Top Environmental Science Researchers

Philippe Ciais ranks first, followed by Josep Peñuelas and Peter B. Reich, out of 3,967,056 ranked researchers.

Field rank: how many more of the researcher's articles, reviews and conference papers in this field reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected of anyone's. A paper in the top 10% adds 0.9 and any other takes 0.1 away, however highly cited, so many strong papers in the field outrank one famous paper, a long record of ordinary papers does not climb, and work in other fields does not count. A paper in two subfields counts half in each. A researcher with fewer papers in the Nature Index's selective journals than expected has the count lowered by the square root of that journal factor. Floor: 15 works, an institution the snapshot can resolve, and an article, review or conference paper in this field.

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1 Philippe Ciais France · #244 worldwide overall 459.5 of 979 papers here in the top 10%
2 Josep Peñuelas Spain · #1,488 worldwide overall 382.9 of 845 papers here in the top 10%
3 Peter B. Reich United States · #200 worldwide overall 282.8 of 555 papers here in the top 10%
4 Shilong Piao China · #28 worldwide overall 254.3 of 412 papers here in the top 10%
5 Guangming Zeng China · #192 worldwide overall 272.3 of 628 papers here in the top 10%
6 Kevin J. Gaston United Kingdom · #1,604 worldwide overall 241.2 of 551 papers here in the top 10%
7 Hugh P. Possingham Australia · #6,728 worldwide overall 250.8 of 649 papers here in the top 10%
8 Kurunthachalam Kannan United States · #7,706 worldwide overall 247.9 of 684 papers here in the top 10%
9 ‪Damià Barceló Spain · #10,459 worldwide overall 264.1 of 849 papers here in the top 10%
10 Yadvinder Singh Malhi United Kingdom · #683 worldwide overall 218.2 of 429 papers here in the top 10%
11 Joel David Schwartz United States · #2,623 worldwide overall 232.4 of 604 papers here in the top 10%
12 Yong‐Guan Zhu China · #4,144 worldwide overall 225.9 of 541 papers here in the top 10%
13 Carlos Manuel Duarte Saudi Arabia · #9,340 worldwide overall 225.6 of 616 papers here in the top 10%
14 Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht Netherlands · #14,129 worldwide overall 237.4 of 748 papers here in the top 10%
15 Wilfried Thuiller France · #290 worldwide overall 194.8 of 347 papers here in the top 10%
16 Yong Sik Ok South Korea · #829 worldwide overall 199.0 of 440 papers here in the top 10%
17 Jens‐Christian Svenning Denmark · #3,331 worldwide overall 201.8 of 490 papers here in the top 10%
18 Gregory P. Asner United States · #8,713 worldwide overall 205.4 of 565 papers here in the top 10%
19 Markku Kulmala Finland · #32,187 worldwide overall 230.1 of 816 papers here in the top 10%
20 Bojie Fu China · #3,536 worldwide overall 194.3 of 461 papers here in the top 10%
21 Oliver Lawrence Phillips United Kingdom · #636 worldwide overall 168.6 of 307 papers here in the top 10%
22 Antonia M. Calafat United States · #5,483 worldwide overall 186.1 of 493 papers here in the top 10%
23 David B. Lindenmayer Australia · #30,115 worldwide overall 213.9 of 781 papers here in the top 10%
24 Yiqi Luo United States · #2,208 worldwide overall 171.7 of 387 papers here in the top 10%
25 Peter H. Verburg Netherlands · #830 worldwide overall 163.8 of 356 papers here in the top 10%
26 Menachem Elimelech United States · #4 worldwide overall 150.8 of 228 papers here in the top 10%
27 Jörg Rinklebe Germany · #485 worldwide overall 160.7 of 330 papers here in the top 10%
28 Stephen A. Sitch United Kingdom · #406 worldwide overall 155.1 of 274 papers here in the top 10%
