Top 100 most-cited scientists in Earth & Environmental Sciences

2025 single-year list · 100 authors, ranked by c-score excluding self-citations · all 8,545 in Earth & Environmental Sciences

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#	Author	Country	Subfield rank	c-score	Cites 2025	h	hm	Self-cit.	Papers	Active
1 #150 overall	Smith, Pete University of Aberdeen	GBR	Agronomy & Agriculture #3 · top <0.01%	4.492	12,081	52	21.2	5.3%	750	1994–2026
2 #191 overall	Trenberth, Kevin E. University of Auckland	NZL	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #1 · top <0.01%	4.428	4,411	34	18.9	3.0%	277	1975–2026
3 #263 overall	Emanuel, Kerry A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #2 · top <0.01%	4.351	3,700	31	21.9	7.5%	338	1979–2026
4 #273 overall	Pata, Ugur Korkut Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi	TUR	Environmental Sciences #2 · top <0.01%	4.341	3,531	34	21.7	10.0%	192	2017–2026
5 #344 overall	Filho, Walter Leal Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg	DEU	Environmental Sciences #4 · top <0.01%	4.303	5,794	38	15.9	5.6%	912	1988–2026
6 #352 overall	Dai, Aiguo State University of New York Albany	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #3 · top <0.01%	4.295	3,789	30	17.8	5.1%	227	1993–2026
7 #376 overall	Fu, Bojie Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences	CHN	Ecology #7 · top <0.01%	4.277	9,505	39	20.0	6.6%	888	1988–2026
8 #378 overall	Adger, W. Neil University of Exeter	GBR	Environmental Sciences #5 · top <0.01%	4.276	3,932	29	15.0	2.4%	251	1991–2026
9 #453 overall	Adebayo, Tomiwa Sunday VIZJA University	POL	Environmental Sciences #6 · top <0.01%	4.235	4,507	34	20.9	6.8%	289	2020–2026
10 #478 overall	Lobell, David B. Stanford University	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #4 · top <0.01%	4.222	6,591	39	18.2	2.7%	284	2000–2026
11 #490 overall	Rochman, Chelsea M. University of Toronto	CAN	Environmental Sciences #7 · top <0.01%	4.215	4,739	35	14.4	3.9%	162	2012–2026
12 #493 overall	Wang, Qiang Saint Petersburg State University	RUS	Environmental Sciences #8 · top <0.01%	4.214	4,799	36	21.0	4.5%	294	2008–2026
13 #504 overall	Osman, Ahmed I. Canterbury Christ Church University	GBR	Environmental Sciences #9 · top <0.01%	4.207	9,171	46	15.9	2.8%	269	2012–2026
14 #523 overall	Bibri, Simon Elias École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	CHE	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing #36 · top <0.01%	4.199	2,702	27	17.2	4.4%	114	2015–2026
15 #536 overall	Pearce, Juliana A. Cardiff University	GBR	Geochemistry & Geophysics #1 · top <0.01%	4.193	2,914	23	14.8	1.6%	137	1971–2025
16 #547 overall	Canfield, Donald Eugene Syddansk Universitet	DNK	Geochemistry & Geophysics #2 · top <0.01%	4.189	3,214	28	19.4	7.1%	286	1981–2026
17 #552 overall	Abatzoglou, John T. School of Engineering	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #5 · top <0.01%	4.186	5,673	33	14.0	9.0%	303	2004–2026
18 #561 overall	Kim, Ki Hyun Hanyang University	KOR	Environmental Sciences #10 · top <0.01%	4.182	11,128	46	23.9	2.9%	1,008	1987–2026
19 #604 overall	Stern, Paul C. Social and Environmental Research Institute	USA	Social Psychology #32 · top 0.11%	4.166	3,110	23	12.0	1.0%	137	1976–2024
20 #643 overall	Bolan, Nanthi Sirangie The University of Western Australia	AUS	Environmental Sciences #12 · top <0.01%	4.153	12,058	52	18.5	3.5%	673	1983–2026
21 #653 overall	Rockström, Johan Leibniz-Gemeinschaft	DEU	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #6 · top <0.01%	4.149	13,272	43	9.5	3.7%	276	1993–2026
22 #664 overall	Sillanpää, Mika E.T. University of Johannesburg	ZAF	Environmental Sciences #13 · top <0.01%	4.145	13,582	46	24.9	5.1%	1,631	1995–2026
23 #675 overall	Oke, Timothy R. The University of British Columbia	CAN	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #7 · top <0.01%	4.141	2,698	19	14.9	1.2%	112	1966–2020
24 #683 overall	Bocken, Nancy M.P. Maastricht University School of Business and Economics	NLD	Environmental Sciences #15 · top 0.01%	4.138	5,499	32	16.9	3.7%	153	2008–2026
