Top 100 researchers in Ocean CDR

The 100 most active researchers in Ocean CDR since 2021, worldwide, the 50 most active based in Europe, and the same two lists by citations, from the CDR Researcher Census release 2026-11.4 (data as of 2026-11-05). 5,665 researchers have at least one CDR paper in this pathway since 2021; 60 of the most active 100 are based in Europe.

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Activity sums the researcher’s CDR-relevant papers and preprints 2021–2026 in this pathway, each weighted by age with a half-life of 3 years: a paper from the as-of year counts 1.0, one from three years earlier 0.5, one from six years earlier 0.25. Citations count citations to those papers. Every row carries its rank in the other ordering. A preprint and its journal version count once where OpenAlex links them. Institution comes from the researcher’s own papers 2024–2026, else from the ORCID record, else from the OpenAlex author profile (marked †, the least reliable source). Corrections and removal: info@carbon-drawdown.de, done within five working days (privacy notice).

Most active, worldwide top 100

World #	Cit. rank	Name	Institution	Country	Activity	Papers 2021–26	Citations
1	1	Lennart T. Bach	University of Tasmania	AU	34.0	51	1,551
2	9	Andreas Oschlies	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	34.0	46	445
3	5	Ulf Riebesell	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	33.6	50	568
4	52	David P. Keller	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	22.0	33	264
5	3	Phil Renforth	Heriot-Watt University	GB	20.6	30	604
6	92	Katja Fennel	Dalhousie University	CA	16.2	20	172
7	172	Miranda Boettcher	Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, German Institute for International and Security Affairs	DE	15.1	18	114
8	507	Daniela Basso	University of Milano-Bicocca	IT	14.7	19	54
9	2375	Friedrich A. Burger	University of Bern	CH	14.6	15	7
10	17	David T. Ho	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	US	13.9	19	351
11	149	Adam V. Subhas	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	US	13.4	16	128
12	2	Philip W. Boyd	University of Tasmania	AU	13.2	21	646
13	48	Spyros Foteinis	Heriot-Watt University	GB	13.0	18	267
14	280	Wilfried Rickels	Kiel Institute for the World Economy	DE	12.7	19	79
15	12	Michael D. Tyka	Google (United States)	US	12.3	18	386
16	6	Kai G. Schulz	Southern Cross University	AU	12.0	18	567
17	4	Jean‐Pierre Gattuso	CNRS	FR	11.6	17	571
18	27	Jens Hartmann	Universität Hamburg	DE	11.4	17	315
19	1331	Piero Macchi	Politecnico di Milano	IT	11.3	14	18
20	36	Charly A. Moras	Universität Hamburg	DE	11.3	15	292
21	173	Mallory Ringham	Stony Brook University	US	10.8	14	114
22	176	Giulia Faucher	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	10.7	14	110
23	13	Matthew D. Eisaman	Yale University	US	10.3	15	376
24	179	Arnaud Laurent	Dalhousie University	CA	10.1	12	105
25	734	Selene Varliero	Politecnico di Milano	IT	10.0	14	37
26	307	Dariia Atamanchuk	Dalhousie University	CA	10.0	12	74
27	221	Filip J. R. Meysman	University of Antwerp	BE	9.9	14	99
28	45	Laurent Bopp	IPSL	FR	9.7	15	272
29	184	Jörg Schwinger	NORCE Research AS	NO	9.6	15	102
30	10	Judith Hauck	Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung	DE	9.5	15	433
31	1869	Leila Kittu	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	9.4	12	11
32	150	Romany Webb	Columbia University	US	9.3	13	128
33	19	Brendan R. Carter	CICOES	US	9.2	14	331
34	648	Arianna Azzellino	Politecnico di Milano	IT	9.2	12	40
35	89	Nadine Mengis	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	9.0	12	176
36	887	Guido Raos	Politecnico di Milano	IT	8.9	11	31
37	735	Maarten Boersma	Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung	DE	8.8	12	37
38	81	Sara Nawaz	American University	US	8.7	13	188
39	145	Jessica Cross	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	US	8.7	12	134
40	151	Jihua Liu	Shandong University	CN	8.7	12	126
41	2376	Hendrik Großelindemann	University of Bern †	CH	8.6	9	7
42	68	David A. Siegel	University of California, Santa Barbara	US	8.4	13	241
43	794	Lisa A. Levin	Scripps Institution of Oceanography	US	8.4	10	34
44	39	Stefano Caserini	University of Parma	IT	8.3	15	284
45	56	Niels Suitner	Universität Hamburg	DE	8.2	12	255
46	330	Thomas L. Frölicher	University of Bern	CH	8.1	9	70
47	1870	Tronje P. Kemena	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	8.0	11	11
48	158	Michael Fuhr	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	8.0	11	123
49	597	Daniel C. McCorkle	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	US	8.0	9	45
50	673	Zhaohui Aleck Wang	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	US	7.8	9	39
51	58	Terre Satterfield	University of British Columbia	CA	7.8	11	249
52	275	Nicolás Sánchez	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	NO	7.7	11	80
53	1474	Paraskevi Pitta	Hellenic Centre for Marine Research	GR	7.7	10	16
54	1814	Fabrice Pernet	Ifremer Centre de Bretagne	FR	7.6	8	12
55	34	Matthew C. Long	[C]Worthy	US	7.5	11	298
56	69	Sonja Geilert	Utrecht University	NL	7.5	11	233
57	2008	Samira Jamali Alamooti	Politecnico di Milano	IT	7.4	8	10
58	1871	Federico Comazzi	Limenet s.r.l	IT	7.3	9	11
59	1408	T. Alan Hatton	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	US	7.3	8	17
60	2009	Sara Groppelli	University of Milano-Bicocca	IT	7.2	8	10
61	831	Anna P. M. Michel	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	US	7.2	8	33
62	832	Hyewon Kim	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	US	7.2	8	33
63	29	Nianzhi Jiao	Xiamen University	CN	7.2	12	310
64	2840	Helene Muri	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	NO	7.1	9	4
65	585	Chinmayee V. Subban	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	US	6.9	10	46
66	968	Lina Röschel	Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ	DE	6.9	9	28
67	1409	Francesco Pietro Campo	Politecnico di Milano	IT	6.9	11	17
68	833	Frédéric Gazeau	CNRS Délégation Régionale Côte d’Azur	FR	6.8	8	33
69	1004	Helen S. Findlay	Plymouth Marine Laboratory	GB	6.8	8	27
70	226	Lukas Marx	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	US	6.8	8	94
71	183	Erika Callagon La Plante	University of California, Davis	US	6.7	9	103
72	1475	Iordanis Magiopoulos	Hellenic Centre for Marine Research	GR	6.7	9	16
73	177	Javier Lezaun	University of Oxford	GB	6.7	12	109
74	333	Wanxuan Yao	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	6.7	9	69
75	3835	Sandy Avrutin	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	6.6	7	0
76	160	Silvan Urs Goldenberg	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	6.6	10	121
77	564	Astrid Hylén	CEREGE	FR	6.6	9	48
78	254	Christine Merk	Kiel Institute for the World Economy	DE	6.6	11	84
79	113	Richard A. Feely	NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory	US	6.6	10	159
80	1476	Miriam Seifert	Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung	DE	6.5	9	16
81	268	Ruth Musgrave	Dalhousie University	CA	6.5	9	81
82	2010	Rachel Silcox	University of Michigan	US	6.4	8	10
83	1554	Kalina C. Grabb	Dalhousie University	CA	6.4	7	15
84	1235	Yinghuan Xie	University of Tasmania	AU	6.4	8	21
85	15	Phillip Williamson	University of East Anglia	GB	6.3	10	368
86	2693	Sebastiaan van de Velde	University of Otago	NZ	6.3	8	5
87	57	Julieta Schneider	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	6.3	8	251
88	18	Peter Landschützer	Flanders Marine Institute	BE	6.3	9	334
89	2011	Davide Calvi	University of Milano-Bicocca	IT	6.2	7	10
90	570	Wolfgang Koeve	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	6.2	8	47
91	76	Laura Marín-Samper	Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	ES	6.2	8	219
92	834	Jennie E. Rheuban	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	US	6.2	7	33
93	178	Yubin Hu	Shandong University	CN	6.1	8	106
94	146	Lester Kwiatkowski	CNRS	FR	6.1	9	134
95	35	Jan Taucher	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	6.0	11	294
96	70	Mario Grosso	Politecnico di Milano	IT	6.0	11	229
97	512	Nicholas Ward	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	US	5.9	8	53
98	130	Patricia Grasse	German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research	DE	5.9	8	155
99	540	Ken O. Buesseler	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	US	5.9	8	50
100	115	Mojtaba Fakhraee	University of Connecticut	US	5.8	8	158

