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Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution

Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution is a research topic within Atmospheric Science. Science Explorer counts 7.1k research works in it since 1950. 10.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the Gaia hypothesis, which proposes that the Earth is a self-regulating system involving complex interactions between the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. It delves into topics such as planetary self-regulation, environmental regulation, microbial ecology, daisyworld modeling, and the impact of human activities on global warming and climate change.

  • Gaia Hypothesis
  • Earth Systems Science
  • Complex Adaptive Systems
  • Environmental Regulation
  • Planetary Self-Regulation
  • Daisyworld
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Global Warming
  • Biosphere
  • Climate Change
Research works
7.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
760
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
36% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution

Which countries lead Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (359 and 119 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 359 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 119 works
  3. 3 Germany 95 works
  4. 4 China 83 works
  5. 5 Russia 71 works
  6. 6 France 63 works
  7. 7 India 62 works
  8. 8 Italy 60 works
  9. 9 Spain 42 works
  10. 10 Canada 36 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: 36.2%United Kingdom: 12.1%Germany: 9.6%China: 8.4%6 others listed: 33.7%36%largest
United States359 · 36.2%United Kingdom119 · 12.1%Germany95 · 9.6%China83 · 8.4%6 others listed333 · 33.7%

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

Which institutions lead Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and George Enescu University of Arts of Iași.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 27 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 25 works
  3. 3 George Enescu University of Arts of IașiRomania 12 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 11 works
  5. 5 Oldham CouncilUnited Kingdom 10 works
  6. 6 Max Planck SocietyGermany 7 works
  7. 7 Leibniz AssociationGermany 7 works
  8. 8 Lumen (United Kingdom)United Kingdom 7 works
  9. 9 Film IndependentUnited States 7 works
  10. 10 Bukhara State UniversityUzbekistan 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution include Philippe Ciais, Seeram Ramakrishna and F. Stuart Chapin.

  1. 1 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  2. 2 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  3. 3 F. Stuart Chapin United States 185k citations
  4. 4 Carl Folke Sweden 182k 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 Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution?

The most cited paper in Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution is "Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity" (Johan Rockström et al., 2009), with 7,171 citations. Next come "The Strategy of Ecosystem Development" (5,478) and "The trajectory of the Anthropocene: The Great Acceleration" (3,936).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity Johan Rockström et al. · Ecology and Society Open access 2009 7,171
2 The Strategy of Ecosystem Development Eugene P. Odum · Science 18 Apr 1969 5,478
3 The trajectory of the Anthropocene: The Great Acceleration Will Steffen, Wendy J. Broadgate, Lisa Deutsch et al. · The Anthropocene Review Open access 16 Jan 2015 3,936
4 Chaotic inflation Andrei D Linde · Physics Letters B Sep 1983 3,306
5 Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene Will Steffen, Johan Rockström, Katherine Anne Koren Richardson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 6 Aug 2018 3,157
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Where is Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution research done?

The largest centres of Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 31 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 30 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 25 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 23 works
  5. 5 Washington D.C.United States 15 works
  6. 6 ZurichSwitzerland 15 works
  7. 7 Los AngelesUnited States 14 works
  8. 8 New YorkUnited States 13 works
  9. 9 IașiRomania 13 works
  10. 10 RomeItaly 13 works
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Where is the best place to study Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution?

Among universities, judged by research, George Enescu University of Arts of Iași 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.

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
1George Enescu University of Arts of IașiRomania 5.04.0%1062.5×12 -

Universities only. The score blends 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 Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution, country by country

Is Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution.

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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 Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0043% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution 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.

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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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