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Top Atmospheric Science Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Nanjing University and University of Colorado Boulder, out of 294 ranked institutions.

Quality score: the square root of excellence (the share of works in the world top 10% against what the place's own topics predict, on English-language articles and reviews) times the square root of the journal factor (its papers in the Nature Index's selective journals against what its topics predict), times output to the power 0.3 times breadth (how much of the selected area it works in) to the power 0.25. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 100.0 13.4% 4.2k 45k#1
2Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 87.8 13.6% 356 3.8k#15
3University of Colorado BoulderUnited States · Boulder 80.7 13.1% 482 5.8k#2
4ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 75.6 15.1% 260 3.6k#5
5Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 71.7 9.8% 1.6k 13k#4
6NSF National Center for Atmospheric ResearchUnited States · Boulder 68.5 12.0% 300 3.7k#6
7National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUnited States · Washington 65.8 10.7% 590 6.3k#12
8Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 63.4 14.9% 230 3k#3
9Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 61.3 15.9% 370 4.3k#18
10Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany · Berlin 59.5 10.8% 840 8.6k#8
11University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 57.8 14.5% 821 8.9k#13
12University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 56.3 11.9% 237 2.7k#10
13University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 54.9 13.0% 212 2.4k#7
14California Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Pasadena 53.6 13.2% 293 3.2k#11
15Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 52.4 16.6% 276 3.6k#24
16Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge 51.2 13.5% 160 1.8k#20
17Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich 50.2 14.8% 263 3.3k#28
18Planetary Science InstituteUnited States · Tucson 49.1 13.2% 139 1.4k#9
19Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton 48.2 12.3% 134 1.5k#16
20Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 47.3 14.0% 323 3.5k#29
21Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou 46.4 12.5% 417 4.1k#64
22Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 45.6 11.8% 269 2.8k#25
23Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Hong Kong 44.8 17.3% 113 1.3k#61
24Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 44.1 17.8% 99 1.6k#19
25Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 43.4 14.6% 468 4.8k#34
26Colorado State UniversityUnited States · Fort Collins 42.7 8.2% 257 2.2k#31
27British Antarctic SurveyUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 42.0 15.7% 99 1.3k#56
28Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina · Nanjing 41.4 8.8% 896 7.4k#38
29China Meteorological AdministrationChina · Beijing 40.8 7.6% 889 6.3k#65
30National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationUnited States · Washington 40.2 9.7% 397 3.9k#32
31Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUnited States · Berkeley 39.6 15.8% 73 1k#23
32UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 39.0 18.0% 136 2.2k#17
33Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)China · Guangzhou 38.5 12.3% 256 2.6k#51
34State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution ControlChina · Beijing 38.0 21.5% 81 1.7k#37
35Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 37.4 16.6% 156 2.2k#33
36University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter 36.9 19.5% 117 1.6k#44
37China University of GeosciencesChina · Wuhan 36.5 16.1% 310 3.4k#41
38Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 36.0 13.3% 107 1.2k#35
39Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 35.5 12.6% 249 2.4k#50
40University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 35.1 13.6% 125 1.7k#27
41University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 34.7 13.4% 138 1.5k#30
42University of California, IrvineUnited States · Irvine 34.2 16.0% 94 1.3k#14
43Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shenzhen 33.8 17.6% 83 1.1k#52
44Stockholm UniversitySweden · Stockholm 33.4 13.6% 160 1.9k#36
45University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam 33.0 18.0% 91 1.1k#89
46University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States · College Park 32.6 10.6% 218 2.4k#21
47University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 32.3 9.3% 177 1.4k#47
48University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 31.9 15.3% 101 1.3k#26
49University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 31.5 13.5% 142 1.4k#48
50Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 31.2 18.3% 327 4.2k#43
51Chinese Academy of Meteorological SciencesChina · Beijing 30.8 8.8% 328 2.9k-
52Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 30.5 15.0% 90 949#71
53Leibniz AssociationGermany · Berlin 30.1 13.6% 187 2.1k#62
54Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 29.8 10.5% 148 1.4k#46
55Ocean University of ChinaChina · Qingdao 29.5 8.2% 325 2.2k-
56Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai)China · Zhuhai 29.2 11.5% 162 1.6k#93
