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Climate Change and Environmental Impact

Climate Change and Environmental Impact is a research topic within Global and Planetary Change. Science Explorer counts 2.5k research works in it since 1951. 7.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to climate change, including its physical science basis, impacts on biodiversity and human health, renewable energy solutions, carbon emissions, adaptation strategies, and environmental policy. The papers also discuss the implications of extreme weather events and the use of geo-spatial data in understanding environmental changes.

  • Climate Change
  • Global Warming
  • Sustainability
  • Renewable Energy
  • Carbon Emissions
  • Adaptation Strategies
  • Biodiversity Conservation
  • Environmental Policy
  • Extreme Weather Events
  • Geo-Spatial Data
Research works
2.5k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
184
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-15%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Climate Change and Environmental Impact research?

By volume, the United States and Germany publish the most (86 and 34 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 86 works
  2. 2 Germany 34 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 34 works
  4. 4 Nigeria 33 works
  5. 5 India 27 works
  6. 6 China 27 works
  7. 7 France 16 works
  8. 8 Russia 15 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 14 works
  10. 10 Spain 14 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.

United States: 28.8%Germany: 11.5%United Kingdom: 11.3%Nigeria: 10.9%6 others listed: 37.5%29%largest
United States86 · 28.8%Germany34 · 11.5%United Kingdom34 · 11.3%Nigeria33 · 10.9%6 others listed112 · 37.5%

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

Which institutions lead Climate Change and Environmental Impact research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of California San Diego publishes the most Climate Change and Environmental Impact research, followed by Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt and Aarhus University.

Who are the leading researchers in Climate Change and Environmental Impact?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Climate Change and Environmental Impact include P. D. Jones.

  1. 1 P. D. Jones United Kingdom 3.4k citations

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

Where is Climate Change and Environmental Impact research done?

The largest centres of Climate Change and Environmental Impact research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Washington D.C. (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 11 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 9 works
  3. 3 New York United States 6 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C. United States 6 works
  5. 5 Paris France 5 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 5 works
  7. 7 Göttingen Germany 5 works
  8. 8 San Diego United States 5 works
  9. 9 Aarhus Denmark 4 works
  10. 10 Vienna Austria 4 works
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Is Climate Change and Environmental Impact research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Climate Change and Environmental Impact.

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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.