Top 20 institutions in Earth & Environmental Sciences in North America
The tables show leading institutions ranked by their fractional count (FC) in Earth and environmental sciences from 2015 to 2017. Also listed are institutions’ total number of Earth and environmental sciences articles in the Nature Index (AC 2015–2017) and the proportion of each institution’s FC in Earth and environmental sciences relative to total FC from 2015 to 2017 (% E&E 2015–2017).
| Rank | Institution | Country/Region | FC 2015–2017 | AC 2015–2017 | % E&E 2015–2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | United States of America (USA) | 309.26 | 1,329 | 76.9% |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | United States of America (USA) | 220.83 | 816 | 24.7% |
| 3 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | United States of America (USA) | 211.38 | 809 | 91.6% |
| 4 | U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | United States of America (USA) | 208.33 | 542 | 94.8% |
| 5 | University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) | United States of America (USA) | 200.79 | 785 | 37.1% |
| 6 | Stanford University | United States of America (USA) | 188.13 | 477 | 10.2% |
| 7 | University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley) | United States of America (USA) | 174.01 | 580 | 14.0% |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York (CU) | United States of America (USA) | 164.09 | 537 | 17.5% |
| 9 | University of Washington (UW) | United States of America (USA) | 162.85 | 435 | 19.7% |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) | United States of America (USA) | 146.64 | 360 | 17.8% |
| 11 | University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) | United States of America (USA) | 145.35 | 388 | 14.2% |
| 12 | University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America (USA) | 136.57 | 488 | 13.8% |
| 13 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States of America (USA) | 131.57 | 388 | 7.8% |
| 14 | University of Michigan (U-M) | United States of America (USA) | 125.05 | 327 | 12.2% |
| 15 | National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) | United States of America (USA) | 121.24 | 372 | 93.5% |
| 16 | Harvard University | United States of America (USA) | 111.30 | 325 | 4.2% |
| 17 | University of Minnesota (UMN) | United States of America (USA) | 109.56 | 300 | 16.2% |
| 18 | Yale University | United States of America (USA) | 109.32 | 270 | 11.1% |
| 19 | The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) | United States of America (USA) | 106.84 | 292 | 17.6% |
| 20 | University of Toronto (U of T) | Canada | 99.33 | 232 | 11.0% |
