Best Environmental Sciences Universities in the World 2023

The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the field of Environmental Sciences is based on data combined from multiple data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for evaluating the citation-based metrics were collected on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a sum of D-indexes (Discipline H-index) of all ranking scientist's affiliated with a given institution. D-index takes into account only publications and citation values for an examined discipline.
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The range of our Environmental Sciences research
Research.com’s best universities ranking is a reliable list of leading researchers from the area of Environmental Sciences, based on a meticulous examination of 166,880 scientists discovered from various bibliometric data sources. For the field of Environmental Sciences, over 11258 researchers were examined.

What is D-index approval threshold for Environmental Sciences
The D-index threshold for including a researcher to be considered is set to 30 if the majority of of their publications are in the field of Environmental Sciences. The inclusion requirements for scientists to be considered into the ranking of top scientists are based on the D-index, ratio of the contributions made within the selected area as well as the awards and achievements of the scholars. The D-index threshold for including leading researchers is set as an increment of 10 depending on the overall number of researchers estimated for each discipline whilst making sure that the top 1% of leading scientists are incorporated into the ranking. We expect a proximity of 30% or less between a scientist’s general H-index and their D-index.

Additional verification methods
Since our leading aim is to ensure that only actual scientists are mentioned in Research.com ranking we are aware that numbers are never meant to be an absolute tool to evaluate the contributions of scholars. For that reason we manually verify each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a wide range of trustworthy sources. While it’s not a metric contributing to a scientist’s position in Research.com ranking, the quantity of documents published in major journals and conference proceedings should constitute a valuable secondary implication of their contribution to research in a selected discipline. Position in the ranking is based on each scholar’s D-index using data compiled from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most trustworthy and well-known bibliometric databases of this kind accessible to the research community. A comprehensive explanation of our research procedures can be found on our methodology page.

Our agenda
Our goal is to inspire researchers, entrepreneurs and politicians around the world to investigate where top experts are heading and to offer a way for the whole scientific community to get to know who the leading experts in specific areas of study, in different countries, or even within research institutions are.
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Key findings for Environmental Sciences
As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the affiliation with the highest number of top researchers in the world is University of California System with 192 researchers affiliated with it being present in Research.com Environmental Sciences ranking. It is followed by University of Colorado Boulder with 63 scholars and California Institute of Technology with 61 scientists.

The most prominent researchers in the discipline of Environmental Sciences in the world are affiliated with Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Ehime University, Pompeu Fabra University, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Education University of Hong Kong, Korea University, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research.

University of California System is featured as the best university in the world in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking scientists at 10274. Ranking second in the world is University of Colorado Boulder with a total D-index of 3199. The third spot in the world is taken by California Institute of Technology with a total D-index of 3186.

The average total D-index for the top 5% universities is 265 against an average of 265 for all 910 institutions listed in our ranking.

The average number of publications within the discipline of Environmental Sciences by researchers affiliated with the top 10% of scholars in the ranking is 1012 against an average of 1012 for all 910 universities.

The average number of citations of scientists affiliated with the top 3% universities is 62056 against an average of 62056 for all 910 universities.

World
National
University Details
Scholars
Σ Publications
Σ D-Index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.
1 World 1 National Scholars 192 35,320 Σ D-index 10,274
2 World 2 National Scholars 63 12,228 Σ D-index 3,199
3 World 3 National Scholars 61 14,287 Σ D-index 3,186
4 World 4 National
University of Washington

University of Washington

United States
Scholars 59 9,476 Σ D-index 3,041
5 World 5 National
Columbia University

Columbia University

United States
Scholars 52 10,347 Σ D-index 2,988
6 World 6 National Scholars 58 10,220 Σ D-index 2,959
7 World 7 National Scholars 46 8,738 Σ D-index 2,375
8 World 1 National Scholars 49 8,335 Σ D-index 2,324
9 World 1 National
ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich

