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National Center for Atmospheric Research
Short name
NCAR
Country, city
USA, Boulder
Publications
20 491
Citations
1 511 463
h-index
446
Top-3 journals
Geophysical Research Letters
Geophysical Research Letters (1233 publications)
Journal of Geophysical Research
Journal of Geophysical Research (1013 publications)
Top-3 organizations
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Boulder (2907 publications)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center (1014 publications)
Colorado State University
Colorado State University (780 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
Meteorological Office
Meteorological Office (584 publications)
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (495 publications)
Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University (404 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1962

Total publications
20491
Total citations
1511463
Citations per publication
73.76
Average publications per year
315.25
Average authors per publication
6.91
h-index
446
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, 47.06%
Atmospheric Science
9643 publications, 47.06%
Space and Planetary Science, 3979, 19.42%
Space and Planetary Science
3979 publications, 19.42%
Geophysics, 3723, 18.17%
Geophysics
3723 publications, 18.17%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2110, 10.3%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
2110 publications, 10.3%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), 1892, 9.23%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
1892 publications, 9.23%
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1705, 8.32%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
1705 publications, 8.32%
Oceanography, 1510, 7.37%
Oceanography
1510 publications, 7.37%
Water Science and Technology, 1428, 6.97%
Water Science and Technology
1428 publications, 6.97%
Ecology, 1303, 6.36%
Ecology
1303 publications, 6.36%
Earth-Surface Processes, 1250, 6.1%
Earth-Surface Processes
1250 publications, 6.1%
Geochemistry and Petrology, 1203, 5.87%
Geochemistry and Petrology
1203 publications, 5.87%
Paleontology, 1152, 5.62%
Paleontology
1152 publications, 5.62%
Aquatic Science, 1116, 5.45%
Aquatic Science
1116 publications, 5.45%
Forestry, 1099, 5.36%
Forestry
1099 publications, 5.36%
Soil Science, 1079, 5.27%
Soil Science
1079 publications, 5.27%
Global and Planetary Change, 971, 4.74%
Global and Planetary Change
971 publications, 4.74%
General Environmental Science, 835, 4.07%
General Environmental Science
835 publications, 4.07%
Multidisciplinary, 746, 3.64%
Multidisciplinary
746 publications, 3.64%
Environmental Chemistry, 716, 3.49%
Environmental Chemistry
716 publications, 3.49%
General Engineering, 324, 1.58%
General Engineering
324 publications, 1.58%
General Physics and Astronomy, 316, 1.54%
General Physics and Astronomy
316 publications, 1.54%
Mechanical Engineering, 279, 1.36%
Mechanical Engineering
279 publications, 1.36%
Condensed Matter Physics, 277, 1.35%
Condensed Matter Physics
277 publications, 1.35%
Pollution, 274, 1.34%
Pollution
274 publications, 1.34%
Ocean Engineering, 263, 1.28%
Ocean Engineering
263 publications, 1.28%
General Medicine, 258, 1.26%
General Medicine
258 publications, 1.26%
Environmental Science (miscellaneous), 246, 1.2%
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
246 publications, 1.2%
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, 1.01%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
207 publications, 1.01%
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Journals

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Journals of the Atmospheric Sciences
1308 publications, 6.38%
Geophysical Research Letters
1233 publications, 6.02%
Journal of Geophysical Research
1013 publications, 4.94%
Monthly Weather Review
1008 publications, 4.92%
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
880 publications, 4.29%
Journal of Climate
855 publications, 4.17%
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
778 publications, 3.8%
Astrophysical Journal
622 publications, 3.04%
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
538 publications, 2.63%
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
480 publications, 2.34%
Solar Physics
391 publications, 1.91%
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
315 publications, 1.54%
Climate Dynamics
290 publications, 1.42%
Science
284 publications, 1.39%
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
268 publications, 1.31%
Geoscientific Model Development
259 publications, 1.26%
Climatic Change
249 publications, 1.22%
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
237 publications, 1.16%
Atmospheric Environment
235 publications, 1.15%
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
233 publications, 1.14%
Nature
218 publications, 1.06%
Journal of Applied Meteorology
196 publications, 0.96%
Weather and Forecasting
195 publications, 0.95%
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
171 publications, 0.83%
Journal of Physical Oceanography
155 publications, 0.76%
Boundary-Layer Meteorology
135 publications, 0.66%
Eos
128 publications, 0.62%
Journal of Hydrometeorology
126 publications, 0.61%
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
4963 publications, 24.22%
Wiley
3684 publications, 17.98%
Springer Nature
2758 publications, 13.46%
Elsevier
1935 publications, 9.44%
Copernicus
1759 publications, 8.58%
American Geophysical Union
1711 publications, 8.35%
American Astronomical Society
739 publications, 3.61%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
336 publications, 1.64%
Cambridge University Press
246 publications, 1.2%
IOP Publishing
239 publications, 1.17%
AIP Publishing
237 publications, 1.16%
MDPI
199 publications, 0.97%
Taylor & Francis
175 publications, 0.85%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
159 publications, 0.78%
Oxford University Press
128 publications, 0.62%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
122 publications, 0.6%
Optica Publishing Group
117 publications, 0.57%
EDP Sciences
109 publications, 0.53%
American Physical Society (APS)
109 publications, 0.53%
Frontiers Media S.A.
84 publications, 0.41%
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
2907 publications, 14.19%
Goddard Space Flight Center
1014 publications, 4.95%
Colorado State University
780 publications, 3.81%
University of Washington
724 publications, 3.53%
California Institute of Technology
647 publications, 3.16%
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
602 publications, 2.94%
Meteorological Office
584 publications, 2.85%
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
573 publications, 2.8%
Columbia University
540 publications, 2.64%
University of California, Los Angeles
506 publications, 2.47%
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
495 publications, 2.42%
University of California, Irvine
488 publications, 2.38%
Pennsylvania State University
486 publications, 2.37%
University of Michigan
432 publications, 2.11%
Sorbonne University
404 publications, 1.97%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
391 publications, 1.91%
University of Maryland, College Park
387 publications, 1.89%
ETH Zurich
385 publications, 1.88%
University of Arizona
383 publications, 1.87%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
370 publications, 1.81%
University of Leeds
368 publications, 1.8%
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
359 publications, 1.75%
University of California, Berkeley
358 publications, 1.75%
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
351 publications, 1.71%
University of Reading
342 publications, 1.67%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
341 publications, 1.66%
University of Miami
336 publications, 1.64%
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
335 publications, 1.63%
Cornell University
331 publications, 1.62%
Princeton University
329 publications, 1.61%
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With foreign organizations

