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Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research is a research topic within Atmospheric Science. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the relationship between tropical cyclone intensity and climate change, including the impact of global warming, sea level rise, and environmental factors such as ENSO and wind shear. It also examines trends in tropical cyclone activity and the associated storm surge risks.

  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Climate Change
  • Hurricanes
  • Storm Surge
  • Global Warming
  • Intensity
  • Trends
  • Sea Level Rise
  • ENSO
  • Wind Shear
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Which countries lead Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.4k and 1.8k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.4k works
  2. 2 United States 1.8k works
  3. 3 India 617 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 349 works
  5. 5 Japan 287 works
  6. 6 France 230 works
  7. 7 Australia 206 works
  8. 8 Italy 189 works
  9. 9 Germany 184 works
  10. 10 South Korea 160 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: 37.6%United States: 27.7%India: 9.6%United Kingdom: 5.4%6 others listed: 19.6%38%largest
China2,411 · 37.6%United States1,775 · 27.7%India617 · 9.6%United Kingdom349 · 5.4%6 others listed1,255 · 19.6%

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

Which institutions lead Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research research, followed by China Meteorological Administration and Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 237 works
  2. 2 China Meteorological AdministrationChina 162 works
  3. 3 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 153 works
  4. 4 National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUnited States 117 works
  5. 5 Ministry of Earth SciencesIndia 97 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 90 works
  7. 7 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina 78 works
  8. 8 Ocean University of ChinaChina 76 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Meteorological SciencesChina 65 works
  10. 10 Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)China 59 works

Who are the leading researchers in Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research include Kai You Wang, J. Mueller and Yuming Guo.

  1. 1 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  2. 2 J. Mueller France 178k citations
  3. 3 Yuming Guo Australia 175k citations
  4. 4 H. Vincent Poor United States 165k 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 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research?

The most cited paper in Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research is "The ERA‐Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system" (Dick P. Dee et al., 2011), with 26,509 citations. Next come "A New Vertical Diffusion Package with an Explicit Treatment of Entrainment Processes" (7,467) and "A dipole mode in the tropical Indian Ocean" (5,596).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The ERA‐Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system Dick P. Dee et al. · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society Open access Apr 2011 26,509
2 A New Vertical Diffusion Package with an Explicit Treatment of Entrainment Processes Song-You Hong, Yign Noh, Jimy Dudhia · Monthly Weather Review Open access Sep 2006 7,467
3 A dipole mode in the tropical Indian Ocean N. H. Saji, B. N. Goswami, Puthenveettil Narayana Menon Vinayachandran et al. · Nature Sep 1999 5,596
4 Numerical Study of Convection Observed during the Winter Monsoon Experiment Using a Mesoscale Two-Dimensional Model Jimy Dudhia · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Oct 1989 5,507
5 Some simple solutions for heat‐induced tropical circulation Adrian Edmund Gill · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society Jul 1980 4,292
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Where is Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research research done?

The largest centres of Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Qingdao (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Falmouth and Yokosuka.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 693 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 302 works
  3. 3 QingdaoChina 175 works
  4. 4 GuangzhouChina 171 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 156 works
  6. 6 New DelhiIndia 94 works
  7. 7 BoulderUnited States 91 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 89 works
  9. 9 HangzhouChina 80 works
  10. 10 Hong KongChina 75 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FalmouthUS · 21.7 works40×
  2. YokosukaJP · 27.6 works33×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology and ETH Zurich 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.

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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.

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
1Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 61.222.2%4.8×14 -9.3%
2Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 59.96.7%53.3×153 +28.5%
3ETH ZurichSwitzerland 58.319.0%5.2×26 -3.0%
4University of AlabamaUnited States 56.530.8%8.8×16 +48.7%
5Princeton UniversityUnited States 52.411.7%11.7×37 +3.8%
6Ocean University of ChinaChina 52.17.5%21.4×76 +38.9%
7Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 51.830.1%2.0×12 +79.8%
8Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeIndia 51.229.4%3.2×10 +155.8%
9Beijing Normal UniversityChina 51.114.0%6.5×37 +57.0%
10Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina 49.213.1%5.9×17 +100.0%

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 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, country by country

Is Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

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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 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.032% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research0.032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research 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%Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research10.0% 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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Who leads hurricane and cyclone research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research research, followed by China Meteorological Administration and Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.4k and 1.8k works in 2022-now).

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