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Table 1 The most cited original articles on climate change until November 2019, * country of origin of first author

From: Climate change: Does international research fulfill global demands and necessities?

Author

Country*

Year

Citations

Title

Journal

Parmesan et al

USA

2003

5305

A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts across natural systems

Nature

Thomas et al

UK

2004

3770

Extinction risk from climate change

Nature

Moss et al

USA

2010

2870

The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment

Nature

Allen et al

USA

2010

2819

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Root et al

USA

2003

2579

Fingerprints of global warming on wild animals and plants

Nature

Lal

USA

2004

2534

Soil carbon sequestration impacts on global climate change and food security

Science

Cox et al

UK

2000

2222

Acceleration of global warming due to carbon-cycle feedbacks in a coupled climate model

Nature

Held, Soden

USA

2006

2141

Robust responses of the hydrological cycle to global warming

Journal of Climate

Vorosmarty

USA

2000

2075

Global water resources: Vulnerability from climate change and population growth

Science

Meehl et al

USA

2007

1887

The WCRP CMIP3 multi model dataset—a new era in climate change research

Bulletin—American Meteorological Society