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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
715
Country Rank
287
Institution Rank : 1
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Regina Caputo](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Dark Matter
gamma-ray astrophysics
multimessenger astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,095
65,120
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,871
Country Rank
855
Institution Rank : 2
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Leo Singer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/71/4385808.jpg)
Gravitational Waves
Optical Transients
Gamma-ray Bursts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,188
102,563
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,778
Country Rank
1,327
Institution Rank : 3
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Edward J Wollack](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/82/4394839.jpg)
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,576
28,689
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,220
Country Rank
1,556
Institution Rank : 4
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Brent Holben](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,203
28,864
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,303
Country Rank
1,594
Institution Rank : 5
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Compton J Tucker](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f4/4393381.jpg)
satellite studies of Earth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,032
28,645
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,258
Country Rank
3,464
Institution Rank : 6
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Ramakrishna Nemani](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5e/4389737.jpg)
remote sensing
climate
hydrology
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,741
21,742
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,315
Country Rank
3,486
Institution Rank : 7
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Mark U Subbarao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/03/4386815.jpg)
Scientific Visualization
Informal Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,430
13,212
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,555
Country Rank
3,612
Institution Rank : 9
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jon M Jenkins](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4e/4398596.jpg)
exoplanets planets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,207
30,018
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,436
Country Rank
3,545
Institution Rank : 8
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Benjamin Poulter](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/52/4391918.jpg)
Carbon cycle
greenhouse gases
global change
remote sensing
Earth system modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,726
44,701
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,679
Country Rank
3,675
Institution Rank : 10
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Eric Vermote](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/94/4395201.jpg)
Radiative transfer
Remote Sensing
Agriculture monitoring from Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,578
24,938
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,611
Country Rank
4,140
Institution Rank : 11
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![David Rind](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/13/4394103.jpg)
Climate Change
Atmospheric Dynamics
Stratosphere
Paleoclimate
Hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,808
10,500
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,144
Country Rank
4,860
Institution Rank : 12
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Thomas Eck](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5d/4383408.jpg)
Remote Sensing
Aerosol Optical Properties
Atmospheric Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,502
15,170
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,406
Country Rank
4,988
Institution Rank : 13
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Randal Koster](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Hydrology
Climate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,688
21,413
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,724
Country Rank
5,608
Institution Rank : 14
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Josefino Comiso](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4f/4398771.jpg)
climate change
global sea ice
satellite remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,211
15,731
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
12,068
Country Rank
5,775
Institution Rank : 15
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Andrew A Lacis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4f/4390999.jpg)
Radiative Transfer
Atmospheric Radiation
Remote Sensing
Climate Change
Climate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,432
8,928
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
12,339
Country Rank
5,893
Institution Rank : 16
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Eleonora Troja](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8a/4394911.jpg)
High Energy Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,813
21,868
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
13,692
Country Rank
6,518
Institution Rank : 17
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![M Meyyappan](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Nanotechnology
nano materials
nanosensors
nanoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,202
12,141
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
13,845
Country Rank
6,593
Institution Rank : 18
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Michael Mishchenko](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/28/4387573.jpg)
electromagnetic scattering
radiative transfer
atmospheric radiation
light scattering
polarimetry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,948
10,631
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
14,492
Country Rank
6,892
Institution Rank : 19
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Andrés Alejandro Plazas Malagón](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8c/4390997.jpg)
Weak Lensing
Cosmology
Instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,797
32,582
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
15,659
Country Rank
7,428
Institution Rank : 20
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Alexander Smirnov](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/73/4394646.jpg)
Sunphotometry
atmospheric aerosols
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,902
12,379
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
15,924
Country Rank
7,543
Institution Rank : 21
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Steve Bryson](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,550
13,558
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
16,292
Country Rank
7,718
Institution Rank : 22
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Mark Marley](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/19/4386772.jpg)
planetary science
brown dwarfs
planetary atmospheres
exoplanets