29 Dennis Baldocchi United States · #4,904 worldwide overall 161.9 of 362 papers here in the top 10%
30 Mike S. M. Jetten Netherlands · #7,012 worldwide overall 157.2 of 337 papers here in the top 10%
31 James M. Tiedje United States · #897 worldwide overall 153.7 of 306 papers here in the top 10%
32 Yakov V. Kuzyakov Germany · #1,822 worldwide overall 162.6 of 396 papers here in the top 10%
33 Robert B. Jackson United States · #1,384 worldwide overall 151.2 of 283 papers here in the top 10%
34 Douglas R. Worsnop United States · #1,463 worldwide overall 154.5 of 318 papers here in the top 10%
35 Nico Eisenhauer Germany · #900 worldwide overall 151.6 of 293 papers here in the top 10%
35 Jose Luis Jimenez United States · #3,699 worldwide overall 158.3 of 360 papers here in the top 10%
37 Daniel J. Jacob United States · #121 worldwide overall 149.9 of 276 papers here in the top 10%
38 Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen Spain · #3,836 worldwide overall 164.8 of 468 papers here in the top 10%
39 James E. M. Watson Australia · #16,171 worldwide overall 151.8 of 346 papers here in the top 10%
40 Markus Reichstein Germany · #4,001 worldwide overall 150.8 of 344 papers here in the top 10%
41 Derek R. Lovley United States · #339 worldwide overall 144.6 of 288 papers here in the top 10%
42 Pete Smith United Kingdom · #10,189 worldwide overall 161.5 of 463 papers here in the top 10%
43 Julian D. Olden United States · #5,421 worldwide overall 149.6 of 352 papers here in the top 10%
44 Dionysios D. Dionysiou United States · #1,542 worldwide overall 145.2 of 310 papers here in the top 10%
45 Erik Jeppesen Denmark · #36,568 worldwide overall 177.4 of 634 papers here in the top 10%
46 Nanthi Sirangie Bolan Australia · #4,181 worldwide overall 149.5 of 371 papers here in the top 10%
47 Hanqin Tian United States · #1,498 worldwide overall 143.4 of 311 papers here in the top 10%
48 Jizhong Z. Zhou United States · #5,206 worldwide overall 150.6 of 396 papers here in the top 10%
49 Carlos A. Peres United Kingdom · #9,911 worldwide overall 145.5 of 350 papers here in the top 10%
50 Randall V. Martin Canada · #1,419 worldwide overall 138.6 of 287 papers here in the top 10%
51 Benjamin Poulter United States · #2,951 worldwide overall 141.6 of 318 papers here in the top 10%
52 Pierre Friedlingstein United Kingdom · #131 worldwide overall 131.0 of 221 papers here in the top 10%
53 William Frederick Laurance Australia · #12,737 worldwide overall 144.5 of 365 papers here in the top 10%
54 Daniel C.W. Tsang China · #58 worldwide overall 133.2 of 266 papers here in the top 10%
55 Stephen R. Carpenter United States · #4,347 worldwide overall 139.1 of 326 papers here in the top 10%
56 Shaobin Wang Australia · #495 worldwide overall 127.7 of 214 papers here in the top 10%
57 John H. Seinfeld United States · #6,780 worldwide overall 144.3 of 381 papers here in the top 10%
58 Ranga B. Myneni United States · #7,034 worldwide overall 137.9 of 322 papers here in the top 10%
59 Sonia Isabelle Seneviratne Switzerland · #4,414 worldwide overall 136.5 of 312 papers here in the top 10%
60 Guibin Jiang China · #33,629 worldwide overall 169.5 of 644 papers here in the top 10%
61 Qiang Zhang China · #6,080 worldwide overall 138.1 of 332 papers here in the top 10%
62 Zhiguo Yuan Australia · #28,341 worldwide overall 150.9 of 478 papers here in the top 10%
63 Carl Folke Sweden · #294 worldwide overall 122.9 of 202 papers here in the top 10%
64 Haidong Kan China · #6,884 worldwide overall 147.3 of 452 papers here in the top 10%
65 Lourens Poorter Netherlands · #512 worldwide overall 120.5 of 190 papers here in the top 10%