57University of ArizonaUnited States · Tucson 28.9 15.1% 148 1.7k#66
58University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds 28.6 14.0% 150 1.7k#40
59University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Bristol 28.3 15.8% 102 1.3k#53
60Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station 28.0 10.7% 144 1.5k#69
61University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 27.7 12.3% 120 1.2k#59
62Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina · Beijing 27.4 9.7% 452 3.4k-
63Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 27.1 12.5% 253 2.2k-
64Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionUnited States · Falmouth 26.8 9.8% 107 842#22
65Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 26.6 11.7% 183 1.6k#92
66University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States · Santa Barbara 26.3 16.5% 60 679#80
67Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina · Hong Kong 26.0 22.4% 89 1.2k-
68Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementFrance · Marseille 25.8 12.7% 133 1.4k#39
69University of OklahomaUnited States · Norman 25.5 7.1% 155 1.2k-
70Hohai UniversityChina · Nanjing 25.2 14.1% 290 2.9k-
71University of California, RiversideUnited States · Riverside 25.0 14.8% 68 841-
72Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 24.8 11.8% 121 1.3k#78
73Environment and Climate Change CanadaCanada · Ottawa 24.5 10.1% 171 1.8k#74
74Bjerknes Centre for Climate ResearchNorway · Bergen 24.3 14.8% 73 787#58
75Université Grenoble AlpesFrance · Saint-Martin-d'Hères 24.0 12.0% 129 1.5k#42
76The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 23.8 11.4% 123 1.2k#63
77National Centre for Atmospheric ScienceUnited Kingdom · Leeds 23.6 15.9% 77 1k#49
78Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain · Madrid 23.3 11.9% 302 2.7k#76
79University of ReadingUnited Kingdom · Reading 23.1 12.7% 139 1.4k#81
80Sorbonne UniversitéFrance · Paris 22.9 10.2% 128 1.2k#68
81University of BremenGermany · Bremen 22.7 11.2% 142 1.4k#85
82University of OsloNorway · Oslo 22.5 13.0% 107 1.2k-
83Nanjing Normal UniversityChina · Nanjing 22.3 16.0% 135 1.4k-
84Met OfficeUnited Kingdom · Exeter 22.0 13.7% 146 1.7k-
85University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaUnited States · Honolulu 21.8 10.3% 94 763#70
86The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 21.6 9.1% 186 1.4k-
87University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 21.4 10.8% 91 992-
88Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin 21.2 14.8% 190 2k-
89Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationAustralia · Canberra 21.0 13.9% 126 1.4k-
90Dartmouth CollegeUnited States · Hanover 20.8 6.9% 69 634-
91Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape ResearchSwitzerland · Birmensdorf 20.6 19.4% 66 1.1k#95
92Oregon State UniversityUnited States · Corvallis 20.4 10.9% 98 1.1k#73
93University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 20.3 13.4% 104 1.2k#97
94University of BergenNorway · Bergen 20.1 10.1% 95 863-
95University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 19.9 9.4% 161 1.6k-
96University of GothenburgSweden · Gothenburg 19.7 15.8% 70 1k-
97Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryUnited States · Livermore 19.5 9.2% 63 601#60
98National University of Defense TechnologyChina · Changsha 19.3 7.0% 249 1.5k-
99East China Normal UniversityChina · Shanghai 19.2 15.9% 111 1.1k-
100The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 19.0 14.0% 104 997-

institutions ranked worldwide in Atmospheric Science (294). rank on the quality score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (about 6% in Dentistry, 21% in Economics).

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis, one tick each. Right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

19 to 23: 21 places23 to 27: 16 places27 to 31: 13 places31 to 35: 11 places35 to 39: 8 places39 to 43: 6 places43 to 47: 6 places47 to 51: 4 places51 to 55: 3 places55 to 59: 3 places59 to 64: 2 places64 to 68: 1 places68 to 72: 1 places72 to 76: 2 places76 to 80: 0 places80 to 84: 1 places84 to 88: 1 places88 to 92: 0 places92 to 96: 0 places96 to 100: 1 places19100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 4.8k works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 2.4k works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 1.8k works
  4. 4 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 1.1k works
  5. 5 China Meteorological AdministrationChina 1.1k works
  6. 6 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 1k works
  7. 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 920 works
  8. 8 National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUnited States 690 works
  9. 9 University of Colorado BoulderUnited States 550 works
  10. 10 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 527 works
  11. 11 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina 492 works
  12. 12 Lanzhou UniversityChina 474 works
  13. 13 National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationUnited States 451 works
  14. 14 Ministry of Earth SciencesIndia 449 works
  15. 15 National Research CouncilItaly 430 works

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