The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the arena of
Environmental Sciences was created using data consolidated from
multiple data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for
estimating 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
only includes publications and citation
data for an examined discipline.
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The focus of our Environmental Sciences research
Research.com’s best universities ranking is a credible list of
leading scholars from the field of Environmental Sciences,
created using a meticulous study of
166,880 scientists determined from multiple
bibliometric data sources. For the field of Environmental Sciences, over
11258 scholars were examined.
What is D-index approval threshold for Environmental Sciences
The D-index threshold for including a researcher to be
evaluated is placed at 30 if
most of their publications are in the field of Environmental Sciences. The
inclusion requirements for scientists to be
considered into the ranking of top scholars are based on the D-index,
ratio of the contributions made within the specific
field of study plus the awards and achievements of the
researchers. The D-index threshold for listing best
researchers is set as an increment of 10 depending on the overall number of
scholars estimated for each
scientific field whilst ensuring that the top 1% of
leading researchers are considered into the ranking.
We expect a proximity of 30% or less between a scientist’s
general H-index and their D-index.
Other verification methods
Because our main mission is to ensure that only
genuine scholars are mentioned in
Research.com ranking we believe that numbers are never
supposed to be a complete measure to evaluate the
work of researchers. This is why
we manually verify each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a
varied range of reliable sources. Even though it’s not a
factor defining a scholar’s position in
Research.com ranking, the amount of papers published in
major journals and conference proceedings should form a
valuable secondary signal of their contribution to research in a
specific field of study. Position in the ranking is
established using each researcher’s D-index
according to metrics collected from OpenAlex and
CrossRef, which are the most prominent and well-established bibliometric
databases of this type accessible to the scientific community. A
thorough explanation of our research process
can be found on our
methodology page.
Our agenda
Our aim is to motivate scientists,
businessmen and administrative bodies
worldwide to investigate where leading experts are heading
and to give an opportunity for the whole scientific community to
get to know who the leading experts in specific
areas of study, in various countries, or even within research
institutions are.
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Key findings for Environmental Sciences
As far as institutions are concerned, the institution with the highest
number of top scholars in the world is University of Colorado Boulder with 63
scientists affiliated with it being present in our
Environmental Sciences ranking.
It is followed by California Institute of Technology with 61
scholars
and University of Washington with 60 scientists.
The most prominent researchers in the discipline of Environmental Sciences in the world are associated with Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, New York University, Korea University, University of Birmingham, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Education University of Hong Kong, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Exeter, Trent University.
University of Colorado Boulder is featured as the best university in the world in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking scientists at 3199. Ranking on spot no. 2 in the world is California Institute of Technology with a total D-index of 3186. The third place in the world is taken by University of Washington with a total D-index of 3074.
The average total D-index for the top 5% universities is 261 in comparison to an average of 261 for all 922 institutions listed in Research.com ranking.
The average number of published articles in the field of Environmental Sciences by scholars affiliated with the top 3% of scientists in the ranking is 997 in comparison to an average of 997 for all 922 universities.
The average number of citations of scholars affiliated with the top 5% universities is 61149 against an average of 61149 for all 922 universities.
