Climate change and permafrost
Climate change and permafrost is a research topic within Atmospheric Science. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 20.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the dynamics of Arctic permafrost in the context of climate change, including its impact on carbon feedback, methane emissions, vegetation change, and hydrology. The research covers a wide range of topics such as soil organic carbon pools, shrub expansion, tundra biome responses, and the vulnerability of high-latitude soil organic carbon.
- Permafrost
- Arctic
- Climate Change
- Carbon Feedback
- Thawing
- Methane Emissions
- Tundra
- Vegetation Change
- Hydrology
- Ecosystem Response
- Research works
- 35k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +36% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Climate change and permafrost research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.9k and 947 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.9k works
- 2 United States 947 works
- 3 Russia 798 works
- 4 Canada 396 works
- 5 Germany 233 works
- 6 India 200 works
- 7 France 187 works
- 8 United Kingdom 183 works
- 9 Norway 116 works
- 10 Japan 100 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Climate change and permafrost research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Climate change and permafrost research, followed by Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 208 works
- 2 Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and ResourcesChina 118 works
- 3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 104 works
- 4 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 72 works
- 5 University of Alaska FairbanksUnited States 51 works
- 6 Lanzhou UniversityChina 50 works
- 7 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 43 works
- 8 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 42 works
- 9 Tongji UniversityChina 37 works
- 10 Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und MeeresforschungGermany 36 works
Who are the leading researchers in Climate change and permafrost?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Climate change and permafrost include Dahe Qin, Josep Peñuelas and Philippe Ciais.
- 1 Dahe Qin China 4.2k citations
- 2 Josep Peñuelas Spain 4.1k citations
- 3 Philippe Ciais France 4k citations
- 4 Patricia de Rosnay United Kingdom 3.8k citations
- 5 Gianpaolo Balsamo United Kingdom 3.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Climate change and permafrost research done?
The largest centres of Climate change and permafrost research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Lanzhou (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Fairbanks, Bremerhaven and Yakutsk.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- FairbanksUS · 51.8 works127×
- BremerhavenDE · 36.7 works85×
- YakutskRU · 56.3 works57×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Climate change and permafrost than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Climate change and permafrost?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Northern Arizona University and Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 66.9 | 33.7% | 9.1× | 104 | +25.9% |
| 2 | Northern Arizona UniversityUnited States | 64.5 | 33.1% | 12.3× | 9 | +284.6% |
| 3 | Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina | 64.1 | 21.1% | 15.2× | 43 | +163.1% |
| 4 | Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina | 63.6 | 38.9% | 7.7× | 14 | +196.8% |
| 5 | Lanzhou UniversityChina | 63.2 | 32.8% | 12.4× | 50 | +14.3% |
| 6 | University of FribourgSwitzerland | 62.1 | 43.1% | 10.8× | 11 | +9.3% |
| 7 | Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia | 60.5 | 7.0% | 12.2× | 72 | +178.4% |
| 8 | Beijing Normal UniversityChina | 58.7 | 29.8% | 8.8× | 42 | +35.8% |
| 9 | Chang'an UniversityChina | 58.7 | 26.3% | 13.8× | 36 | +44.8% |
| 10 | University of Alaska FairbanksUnited States | 56.2 | 21.0% | 134.8× | 51 | -3.1% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Climate change and permafrost research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Climate change and permafrost.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
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.