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Top Environmental Science Researchers

Lídia Morawska ranks first, out of 5,840 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 Lídia Morawska Australia · #114 worldwide 6.4k citations · 210 works
  2. 2 Michelle L. Bell United States · #210 worldwide 5.1k citations · 114 works
  3. 3 Shanshan Li Australia · #263 worldwide 3.7k citations · 160 works
  4. 4 Yuming Guo Australia · #599 worldwide 3.8k citations · 150 works
  5. 5 Pierre Legendre Canada · #722 worldwide 3.5k citations · 113 works
  6. 6 Carl Folke Sweden · #745 worldwide 3.2k citations · 102 works
  7. 7 Yang Liu United States · #805 worldwide 3.2k citations · 110 works
  8. 8 Jozef Deckers Belgium · #849 worldwide 2.8k citations · 132 works
  9. 9 Vipin Kumar United States · #864 worldwide 3.9k citations · 115 works
  10. 10 W. Neil Adger United Kingdom · #934 worldwide 3.7k citations · 100 works
  11. 11 Eugenia Kalnay United States · #936 worldwide 5k citations · 95 works
  12. 12 Paul J. Crutzen Germany · #943 worldwide 2.7k citations · 120 works
  13. 13 Johan Rockström Germany · #967 worldwide 3.9k citations · 93 works
  14. 14 Jean‐François Lamarque United States · #1,188 worldwide 2.6k citations · 134 works
  15. 15 Markus Reichstein Germany · #1,232 worldwide 3.2k citations · 155 works
  16. 16 Peter B. Reich United States · #1,283 worldwide 4.1k citations · 157 works
  17. 17 Stephen Polasky United States · #1,333 worldwide 3.8k citations · 90 works
  18. 18 Daniel Simberloff United States · #1,360 worldwide 2.9k citations · 130 works
  19. 19 Michael Bräuer Canada · #1,380 worldwide 3.8k citations · 171 works
  20. 20 Stephen R. Carpenter United States · #1,495 worldwide 3.2k citations · 89 works
  21. 21 Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg Australia · #1,610 worldwide 2.9k citations · 99 works
  22. 22 Robert Costanza Australia · #1,631 worldwide 3.2k citations · 158 works
  23. 23 James N. Galloway United States · #1,677 worldwide 2.3k citations · 100 works
  24. 24 Shilong Piao China · #1,710 worldwide 2.6k citations · 94 works
  25. 25 Haidong Kan China · #1,799 worldwide 2.9k citations · 81 works
  26. 26 Wilfried Thuiller France · #1,864 worldwide 1.9k citations · 96 works
  27. 27 P. D. Jones United Kingdom · #1,948 worldwide 3.4k citations · 191 works
  28. 28 Curtis E. Woodcock United States · #1,962 worldwide 2.8k citations · 90 works
  29. 29 Daniel H. Janzen United States · #1,965 worldwide 2.1k citations · 131 works
  30. 30 Robert J. Scholes South Africa · #1,985 worldwide 1.7k citations · 134 works
  31. 31 Keith Paustian United States · #2,115 worldwide 2.5k citations · 101 works
  32. 32 Johannes Lehmann United States · #2,116 worldwide 2.2k citations · 94 works
  33. 33 Keywan Riahi Austria · #2,233 worldwide 2.2k citations · 98 works
  34. 34 Menachem Elimelech United States · #2,304 worldwide 3k citations · 120 works
  35. 35 Nina Buchmann Switzerland · #2,434 worldwide 2.4k citations · 119 works
  36. 36 Fausto Guzzetti Italy · #2,435 worldwide 1.7k citations · 112 works
  37. 37 Nidal Hilal United Kingdom · #2,489 worldwide 2.4k citations · 118 works
  38. 38 Pierre Friedlingstein United Kingdom · #2,490 worldwide 2.3k citations · 88 works
  39. 39 David Tilman United States · #2,520 worldwide 6.9k citations · 69 works
  40. 40 Dennis Baldocchi United States · #2,533 worldwide 3.5k citations · 156 works
  41. 41 Noel Cressie United States · #2,592 worldwide 2.9k citations · 143 works
  42. 42 Soroosh Sorooshian United States · #2,630 worldwide 2.7k citations · 151 works
  43. 43 Patricia de Rosnay United Kingdom · #2,667 worldwide 3.8k citations · 69 works
  44. 44 Bruce P. Lanphear Canada · #2,689 worldwide 1.3k citations · 103 works
  45. 45 John Tenhunen Germany · #2,805 worldwide 2k citations · 75 works
  46. 46 Jianguo Wu United States · #2,833 worldwide 1.9k citations · 85 works
  47. 47 John D. Spengler United States · #2,876 worldwide 2.2k citations · 96 works
  48. 48 Gianpaolo Balsamo United Kingdom · #2,901 worldwide 3.5k citations · 68 works
  49. 49 Alan H. Strahler United States · #2,909 worldwide 2.4k citations · 93 works
  50. 50 Linda Steg Netherlands · #2,948 worldwide 2.4k citations · 128 works
  51. 51 James D. Nichols United States · #3,015 worldwide 1.6k citations · 90 works