25 #714 overall	Santosh, M. Warrier China University of Geosciences, Beijing	CHN	Geology #1 · top <0.01%	4.127	10,284	46	19.9	8.6%	1,626	1983–2026
26 #839 overall	Lenton, Timothy M. University of Exeter	GBR	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #8 · top <0.01%	4.089	6,889	32	12.6	7.0%	333	1996–2026
27 #900 overall	Morawska, Lidia Queensland University of Technology	AUS	Environmental Sciences #16 · top 0.01%	4.072	31,389	56	12.8	6.8%	698	1983–2026
28 #911 overall	Zheng, Yong-Fei University of Science and Technology of China	CHN	Geochemistry & Geophysics #3 · top <0.01%	4.069	2,921	26	16.9	8.1%	430	1989–2023
29 #923 overall	Baldocchi, Dennis D. University of California, Berkeley	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #9 · top 0.01%	4.067	4,889	31	14.0	13.5%	399	1981–2026
30 #946 overall	Hou, Deyi Tsinghua University	CHN	Environmental Sciences #17 · top 0.01%	4.061	6,699	43	14.2	4.6%	300	2006–2026
31 #957 overall	Murshed, Muntasir North South University	BGD	Environmental Sciences #18 · top 0.01%	4.058	3,740	31	17.0	2.1%	175	2017–2026
32 #958 overall	Sharma, Virender K. University of Miami	USA	Environmental Sciences #19 · top 0.01%	4.058	4,122	31	16.7	3.6%	494	1987–2026
33 #981 overall	Ebi, Kristie L. University of Washington	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #10 · top 0.01%	4.051	8,913	40	13.9	5.6%	399	1996–2026
34 #1,042 overall	Tseng, Ming Lang Asia University	TWN	Environmental Sciences #20 · top 0.01%	4.034	4,661	32	16.9	5.0%	474	2006–2026
35 #1,061 overall	McLennan, Scott M. ETH Zürich	CHE	Geochemistry & Geophysics #4 · top <0.01%	4.030	3,551	22	9.7	16.1%	248	1976–2025
36 #1,065 overall	HOUGHTON, R. A. Woodwell Climate Research Center	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #11 · top 0.01%	4.030	6,582	36	13.3	6.1%	221	1977–2026
37 #1,072 overall	Prata, Joana Correia Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde (IUCS)	PRT	Environmental Sciences #22 · top 0.02%	4.028	2,448	22	10.7	0.4%	77	2018–2026
38 #1,099 overall	Zhu, Yongguan Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences	CHN	Environmental Sciences #23 · top 0.02%	4.022	12,034	48	20.6	6.2%	981	1998–2026
39 #1,116 overall	Piao, Shilong Long Peking University	CHN	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #12 · top 0.01%	4.019	15,953	60	18.9	7.5%	585	2001–2026
40 #1,133 overall	Stern, Robert James The University of Texas at Dallas	USA	Geochemistry & Geophysics #5 · top <0.01%	4.015	2,475	22	14.9	8.0%	376	1978–2026
41 #1,146 overall	Berner, Robert A. Yale University	USA	Geochemistry & Geophysics #6 · top <0.01%	4.013	1,540	20	17.0	0.7%	179	1961–2018
42 #1,147 overall	Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu Nord Universitet	NOR	Environmental Sciences #24 · top 0.02%	4.013	2,929	26	16.4	2.5%	159	2016–2026
43 #1,190 overall	Tukker, Arnold Universiteit Leiden	NLD	Environmental Sciences #25 · top 0.02%	4.003	3,242	28	14.8	3.8%	237	1994–2026
44 #1,215 overall	Bronk Ramsey, Christopher University of Oxford	GBR	Paleontology #1 · top <0.01%	3.998	2,299	19	10.6	9.6%	293	1984–2024
45 #1,229 overall	Zhao, Guochun Chuif The University of Hong Kong	HKG	Geochemistry & Geophysics #7 · top <0.01%	3.996	4,519	27	14.8	7.7%	539	1996–2025
46 #1,231 overall	Friedlingstein, Pierre University of Exeter	GBR	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #13 · top 0.02%	3.996	9,559	48	11.5	9.6%	293	1992–2026
47 #1,240 overall	Vermeesch, Pieter University College London	GBR	Geochemistry & Geophysics #8 · top <0.01%	3.994	1,888	18	12.3	7.4%	137	2003–2026
48 #1,284 overall	Cawood, Peter A. Monash University	AUS	Geochemistry & Geophysics #9 · top <0.01%	3.987	4,556	32	17.0	10.8%	478	1980–2026
49 #1,301 overall	Aghakouchak, Amir United Nations University Institute for Water	CAN	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #14 · top 0.02%	3.985	5,108	35	15.9	7.7%	296	2008–2027
50 #1,327 overall	Lozano, Rodrigo Universidade da Coruña	ESP	Environmental Sciences #26 · top 0.02%	3.982	1,863	23	15.2	0.8%	99	2006–2026
51 #1,348 overall	Taylor, Karl E. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #15 · top 0.02%	3.979	4,447	18	6.2	2.5%	115	1976–2026
