The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the field
of Environmental Sciences was created using data combined from
various data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for
devising the citation-based metrics were acquired on 21-12-2022.
Position in the ranking is based on a sum of D-indexes (Discipline H-index) of all ranking
researcher’s affiliated with a given institution. D-index
takes into account only papers and citation
metrics for an examined discipline.
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The range of our Environmental Sciences research
Research.com’s best universities ranking is a reliable account of
leading researchers from the discipline of Environmental Sciences ,
based on a detailed examination
of 166,880 researchers determined from
a variety of bibliometric data sources. For the discipline of
Environmental Sciences, more than 11258 researchers were
analysed.
What is D-index inclusion threshold for Environmental Sciences
The D-index threshold for approving a researcher to be
examined is set to 30 if
most of their publications are in the discipline of Environmental Sciences. The
acceptance criteria for scientists to be
considered into the ranking of top researchers are based on the D-index,
proportion of the publications made within the given
area in addition to the awards and achievements of the
scholars. The D-index threshold for including top
scholars is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of
researchers estimated for each
area od study whilst ensuring that the top 1% of
best researchers are considered into the list.
We estimate a proximity of 30% or less between a
scholar’s general H-index and their D-index.
Extra verification practices
Because our main aim is to ensure that only
credible scientists are included in
our ranking we are aware that raw data are never
meant to be an absolute means to evaluate the
work of scholars. Because of that
we manually inspect every profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a
broad range of reliable sources. Even though it’s not a
metric impacting a scientist’s position in
Research.com ranking, the quantity of documents published in
major journals and conference proceedings should form a
credible secondary indication of their contribution to research in a
specific area of science. Position in the ranking is
based on every researcher’s D-index
according to data gathered from OpenAlex and
CrossRef, which are the most trustworthy and well-established bibliometric
databases of this kind open to the scientific community. A
comprehensive explanation of our research policy
can be found on our
methodology page.
Our mission
Our goal is to motivate researchers,
businessmen and administrative bodies
around the world to investigate where top experts are heading
and to give a way for the whole research community to
find out who the leading experts in specific
fields of research, in various countries, or even within research
institutions are.
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Key findings for Environmental Sciences
With 218 institutions United States ranks in spot 1
in the world.
As far as institutions are concerned, the institution with the highest number of top researchers in United States is University of Colorado Boulder with 63 scholars affiliated with it being features in our Environmental Sciences ranking. It is followed by California Institute of Technology with 61 scholars and University of Washington with 60 researchers.
The most prominent scientists in the area of Environmental Sciences in United States are associated with New York University, Sewanee: The University of the South, Newbury College, Science and Technology Corporation (United States), Biogen (United States), New Jersey Institute of Technology, Earth System Research Laboratory, Montana State University, National Institutes of Health, University of California, Berkeley. University of Colorado Boulder is featured as the best university in the United States in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking scientists at 3199. Ranking second is California Institute of Technology with a total D-index of 3186. The third position is occupied by University of Washington with a total D-index of 3074.
The average total D-index for the top 3% universities is 411 in comparison to an average of 411 for all 218 institutions listed in our ranking.
The average number of published papers within the field of Environmental Sciences by scientists affiliated with the top 1% of researchers in the ranking is 1468 against an average of 1468 for all 218 universities.
The average number of citations of scientists affiliated with the top 1% universities is 105456 against an average of 105456 for all 218 universities.
