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Top Global and Planetary Change Researchers

Элинор Остром ranks first, out of 5,878 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Элинор Остром United States · #503 worldwide 2.5k citations · 136 works
  2. 2 Susan Solomon United States · #561 worldwide 4.5k citations · 103 works
  3. 3 Carl Folke Sweden · #745 worldwide 3.2k citations · 102 works
  4. 4 W. Neil Adger United Kingdom · #934 worldwide 3.7k citations · 100 works
  5. 5 Eugenia Kalnay United States · #936 worldwide 5k citations · 95 works
  6. 6 Paul J. Crutzen Germany · #943 worldwide 2.7k citations · 120 works
  7. 7 Johan Rockström Germany · #967 worldwide 3.9k citations · 93 works
  8. 8 B. H. Samset France · #1,129 worldwide 3.6k citations · 104 works
  9. 9 Jean‐François Lamarque United States · #1,188 worldwide 2.6k citations · 134 works
  10. 10 Markus Reichstein Germany · #1,232 worldwide 3.2k citations · 155 works
  11. 11 William D. Collins United States · #1,270 worldwide 4.7k citations · 86 works
  12. 12 Peter B. Reich United States · #1,283 worldwide 4.1k citations · 157 works
  13. 13 Stephen Polasky United States · #1,333 worldwide 3.8k citations · 90 works
  14. 14 Michael Bräuer Canada · #1,380 worldwide 3.8k citations · 171 works
  15. 15 Stephen R. Carpenter United States · #1,495 worldwide 3.2k citations · 89 works
  16. 16 James E. Hansen United States · #1,607 worldwide 1.9k citations · 103 works
  17. 17 Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg Australia · #1,610 worldwide 2.9k citations · 99 works
  18. 18 Robert Costanza Australia · #1,631 worldwide 3.2k citations · 158 works
  19. 19 Shilong Piao China · #1,710 worldwide 2.6k citations · 94 works
  20. 20 P. D. Jones United Kingdom · #1,948 worldwide 3.4k citations · 191 works
  21. 21 Curtis E. Woodcock United States · #1,962 worldwide 2.8k citations · 90 works
  22. 22 Robert J. Scholes South Africa · #1,985 worldwide 1.7k citations · 134 works
  23. 23 Keith Paustian United States · #2,115 worldwide 2.5k citations · 101 works
  24. 24 Nina Buchmann Switzerland · #2,434 worldwide 2.4k citations · 119 works
  25. 25 Pierre Friedlingstein United Kingdom · #2,490 worldwide 2.3k citations · 88 works
  26. 26 Dennis Baldocchi United States · #2,533 worldwide 3.5k citations · 156 works
  27. 27 Noel Cressie United States · #2,592 worldwide 2.9k citations · 143 works
  28. 28 B. L. Turner United States · #2,627 worldwide 2.1k citations · 206 works
  29. 29 Soroosh Sorooshian United States · #2,630 worldwide 2.7k citations · 151 works
  30. 30 Jimy Dudhia United States · #2,672 worldwide 2.3k citations · 75 works
  31. 31 John Tenhunen Germany · #2,805 worldwide 2k citations · 75 works
  32. 32 Jianguo Wu United States · #2,833 worldwide 1.9k citations · 85 works
  33. 33 Gianpaolo Balsamo United Kingdom · #2,901 worldwide 3.5k citations · 68 works
  34. 34 Nancy L. Harris United States · #3,027 worldwide 1.5k citations · 82 works
  35. 35 Riccardo Valentini Italy · #3,089 worldwide 2.4k citations · 138 works
  36. 36 Gary Yohe United States · #3,103 worldwide 2.1k citations · 72 works
  37. 37 Lesley Hughes Australia · #3,137 worldwide 1.5k citations · 70 works
  38. 38 Christopher B. Field United States · #3,164 worldwide 2.4k citations · 96 works
  39. 39 Sandra Lavorel France · #3,229 worldwide 1.7k citations · 84 works
  40. 40 Marc Aubinet Belgium · #3,295 worldwide 1.9k citations · 113 works
  41. 41 Kevin E. Trenberth United States · #3,298 worldwide 2.3k citations · 109 works
  42. 42 Hoshin V. Gupta United States · #3,479 worldwide 2k citations · 99 works
  43. 43 Yansui Liu China · #3,553 worldwide 1.3k citations · 96 works
  44. 44 Ulrich Pöschl Germany · #3,674 worldwide 1.9k citations · 124 works
  45. 45 André Granier France · #3,696 worldwide 1.8k citations · 75 works
  46. 46 Robert E. Dickinson United States · #3,739 worldwide 1.4k citations · 98 works
  47. 47 Crystal Schaaf United States · #3,756 worldwide 2.1k citations · 89 works
  48. 48 B. E. Law United States · #3,773 worldwide 1.9k citations · 81 works
  49. 49 Éric F. Lambin Belgium · #3,846 worldwide 1.5k citations · 80 works
  50. 50 G. C. Hurtt United States · #3,855 worldwide 1.7k citations · 70 works