52 #1,369 overall	Ciais, Philippe Université Paris-Saclay	FRA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #16 · top 0.02%	3.975	27,459	72	22.1	10.9%	1,441	1992–2026
53 #1,374 overall	Seneviratne, Sonia I. Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima	CHE	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #17 · top 0.02%	3.975	9,696	50	16.9	6.6%	359	2002–2026
54 #1,390 overall	Crutzen, Paul Jozef Max Planck Institute for Chemistry	DEU	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #18 · top 0.02%	3.972	3,727	21	12.8	1.4%	380	1970–2021
55 #1,408 overall	Galloway, Tamara S. University of Exeter	GBR	Environmental Sciences #28 · top 0.02%	3.969	5,813	36	13.6	2.0%	230	1987–2026
56 #1,475 overall	Senthil Kumar, P. Pondicherry University	IND	Environmental Sciences #29 · top 0.02%	3.957	12,164	49	23.0	1.8%	882	2008–2026
57 #1,483 overall	Bonan, Gordon B. National Center for Atmospheric Research	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #19 · top 0.02%	3.956	3,548	23	10.3	5.3%	172	1988–2026
58 #1,492 overall	Peters, Glen P. CICERO Senter for Klimaforskning	NOR	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #20 · top 0.02%	3.954	6,251	37	12.8	8.4%	197	1999–2026
59 #1,513 overall	Hersbach, Hans E. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts	GBR	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #21 · top 0.02%	3.951	8,732	15	4.9	0.7%	56	1997–2026
60 #1,524 overall	Lenzen, Manfred The University of Sydney	AUS	Environmental Sciences #30 · top 0.02%	3.949	3,638	25	12.3	3.8%	318	1996–2026
61 #1,528 overall	Gruber, Nicolas ETH Zürich	CHE	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #22 · top 0.03%	3.949	5,427	33	12.8	8.9%	246	1996–2026
62 #1,533 overall	Jacobson, Mark Z. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #23 · top 0.03%	3.948	2,270	20	13.6	4.6%	246	1990–2026
63 #1,535 overall	Giorgi, Filippo Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics	ITA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #24 · top 0.03%	3.947	2,739	24	12.0	10.4%	384	1985–2026
64 #1,537 overall	Zou, Caineng Nneng Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development	CHN	Geochemistry & Geophysics #10 · top <0.01%	3.947	3,883	30	12.9	5.8%	342	2002–2025
65 #1,553 overall	Wada, Yoshihide King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	SAU	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #25 · top 0.03%	3.944	7,357	43	15.7	8.0%	259	2010–2026
66 #1,582 overall	Yin, An Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) at UCLA	USA	Geochemistry & Geophysics #11 · top 0.01%	3.939	2,427	23	11.9	4.8%	203	1989–2026
67 #1,601 overall	Geyer, Roland University of California, Santa Barbara	USA	Environmental Sciences #31 · top 0.02%	3.937	5,399	14	7.8	0.4%	102	2003–2026
68 #1,608 overall	Koelmans, A. A. Wageningen University & Research	NLD	Environmental Sciences #32 · top 0.02%	3.936	5,109	37	14.1	3.6%	248	1992–2026
69 #1,652 overall	Raihan, Asif King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	SAU	Environmental Sciences #33 · top 0.02%	3.928	1,457	23	14.8	10.7%	104	2019–2026
70 #1,658 overall	Andreae, Meinrat O. King Saud University	SAU	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #26 · top 0.03%	3.927	3,435	26	11.9	11.0%	585	1974–2023
71 #1,682 overall	Turner, Andrew University of Plymouth	GBR	Environmental Sciences #34 · top 0.02%	3.923	2,017	22	14.6	6.8%	287	1990–2026
72 #1,721 overall	Kannan, Kurunthachalam Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research	USA	Environmental Sciences #35 · top 0.02%	3.917	7,765	29	18.9	6.6%	1,014	1990–2026
73 #1,750 overall	Xie, Shangping Scripps Institution of Oceanography	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #27 · top 0.03%	3.912	4,254	33	16.9	10.4%	502	1990–2026
74 #1,793 overall	Kümmerer, Klaus Leuphana Universität Lüneburg	DEU	Environmental Sciences #36 · top 0.03%	3.904	1,790	19	13.0	6.1%	334	1988–2026
75 #1,797 overall	Victor Bekun, Festus Vıctor İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi	TUR	Environmental Sciences #37 · top 0.03%	3.904	3,013	27	16.0	6.2%	268	2016–2026