Switzerland
Scholars 41 8,673 Σ D-index 2,258
10 World 1 National
University of Reading

University of Reading

United Kingdom
Scholars 43 7,346 Σ D-index 2,131
11 World 8 National
Harvard University

Harvard University

United States
Scholars 32 7,442 Σ D-index 2,067
12 World 1 National Scholars 43 7,690 Σ D-index 1,997
13 World 1 National Scholars 38 9,029 Σ D-index 1,975
14 World 1 National Scholars 41 6,016 Σ D-index 1,916
15 World 1 National Scholars 39 6,418 Σ D-index 1,831
16 World 9 National
University of Arizona

University of Arizona

United States
Scholars 35 8,176 Σ D-index 1,817
17 World 10 National
MIT

MIT

United States
Scholars 31 6,395 Σ D-index 1,785
18 World 2 National Scholars 33 5,822 Σ D-index 1,658
19 World 11 National Scholars 33 6,501 Σ D-index 1,617
20 World 2 National Scholars 32 7,033 Σ D-index 1,458
21 World 1 National Scholars 34 5,403 Σ D-index 1,441
22 World 12 National
Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

United States
Scholars 30 4,655 Σ D-index 1,430
23 World 2 National
University of East Anglia

University of East Anglia

United Kingdom
Scholars 25 4,573 Σ D-index 1,366
24 World 2 National
Utrecht University

Utrecht University

Netherlands
Scholars 26 4,740 Σ D-index 1,336
25 World 13 National Scholars 25 4,707 Σ D-index 1,333
26 World 3 National
University of Leeds

University of Leeds

United Kingdom
Scholars 28 5,042 Σ D-index 1,320
27 World 14 National
Princeton University

Princeton University

United States
Scholars 26 4,323 Σ D-index 1,309
28 World 1 National Scholars 31 6,310 Σ D-index 1,300
29 World 2 National
University of Bern

University of Bern

Switzerland
Scholars 26 5,527 Σ D-index 1,297
30 World 1 National Scholars 28 4,640 Σ D-index 1,269
31 World 15 National
Oregon State University

Oregon State University

United States
Scholars 26 3,587 Σ D-index 1,226
32 World 2 National Scholars 28 5,512 Σ D-index 1,214
33 World 4 National
University of Exeter

University of Exeter

United Kingdom
Scholars 21 4,229 Σ D-index 1,207
34 World 16 National
Cornell University

Cornell University

United States
Scholars 23 4,490 Σ D-index 1,206
35 World 3 National Scholars 27 4,424 Σ D-index 1,180
36 World 17 National Scholars 26 4,542 Σ D-index 1,178
37 World 2 National Scholars 24 4,097 Σ D-index 1,168
38 World 1 National Scholars 23 3,960 Σ D-index 1,124
39 World 18 National
Boston University

Boston University

United States
Scholars 18 3,914 Σ D-index 1,098
40 World 19 National Scholars 19 3,560 Σ D-index 1,092
41 World 1 National Scholars 20 5,609 Σ D-index 1,077
42 World 20 National
Stanford University

Stanford University

United States
Scholars 20 3,210 Σ D-index 1,071
43 World 5 National
University of Oxford

University of Oxford

United Kingdom
Scholars 19 4,467 Σ D-index 1,056
44 World 6 National
University of Manchester

University of Manchester

United Kingdom
Scholars 22 4,725 Σ D-index 1,050
45 World 3 National Scholars 19 3,656 Σ D-index 1,046
46 World 21 National Scholars 17 4,393 Σ D-index 1,038
47 World 1 National Scholars 19 4,817 Σ D-index 1,026
48 World 22 National Scholars 19 3,415 Σ D-index 1,006
49 World 7 National
University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom
Scholars 20 3,295 Σ D-index 1,002
50 World 1 National Scholars 20 6,426 Σ D-index 1,001
51 World 23 National Scholars 21 4,120 Σ D-index 995
52 World 24 National
Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

