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Climate Central

In research, Climate Central stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,320 of 17,446 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,305 of 5,407 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science (Global and Planetary Change is 20.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,928
of 22,385 · #13,393 all time
Rank in United States
#2,456
of 3,332
Research works
428
▲ 58% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
25.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Climate Central

What is Climate Central known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #7,320 of 17,446 12.1%310
Environmental ScienceField #2,305 of 5,407 11.8%180

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Climate Central sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Climate Central work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Climate Central is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (35%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (17%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 93 fractional works · 62.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 52 fractional works · 34.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 24 fractional works · 15.9% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25 fractional works · 16.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 15 fractional works · 10.0% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 25.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKClimate Central149fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences26%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science5234.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2516.8%
    3. Engineering74.4%
    4. Computer Science42.9%
    5. Energy32.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    7. Materials Science10.4%
    8. Mathematics10.3%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2013.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance106.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting42.6%
    4. Decision Sciences21.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.3%
    6. Psychology10.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences107.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Medicine42.8%
    2. Health Professions21.5%
    3. Nursing00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Climate Central specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 20.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 23.6 works21×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 25.0 works11×
  3. Environmental ScienceField · 51.8 works7.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.71× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.24× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.00× its world share, 52 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.08× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.71×25 works
  2. Environmental Science7.00×52 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.08×10 works
  4. Energy2.24×3 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.51×2 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.48×10 works
  7. Social Sciences1.03×20 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.81×4 works
  9. Health Professions0.57×2 works
  10. Nursing0.57×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.44×2 works
  12. Computer Science0.37×4 works
  13. Engineering0.30×7 works
  14. Mathematics0.30×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.21×1 works
  16. Psychology0.17×1 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.16×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.15×0 works
  19. Medicine0.15×4 works
  20. Materials Science0.12×1 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Climate Central?

Ranked on the quality score, Heidi M. Cullen, Scott Kulp and Benjamin Strauss lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Climate Central.

  1. 1 Heidi M. Cullen United States · #110,119 worldwide 8.9k citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Scott Kulp United States · #195,450 worldwide 3.8k citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Benjamin Strauss United States · #263,811 worldwide 5.5k citations · 75 works
  4. 4 Daniel M. Gilford United States · #722,568 worldwide 1.5k citations · 71 works
  5. 5 Robin Webster United States · #2,530,447 worldwide 187 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Bernadette Woods Placky United States · #2,598,632 worldwide 174 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 A.H. Rosenfeld United States · #3,216,845 worldwide 216 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Bomin Chen United States · #3,538,710 worldwide 76 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Leandro Trupp United States · #4,111,747 worldwide 68 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 DU Yao-dong United States · #4,531,275 worldwide 32 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Climate Central

What are the most cited papers from Climate Central?

The most cited paper from Climate Central is "The velocity of climate change" (Scott R. Loarie, Philip B. Duffy, Healy H. Hamilton et al., 2009), with 2,589 citations. Next come "Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility" (2,308) and "A Review of School Climate Research" (2,305).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The velocity of climate change Scott R. Loarie, Philip B. Duffy, Healy H. Hamilton et al. · Nature Dec 2009 2,589
2 Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility Matthew David Collins, Reto Knutti, Julie M. Arblaster et al. · Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University) Open access 2013 2,308
3 A Review of School Climate Research Amrit Thapa, Jonathan A. Cohen, Shawn Guffey et al. · Review of Educational Research Open access 19 Apr 2013 2,305
4 Challenges in Combining Projections from Multiple Climate Models Reto Knutti, Reinhard Furrer, Claudia Tebaldi et al. · Journal of Climate Open access 28 Dec 2009 1,308
5 New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding Scott Kulp, Benjamin Strauss · Nature Communications Open access 29 Oct 2019 1,295
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Climate Central?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Remote Sensing, Renewable Energy, Ocean Circulation, Sustainability and Vulnerability.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change55▲ 14×69 topics
  2. Global Warming28▲ 44×14 topics
  3. Greenhouse Gas Emissions16▲ 38×7 topics
  4. Sustainability13▲ 3.5×36 topics
  5. Renewable Energy12▲ 5.5×22 topics
  6. Remote Sensing11▲ 6.2×19 topics
  7. Environmental Impact10▲ 3.9×27 topics
  8. Ocean Circulation9▲ 46×3 topics
  9. Vulnerability8▲ 23×6 topics
  10. Hydrological Cycle8▲ 52×2 topics
  11. Environmental Policy8▲ 25×6 topics
  12. Extreme Events8▲ 55×2 topics
  13. Climate Modeling7▲ 64×1 topic
  14. Precipitation Extremes7▲ 64×1 topic
  15. Energy Transition7▲ 32×3 topics
  16. Economic Impacts6▲ 64×2 topics
  17. Carbon Pricing6▲ 89×1 topic
  18. Policy Instruments6▲ 69×1 topic
  19. Tropical Cyclones6▲ 71×2 topics
  20. Sea Level Rise6▲ 32×3 topics
  21. Public Health6▲ 2.7×20 topics
  22. Data Assimilation6▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Water Quality5▲ 7.9×11 topics
  24. Hurricanes5▲ 90×1 topic
  25. Mortality5▲ 5.5×3 topics
  26. Storm Surge5▲ 90×1 topic
  27. Infectious Diseases4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  28. Resilience4▲ 6.0×6 topics
  29. Boundary Layer4▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Probabilistic Forecasting4▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Human Health4▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Climate Change Adaptation4▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 18×5 topics
  34. Convective Parameterization4▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Ensemble Kalman Filter4▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Risk Perception4▲ 9.9×4 topics
  37. Heat Waves4▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Temperature4▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Public Perception4▲ 18×4 topics

Which research topics does Climate Central publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations.

Climate variability and models: 7 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 6 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 5 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 4 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 4 fractional worksSustainability and Clima…2Sustainability and Climate Change Governance: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 2 fractional worksClimate Change Communication and Perception: 2 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 2 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEconomics and EconometricsAtmospheric ScienceHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  2. 2 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  3. 3 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 5 works
  4. 4 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 4 works
  5. 5 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  6. 6 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  8. 8 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.6%domestic only68.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Climate Central's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 58% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Climate Central as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Climate Central0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Climate Central over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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