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Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics is a research topic within Global and Planetary Change. Science Explorer counts 64k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the global methane emissions, particularly related to shale gas development, hydraulic fracturing, and natural gas infrastructure. It also explores the impact of methane on atmospheric composition, carbon dioxide levels, and water quality. The papers discuss measurements, modeling, and implications for environmental and public health.

  • Methane
  • Emissions
  • Shale Gas
  • Atmospheric
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Hydraulic Fracturing
  • Global Budget
  • Natural Gas
  • Water Quality
  • Satellite Observations
Research works
64k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
36% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Which countries lead Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.2k and 2.5k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.2k works
  2. 2 United States 2.5k works
  3. 3 Russia 672 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 520 works
  5. 5 Germany 487 works
  6. 6 France 435 works
  7. 7 Canada 416 works
  8. 8 India 303 works
  9. 9 Australia 250 works
  10. 10 Italy 232 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 35.5%United States: 27.5%Russia: 7.5%United Kingdom: 5.8%6 others listed: 23.7%36%largest
China3,179 · 35.5%United States2,461 · 27.5%Russia672 · 7.5%United Kingdom520 · 5.8%6 others listed2,123 · 23.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 458 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 359 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 171 works
  4. 4 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 114 works
  5. 5 National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUnited States 88 works
  6. 6 National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationUnited States 85 works
  7. 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 81 works
  8. 8 University of Colorado BoulderUnited States 78 works
  9. 9 China National Petroleum Corporation (China)China 77 works
  10. 10 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 69 works

Who are the leading researchers in Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics include Rob Knight, Mark A. Bradford and Xiaogang Wang.

  1. 1 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  2. 2 Mark A. Bradford United States 268k citations
  3. 3 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  4. 4 Lídia Morawska Australia 244k citations
  5. 5 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  6. 6 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  7. 7 P. Jackson France 230k citations
  8. 8 Donald G. Truhlar United States 230k citations
  9. 9 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  10. 10 Lei Jiang China 214k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics?

The most cited paper in Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics is "Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas" (Robert J. Hijmans, Susan E. Cameron, Juan L. Parra et al., 2005), with 20,328 citations. Next come "An Overview of CMIP5 and the Experiment Design" (14,860) and "Overview of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) experimental design and organization" (12,432).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas Robert J. Hijmans, Susan E. Cameron, Juan L. Parra et al. · International Journal of Climatology 2005 20,328
2 An Overview of CMIP5 and the Experiment Design Karl E. Taylor, Ronald J. Stouffer, Gerald A. Meehl · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access 7 Oct 2011 14,860
3 Overview of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) experimental design and organization Veronika Eyring, Sandrine Bony, Gerald A. Meehl et al. · Geoscientific model development Open access 26 May 2016 12,432
4 The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) Ronald Gelaro et al. · Journal of Climate Open access May 2017 9,616
5 Global Biodiversity Scenarios for the Year 2100 Osvaldo E. Sala, F. Stuart Chapin, Iii. et al. · Science 10 Mar 2000 9,345
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Nanjing (China) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Greenbelt and Hampton.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 1.1k works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 267 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 198 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 159 works
  5. 5 BoulderUnited States 151 works
  6. 6 QingdaoChina 130 works
  7. 7 ChengduChina 129 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 126 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 124 works
  10. 10 ShanghaiChina 124 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GreenbeltUS · 40.8 works39×
  2. HamptonUS · 28.5 works28×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, Tsinghua University, Peking University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 17.02%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Tsinghua UniversityPeking UniversityChina University of …University of Chines…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Tsinghua UniversityChina 68.124.2%2.1×47 +38.2%
2Peking UniversityChina 64.517.6%2.8×55 +75.0%
3University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 63.911.8%5.1×81 +31.1%
4China University of GeosciencesChina 63.916.6%9.5×42 +52.8%
5Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 63.336.2%1.1×17 +130.3%
6China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 62.412.6%7.7×59 +49.3%
7University of Colorado BoulderUnited States 61.712.6%17.4×78 -17.3%
8Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 61.79.3%17.4×69 +33.7%
9China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 60.813.8%11.2×51 +7.5%
10China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 60.215.5%16.8×64 -5.2%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, country by country

Is Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.051% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics0.045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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