University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

- Environmental Sciences Ranking

United States Established: 1919 Scholars: 28
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This ranking lists all the best researchers from the Environmental Sciences discipline and affiliated with University of California, Los Angeles. There are a total of 28 researchers included with 4 of them also being included in the global ranking.

Overview

Founded in 1919, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university that is touted to be among the best in the world. At the heart of the UCLA mission are education, research, and service. The university prides itself on being dedicated to the creation, distribution, preservation, and application of knowledge for the good of society.

UCLA has expansive offerings for its undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs. It houses about 100 academic departments that offer over 100 majors taught in multiple languages. For undergraduates, the most sought-after majors are economics, biology, psychology, psychobiology, and political science.

On the other hand, its continuing education institution, UCLA Extension, offers a wide array of courses and certificate programs. Students can choose from various fields of study from engineering to business and management to arts and design. These programs help build new skills or advance their careers more quickly than traditional undergraduate courses. Rounding up its offerings are its graduate school programs. Though UCLA graduate schools offer fewer courses, they are nonetheless ranked as among the best in the United States.

UCLA was founded by educator Ernest Carroll Moore and journalist Edward Dickson. The university’s long and storied past includes innovations and breakthroughs that put it at the forefront of history. Notable ones include the diagnosis of the first case of AIDS and the development of the mathematical models for the wide-area network that will, later on, become the foundation for the Internet.

UCLA is home to distinguished personalities that have made their mark in film, politics, technology, and various other fields. One of these is Francis Ford Coppola, director of the iconic trilogy, The Godfather, who earned his Master of Fine Art in Film from UCLA. There’s also Tom Bradley, who studied at UCLA under an athletic scholarship and went on to become the first African-American mayor of Los Angeles.

As an institution, UCLA also has its fair share of distinctions. The university-affiliated medical health center UCLA Health is considered as one of the best hospitals in LA and in the U.S. The school itself has Nobel Prize winners among its faculty, alumni, and researchers. Moreover, technological innovations at the university have spurred numerous inventions and companies.

UCLA continues to rise to the challenge of the 2020 pandemic. Currently, UCLA is offering remote learning and limited in-person and hybrid courses in the wake of pandemic-related cost reductions. They have also established resources to promote equity and fighting racial discrimination and bias.

You can also learn more about the educational performance of University of California, Los Angeles in our ranking of US universities & colleges.

World
National
Scholar
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.
Citations
Publications
65 World 36 National
James C. McWilliams

James C. McWilliams

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 113 Citations 48,225 501
100 World 53 National
Michael Jerrett

Michael Jerrett

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 105 Citations 42,221 320
659 World 313 National
Kuo-Nan Liou

Kuo-Nan Liou

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 72 Citations 22,893 296
717 World 337 National
J. David Neelin

J. David Neelin

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 71 Citations 16,767 197
1104 World 512 National
Arthur M. Winer

Arthur M. Winer

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 64 Citations 12,150 134
1107 World 513 National
Andrei Runov

Andrei Runov

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 64 Citations 12,023 248
1173 World 538 National
Jochen Stutz

Jochen Stutz

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 63 Citations 12,270 215
1240 World 568 National
Alex Hall

Alex Hall

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 62 Citations 13,070 203
1346 World 603 National
Michael K. Stenstrom

Michael K. Stenstrom

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 61 Citations 9,875 320
1369 World 616 National
Yongkang Xue

Yongkang Xue

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 60 Citations 18,484 226
1394 World 632 National
Richard P. Turco

Richard P. Turco

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 60 Citations 12,840 145
1771 World 796 National
Thomas H. Painter

Thomas H. Painter

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 56 Citations 14,587 200
1794 World 807 National
Carlos R. Mechoso

Carlos R. Mechoso

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 56 Citations 11,833 244
1985 World 887 National
Gregory S. Okin

Gregory S. Okin

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 54 Citations 10,587 216
2662 World 1168 National
Rong Fu

Rong Fu

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 48 Citations 9,012 148
3726 World 1565 National
Qinbin Li

Qinbin Li

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 41 Citations 9,207 103
3755 World 1576 National
Yifang Zhu

Yifang Zhu

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 41 Citations 8,092 128
3818 World 1598 National
Irwin H. Suffet

Irwin H. Suffet

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 41 Citations 6,757 187
3821 World 1599 National
Jasper F. Kok

Jasper F. Kok

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 41 Citations 6,745 152
3854 World 1609 National
Suzanne E. Paulson

Suzanne E. Paulson

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 41 Citations 6,140 105
4831 World 1937 National
John R. Froines

John R. Froines

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 37 Citations 8,866 75
4864 World 1952 National
Stephanie Pincetl

Stephanie Pincetl

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 37 Citations 7,532 136
4898 World 1969 National
Edwin A. Schauble

Edwin A. Schauble

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 37 Citations 6,819 84
5243 World 2094 National
Tina Treude

Tina Treude

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 36 Citations 6,600 186
5593 World 2216 National
Lawrence W. Harding

Lawrence W. Harding

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 35 Citations 7,214 66
6881 World 2624 National
Akio Arakawa

Akio Arakawa

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 32 Citations 12,315 80
7392 World 2816 National
Steven A. Margulis

Steven A. Margulis

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 32 Citations 3,438 158
7829 World 2976 National
Thomas W. Gillespie

Thomas W. Gillespie

University of California, Los Angeles, United States
D-index 31 Citations 3,416 86

Our research was coordinated by Imed Bouchrika, PhD, a computer scientist with a well-established record of collaboration on a number of international research projects with different partners from the academic community. His role was to make sure all data remained unbiased, accurate, and up-to-date.

We list only scientists having D-Index >= 30 within the area of Environmental Sciences. If you or other scholars are not listed, we appreciate if you can contact us.