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Meteorological Office
Short name
Met Office
Country, city
United Kingdom, Exeter
Publications
8 658
Citations
556 036
h-index
305
Top-3 journals
Weather
Weather (540 publications)
Journal of Climate
Journal of Climate (435 publications)
Top-3 organizations
University of Reading
University of Reading (1465 publications)
University of Exeter
University of Exeter (989 publications)
University of Leeds
University of Leeds (749 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1961

Total publications
8658
Total citations
556036
Citations per publication
64.22
Average publications per year
131.18
Average authors per publication
8.38
h-index
305
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.

Top-30

Fields of science

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Atmospheric Science, 4816, 55.62%
Atmospheric Science
4816 publications, 55.62%
Geophysics, 912, 10.53%
Geophysics
912 publications, 10.53%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 779, 9%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
779 publications, 9%
Space and Planetary Science, 542, 6.26%
Space and Planetary Science
542 publications, 6.26%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), 493, 5.69%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
493 publications, 5.69%
Oceanography, 458, 5.29%
Oceanography
458 publications, 5.29%
Global and Planetary Change, 449, 5.19%
Global and Planetary Change
449 publications, 5.19%
General Environmental Science, 439, 5.07%
General Environmental Science
439 publications, 5.07%
Water Science and Technology, 400, 4.62%
Water Science and Technology
400 publications, 4.62%
Earth-Surface Processes, 344, 3.97%
Earth-Surface Processes
344 publications, 3.97%
Ecology, 318, 3.67%
Ecology
318 publications, 3.67%
Geochemistry and Petrology, 309, 3.57%
Geochemistry and Petrology
309 publications, 3.57%
Aquatic Science, 301, 3.48%
Aquatic Science
301 publications, 3.48%
Multidisciplinary, 282, 3.26%
Multidisciplinary
282 publications, 3.26%
Paleontology, 254, 2.93%
Paleontology
254 publications, 2.93%
Soil Science, 246, 2.84%
Soil Science
246 publications, 2.84%
Forestry, 236, 2.73%
Forestry
236 publications, 2.73%
Environmental Chemistry, 213, 2.46%
Environmental Chemistry
213 publications, 2.46%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 190, 2.19%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
190 publications, 2.19%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 189, 2.18%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
189 publications, 2.18%
General Medicine, 179, 2.07%
General Medicine
179 publications, 2.07%
General Physics and Astronomy, 151, 1.74%
General Physics and Astronomy
151 publications, 1.74%
General Engineering, 150, 1.73%
General Engineering
150 publications, 1.73%
Environmental Science (miscellaneous), 141, 1.63%
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
141 publications, 1.63%
Ocean Engineering, 118, 1.36%
Ocean Engineering
118 publications, 1.36%
Pollution, 117, 1.35%
Pollution
117 publications, 1.35%
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 106, 1.22%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
106 publications, 1.22%
Geography, Planning and Development, 105, 1.21%
Geography, Planning and Development
105 publications, 1.21%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 104, 1.2%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
104 publications, 1.2%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 101, 1.17%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
101 publications, 1.17%
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Journals

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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
999 publications, 11.54%
Weather
540 publications, 6.24%
Journal of Climate
435 publications, 5.02%
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
401 publications, 4.63%
Geophysical Research Letters
396 publications, 4.57%
Climate Dynamics
379 publications, 4.38%
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
260 publications, 3%
Journal of Geophysical Research
209 publications, 2.41%
Geoscientific Model Development
205 publications, 2.37%
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
203 publications, 2.34%
Environmental Research Letters
166 publications, 1.92%
Nature
165 publications, 1.91%
Meteorological Applications
151 publications, 1.74%
Monthly Weather Review
116 publications, 1.34%
International Journal of Climatology
112 publications, 1.29%
Atmospheric Science Letters
107 publications, 1.24%
Boundary-Layer Meteorology
101 publications, 1.17%
Journals of the Atmospheric Sciences
101 publications, 1.17%
Nature Climate Change
91 publications, 1.05%
Climatic Change
91 publications, 1.05%
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
83 publications, 0.96%
Atmospheric Environment
80 publications, 0.92%
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
64 publications, 0.74%
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
59 publications, 0.68%
Biogeosciences
56 publications, 0.65%
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
53 publications, 0.61%
Frontiers in Marine Science
50 publications, 0.58%
Nature Communications
48 publications, 0.55%
Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
46 publications, 0.53%
Cryosphere
44 publications, 0.51%
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Publishers

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Wiley
2889 publications, 33.37%
Springer Nature
1344 publications, 15.52%
American Meteorological Society
1132 publications, 13.07%
Copernicus
1011 publications, 11.68%
Elsevier
772 publications, 8.92%
American Geophysical Union
341 publications, 3.94%
IOP Publishing
246 publications, 2.84%
MDPI
96 publications, 1.11%
Frontiers Media S.A.
94 publications, 1.09%
The Royal Society
89 publications, 1.03%
Taylor & Francis
76 publications, 0.88%
Cambridge University Press
69 publications, 0.8%
Oxford University Press
50 publications, 0.58%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
50 publications, 0.58%
EDP Sciences
43 publications, 0.5%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
39 publications, 0.45%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
27 publications, 0.31%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
24 publications, 0.28%
SAGE
20 publications, 0.23%
American Astronomical Society
18 publications, 0.21%
AIP Publishing
17 publications, 0.2%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
16 publications, 0.18%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
15 publications, 0.17%
British Veterinary Association
14 publications, 0.16%
China Meteorological Press
12 publications, 0.14%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
10 publications, 0.12%
American Physical Society (APS)
10 publications, 0.12%
Inderscience Publishers
10 publications, 0.12%
Meteorological Society of Japan
10 publications, 0.12%
Optica Publishing Group
8 publications, 0.09%
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With other organizations

