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Geosciences Research:
Institutions Ranked by Citations and Citation Impact
(among those that published >500 geosciences papers, 1991-2001)
Rank Institution Citations
1991-2001
1 NASA 61,984
2 NOAA 46,058
3 U.S. Geol. Survey 36,241
4 Natl. Ctr. Atmosph. Res. 32,286
5 University of Washington 30,151
6 University of Colorado 28,634
7 Columbia University 24,583
8 Caltech 24,079
9 Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. 21,121
10 MIT 20,588
11 University of Calif., San Diego 20,320
12 Geol. Survey Canada 17,942
13 University of Cambridge 15,655
14 Australian Natl. University 14,627
15 Princeton University 14,341
16 University Calif. Los Angeles 14,007
17 Max Planck Inst. Chemistry 13,243
18 University of Hawaii 13,226
19 CSIRO 13,075
20 Stanford University 12,596
21 University of Michigan 12,378
22 Harvard University 12,204
23 University of Texas 11,998
24 University of Arizona 11,753
25 Oregon State University 11,605
Rank Institution Impact
1991-2001
1 Max Planck Inst. Chemistry 16.33
2 Natl. Ctr. Atmosph. Res. 16.15
3 Harvard University 15.24
4 Columbia University 14.94
5 University of Rhode Island 14.88
6 Princeton University 14.74
7 University of Washington 14.36
8 Carnegie Inst. Washington 13.96
9 NASA 13.55
10 University of Chicago 13.54
11 Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. 13.44
12 NOAA 13.44
13 MIT 13.41
14 L. Livermore Natl. Lab. 12.44
15 Caltech 12.32
16 University Calif., San Diego 12.17
17 Oregon State University 11.95
18 University Calif., Santa Barbara 11.85
19 University of Colorado 11.82
20 SUNY Stony Brook 11.43
21 Inst. Physique du Globe (France) 11.41
22 University of Maryland 11.36
23 Ecole Normale Superieure 11.33
24 Australian Natl. University 11.25
25 Atmospher. Environ. Serv. (Canada) 11.07
SOURCE: ISI's Essential Science Indicators, 1991-2001

Most-Cited Authors in Geosciences, 1991-2001
 (Ranked by total citations)
Rank Name Affiliation Field

Papers

Citations 
1 Paul J. Crutzen Max Planck Inst. Chemistry Atmospheric Chem.  110 2911
2 Minze Stuiver University of Washington Radiocarbon Dating  29 2745
3 Susan Solomon NOAA  Atmospheric Chem.  78 2084
4 Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine Atmospheric Chem.  102 2044
5 W. Richard Peltier University University of Toronto Amospheric Phys./Geophys.  92 2031
6 Daniel J. Jacob Harvard University Atmospheric Chem.  77 1948
7 Glen W. Sachse NASA Langley  Atmospheric Sci.  96 1939
8 Gerald L. Gregory NASA Langley  Atmospheric Sci.  87 1850
9 Dennis V. Kent Rutgers University  Geology  54 1843
10 William B. Rossow NASA Goddard Institute Atmospheric Sci.  54 1827
11 Philip D. Jones University of East Anglia Climatology  68 1788
12 Piers J. Sellers NASA Johnson  Biometeorology  38 1747
13 John M. Wallace University of Washington  Atmospheric Sci.  45 1744
14 James M. Russell Hampton University  Atmospheric Sci.  110 1714
15 Nicholas J. Shackleton University of Cambridge Quaternary Sci.  56 1683
16 Joe W. Waters NASA JPL Atmospheric Sci.  84 1682
17 John D. Bradshaw Georgia Tech Atmospheric Sci.  61 1668
18 Frank C. Hawthorne University of Manitoba  Crystallog./Mineralogy  207 1655
19 Max Loewenstein NASA Ames  Atmospheric Chem.  61 1616
20 Fred C. Fehsenfeld NOAA  Atmospheric Chem.  69 1593
21 Hanwant B. Singh NASA Ames Atmospheric Sci.  59 1577
22 Jan W. de Leeuw Netherlands Inst. Sea Res.  Biogeochemistry  105 1568
23 Ants Leetmaa NOAA  Climatology  22 1543
24 M. Patrick McCormick Hampton University Atmospheric Sci.  51 1527
25 Kevin E. Trenberth  Nat. Ctr. Atmosph. Res. Atmospheric Sci.  42 1526
SOURCE: ISI's Essential Science Indicators, 1991-2001
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