  52. 52 Riccardo Valentini Italy · #3,089 worldwide 2.4k citations · 138 works
  53. 53 Christopher B. Field United States · #3,164 worldwide 2.4k citations · 96 works
  54. 54 Niklaus E. Zimmermann Switzerland · #3,177 worldwide 1.7k citations · 88 works
  55. 55 Sandra Lavorel France · #3,229 worldwide 1.7k citations · 84 works
  56. 56 Marc Aubinet Belgium · #3,295 worldwide 1.9k citations · 113 works
  57. 57 Kevin E. Trenberth United States · #3,298 worldwide 2.3k citations · 109 works
  58. 58 Antonia M. Calafat United States · #3,374 worldwide 1.2k citations · 140 works
  59. 59 Brian Huntley United Kingdom · #3,429 worldwide 1.8k citations · 79 works
  60. 60 Hoshin V. Gupta United States · #3,479 worldwide 2k citations · 99 works
  61. 61 Wim H. van der Putten Netherlands · #3,512 worldwide 1.5k citations · 116 works
  62. 62 James M. Tiedje United States · #3,545 worldwide 2.1k citations · 96 works
  63. 63 Yansui Liu China · #3,553 worldwide 1.3k citations · 96 works
  64. 64 David M. Richardson South Africa · #3,615 worldwide 2.3k citations · 131 works
  65. 65 Arjen Y. Hoekstra Netherlands · #3,629 worldwide 1.8k citations · 128 works
  66. 66 Ulrich Pöschl Germany · #3,674 worldwide 1.9k citations · 124 works
  67. 67 Nancy B. Grimm United States · #3,691 worldwide 1.8k citations · 70 works
  68. 68 André Granier France · #3,696 worldwide 1.8k citations · 75 works
  69. 69 Robert E. Dickinson United States · #3,739 worldwide 1.4k citations · 98 works
  70. 70 Crystal Schaaf United States · #3,756 worldwide 2.1k citations · 89 works
  71. 71 B. E. Law United States · #3,773 worldwide 1.9k citations · 81 works
  72. 72 Éric F. Lambin Belgium · #3,846 worldwide 1.5k citations · 80 works
  73. 73 G. C. Hurtt United States · #3,855 worldwide 1.7k citations · 70 works
  74. 74 William F. Laurance Australia · #3,871 worldwide 1.6k citations · 90 works
  75. 75 Frank Dentener Italy · #3,893 worldwide 1.8k citations · 86 works
  76. 76 Kevin J. Gaston United Kingdom · #3,910 worldwide 2.5k citations · 154 works
  77. 77 Steward T. A. Pickett United States · #3,918 worldwide 1.7k citations · 95 works
  78. 78 Douglas W. Dockery United States · #3,921 worldwide 2.8k citations · 63 works
  79. 79 Simon A. Levin United States · #4,004 worldwide 2.7k citations · 164 works
  80. 80 Detlef P. van Vuuren Netherlands · #4,040 worldwide 2.6k citations · 143 works
  81. 81 Christian Bernhofer Germany · #4,090 worldwide 2.1k citations · 80 works
  82. 82 Bert Brunekreef Netherlands · #4,093 worldwide 2.2k citations · 190 works
  83. 83 Andy Haines United Kingdom · #4,163 worldwide 1.1k citations · 93 works
  84. 84 Steven W. Running United States · #4,235 worldwide 2.3k citations · 70 works
  85. 85 Kristie L. Ebi United States · #4,372 worldwide 1k citations · 95 works
  86. 86 R. Kerry Turner United Kingdom · #4,458 worldwide 2k citations · 66 works
  87. 87 Robert B. Jackson United States · #4,596 worldwide 2.4k citations · 169 works
  88. 88 Nigel W. Arnell United Kingdom · #4,668 worldwide 1.3k citations · 81 works
  89. 89 Giles M. Foody United Kingdom · #4,675 worldwide 1.8k citations · 109 works
  90. 90 George D. Thurston United States · #4,768 worldwide 1.8k citations · 62 works
  91. 91 Richard C. Thompson United Kingdom · #4,782 worldwide 1.3k citations · 108 works
  92. 92 Alfredo Huete United States · #4,839 worldwide 2k citations · 125 works
  93. 93 Rita R. Colwell United States · #4,853 worldwide 2.1k citations · 170 works
  94. 94 Jan Willem Erisman Netherlands · #4,932 worldwide 1.9k citations · 125 works
  95. 95 David Dudgeon Hong Kong · #5,014 worldwide 1.4k citations · 86 works
  96. 96 Oliver L. Phillips United Kingdom · #5,068 worldwide 2.3k citations · 69 works
  97. 97 Philip K. Thornton Kenya · #5,087 worldwide 1.7k citations · 137 works
  98. 98 Paul R. Ehrlich United States · #5,163 worldwide 1.7k citations · 153 works
  99. 99 Ruth DeFries United States · #5,247 worldwide 1.6k citations · 70 works
  100. 100 William H. Schlesinger United States · #5,268 worldwide 1.5k citations · 89 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Environmental Science, 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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