United States
Scholars 20 4,188 Σ D-index 992
53 World 3 National Scholars 18 4,454 Σ D-index 963
54 World 3 National Scholars 23 3,421 Σ D-index 954
55 World 25 National Scholars 19 3,717 Σ D-index 951
56 World 2 National Scholars 17 4,008 Σ D-index 934
57 World 4 National Scholars 21 3,620 Σ D-index 930
58 World 8 National
University of York

University of York

United Kingdom
Scholars 20 2,949 Σ D-index 918
59 World 2 National Scholars 21 3,334 Σ D-index 915
60 World 9 National
Lancaster University

Lancaster University

United Kingdom
Scholars 15 3,761 Σ D-index 897
61 World 3 National Scholars 19 2,217 Σ D-index 893
62 World 4 National Scholars 14 4,156 Σ D-index 891
63 World 26 National Scholars 17 2,807 Σ D-index 890
64 World 27 National Scholars 17 3,333 Σ D-index 865
65 World 28 National
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

United States
Scholars 17 2,440 Σ D-index 859
66 World 5 National Scholars 21 2,989 Σ D-index 852
67 World 29 National
University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

United States
Scholars 17 3,131 Σ D-index 844
68 World 30 National Scholars 18 2,921 Σ D-index 834
69 World 31 National Scholars 19 2,775 Σ D-index 832
70 World 3 National Scholars 19 2,764 Σ D-index 823
71 World 32 National
Arizona State University

Arizona State University

United States
Scholars 18 2,967 Σ D-index 814
72 World 33 National Scholars 16 2,683 Σ D-index 810
73 World 34 National
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech

United States
Scholars 17 2,845 Σ D-index 799
74 World 5 National Scholars 16 2,619 Σ D-index 792
75 World 35 National Scholars 17 2,367 Σ D-index 770
76 World 10 National
Imperial College London

Imperial College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 16 3,114 Σ D-index 766
77 World 3 National
Monash University

Monash University

Australia
Scholars 16 3,357 Σ D-index 763
78 World 1 National Scholars 17 3,738 Σ D-index 761
79 World 1 National Scholars 16 2,967 Σ D-index 726
80 World 4 National Scholars 12 3,008 Σ D-index 726
81 World 11 National
University College London

University College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 15 3,170 Σ D-index 724
82 World 5 National Scholars 17 2,592 Σ D-index 717
83 World 4 National Scholars 17 2,286 Σ D-index 712
84 World 6 National Scholars 16 2,539 Σ D-index 706
85 World 5 National Scholars 12 3,343 Σ D-index 706
86 World 36 National
Yale University

Yale University

United States
Scholars 13 2,218 Σ D-index 701
87 World 37 National
University of Florida

University of Florida

United States
Scholars 16 2,582 Σ D-index 695
88 World 6 National Scholars 15 2,679 Σ D-index 692
89 World 12 National
Cranfield University

Cranfield University

United Kingdom
Scholars 15 2,227 Σ D-index 677
90 World 38 National
University of Georgia

University of Georgia

United States
Scholars 15 2,037 Σ D-index 673
91 World 6 National Scholars 17 1,969 Σ D-index 665
92 World 7 National Scholars 16 2,273 Σ D-index 656
93 World 39 National Scholars 15 2,810 Σ D-index 655
94 World 13 National
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom
Scholars 14 2,640 Σ D-index 652
95 World 40 National
University of Utah

University of Utah

United States
Scholars 15 2,127 Σ D-index 651
96 World 41 National
Iowa State University

Iowa State University

United States
Scholars 15 2,334 Σ D-index 645
97 World 2 National Scholars 12 2,062 Σ D-index 635
98 World 42 National
Duke University

Duke University

United States
Scholars 11 2,180 Σ D-index 633
99 World 1 National Scholars 13 2,258 Σ D-index 628
100 World 6 National Scholars 15 1,997 Σ D-index 620

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