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Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement

In research, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,555 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#295 of 1,209 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#899 of 3,551 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 45.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,525
of 28,054 · #1,324 all time
Rank in France
#42
of 1,422
Research works
1.7k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
90k
54.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement 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 #1,555 of 12,888 31.9%183 #931
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #295 of 1,209 29.0%70 #136
Environmental ScienceField #899 of 3,551 35.1%94 #517

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement 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#931 #1,555
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#136 #295
  3. Environmental Science#517 #899
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 Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 45.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 44.5 works45×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 47.6 works28×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 70.2 works20×
← 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: 0.99× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20.19× its world share, 70 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.52× its world share, 94 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 20.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement?

Ranked on the composite score, Didier Hauglustaine, Pascal Yiou and Robert Vautard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement.

  1. 1 Didier Hauglustaine France · #5,332 worldwide 919 citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Pascal Yiou France · #6,115 worldwide 1.4k citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Robert Vautard France · #11,871 worldwide 930 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Laurent Bopp France · #12,165 worldwide 976 citations · 76 works
  5. 5 Yves Balkanski France · #12,180 worldwide 987 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Nicolas Viovy France · #14,866 worldwide 1.1k citations · 89 works
  7. 7 Philippe Ciais France · #26,493 worldwide 4k citations · 406 works
  8. 8 Hui Yang France · #27,856 worldwide 482 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Sophie Szopa France · #33,442 worldwide 554 citations · 56 works
  10. 10 Sylvie Joussaume France · #33,610 worldwide 727 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement

Which keywords describe research at Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Remote Sensing, Water Quality, Satellite Observations, Shale Gas, Natural Gas and Emissions.

▲ 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 Change78▲ 13×67 topics
  2. Global Warming25▲ 27×12 topics
  3. Remote Sensing23▲ 8.3×27 topics
  4. Water Quality19▲ 22×9 topics
  5. Satellite Observations19▲ 89×3 topics
  6. Shale Gas18▲ 63×2 topics
  7. Emissions17▲ 38×4 topics
  8. Natural Gas17▲ 82×2 topics
  9. Atmospheric16▲ 149×1 topic
  10. Methane16▲ 149×1 topic
  11. Paleoclimatology16▲ 88×2 topics
  12. Greenhouse Gas Emissions16▲ 26×8 topics
  13. Holocene15▲ 60×3 topics
  14. Extreme Events14▲ 73×2 topics
  15. Sea Level14▲ 66×2 topics
  16. Ocean Circulation14▲ 48×3 topics
  17. Hydrological Cycle14▲ 64×2 topics
  18. Air Quality14▲ 33×6 topics
  19. Glacial Cycles13▲ 89×1 topic
  20. Monsoon Dynamics13▲ 89×1 topic
  21. Climate Modeling11▲ 71×1 topic
  22. Precipitation Extremes11▲ 71×1 topic
  23. Ecosystem Resilience11▲ 33×5 topics
  24. Atmospheric Aerosols9▲ 71×1 topic
  25. Black Carbon9▲ 71×1 topic
  26. Health Effects9▲ 6.6×12 topics
  27. Drought8▲ 38×3 topics
  28. Evapotranspiration8▲ 46×2 topics
  29. Hydrology8▲ 28×4 topics
  30. Data Assimilation7▲ 21×4 topics
  31. Particulate Matter7▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Boundary Layer7▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Carbon Balance6▲ 57×1 topic
  34. Tree Mortality6▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Sea Level Rise6▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Biomass Estimation6▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Probabilistic Forecasting6▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Land Use Change6▲ 8.2×6 topics
  39. Ensemble Kalman Filter6▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Convective Parameterization5▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Climate variability and models and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Atmospheric and Environm…16Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 16 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 13 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 11 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 9 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 6 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…5Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 5 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 5 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 4 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 4 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 4 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPaleontology

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

  1. 1 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 16 works
  2. 2 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 13 works
  3. 3 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 9 works
  5. 5 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  6. 6 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 5 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 5 works
  8. 8 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 4 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  10. 10 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 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 available60.3%not open39.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.5%domestic only48.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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