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Climate Centre

In research, Climate Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,068 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,227
of 28,054 · #10,268 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#90
of 237
Research works
433
▼ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.5k
22.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Climate Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,068 of 12,888 19.6%69 #6583

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Climate Centre 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 1.92× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 1.98× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.42× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.10× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.85× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.79× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Climate Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Maarten van Aalst, Pablo Suárez and Erin Coughlan de Perez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Climate Centre.

  1. 1 Maarten van Aalst Netherlands · #48,037 worldwide 337 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Pablo Suárez Netherlands · #233,120 worldwide 107 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Erin Coughlan de Perez Netherlands · #715,600 worldwide 68 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Climate Centre

Which keywords describe research at Climate Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Vulnerability, Remote Sensing, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Ocean Circulation.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Change38▲ 13×56 topics
  2. Global Warming17▲ 39×10 topics
  3. Sustainability12▲ 4.6×27 topics
  4. Vulnerability12▲ 48×6 topics
  5. Remote Sensing11▲ 8.2×18 topics
  6. Renewable Energy9▲ 6.1×22 topics
  7. Greenhouse Gas Emissions8▲ 28×6 topics
  8. Ocean Circulation8▲ 55×3 topics
  9. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.5×17 topics
  10. Hydrological Cycle6▲ 61×2 topics
  11. Extreme Events6▲ 65×2 topics
  12. Climate Modeling6▲ 75×1 topic
  13. Food Security6▲ 9.7×5 topics
  14. Precipitation Extremes6▲ 75×1 topic
  15. Agriculture5▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Globalization5▲ 2.5×12 topics
  17. Hydrological Modeling5▲ 20×5 topics
  18. Adaptation5▲ 17×5 topics
  19. Mortality5▲ 8.3×3 topics
  20. Resilience4▲ 8.3×4 topics
  21. Air Quality4▲ 21×4 topics
  22. Data Assimilation4▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Risk Perception4▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Boundary Layer3▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Sea Level Rise3▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Climate Change Adaptation3▲ 18×3 topics
  27. Disaster Management3▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Flood Risk3▲ 38×2 topics
  29. Human Health3▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Drought3▲ 31×3 topics
  31. Infectious Diseases3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  32. Satellite Imagery3▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Water Quality3▲ 7.3×9 topics
  34. Convective Parameterization3▲ 52×1 topic
  35. Ensemble Kalman Filter3▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Flood Inundation Modeling3▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Heat Waves3▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Sea-Level Rise3▲ 25×3 topics
  39. Surface Water Mapping3▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Temperature3▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Climate Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate Change and Health Impacts and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Climate variability and …6Climate variability and models: 6 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 3 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…3Climate Change and Health Impacts: 3 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…3Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 2 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 2 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…2Climate change impacts on agriculture: 2 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 2 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 3 works
  3. 3 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  4. 4 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 2 works
  6. 6 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  8. 8 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available52.1%not open47.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.9%domestic only51.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Climate Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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