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Top Earth and Planetary Sciences Researchers

Susan Solomon ranks first, out of 5,914 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Susan Solomon United States · #561 worldwide 4.5k citations · 103 works
  2. 2 Eugenia Kalnay United States · #936 worldwide 5k citations · 95 works
  3. 3 Paul J. Crutzen Germany · #943 worldwide 2.7k citations · 120 works
  4. 4 Jean‐François Lamarque United States · #1,188 worldwide 2.6k citations · 134 works
  5. 5 J. van der Plicht Netherlands · #1,632 worldwide 1.8k citations · 110 works
  6. 6 Brian F. Windley United Kingdom · #1,662 worldwide 3.9k citations · 89 works
  7. 7 P. D. Jones United Kingdom · #1,948 worldwide 3.4k citations · 191 works
  8. 8 Christopher Bronk Ramsey United Kingdom · #2,257 worldwide 2.4k citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Dan McKenzie United Kingdom · #2,432 worldwide 1.7k citations · 138 works
  10. 10 Soroosh Sorooshian United States · #2,630 worldwide 2.7k citations · 151 works
  11. 11 Jimy Dudhia United States · #2,672 worldwide 2.3k citations · 75 works
  12. 12 Édouard Bard France · #3,225 worldwide 1.9k citations · 114 works
  13. 13 Kevin E. Trenberth United States · #3,298 worldwide 2.3k citations · 109 works
  14. 14 Alfred Kröner Germany · #3,562 worldwide 2.3k citations · 105 works
  15. 15 S. M. McLennan United States · #3,665 worldwide 1.6k citations · 121 works
  16. 16 Ulrich Pöschl Germany · #3,674 worldwide 1.9k citations · 124 works
  17. 17 Joseph L. Kirschvink United States · #3,694 worldwide 1.7k citations · 95 works
  18. 18 Timothy W. Lyons United States · #3,986 worldwide 2.2k citations · 96 works
  19. 19 Simon A. Wilde Australia · #4,261 worldwide 3k citations · 108 works
  20. 20 John Dewey United States · #5,078 worldwide 1.2k citations · 78 works
  21. 21 Peter G. DeCelles United States · #5,520 worldwide 1.9k citations · 72 works
  22. 22 Richard A. Reyment Sweden · #5,892 worldwide 1.3k citations · 75 works
  23. 23 David M. Boore United States · #6,126 worldwide 1.5k citations · 60 works
  24. 24 Randall V. Martin Canada · #6,139 worldwide 2k citations · 120 works
  25. 25 Chris Turney Australia · #6,168 worldwide 1.4k citations · 88 works
  26. 26 Kurt Lambeck Australia · #6,363 worldwide 1.6k citations · 110 works
  27. 27 Fu‐Yuan Wu China · #6,994 worldwide 2.3k citations · 97 works
  28. 28 Bor‐ming Jahn Taiwan · #7,039 worldwide 1.8k citations · 64 works
  29. 29 N. M. Mahowald United States · #7,108 worldwide 1.2k citations · 103 works
  30. 30 Andrew H. Knoll United States · #7,222 worldwide 1.4k citations · 107 works
  31. 31 Douglas R. Worsnop United States · #7,428 worldwide 2.1k citations · 160 works
  32. 32 M. Warner United Kingdom · #7,639 worldwide 2.6k citations · 52 works
  33. 33 Richard A. Feely United States · #7,810 worldwide 1.9k citations · 102 works
  34. 34 Lisa A. Levin United States · #7,891 worldwide 1.5k citations · 115 works
  35. 35 Haflidi Haflidason Norway · #7,918 worldwide 1.5k citations · 57 works
  36. 36 Carlos M. Duarte Saudi Arabia · #8,035 worldwide 4.1k citations · 254 works
  37. 37 Guust Nolet United States · #8,056 worldwide 1.1k citations · 77 works
  38. 38 F. Stuart Chapin United States · #8,139 worldwide 2.7k citations · 183 works
  39. 39 Robert J. Stern United States · #8,631 worldwide 1.6k citations · 91 works
  40. 40 V. E. Romanovsky United States · #8,670 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  41. 41 Scott C. Doney United States · #8,734 worldwide 1.7k citations · 102 works
  42. 42 David S. Battisti United States · #8,806 worldwide 1.1k citations · 77 works
  43. 43 Larry W. Horowitz United States · #8,903 worldwide 1.1k citations · 77 works
  44. 44 David G. Streets United States · #8,976 worldwide 1.5k citations · 105 works
  45. 45 Sandy P. Harrison United Kingdom · #9,244 worldwide 1.4k citations · 109 works
  46. 46 Péter Molnár United States · #9,475 worldwide 1.5k citations · 69 works
  47. 47 Guochun Zhao Hong Kong · #9,542 worldwide 2.9k citations · 134 works
  48. 48 Wallace S. Broecker United States · #9,910 worldwide 1.6k citations · 103 works
  49. 49 John M. Wallace United States · #10,029 worldwide 1.6k citations · 71 works
  50. 50 M. S. Longuet‐Higgins United States · #10,136 worldwide 1.5k citations · 50 works