76 #1,820 overall	McWilliams, James Cyrus University of California, Los Angeles	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #28 · top 0.03%	3.901	3,130	24	13.6	11.4%	520	1972–2026
77 #1,838 overall	Algeo, Thomas J. China University of Geosciences	CHN	Geochemistry & Geophysics #12 · top 0.01%	3.898	4,331	25	14.1	17.9%	478	1988–2026
78 #1,842 overall	Kirchherr, Julian Roskilde Universitet	DNK	Environmental Sciences #38 · top 0.03%	3.897	3,307	21	11.6	1.9%	63	2016–2026
79 #1,847 overall	Dietz, Thomas M. University of Münster	DEU	Ecology #57 · top 0.07%	3.896	3,813	30	13.8	1.7%	216	1978–2026
80 #1,888 overall	Boore, David M. United States Geological Survey Western Region	USA	Geochemistry & Geophysics #13 · top 0.01%	3.890	1,764	20	13.7	3.9%	151	1969–2024
81 #1,915 overall	Seto, Karen C. Yale University	USA	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #11 · top 0.01%	3.886	4,446	36	13.8	3.1%	185	2000–2026
82 #1,933 overall	Vicente-Serrano, Sergio M. CSIC - Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE)	ESP	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #30 · top 0.04%	3.884	4,418	23	10.7	8.2%	331	2000–2026
83 #1,941 overall	DAVIDSON, ERIC A. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science	USA	Ecology #63 · top 0.08%	3.883	3,972	28	10.5	4.7%	270	1985–2026
84 #1,971 overall	Knùtti, Reto Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima	CHE	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #31 · top 0.04%	3.880	4,893	31	14.6	4.5%	232	2000–2026
85 #2,021 overall	McKenzie, Dan P. University of Cambridge	GBR	Geochemistry & Geophysics #14 · top 0.01%	3.874	1,518	19	14.4	2.8%	226	1967–2025
86 #2,106 overall	Andrew, Robbie M. CICERO Senter for Klimaforskning	NOR	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #32 · top 0.04%	3.864	4,513	30	8.4	7.6%	95	2004–2026
87 #2,108 overall	Kirikkaleli, Dervis Lebanese American University	LBN	Environmental Sciences #40 · top 0.03%	3.864	2,880	28	16.9	4.9%	271	2015–2026
88 #2,115 overall	Nidheesh, Puthiya Veetil National Environmental Engineering Research Institute India	IND	Environmental Sciences #41 · top 0.03%	3.863	2,605	28	13.8	6.2%	187	2011–2026
89 #2,121 overall	Millero, Frank J. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science	USA	Oceanography #1 · top <0.01%	3.863	2,062	22	13.3	4.5%	455	1964–2020
90 #2,139 overall	Whitmarsh, Lorraine E. University of Bath	GBR	Environmental Sciences #42 · top 0.03%	3.861	2,216	24	13.9	5.1%	155	2000–2026
91 #2,205 overall	Doney, Scott C. University of Virginia	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #33 · top 0.04%	3.854	4,054	30	12.0	8.5%	379	1992–2026
92 #2,250 overall	Zeng, Guangming Hunan University	CHN	Environmental Sciences #45 · top 0.03%	3.849	20,942	59	25.1	1.6%	2,240	1988–2026
93 #2,264 overall	Guo, Yuming Monash University	AUS	Environmental Sciences #46 · top 0.03%	3.848	25,544	50	11.9	6.9%	742	2008–2026
94 #2,271 overall	de Vries, Wim H. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	USA	Environmental Sciences #47 · top 0.03%	3.848	6,499	30	10.8	6.2%	428	1984–2026
95 #2,284 overall	Tol, Richard S.J. University of Sussex	GBR	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #34 · top 0.04%	3.846	1,640	18	13.4	4.0%	373	1993–2026
96 #2,302 overall	Frantzeskaki, Niki Universiteit Utrecht	NLD	Environmental Sciences #48 · top 0.03%	3.844	3,098	29	13.5	5.9%	159	2003–2026
97 #2,343 overall	Iverson, Richard M. United States Geological Survey	USA	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #16 · top 0.02%	3.839	1,213	18	11.6	2.2%	95	1954–2022
98 #2,347 overall	Jacob, Daniel J. Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #35 · top 0.04%	3.838	5,339	32	14.0	14.9%	585	1967–2026
99 #2,357 overall	Meehl, Gerald A. National Center for Atmospheric Research	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #36 · top 0.04%	3.837	6,735	29	10.4	3.3%	309	1979–2026
100 #2,389 overall	Prentice, Iain Colin Imperial College London	GBR	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #37 · top 0.04%	3.834	6,189	35	13.8	12.5%	366	1975–2026

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