66 Daniel F Pauly Canada · #35,070 worldwide overall 147.8 of 464 papers here in the top 10%
67 Stuart H. M. Butchart United Kingdom · #1,032 worldwide overall 122.5 of 212 papers here in the top 10%
67 Rudolf Amann Germany · #5,796 worldwide overall 128.5 of 272 papers here in the top 10%
69 Antoine Guisan Switzerland · #4,869 worldwide overall 127.9 of 268 papers here in the top 10%
70 BERNHARD H. SCHMID Switzerland · #8,438 worldwide overall 130.8 of 304 papers here in the top 10%
71 David Tilman United States · #44 worldwide overall 117.3 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
72 Xiangming Xiao United States · #7,924 worldwide overall 130.9 of 321 papers here in the top 10%
73 Peter J. Mumby Australia · #5,611 worldwide overall 129.4 of 307 papers here in the top 10%
74 Huu Hao Ngo Australia · #20,470 worldwide overall 150.4 of 519 papers here in the top 10%
75 Biswajeet Pradhan Australia · #65,247 worldwide overall 222.9 of 463 papers here in the top 10%
76 Detlef Peter van Vuuren Netherlands · #407 worldwide overall 122.4 of 241 papers here in the top 10%
77 Eric F. Wood United States · #20,987 worldwide overall 133.3 of 361 papers here in the top 10%
78 Dennis P. Lettenmaier United States · #24,985 worldwide overall 137.5 of 418 papers here in the top 10%
79 Walter Jetz United States · #197 worldwide overall 113.0 of 174 papers here in the top 10%
80 Jani Heino Finland · #8,113 worldwide overall 123.2 of 282 papers here in the top 10%
81 Niklaus E. Zimmermann Switzerland · #2,188 worldwide overall 116.3 of 218 papers here in the top 10%
82 Yuming Guo Australia · #7,811 worldwide overall 135.1 of 408 papers here in the top 10%
83 Petr Pyšek Czechia · #4,497 worldwide overall 120.6 of 264 papers here in the top 10%
84 Andrew David Richardson United States · #6,851 worldwide overall 118.3 of 242 papers here in the top 10%
85 Sandra Lavorel France · #6,380 worldwide overall 118.3 of 248 papers here in the top 10%
86 Mika E. T. Sillanpää Finland · #35,492 worldwide overall 151.9 of 464 papers here in the top 10%
87 Jingfeng Xiao United States · #3,705 worldwide overall 113.8 of 213 papers here in the top 10%
88 Michael D Brauer Canada · #3,594 worldwide overall 122.7 of 304 papers here in the top 10%
89 Michael Wagner Austria · #2,651 worldwide overall 110.4 of 182 papers here in the top 10%
90 Simon L. Lewis United Kingdom · #1,421 worldwide overall 111.7 of 196 papers here in the top 10%
91 Benjamin S. Halpern United States · #2,824 worldwide overall 111.9 of 203 papers here in the top 10%
92 William J. Sutherland United Kingdom · #6,847 worldwide overall 125.2 of 339 papers here in the top 10%
93 Matthias C. Rillig Germany · #721 worldwide overall 114.2 of 230 papers here in the top 10%
94 Josep G. Canadell Australia · #301 worldwide overall 110.7 of 196 papers here in the top 10%
95 Urs von Gunten Switzerland · #13,551 worldwide overall 119.5 of 284 papers here in the top 10%
96 Peng Gong China · #22,928 worldwide overall 128.4 of 378 papers here in the top 10%
97 Jérôme Chave France · #2,500 worldwide overall 109.7 of 194 papers here in the top 10%
98 F. Stuart Chapin United States · #1,689 worldwide overall 115.2 of 254 papers here in the top 10%
99 Günter Blöschl Austria · #30,372 worldwide overall 129.1 of 394 papers here in the top 10%
100 Jingyun Fang China · #4,306 worldwide overall 112.5 of 229 papers here in the top 10%

ranked researchers with an article, review or conference paper in Environmental Science. 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, but it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.