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D-Index
102
Citations
75522
World Ranking
321
National Ranking
23

Corinne Le Quéré publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Corinne Le Quéré sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 221 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Corinne Le Quéré D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Corinne Le Quéré sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2016 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Climate change
  • Carbon dioxide

Corinne Le Quéré mostly deals with Carbon dioxide, Atmospheric sciences, Carbon cycle, Fossil fuel and Biosphere. Her Carbon dioxide research integrates issues from Global warming and Climatology. Corinne Le Quéré has included themes like Climate change, Carbon sink, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Greenhouse effect and Greenhouse gas in her Atmospheric sciences study.

Her Climate change course of study focuses on Atmosphere and Goods and services. Her research in Fossil fuel intersects with topics in Emerging markets, World economy and Low-carbon economy. The study incorporates disciplines such as Photosynthesis, Phytoplankton and Chlorophyll in addition to Biosphere.

Her most cited work include:

  • Contributions to accelerating atmospheric CO2 growth from economic activity, carbon intensity, and efficiency of natural sinks (1569 citations)
  • Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide (1466 citations)
  • Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide (1466 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Corinne Le Quéré spends much of her time researching Oceanography, Climate change, Climatology, Atmospheric sciences and Phytoplankton. Her studies deal with areas such as Marine ecosystem, Ecosystem and Biogeochemical cycle as well as Oceanography. Her Climate change study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Environmental resource management, Ocean heat content, Carbon cycle and Greenhouse gas.

Her Climatology study combines topics in areas such as Trend surface analysis, Effects of global warming and Climate model. Her Atmospheric sciences research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Atmosphere, Biosphere, Carbon sink, Fossil fuel and Carbon dioxide. She interconnects Subtropics, Tropics, North Atlantic oscillation and Diatom in the investigation of issues within Phytoplankton.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Oceanography (60.93%)
  • Climate change (38.41%)
  • Climatology (35.10%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Climate change (38.41%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (27.15%)
  • Carbon cycle (25.17%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her primary scientific interests are in Climate change, Atmospheric sciences, Carbon cycle, Carbon dioxide and Fossil fuel. Her Climate change research includes themes of Climatology, Sustainability and Greenhouse gas. Her research integrates issues of Biosphere, Carbon sink, Sink and Fossil fuel combustion in her study of Atmospheric sciences.

Her Carbon cycle research incorporates themes from Land use, land-use change and forestry and Land use. Her Fossil fuel research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Development economics, Efficient energy use, Renewable energy and Environmental protection. Her research investigates the connection with Biogeochemical cycle and areas like Total organic carbon which intersect with concerns in Oceanography and Biogeochemistry.

Between 2015 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Global Carbon Budget 2018 (614 citations)
  • Global Carbon Budget 2016 (611 citations)
  • Global Carbon Budget 2017 (564 citations)

Best Publications

  • Global Carbon Budget 2016

    Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Josep G. Canadell;Stephen Sitch

  • Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles

    P. Ciais;C. Sabine;G. Bala;L. Bopp

  • Global Carbon Budget 2015

    C. Le Quéré;R. Moriarty;R. M. Andrew;J. G. Canadell

  • Contributions to accelerating atmospheric CO2 growth from economic activity, carbon intensity, and efficiency of natural sinks

    Josep G. Canadell;Corinne Le Quéré;Michael R. Raupach;Christopher B. Field

  • Global carbon budget 2014

    C. Le Quéré;R. Moriarty;R. M. Andrew;G. P. Peters

  • Global carbon budget 2013

    C. Le Quere;G.P. Peters;R.J. Andres;Robbie M Andrew

  • Global and regional drivers of accelerating CO2 emissions

    Michael R Raupach;Gregg Marland;Philippe Ciais;Corinne Le Quéré

  • Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide

    Corinne Le Quéré;Corinne Le Quéré;Michael R. Raupach;Josep G. Canadell;Gregg Marland

  • Global Carbon Budget 2018

    Corinne Le Quéré;Robbie M. Andrew;Pierre Friedlingstein;Stephen Sitch

  • Three decades of global methane sources and sinks

    Stefanie Kirschke;Philippe Bousquet;Philippe Ciais;Marielle Saunois

  • Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement

    Corinne Le Quéré;Robert B. Jackson;Matthew W. Jones;Adam J. P. Smith

  • Global Carbon Budget 2020

    Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Michael O'Sullivan;Matthew W. Jones;Robbie M. Andrew

  • Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level

    N. L. Bindoff;Jürgen Willebrand;V. Artale;A. Cazenave

  • The carbon cycle and atmospheric CO2

    IC Prentice;GD Farquhar;Mjr Fasham;ML Goulden

  • Global Carbon Budget 2019

    Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Matthew W. Jones;Michael O'Sullivan;Robbie Andrew

  • Carbon emissions from land use and land-cover change

    Richard A. Houghton;J.I. House;J. Pongratz;J. Pongratz;G. R. van der Werf

  • Betting on negative emissions

    Sabine Fuss;Josep G. Canadell;Glen P. Peters;Massimo Tavoni

  • Global Carbon Budget 2017

    Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Pierre Friedlingstein;Stephen Sitch

  • The challenge to keep global warming below 2 °C

    Glen P. Peters;Robbie M. Andrew;Tom Boden;Josep G. Canadell

  • Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO2 Sink Due to Recent Climate Change

    Corinne Le Quéré;Christian Rödenbeck;Erik T. Buitenhuis;Thomas J. Conway

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik T. Buitenhuis
Erik T. Buitenhuis University of East Anglia
Josep G. Canadell
Josep G. Canadell Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Glen P. Peters
Glen P. Peters Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
Pierre Friedlingstein
Pierre Friedlingstein University of Exeter
Robbie M. Andrew
Robbie M. Andrew University of Oslo
Laurent Bopp
Laurent Bopp École Normale Supérieure
Robert B. Jackson
Robert B. Jackson Stanford University
Christian Rödenbeck
Christian Rödenbeck Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Bronte Tilbrook
Bronte Tilbrook CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Andrew Lenton
Andrew Lenton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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