2026 Nicolas Metzl: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	61	2688	2565	104	103	314	38236

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in France Leader Award

Overview

Nicolas Metzl is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's recent papers reflect ongoing contributions to key areas of Earth system data and biogeochemical cycles. Notable publications include:

Global Carbon Budget 2020, published in 2020 in Earth System Science Data
Global Carbon Budget 2022, published in 2022 in Earth System Science Data
Global Carbon Budget 2024, published in 2025 in Earth System Science Data
Air-Sea Fluxes of CO₂ in the Indian Ocean Between 1985 and 2018: A Synthesis Based on Observation-Based Surface CO₂, Hindcast and Atmospheric Inversion Models, published in 2023 in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Distribution and long-term change of the sea surface carbonate system in the Mozambique Channel (1963-2019), published in 2021 in Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography

Metzl's frequent co-authors include Claire Lo Monaco, Jonathan Fin, Gilles Reverdin, Marion Gehlen, and Claude Mignon.

The scientist's work often appears in the following publication venues:

Earth System Science Data
Biogeosciences
La Météorologie
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography

The main topics of study within Metzl's work encompass:

Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Marine Biology and Ecology Research
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Marine and fisheries research

This body of research aligns with the scientist's subfields of study, showing a strong emphasis on oceanographic and environmental processes relevant to understanding marine ecosystems and atmospheric interactions.

Best Publications

Global Carbon Budget 2016

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

4532
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2015

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

3035
Citations
Global carbon budget 2014

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

2742
Citations
Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea–air CO2 flux over the global oceans

Taro Takahashi;Stewart C. Sutherland;Rik H. Wanninkhof;Colm Sweeney

2686
Citations
Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide

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

2504
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2018

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

2446
Citations
Global sea-air CO2 flux based on climatological surface ocean pCO2, and seasonal biological and temperature effects

Taro Takahashi;Stewart C. Sutherland;Colm Sweeney;Alain Poisson

2279
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2020

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

2252
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2019

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

1662
Citations
Global Carbon Budget 2017

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

1267
Citations
Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO2 Sink Due to Recent Climate Change

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

1160
Citations
Response to Comments on "Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO2 Sink Due to Recent Climate Change"

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

934
Citations
A multi-decade record of high-quality fCO2 data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

Dorothee C. E. Bakker;Benjamin Pfeil;Benjamin Pfeil;Camilla S. Landa;Camilla S. Landa;Nicolas Metzl

675
Citations
Sensitivity of coccolithophores to carbonate chemistry and ocean acidification

L. Beaufort;I. Probert;T. de Garidel-Thoron;E. M. Bendif

564
Citations
The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink

Peter Landschützer;Nicolas Gruber;F. Alexander Haumann;Christian Rödenbeck

560
Citations
State of the Climate in 2014

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

332
Citations
Data-based estimates of the ocean carbon sink variability – first results of the Surface Ocean pCO2 Mapping intercomparison (SOCOM)

Christian Rödenbeck;Dorothee C. E. Bakker;Nicolas Gruber;Yosuke Iida

322
Citations
Corrigendum to "Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea-air CO2 flux over the global oceans" Deep Sea Res. II 56 (2009) 554-577 (DOI:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.009)

T Takahashi;SC Sutherland;R Wanninkhof;C Sweeney

315
Citations
Corrigendum to "Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea-air CO2 flux over the global oceans" [Deep Sea Res. II 56 (2009) 554-577]

Taro Takahashi;Stewart C. Sutherland;Rik H. Wanninkhof;Colm Sweeney

305
Citations
Seasonal and interannual variability of CO2 in the equatorial Pacific

Richard A Feely;Jacqueline Boutin;Catherine E Cosca;Yves Dandonneau

278
Citations
Global sea-air CO 2 flux basedon climatological surface ocean pCO 2 , andseasonal biological andtemperature effects

Taro Takahashi;Stewart C. Sutherland;Colm Sweeney;Alain Poisson

30
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Coppola Sorbonne University

Jean-Pierre Gattuso Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Emmanuel Boss University of Maine

Hervé Claustre Université Paris Cité

Gabriel Gorsky Sorbonne University

Marc Picheral Université Paris Cité

Annick Bricaud Sorbonne University

Josephine Ras Université Paris Cité

Bronte Tilbrook CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

Are Olsen University of Bergen

External Links

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