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National Center for Atmospheric Research
Short name
NCAR
Country, city
USA, Boulder
Publications
20 390
Citations
1 494 146
h-index
444
Top-3 journals
Geophysical Research Letters
Geophysical Research Letters (1220 publications)
Journal of Geophysical Research
Journal of Geophysical Research (1013 publications)
Top-3 organizations
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Boulder (2881 publications)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center (1005 publications)
Colorado State University
Colorado State University (775 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
Meteorological Office
Meteorological Office (582 publications)
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (493 publications)
Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University (401 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1962

Total publications
20390
Total citations
1494146
Citations per publication
73.28
Average publications per year
313.69
Average authors per publication
6.9
h-index
444
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, 9643, 47.29%
Atmospheric Science
9643 publications, 47.29%
Space and Planetary Science, 3979, 19.51%
Space and Planetary Science
3979 publications, 19.51%
Geophysics, 3723, 18.26%
Geophysics
3723 publications, 18.26%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2110, 10.35%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
2110 publications, 10.35%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), 1892, 9.28%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
1892 publications, 9.28%
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1705, 8.36%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
1705 publications, 8.36%
Oceanography, 1510, 7.41%
Oceanography
1510 publications, 7.41%
Water Science and Technology, 1428, 7%
Water Science and Technology
1428 publications, 7%
Ecology, 1303, 6.39%
Ecology
1303 publications, 6.39%
Earth-Surface Processes, 1250, 6.13%
Earth-Surface Processes
1250 publications, 6.13%
Geochemistry and Petrology, 1203, 5.9%
Geochemistry and Petrology
1203 publications, 5.9%
Paleontology, 1152, 5.65%
Paleontology
1152 publications, 5.65%
Aquatic Science, 1116, 5.47%
Aquatic Science
1116 publications, 5.47%
Forestry, 1099, 5.39%
Forestry
1099 publications, 5.39%
Soil Science, 1079, 5.29%
Soil Science
1079 publications, 5.29%
Global and Planetary Change, 971, 4.76%
Global and Planetary Change
971 publications, 4.76%
General Environmental Science, 835, 4.1%
General Environmental Science
835 publications, 4.1%
Multidisciplinary, 746, 3.66%
Multidisciplinary
746 publications, 3.66%
Environmental Chemistry, 716, 3.51%
Environmental Chemistry
716 publications, 3.51%
General Engineering, 324, 1.59%
General Engineering
324 publications, 1.59%
General Physics and Astronomy, 316, 1.55%
General Physics and Astronomy
316 publications, 1.55%
Mechanical Engineering, 279, 1.37%
Mechanical Engineering
279 publications, 1.37%
Condensed Matter Physics, 277, 1.36%
Condensed Matter Physics
277 publications, 1.36%
Pollution, 274, 1.34%
Pollution
274 publications, 1.34%
Ocean Engineering, 263, 1.29%
Ocean Engineering
263 publications, 1.29%
General Medicine, 258, 1.27%
General Medicine
258 publications, 1.27%
Environmental Science (miscellaneous), 246, 1.21%
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
246 publications, 1.21%
Applied Mathematics, 221, 1.08%
Applied Mathematics
221 publications, 1.08%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 217, 1.06%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
217 publications, 1.06%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 207, 1.02%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
207 publications, 1.02%
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Journals

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Journals of the Atmospheric Sciences
1307 publications, 6.41%
Geophysical Research Letters
1220 publications, 5.98%
Journal of Geophysical Research
1013 publications, 4.97%
Monthly Weather Review
1008 publications, 4.94%
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
880 publications, 4.32%
Journal of Climate
855 publications, 4.19%
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
762 publications, 3.74%
Astrophysical Journal
622 publications, 3.05%
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
536 publications, 2.63%
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
480 publications, 2.35%
Solar Physics
391 publications, 1.92%
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
308 publications, 1.51%
Climate Dynamics
290 publications, 1.42%
Science
284 publications, 1.39%
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
267 publications, 1.31%
Geoscientific Model Development
259 publications, 1.27%
Climatic Change
249 publications, 1.22%
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
236 publications, 1.16%
Atmospheric Environment
235 publications, 1.15%
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
233 publications, 1.14%
Nature
216 publications, 1.06%
Journal of Applied Meteorology
196 publications, 0.96%
Weather and Forecasting
194 publications, 0.95%
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
171 publications, 0.84%
Journal of Physical Oceanography
155 publications, 0.76%
Boundary-Layer Meteorology
135 publications, 0.66%
Eos
128 publications, 0.63%
Journal of Hydrometeorology
126 publications, 0.62%
Environmental Research Letters
125 publications, 0.61%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
122 publications, 0.6%
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Publishers

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American Meteorological Society
4957 publications, 24.31%
Wiley
3678 publications, 18.04%
Springer Nature
2731 publications, 13.39%
Elsevier
1926 publications, 9.45%
Copernicus
1759 publications, 8.63%
American Geophysical Union
1669 publications, 8.19%
American Astronomical Society
739 publications, 3.62%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
336 publications, 1.65%
Cambridge University Press
246 publications, 1.21%
IOP Publishing
239 publications, 1.17%
AIP Publishing
237 publications, 1.16%
MDPI
198 publications, 0.97%
Taylor & Francis
173 publications, 0.85%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
156 publications, 0.77%
Oxford University Press
128 publications, 0.63%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
122 publications, 0.6%
Optica Publishing Group
117 publications, 0.57%
American Physical Society (APS)
109 publications, 0.53%
EDP Sciences
108 publications, 0.53%
Frontiers Media S.A.
81 publications, 0.4%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
75 publications, 0.37%
SAGE
61 publications, 0.3%
Meteorological Society of Japan
60 publications, 0.29%
The Royal Society
53 publications, 0.26%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
29 publications, 0.14%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
28 publications, 0.14%
Annual Reviews
27 publications, 0.13%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
26 publications, 0.13%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
26 publications, 0.13%
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
26 publications, 0.13%
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With other organizations

