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Nicolas Metzl

Nicolas Metzl

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Environmental Sciences
France
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
61
Citations
38236
World Ranking
2688
National Ranking
104

Nicolas Metzl 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 Nicolas Metzl sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 314 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicolas Metzl 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 Nicolas Metzl sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% 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 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

  • Global Carbon Budget 2015

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

  • Global carbon budget 2014

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Global Carbon Budget 2020

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

  • Global Carbon Budget 2019

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

  • Global Carbon Budget 2017

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Sensitivity of coccolithophores to carbonate chemistry and ocean acidification

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

  • The reinvigoration of the Southern Ocean carbon sink

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

  • State of the Climate in 2014

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Seasonal and interannual variability of CO2 in the equatorial Pacific

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Coppola
Laurent Coppola Sorbonne University
Jean-Pierre Gattuso
Jean-Pierre Gattuso Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Emmanuel Boss
Emmanuel Boss University of Maine
Hervé Claustre
Hervé Claustre Université Paris Cité
Gabriel Gorsky
Gabriel Gorsky Sorbonne University
Marc Picheral
Marc Picheral Université Paris Cité
Annick Bricaud
Annick Bricaud Sorbonne University
Josephine Ras
Josephine Ras Université Paris Cité
Bronte Tilbrook
Bronte Tilbrook CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Are Olsen
Are Olsen University of Bergen

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