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University of Reading
1465 publications, 16.92%
University of Exeter
989 publications, 11.42%
University of Leeds
749 publications, 8.65%
National Center for Atmospheric Research
582 publications, 6.72%
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
490 publications, 5.66%
University of Oxford
475 publications, 5.49%
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
412 publications, 4.76%
University of Bristol
390 publications, 4.5%
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
341 publications, 3.94%
Goddard Space Flight Center
315 publications, 3.64%
University of East Anglia
311 publications, 3.59%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
292 publications, 3.37%
University of Edinburgh
289 publications, 3.34%
National Oceanography Centre
282 publications, 3.26%
Sorbonne University
270 publications, 3.12%
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
269 publications, 3.11%
ETH Zurich
263 publications, 3.04%
University of Cambridge
250 publications, 2.89%
Imperial College London
229 publications, 2.64%
Meteorological Research Institute
227 publications, 2.62%
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
222 publications, 2.56%
Columbia University
221 publications, 2.55%
University of Colorado Boulder
217 publications, 2.51%
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
211 publications, 2.44%
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
209 publications, 2.41%
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
192 publications, 2.22%
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
191 publications, 2.21%
Environment and Climate Change Canada
184 publications, 2.13%
Japan Meteorological Agency
179 publications, 2.07%
University of Washington
171 publications, 1.98%
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With foreign organizations

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National Center for Atmospheric Research
582 publications, 6.72%
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
412 publications, 4.76%
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
341 publications, 3.94%
Goddard Space Flight Center
315 publications, 3.64%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
292 publications, 3.37%
Sorbonne University
270 publications, 3.12%
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
269 publications, 3.11%
ETH Zurich
263 publications, 3.04%
Meteorological Research Institute
227 publications, 2.62%
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
222 publications, 2.56%
Columbia University
221 publications, 2.55%
University of Colorado Boulder
217 publications, 2.51%
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
211 publications, 2.44%
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
209 publications, 2.41%
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
192 publications, 2.22%
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
191 publications, 2.21%
Environment and Climate Change Canada
184 publications, 2.13%
Japan Meteorological Agency
179 publications, 2.07%
University of Washington
171 publications, 1.98%
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
164 publications, 1.89%
National Institute for Environmental Studies
159 publications, 1.84%
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
153 publications, 1.77%
California Institute of Technology
151 publications, 1.74%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
145 publications, 1.67%
German Aerospace Center
138 publications, 1.59%
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
137 publications, 1.58%
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
137 publications, 1.58%
University of Tokyo
135 publications, 1.56%
Hamburg University
134 publications, 1.55%
Colorado State University
130 publications, 1.5%
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With other countries

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USA, 2021, 23.34%
USA
2021 publications, 23.34%
Germany, 1272, 14.69%
Germany
1272 publications, 14.69%
France, 1190, 13.74%
France
1190 publications, 13.74%
Australia, 759, 8.77%
Australia
759 publications, 8.77%
Japan, 643, 7.43%
Japan
643 publications, 7.43%
Canada, 635, 7.33%
Canada
635 publications, 7.33%
China, 604, 6.98%
China
604 publications, 6.98%
Netherlands, 539, 6.23%
Netherlands
539 publications, 6.23%
Italy, 517, 5.97%
Italy
517 publications, 5.97%
Switzerland, 494, 5.71%
Switzerland
494 publications, 5.71%
Norway, 447, 5.16%
Norway
447 publications, 5.16%
Spain, 355, 4.1%
Spain
355 publications, 4.1%
Sweden, 355, 4.1%
Sweden
355 publications, 4.1%
Belgium, 235, 2.71%
Belgium
235 publications, 2.71%
Austria, 225, 2.6%
Austria
225 publications, 2.6%
New Zealand, 196, 2.26%
New Zealand
196 publications, 2.26%
Republic of Korea, 185, 2.14%
Republic of Korea
185 publications, 2.14%
India, 155, 1.79%
India
155 publications, 1.79%
Denmark, 148, 1.71%
Denmark
148 publications, 1.71%
Finland, 148, 1.71%
Finland
148 publications, 1.71%
Brazil, 133, 1.54%
Brazil
133 publications, 1.54%
Greece, 121, 1.4%
Greece
121 publications, 1.4%
South Africa, 118, 1.36%
South Africa
118 publications, 1.36%
Russia, 115, 1.33%
Russia
115 publications, 1.33%
Ireland, 99, 1.14%
Ireland
99 publications, 1.14%
Portugal, 69, 0.8%
Portugal
69 publications, 0.8%
Poland, 67, 0.77%
Poland
67 publications, 0.77%
Singapore, 62, 0.72%
Singapore
62 publications, 0.72%
Israel, 56, 0.65%
Israel
56 publications, 0.65%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1961 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.