  51. 51 Edward M. Stolper United States · #10,138 worldwide 1.4k citations · 71 works
  52. 52 Paula Reimer United Kingdom · #10,166 worldwide 1.6k citations · 50 works
  53. 53 Jay Quade United States · #10,556 worldwide 1.4k citations · 67 works
  54. 54 J. Harms United States · #10,702 worldwide 1.6k citations · 108 works
  55. 55 Rex N. Taylor United Kingdom · #10,703 worldwide 1.2k citations · 83 works
  56. 56 Alex N. Halliday United Kingdom · #10,789 worldwide 1.4k citations · 94 works
  57. 57 Kerry Emanuel United States · #10,949 worldwide 1.7k citations · 127 works
  58. 58 Steven Constable United States · #10,993 worldwide 779 citations · 56 works
  59. 59 John H. Seinfeld United States · #11,009 worldwide 2.9k citations · 240 works
  60. 60 Eric F. Wood United States · #11,046 worldwide 2.4k citations · 191 works
  61. 61 Marika M. Holland United States · #11,158 worldwide 1k citations · 54 works
  62. 62 Irka Hajdas Switzerland · #11,680 worldwide 1.1k citations · 67 works
  63. 63 Paul Kapp United States · #11,794 worldwide 1.4k citations · 58 works
  64. 64 A. J. Simmons United Kingdom · #11,898 worldwide 3.8k citations · 45 works
  65. 65 Éric H. Oelkers France · #11,940 worldwide 1.9k citations · 111 works
  66. 66 Rik Wanninkhof United States · #12,131 worldwide 1.5k citations · 92 works
  67. 67 Albrecht W. Hofmann Germany · #12,140 worldwide 1.8k citations · 53 works
  68. 68 Ian J. Fairchild United Kingdom · #12,147 worldwide 897 citations · 60 works
  69. 69 Stanley R. Hart United States · #12,194 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  70. 70 Antonio Plaza Spain · #12,339 worldwide 3.5k citations · 247 works
  71. 71 Shan Gao China · #12,376 worldwide 1.4k citations · 68 works
  72. 72 Yaoling Niu United Kingdom · #12,530 worldwide 1.9k citations · 79 works
  73. 73 Christopher R. German United States · #12,598 worldwide 1.1k citations · 96 works
  74. 74 Daniel J. Condon United Kingdom · #12,791 worldwide 1.4k citations · 51 works
  75. 75 Richard C. Flagan United States · #12,802 worldwide 1.2k citations · 127 works
  76. 76 K. X. Whipple United States · #12,887 worldwide 1.1k citations · 77 works
  77. 77 George H. Denton United States · #13,033 worldwide 814 citations · 59 works
  78. 78 John Southon United States · #13,396 worldwide 1.4k citations · 105 works
  79. 79 Jack J. Middelburg Netherlands · #13,553 worldwide 1.6k citations · 128 works
  80. 80 R. Lawrence Edwards United States · #13,593 worldwide 2k citations · 153 works
  81. 81 George S. Burr United States · #13,596 worldwide 1.6k citations · 48 works
  82. 82 Joseph Pedlosky United States · #13,696 worldwide 1.2k citations · 63 works
  83. 83 Hiroo Kanamori United States · #13,726 worldwide 1.4k citations · 128 works
  84. 84 James E. Overland United States · #13,899 worldwide 870 citations · 64 works
  85. 85 K. C. Cannon United States · #13,994 worldwide 1.6k citations · 95 works
  86. 86 Henry Elderfield United Kingdom · #14,032 worldwide 1.1k citations · 65 works
  87. 87 Walter C. Oechel United States · #14,168 worldwide 1.5k citations · 101 works
  88. 88 James Jackson United Kingdom · #14,191 worldwide 1.2k citations · 55 works
  89. 89 Barbara Wohlfarth Sweden · #14,272 worldwide 908 citations · 54 works
  90. 90 William R. Dickinson United States · #14,298 worldwide 1.1k citations · 76 works
  91. 91 Ian L. Turner Australia · #14,348 worldwide 770 citations · 63 works
  92. 92 Jean‐Raymond Bidlot United Kingdom · #14,358 worldwide 3.7k citations · 42 works
  93. 93 Claude J. Allègre France · #14,361 worldwide 931 citations · 64 works
  94. 94 B. C. Burchfiel United States · #14,655 worldwide 1.1k citations · 49 works
  95. 95 H. A. Zebker United States · #14,881 worldwide 1.7k citations · 158 works
  96. 96 Michael Bau Germany · #14,896 worldwide 1.6k citations · 45 works
  97. 97 Josefino C. Comiso United States · #14,969 worldwide 882 citations · 50 works
  98. 98 J. John Lowe United Kingdom · #15,062 worldwide 1.1k citations · 48 works
  99. 99 W. S. F. Kidd United States · #15,095 worldwide 1k citations · 49 works
  100. 100 John H. Simpson United Kingdom · #15,376 worldwide 640 citations · 71 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Earth and Planetary Sciences, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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