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University of Colorado Boulder
2881 publications, 14.13%
Goddard Space Flight Center
1005 publications, 4.93%
Colorado State University
775 publications, 3.8%
University of Washington
720 publications, 3.53%
California Institute of Technology
644 publications, 3.16%
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
599 publications, 2.94%
Meteorological Office
582 publications, 2.85%
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
567 publications, 2.78%
Columbia University
532 publications, 2.61%
University of California, Los Angeles
499 publications, 2.45%
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
493 publications, 2.42%
University of California, Irvine
485 publications, 2.38%
Pennsylvania State University
483 publications, 2.37%
University of Michigan
429 publications, 2.1%
Sorbonne University
401 publications, 1.97%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
390 publications, 1.91%
University of Arizona
381 publications, 1.87%
University of Maryland, College Park
381 publications, 1.87%
ETH Zurich
379 publications, 1.86%
University of Leeds
366 publications, 1.79%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
365 publications, 1.79%
University of California, Berkeley
356 publications, 1.75%
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
354 publications, 1.74%
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
350 publications, 1.72%
University of Reading
342 publications, 1.68%
University of Miami
334 publications, 1.64%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
331 publications, 1.62%
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
329 publications, 1.61%
Princeton University
328 publications, 1.61%
Cornell University
327 publications, 1.6%
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With foreign organizations

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Meteorological Office
582 publications, 2.85%
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
493 publications, 2.42%
Sorbonne University
401 publications, 1.97%
ETH Zurich
379 publications, 1.86%
University of Leeds
366 publications, 1.79%
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
350 publications, 1.72%
University of Reading
342 publications, 1.68%
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
329 publications, 1.61%
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
295 publications, 1.45%
University of Toronto
281 publications, 1.38%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
274 publications, 1.34%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
262 publications, 1.28%
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
260 publications, 1.28%
Environment and Climate Change Canada
252 publications, 1.24%
University of Tokyo
240 publications, 1.18%
German Aerospace Center
237 publications, 1.16%
University of Oslo
233 publications, 1.14%
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
228 publications, 1.12%
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
223 publications, 1.09%
University of Exeter
201 publications, 0.99%
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
200 publications, 0.98%
Finnish Meteorological Institute
192 publications, 0.94%
Meteorological Research Institute
192 publications, 0.94%
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
186 publications, 0.91%
University of Oxford
185 publications, 0.91%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
183 publications, 0.9%
University of Cambridge
183 publications, 0.9%
Peking University
178 publications, 0.87%
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
178 publications, 0.87%
Stockholm University
168 publications, 0.82%
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With other countries

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United Kingdom, 2210, 10.84%
United Kingdom
2210 publications, 10.84%
Germany, 2056, 10.08%
Germany
2056 publications, 10.08%
China, 1986, 9.74%
China
1986 publications, 9.74%
France, 1518, 7.44%
France
1518 publications, 7.44%
Canada, 1350, 6.62%
Canada
1350 publications, 6.62%
Japan, 1040, 5.1%
Japan
1040 publications, 5.1%
Australia, 980, 4.81%
Australia
980 publications, 4.81%
Switzerland, 701, 3.44%
Switzerland
701 publications, 3.44%
Italy, 639, 3.13%
Italy
639 publications, 3.13%
Spain, 630, 3.09%
Spain
630 publications, 3.09%
Norway, 572, 2.81%
Norway
572 publications, 2.81%
Netherlands, 553, 2.71%
Netherlands
553 publications, 2.71%
Sweden, 441, 2.16%
Sweden
441 publications, 2.16%
Austria, 411, 2.02%
Austria
411 publications, 2.02%
Belgium, 365, 1.79%
Belgium
365 publications, 1.79%
Republic of Korea, 357, 1.75%
Republic of Korea
357 publications, 1.75%
India, 313, 1.54%
India
313 publications, 1.54%
Finland, 307, 1.51%
Finland
307 publications, 1.51%
New Zealand, 281, 1.38%
New Zealand
281 publications, 1.38%
Denmark, 256, 1.26%
Denmark
256 publications, 1.26%
Mexico, 232, 1.14%
Mexico
232 publications, 1.14%
Brazil, 203, 1%
Brazil
203 publications, 1%
Russia, 179, 0.88%
Russia
179 publications, 0.88%
Argentina, 160, 0.78%
Argentina
160 publications, 0.78%
South Africa, 135, 0.66%
South Africa
135 publications, 0.66%
Poland, 116, 0.57%
Poland
116 publications, 0.57%
Portugal, 104, 0.51%
Portugal
104 publications, 0.51%
Israel, 103, 0.51%
Israel
103 publications, 0.51%
Greece, 80, 0.39%
Greece
80 publications, 0.39%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1962 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.
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