extrasolar planets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,032
16,710
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
16,304
Country Rank
7,724
Institution Rank : 23
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Matthew Rodell](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d2/4387147.jpg)
Hydrology
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,016
20,638
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
17,193
Country Rank
8,111
Institution Rank : 25
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Rolf Reichle](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
land data assimilation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,808
20,597
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
17,177
Country Rank
8,103
Institution Rank : 24
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Sassan Saatchi](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
carbon cycle
remote sensing
electromagnetic theory
forest ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,823
19,569
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
715
Country Ranking
287
Institution Ranking
1
Regina Caputo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,095
65,120
0.318
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Dark Matter
gamma-ray astrophysics
multimessenger astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,871
Country Ranking
855
Institution Ranking
2
Leo Singer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,188
102,563
0.806
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Gravitational Waves
Optical Transients
Gamma-ray Bursts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
2,778
Country Ranking
1,327
Institution Ranking
3
Edward J Wollack
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,576
28,689
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
3,220
Country Ranking
1,556
Institution Ranking
4
Brent Holben
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,203
28,864
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
3,303
Country Ranking
1,594
Institution Ranking
5
Compton J Tucker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,032
28,645
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,258
Country Ranking
3,464
Institution Ranking
6
Ramakrishna Nemani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,741
21,742
0.364
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remote sensing
climate
hydrology
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,315
Country Ranking
3,486
Institution Ranking
7
Mark U Subbarao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,430
13,212
0.222
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Scientific Visualization
Informal Science Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,555
Country Ranking
3,612
Institution Ranking
9
Jon M Jenkins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,207
30,018
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,436
Country Ranking
3,545
Institution Ranking
8
Benjamin Poulter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,726
44,701
0.761
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Carbon cycle
greenhouse gases
global change
remote sensing
Earth system modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,679
Country Ranking
3,675
Institution Ranking
10
Eric Vermote
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,578
24,938
0.433
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Radiative transfer
Remote Sensing
Agriculture monitoring from Remote Sensing
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
8,611
Country Ranking
4,140
Institution Ranking
11
David Rind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,808
10,500
0.195
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Climate Change
Atmospheric Dynamics
Stratosphere
Paleoclimate
Hydrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
10,144
Country Ranking
4,860
Institution Ranking
12
Thomas Eck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,502
15,170
0.313
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Remote Sensing
Aerosol Optical Properties
Atmospheric Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
10,406
Country Ranking
4,988
Institution Ranking
13
Randal Koster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,688
21,413
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
11,724
Country Ranking
5,608
Institution Ranking
14
Josefino Comiso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,211
15,731
0.356
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climate change
global sea ice
satellite remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
12,068
Country Ranking
5,775
Institution Ranking
15
Andrew A Lacis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,432
8,928
0.206
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Radiative Transfer
Atmospheric Radiation
Remote Sensing
Climate Change
Climate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
12,339
Country Ranking
5,893
Institution Ranking
16
Eleonora Troja
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,813
21,868
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
13,692
Country Ranking
6,518
Institution Ranking
17
M Meyyappan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,202
12,141
0.302
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Nanotechnology
nano materials
nanosensors
nanoelectronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
13,845
Country Ranking
6,593
Institution Ranking
18
Michael Mishchenko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,948
10,631
0.266
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electromagnetic scattering
radiative transfer
atmospheric radiation
light scattering
polarimetry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
14,492
Country Ranking
6,892
Institution Ranking
19
Andrés Alejandro Plazas Malagón
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,797
32,582
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
15,659
Country Ranking
7,428
Institution Ranking
20
Alexander Smirnov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,902
12,379
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
15,924
Country Ranking
7,543
Institution Ranking
21
Steve Bryson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,550
13,558
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
16,292
Country Ranking
7,718
Institution Ranking
22
Mark Marley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,032
16,710
0.464
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planetary science
brown dwarfs
planetary atmospheres
exoplanets
extrasolar planets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
16,304
Country Ranking
7,724
Institution Ranking
23
Matthew Rodell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,016
20,638
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
17,193
Country Ranking
8,111
Institution Ranking
25
Rolf Reichle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,808
20,597
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
17,177
Country Ranking
8,103
Institution Ranking
24
Sassan Saatchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,823
19,569
0.562
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carbon cycle
remote sensing
electromagnetic theory
forest ecology