top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in Earth & Environmental Sciences

2025 single-year list · 8,545 listed authors · 6 subfields

8,545 researchers whose main field is Earth & Environmental Sciences (Natural Sciences) are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list, out of 399,932 Scopus authors in the field. 5,663 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The field has 6 subfields.

Listed authors
8,545
2.14% of the field’s Scopus authors
In the global top 100,000
5,663
Scopus authors in the field
399,932
Highest-ranked
#150
Smith, Pete

Subfields 1–3 of 6

  1. Environmental Sciences2,94134%
  2. Geochemistry & Geophysics2,27827%
  3. Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences1,97423%

Subfields 4–6 of 6

  1. Paleontology5166%
  2. Geology3814%
  3. Oceanography3504%

8,545 listed scientists in Earth & Environmental Sciences

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