Carbon Brief’s ranking of the most highly cited climate scientists
Carbon Brief has released the 'Cosmos 500' ranking, identifying the most highly cited climate change scientists based on their database of 1.8 million publications. The report highlights a significant gender and geographic disparity, with the top spots dominated by men from US-based institutions.
Why it matters
This data highlights systemic representation issues within the scientific community and provides a metric for evaluating climate research influence.
Carbon Brief’s Project Cosmos is the largest known database of climate change research, featuring more than 1.8m individual publications.
The article presents data-driven findings regarding academic citations and demographics without political editorializing.
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