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Climate Foundation

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World rank, all time
#32,963
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,920
of 7,310
Research works
122
▲ 112% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
Climate Foundation

Which fields of science does Climate Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Climate Foundation is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (32%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 54.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 32.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 15.2% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 28.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 11.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 8.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 13.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% 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 · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKClimateFoundation52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences29%

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 Science1732.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences610.5%
    3. Engineering35.7%
    4. Computer Science11.7%
    5. Energy11.5%
    6. Materials Science01.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance611.4%
    2. Social Sciences510.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting23.8%
    4. Psychology11.8%
    5. Decision Sciences11.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences611.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    1. Medicine23.0%
    2. Health Professions00.6%
    3. Nursing00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 2.50× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.70× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.54× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.33× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.70×6 works
  2. Environmental Science6.54×17 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.33×6 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.50×6 works
  5. Energy1.57×1 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.19×2 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.18×1 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.06×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.82×5 works
  10. Nursing0.65×0 works
  11. Psychology0.59×1 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×0 works
  13. Engineering0.38×3 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.30×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.27×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.23×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.23×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.22×1 works
  19. Medicine0.15×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.14×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.11×0 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Climate Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Roberta Balstad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Climate Foundation.

  1. 1 Roberta Balstad United States · #4,115,018 worldwide 75 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Climate Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Climate Foundation?

The most cited paper from Climate Foundation is "Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey" (Caroline Hickman, Elizabeth Marks, Panu Pihkala et al., 2021), with 2,148 citations. Next come "Satellite Salinity Observing System: Recent Discoveries and the Way Forward" (239) and "Collaboration of the Weather and Climate Communities to Advance Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Prediction" (226).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey Caroline Hickman, Elizabeth Marks, Panu Pihkala et al. · The Lancet Planetary Health Open access Dec 2021 2,148
2 Satellite Salinity Observing System: Recent Discoveries and the Way Forward Nadya T. Vinogradova, Tong Lee, Jacqueline Boutin et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science Open access 22 May 2019 239
3 Collaboration of the Weather and Climate Communities to Advance Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Prediction Gilbert Brunet, Melvyn A. Shapiro, Brian John Hoskins et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access 4 May 2010 226
4 The Discovery of Global Warming Michael Calvin MacCracken · Eos Open access 13 Jul 2004 223
5 Rapid tests for diagnosis of leptospirosis: Current tools and emerging technologies Mathieu Picardeau, Eric Bertherat, Michel Jancloes et al. · Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease Oct 2013 208
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Which keywords describe research at Climate Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Food Security, Extreme Events, Renewable Energy and Hydrological Cycle.

▲ 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 Change15▲ 11×44 topics
  2. Global Warming9▲ 39×11 topics
  3. Sustainability8▲ 6.2×28 topics
  4. Greenhouse Gas Emissions6▲ 40×6 topics
  5. Renewable Energy4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  6. Environmental Impact3▲ 3.6×13 topics
  7. Extreme Events3▲ 66×2 topics
  8. Food Security3▲ 11×6 topics
  9. Hydrological Cycle3▲ 57×2 topics
  10. Ocean Circulation3▲ 41×3 topics
  11. Climate Modeling3▲ 69×1 topic
  12. Precipitation Extremes3▲ 69×1 topic
  13. Vulnerability3▲ 22×5 topics
  14. Adaptation2▲ 16×4 topics
  15. Environmental Policy2▲ 21×4 topics
  16. Water Management2▲ 35×3 topics
  17. Energy Transition2▲ 29×3 topics
  18. Remote Sensing2▲ 3.4×13 topics
  19. Agriculture2▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Sustainable Development2▲ 2.6×10 topics
  21. Economic Impacts2▲ 57×2 topics
  22. Carbon Pricing2▲ 75×1 topic
  23. Crop Production2▲ 31×1 topic
  24. Data Assimilation2▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 22×5 topics
  26. Extreme Weather2▲ 105×1 topic
  27. Policy Instruments2▲ 58×1 topic
  28. Probabilistic Forecasting2▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Biodiversity2▲ 4.4×9 topics
  30. Boundary Layer2▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Consumer Behavior2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  33. Ecosystem Services2▲ 7.9×6 topics
  34. Convective Parameterization2▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Policy2▲ 14×6 topics
  37. Waste Management2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  38. Investment1▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Recycling1▲ 6.6×3 topics
  40. Climate Change Adaptation1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Climate Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Climate change impacts on agriculture and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations.

Climate variability and models: 3 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 2 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…2Climate change impacts on agriculture: 2 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…2Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 2 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…1Energy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksSustainability and Climate Change Governance: 1 fractional worksCommunity Development and Social Impact: 1 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEconomics and EconometricsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAtmospheric Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  2. 2 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  3. 3 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  4. 4 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  5. 5 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  8. 8 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Community Development and Social Impact Finance 1 works
  10. 10 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 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 available52.8%not open47.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.5%domestic only51.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Climate Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 112% 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 Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Climate Foundation0.00029% in 20251990200020102020

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

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