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National Centre for Atmospheric Science

In research, National Centre for Atmospheric Science stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,233 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#163 of 1,209 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,426 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 78.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,158
of 28,054 · #1,520 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#90
of 1,094
Research works
1.2k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
58k
49.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is National Centre for Atmospheric Science 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 #1,233 of 12,888 30.4%205 #1040
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #163 of 1,209 30.9%89 #142
Environmental ScienceField #1,426 of 3,551 31.2%89 #914
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #127 of 301 31.2%77 #123
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #356 of 535 29.6%61 #258

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Centre for Atmospheric Science 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#1,040 #1,233
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#142 #163
  3. Environmental Science#914 #1,426
  4. Atmospheric Science#123 #127
  5. Global and Planetary Change#258 #356
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 National Centre for Atmospheric Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 78.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 76.9 works78×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 61.0 works36×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 88.8 works26×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 89.0 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: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25.51× its world share, 89 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.07× its world share, 89 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 25.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Centre for Atmospheric Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Yu Wang and Bryan Lawrence lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Centre for Atmospheric Science.

  1. 1 Yu Wang United Kingdom · #159,358 worldwide 249 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Bryan Lawrence United Kingdom · #1,024,359 worldwide 38 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at National Centre for Atmospheric Science

Which keywords describe research at National Centre for Atmospheric Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Hydrological Cycle, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Events, Climate Modeling and Precipitation Extremes.

▲ 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 Change73▲ 12×60 topics
  2. Global Warming53▲ 58×12 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation41▲ 142×3 topics
  4. Hydrological Cycle40▲ 191×2 topics
  5. Greenhouse Gas Emissions33▲ 55×8 topics
  6. Extreme Events33▲ 171×2 topics
  7. Climate Modeling32▲ 204×1 topic
  8. Precipitation Extremes32▲ 204×1 topic
  9. Air Quality32▲ 78×6 topics
  10. Data Assimilation28▲ 82×3 topics
  11. Boundary Layer24▲ 86×2 topics
  12. Probabilistic Forecasting23▲ 53×2 topics
  13. Convective Parameterization22▲ 181×1 topic
  14. Ensemble Kalman Filter22▲ 97×1 topic
  15. Atmospheric Aerosols20▲ 166×1 topic
  16. Black Carbon20▲ 166×1 topic
  17. Remote Sensing20▲ 7.3×15 topics
  18. Satellite Observations20▲ 91×3 topics
  19. Particulate Matter14▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Sea Level Rise14▲ 48×3 topics
  21. Tropical Cyclones13▲ 107×2 topics
  22. Ozone Depletion13▲ 196×1 topic
  23. Stratospheric Water Vapor13▲ 196×1 topic
  24. Emissions12▲ 28×5 topics
  25. Natural Gas11▲ 55×2 topics
  26. Water Quality11▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Carbon Dioxide11▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Shale Gas11▲ 40×2 topics
  29. Atmospheric11▲ 101×1 topic
  30. Hurricanes11▲ 154×1 topic
  31. Methane11▲ 101×1 topic
  32. Storm Surge11▲ 154×1 topic
  33. Health Effects11▲ 8.2×9 topics
  34. Mortality10▲ 8.1×2 topics
  35. Air Pollution9▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Global Burden of Disease9▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Climate9▲ 45×2 topics
  38. Fine Particulate Air Pollution9▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Aerosols8▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Atmospheric Dust8▲ 151×1 topic

Which research topics does National Centre for Atmospheric Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate.

Climate variability and …32Climate variability and models: 32 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 22 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 20 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 13 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 11 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…11Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 11 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 9 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 8 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 6 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 5 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisOceanography1 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 32 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 22 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 20 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 13 works
  5. 5 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 11 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  7. 7 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 9 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  9. 9 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 6 works
  10. 10 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 5 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 available78.8%not open21.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.5%domestic only54.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Centre for Atmospheric Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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