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Committee on Climate Change

In research, Committee on Climate Change stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,074 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,637
of 28,054 · #12,449 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#529
of 1,094
Research works
652
▲ 208% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Committee on Climate Change 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 #9,074 of 12,888 12.8%83 #9367

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Committee on Climate Change 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).

What does Committee on Climate Change specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 49.9 works5.9×
← 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: 1.23× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.15× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.90× its world share, 50 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.20× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.04× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.20× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Committee on Climate Change?

Ranked on the composite score, Thomas Sikor, Richard Smith and Richard Smith lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Committee on Climate Change.

  1. 1 Thomas Sikor United Kingdom · #160,232 worldwide 129 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Richard Smith United Kingdom · #176,157 worldwide 269 citations · 90 works
  3. 3 Richard Smith United Kingdom · #806,686 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Bronwyn Wake United Kingdom · #1,407,292 worldwide 8 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Graham Simpkins United Kingdom · #1,600,225 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Committee on Climate Change

Which keywords describe research at Committee on Climate Change?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Public Health, Vulnerability, Mortality, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and Infectious Diseases.

▲ 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 Change44▲ 9.7×64 topics
  2. Global Warming22▲ 32×14 topics
  3. Public Health20▲ 7.9×19 topics
  4. Vulnerability17▲ 44×7 topics
  5. Sustainability16▲ 3.9×38 topics
  6. Renewable Energy15▲ 6.0×25 topics
  7. Mortality14▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Infectious Diseases11▲ 20×4 topics
  9. Human Health10▲ 37×2 topics
  10. Heat Waves10▲ 92×1 topic
  11. Temperature10▲ 52×1 topic
  12. Environmental Impact10▲ 3.4×21 topics
  13. Greenhouse Gas Emissions7▲ 16×7 topics
  14. Public Perception7▲ 33×6 topics
  15. Environmental Attitudes7▲ 52×2 topics
  16. Energy Transition6▲ 23×3 topics
  17. Environmental Policy6▲ 17×7 topics
  18. Economic Growth5▲ 3.7×10 topics
  19. Resilience5▲ 6.2×7 topics
  20. Adaptation5▲ 10×5 topics
  21. Risk Perception5▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Climate Change Adaptation4▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Health Effects4▲ 4.4×7 topics
  24. Particulate Matter4▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Science Communication4▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 10×3 topics
  27. Primary Care4▲ 6.7×5 topics
  28. Media Coverage4▲ 86×1 topic
  29. Policy Preferences4▲ 89×1 topic
  30. Migration4▲ 6.9×4 topics
  31. Quality Improvement4▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Air Pollution4▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Fine Particulate Air Pollution4▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Global Governance4▲ 9.5×5 topics
  35. Water Resources4▲ 9.0×5 topics
  36. Life Cycle Assessment4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  37. Sea-Level Rise4▲ 18×4 topics
  38. Economic Impacts4▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Policy Instruments4▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Policy3▲ 9.2×8 topics

Which research topics does Committee on Climate Change publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate Change and Health Impacts, Climate Change Communication and Perception, Air Quality and Health Impacts and Climate Change Policy and Economics.

Climate Change and Healt…10Climate Change and Health Impacts: 10 fractional worksClimate Change Communication and Perception: 4 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…4Air Quality and Health Impacts: 4 fractional worksClimate Change Policy an…4Climate Change Policy and Economics: 4 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 3 fractional worksSustainability and Clima…2Sustainability and Climate Change Governance: 2 fractional worksClimate Change and Geoengineering: 2 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 2 fractional worksHealthcare cost, quality, practices: 2 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law2 others

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

  1. 1 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 10 works
  2. 2 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  4. 4 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  7. 7 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  8. 8 Climate Change and Geoengineering Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Healthcare cost, quality, practices General Health Professions 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: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.8%domestic only64.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Committee on Climate Change's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 208% higher 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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