Question 1

What is Met Office known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Met Office stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,635 of 10,670 worldwide), Environmental Science (#717 of 3,334 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#250 of 1,088 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Atmospheric Science is 68.1× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Met Office rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Met Office ranks #4,054 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#2,112 all time), and #187 of 862 in the United Kingdom.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Met Office?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Timothy Andrews, Richard Betts and Andrew J. Wiltshire lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Met Office.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Met Office?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Met Office is "Overview of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) experimental design and organization" (Veronika Eyring, Sandrine Bony, Gerald A. Meehl et al., 2016), with 12,432 citations. Next come "Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century" (11,470) and "The ERA‐40 re‐analysis" (7,164).

Question 5

Which research topics does Met Office publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Met Office?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Hydrological Cycle, Data Assimilation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Events and Climate Modeling.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Met Office work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Met Office is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (41%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (39%), Engineering (5%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Met Office's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% lower than in 2018-2021.