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Meteorological Office
584 publications, 2.85%
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
495 publications, 2.42%
Sorbonne University
404 publications, 1.97%
ETH Zurich
385 publications, 1.88%
University of Leeds
368 publications, 1.8%
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
351 publications, 1.71%
University of Reading
342 publications, 1.67%
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
335 publications, 1.63%
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
297 publications, 1.45%
University of Toronto
284 publications, 1.39%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
275 publications, 1.34%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
263 publications, 1.28%
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
260 publications, 1.27%
Environment and Climate Change Canada
256 publications, 1.25%
University of Tokyo
241 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
231 publications, 1.13%
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
226 publications, 1.1%
University of Exeter
203 publications, 0.99%
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
201 publications, 0.98%
Finnish Meteorological Institute
193 publications, 0.94%
Meteorological Research Institute
193 publications, 0.94%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
187 publications, 0.91%
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
187 publications, 0.91%
University of Oxford
186 publications, 0.91%
University of Cambridge
185 publications, 0.9%
Peking University
181 publications, 0.88%
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
180 publications, 0.88%
Stockholm University
169 publications, 0.82%
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With other countries

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United Kingdom, 2214, 10.8%
United Kingdom
2214 publications, 10.8%
Germany, 2058, 10.04%
Germany
2058 publications, 10.04%
China, 1993, 9.73%
China
1993 publications, 9.73%
France, 1518, 7.41%
France
1518 publications, 7.41%
Canada, 1352, 6.6%
Canada
1352 publications, 6.6%
Japan, 1045, 5.1%
Japan
1045 publications, 5.1%
Australia, 984, 4.8%
Australia
984 publications, 4.8%
Switzerland, 701, 3.42%
Switzerland
701 publications, 3.42%
Italy, 641, 3.13%
Italy
641 publications, 3.13%
Spain, 635, 3.1%
Spain
635 publications, 3.1%
Norway, 572, 2.79%
Norway
572 publications, 2.79%
Netherlands, 553, 2.7%
Netherlands
553 publications, 2.7%
Sweden, 441, 2.15%
Sweden
441 publications, 2.15%
Austria, 411, 2.01%
Austria
411 publications, 2.01%
Belgium, 366, 1.79%
Belgium
366 publications, 1.79%
Republic of Korea, 359, 1.75%
Republic of Korea
359 publications, 1.75%
India, 317, 1.55%
India
317 publications, 1.55%
Finland, 308, 1.5%
Finland
308 publications, 1.5%
New Zealand, 281, 1.37%
New Zealand
281 publications, 1.37%
Denmark, 257, 1.25%
Denmark
257 publications, 1.25%
Mexico, 232, 1.13%
Mexico
232 publications, 1.13%
Brazil, 203, 0.99%
Brazil
203 publications, 0.99%
Russia, 179, 0.87%
Russia
179 publications, 0.87%
Argentina, 161, 0.79%
Argentina
161 publications, 0.79%
South Africa, 136, 0.66%
South Africa
136 publications, 0.66%
Poland, 116, 0.57%
Poland
116 publications, 0.57%
Portugal, 104, 0.51%
Portugal
104 publications, 0.51%
Israel, 103, 0.5%
Israel
103 publications, 0.5%
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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