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European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

In research, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,026 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#129 of 1,209 worldwide) and Atmospheric Science (#105 of 301 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Atmospheric Science is 76.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,806
of 28,054 · #982 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#75
of 1,094
Research works
2k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
139k
68.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts 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 #1,026 of 12,888 31.6%182 #667
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #129 of 1,209 34.4%81 #71
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #105 of 301 34.7%65 #60
Environmental ScienceField #1,289 of 3,551 32.1%78 #463

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#667 #1,026
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#71 #129
  3. Atmospheric Science#60 #105
  4. Environmental Science#463 #1,289
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 76.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 65.4 works77×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 58.2 works40×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 80.8 works27×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 77.7 works8.1×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 26.67× its world share, 81 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.10× its world share, 78 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.29× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 26.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts?

Ranked on the composite score, Patricia de Rosnay, Gianpaolo Balsamo and Johannes Flemming lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.

  1. 1 Patricia de Rosnay United Kingdom · #2,667 worldwide 3.8k citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Gianpaolo Balsamo United Kingdom · #2,901 worldwide 3.5k citations · 68 works
  3. 3 Johannes Flemming United Kingdom · #7,935 worldwide 3.4k citations · 51 works
  4. 4 A. J. Simmons United Kingdom · #11,898 worldwide 3.8k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Jean‐Raymond Bidlot United Kingdom · #14,358 worldwide 3.7k citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Dick Dee United Kingdom · #25,308 worldwide 3.4k citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Jean‐Noël Thépaut United Kingdom · #48,309 worldwide 3.5k citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Florian Pappenberger United Kingdom · #55,304 worldwide 708 citations · 101 works
  9. 9 Peter Bechtold United Kingdom · #66,178 worldwide 3.3k citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Joaquín Muñoz‐Sabater United Kingdom · #82,705 worldwide 3.5k citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

Which keywords describe research at European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Data Assimilation, Ocean Circulation, Boundary Layer, Hydrological Cycle, Probabilistic Forecasting and Ensemble Kalman Filter.

▲ 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 Change75▲ 14×47 topics
  2. Global Warming44▲ 56×11 topics
  3. Data Assimilation42▲ 141×4 topics
  4. Ocean Circulation40▲ 159×3 topics
  5. Boundary Layer36▲ 151×2 topics
  6. Hydrological Cycle35▲ 188×2 topics
  7. Probabilistic Forecasting34▲ 91×3 topics
  8. Ensemble Kalman Filter34▲ 174×2 topics
  9. Convective Parameterization34▲ 322×1 topic
  10. Mesoscale Modeling34▲ 322×1 topic
  11. Remote Sensing32▲ 13×18 topics
  12. Greenhouse Gas Emissions29▲ 55×4 topics
  13. Climate Modeling29▲ 210×1 topic
  14. Extreme Events29▲ 171×1 topic
  15. Hydrological Modeling15▲ 34×5 topics
  16. Satellite Observations15▲ 82×3 topics
  17. Air Quality13▲ 38×5 topics
  18. Sea Level Rise13▲ 52×3 topics
  19. Tropical Cyclones10▲ 98×2 topics
  20. Emissions8▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Water Quality8▲ 9.9×4 topics
  22. Natural Gas8▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Atmospheric8▲ 79×1 topic
  24. Methane8▲ 79×1 topic
  25. Shale Gas8▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Hydrology7▲ 30×4 topics
  27. Hurricanes7▲ 114×1 topic
  28. Storm Surge7▲ 114×1 topic
  29. Climate Change Impact7▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Arctic7▲ 30×4 topics
  31. Oceanic Modeling7▲ 104×1 topic
  32. Tidal Analysis7▲ 104×1 topic
  33. Water Resources6▲ 14×5 topics
  34. Climate6▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Validation6▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Sediment Transport6▲ 19×5 topics
  37. Aerosols6▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Atmospheric Dust6▲ 123×1 topic
  39. Ecosystem Resilience6▲ 20×4 topics
  40. Ozone Depletion6▲ 99×1 topic

Which research topics does European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

Meteorological Phenomena…34Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 34 fractional worksClimate variability and …29Climate variability and models: 29 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 8 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 7 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 7 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 6 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 6 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 5 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 4 fractional worksPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis: 4 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeOceanography

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

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 34 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 29 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  4. 4 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 7 works
  5. 5 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 7 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 6 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 5 works
  9. 9 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 4 works
  10. 10 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 4 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 available55.3%not open44.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.1%domestic only57.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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