  51. 51 William F. Laurance Australia · #3,871 worldwide 1.6k citations · 90 works
  52. 52 Frank Dentener Italy · #3,893 worldwide 1.8k citations · 86 works
  53. 53 Kevin J. Gaston United Kingdom · #3,910 worldwide 2.5k citations · 154 works
  54. 54 Steward T. A. Pickett United States · #3,918 worldwide 1.7k citations · 95 works
  55. 55 Simon A. Levin United States · #4,004 worldwide 2.7k citations · 164 works
  56. 56 Detlef P. van Vuuren Netherlands · #4,040 worldwide 2.6k citations · 143 works
  57. 57 Christian Bernhofer Germany · #4,090 worldwide 2.1k citations · 80 works
  58. 58 Steven W. Running United States · #4,235 worldwide 2.3k citations · 70 works
  59. 59 Fikret Berkes Canada · #4,368 worldwide 1.1k citations · 72 works
  60. 60 R. Kerry Turner United Kingdom · #4,458 worldwide 2k citations · 66 works
  61. 61 Claudia Pahl‐Wostl Germany · #4,493 worldwide 1.1k citations · 76 works
  62. 62 Robert B. Jackson United States · #4,596 worldwide 2.4k citations · 169 works
  63. 63 Nigel W. Arnell United Kingdom · #4,668 worldwide 1.3k citations · 81 works
  64. 64 Giles M. Foody United Kingdom · #4,675 worldwide 1.8k citations · 109 works
  65. 65 Alfredo Huete United States · #4,839 worldwide 2k citations · 125 works
  66. 66 Oliver L. Phillips United Kingdom · #5,068 worldwide 2.3k citations · 69 works
  67. 67 Navin Ramankutty Canada · #5,143 worldwide 2.9k citations · 58 works
  68. 68 Ian J. Wright Australia · #5,194 worldwide 2.2k citations · 61 works
  69. 69 Ruth DeFries United States · #5,247 worldwide 1.6k citations · 70 works
  70. 70 William H. Schlesinger United States · #5,268 worldwide 1.5k citations · 89 works
  71. 71 Didier Hauglustaine France · #5,332 worldwide 919 citations · 79 works
  72. 72 Will Steffen Australia · #5,420 worldwide 1.2k citations · 78 works
  73. 73 Jon E. Keeley United States · #5,433 worldwide 1.7k citations · 89 works
  74. 74 Joseph A. Berry United States · #5,607 worldwide 1.4k citations · 91 works
  75. 75 Denis Loustau France · #6,006 worldwide 1.2k citations · 120 works
  76. 76 Keith Clarke United States · #6,008 worldwide 705 citations · 85 works
  77. 77 Pascal Yiou France · #6,115 worldwide 1.4k citations · 60 works
  78. 78 Randall V. Martin Canada · #6,139 worldwide 2k citations · 120 works
  79. 79 J. A. Smith United States · #6,155 worldwide 1.6k citations · 129 works
  80. 80 Peter H. Verburg Netherlands · #6,225 worldwide 2.3k citations · 150 works
  81. 81 Aaron van Donkelaar Canada · #6,272 worldwide 1.6k citations · 66 works
  82. 82 David P. Roy United States · #6,294 worldwide 1.5k citations · 66 works
  83. 83 Benjamin S. Halpern United States · #6,315 worldwide 2k citations · 62 works
  84. 84 M. A. Friedl United States · #6,398 worldwide 1.8k citations · 83 works
  85. 85 R.S. de Groot Netherlands · #6,664 worldwide 1.7k citations · 56 works
  86. 86 Joseph M. Prospero United States · #6,669 worldwide 1.2k citations · 67 works
  87. 87 Ülo Niinemets Estonia · #6,703 worldwide 1.7k citations · 86 works
  88. 88 Akio Kitoh ?? · #6,744 worldwide 1.3k citations · 62 works
  89. 89 Harold A. Mooney United States · #6,758 worldwide 1.6k citations · 105 works
  90. 90 Juli G. Pausas Spain · #6,761 worldwide 1.5k citations · 63 works
  91. 91 Georgina M. Mace United Kingdom · #6,762 worldwide 1.7k citations · 60 works
  92. 92 Ariel E. Lugo United States · #6,783 worldwide 1.1k citations · 64 works
  93. 93 Richard G. Allen United States · #7,042 worldwide 1.5k citations · 103 works
  94. 94 N. M. Mahowald United States · #7,108 worldwide 1.2k citations · 103 works
  95. 95 Warren B. Cohen United States · #7,388 worldwide 1.7k citations · 60 works
  96. 96 Shushi Peng China · #7,424 worldwide 1.5k citations · 55 works
  97. 97 Douglas R. Worsnop United States · #7,428 worldwide 2.1k citations · 160 works
  98. 98 Stefan Rahmstorf Germany · #7,742 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  99. 99 Feng Gao United States · #7,747 worldwide 1.7k citations · 89 works
  100. 100 A. J. Dolman Netherlands · #7,789 worldwide 1.8k citations · 145 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Global and Planetary Change, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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