tans, Hanqin Tian, Bronte Tilbrook, Francesco N. Tubiello, Guido R. van der Werf, Nicolas Vuichard, Chisato Wada, Rik Wanninkhof, Andrew Watson, David Willis, A. Wiltshire, Wenping Yuan, Chao Yue, Xu Yue, Sönke Zaehle, Jiye Zeng - Earth system science data 2022 cited by 1,616

  17. Managing nitrogen to restore water quality in China

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature 2019 cited by 1,172

  18. The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Gustaf Hugelius, Misa Ishizawa, Akihiko Ito, Greet Janssens‐Maenhout, Katherine Jensen, Fortunat Joos, Thomas Kleinen, Paul B. Krummel, R. L. Langenfelds, Goulven G. Laruelle, Licheng Liu, Toshinobu Machida, Shamil Maksyutov, K. C. McDonald, Joe McNorton, Paul Miller, Joe R. Melton, Isamu Morino, Jurek Müller, Fabiola Murguía‐Flores, Vaishali Naïk, Yosuke Niwa, Sergio Noce, Simon O’Doherty, Robert J. Parker, Changhui Peng, Shushi Peng, Glen P. Peters, Catherine Prigent, Ronald G. Prinn, Michel Ramonet, Pierre Regnier, W. J. Riley, Judith A. Rosentreter, Arjo Segers, Isobel J. Simpson, Hao Shi, Steven J. Smith, L. P. Steele, Brett F. Thornton, Hanqin Tian, Yasunori Tohjima, Francesco N. Tubiello, Aki Tsuruta, Nicolas Viovy, Apostolos Voulgarakis, Thomas Weber, Michiel van Weele, Guido R. van der Werf, Ray F. Weiss, Doug Worthy, Debra Wunch, Yi Yin, Yukio Yoshida, Wenxin Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Yuanhong Zhao, Bo Zheng, Qing Zhu, Qiuan Zhu, Qianlai Zhuang - 2019 cited by 2,643

  19. A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Bradley D. Eyre, Bojie Fu, B. D. Hall, Akihiko Ito, Fortunat Joos, Paul B. Krummel, Angela Landolfi, Goulven G. Laruelle, Ronny Lauerwald, Wei Li, Sebastian Lienert, Taylor Maavara, Michael MacLeod, Dylan B. Millet, Stefan Olin, Prabir K. Patra, Ronald G. Prinn, Peter A. Raymond, Daniel J. Ruiz, Guido R. van der Werf, Nicolas Vuichard, Junjie Wang, Ray F. Weiss, Kelley C. Wells, Chris Wilson, Jia Yang, Yuanzhi Yao - Nature 2020 cited by 1,953

  20. Revegetation in China’s Loess Plateau is approaching sustainable water resource limits

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , - Nature Climate Change 2016 cited by 2,061

  21. Climate Change and Weather Extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Reviews of Geophysics 2022 cited by 640

  22. The carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems in China

    Authors: , , , , , , - Nature 2009 cited by 1,741

  23. Monitoring global carbon emissions in 2022

    Authors: , , , - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 2023 cited by 487

  24. Spatiotemporal patterns of terrestrial gross primary production: A review

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Reviews of Geophysics 2015 cited by 759