Most active, Europe top 50

The same ranking restricted to researchers based in Europe (EU27 plus the UK, Switzerland, Norway and the other non-EU countries); everyone here also appears above when they are in the world top 100, with their world rank in the second column.

Europe #	World #	Cit. rank	Name	Institution	Country	Activity	Papers 2021–26	Citations
1	2	4	Andreas Oschlies	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	34.0	46	445
2	3	3	Ulf Riebesell	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	33.6	50	568
3	4	26	David P. Keller	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	22.0	33	264
4	5	1	Phil Renforth	Heriot-Watt University	GB	20.6	30	604
5	7	66	Miranda Boettcher	Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, German Institute for International and Security Affairs	DE	15.1	18	114
6	8	183	Daniela Basso	University of Milano-Bicocca	IT	14.7	19	54
7	9	684	Friedrich A. Burger	University of Bern	CH	14.6	15	7
8	13	24	Spyros Foteinis	Heriot-Watt University	GB	13.0	18	267
9	14	104	Wilfried Rickels	Kiel Institute for the World Economy	DE	12.7	19	79
10	17	2	Jean‐Pierre Gattuso	CNRS	FR	11.6	17	571
11	18	13	Jens Hartmann	Universität Hamburg	DE	11.4	17	315
12	19	466	Piero Macchi	Politecnico di Milano	IT	11.3	14	18
13	20	18	Charly A. Moras	Universität Hamburg	DE	11.3	15	292
14	22	69	Giulia Faucher	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	10.7	14	110
15	25	252	Selene Varliero	Politecnico di Milano	IT	10.0	14	37
16	27	88	Filip J. R. Meysman	University of Antwerp	BE	9.9	14	99
17	28	23	Laurent Bopp	IPSL	FR	9.7	15	272
18	29	73	Jörg Schwinger	NORCE Research AS	NO	9.6	15	102
19	30	5	Judith Hauck	Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung	DE	9.5	15	433
20	31	567	Leila Kittu	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	9.4	12	11
21	34	230	Arianna Azzellino	Politecnico di Milano	IT	9.2	12	40
22	35	37	Nadine Mengis	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	9.0	12	176
23	36	291	Guido Raos	Politecnico di Milano	IT	8.9	11	31
24	37	253	Maarten Boersma	Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung	DE	8.8	12	37
25	41	685	Hendrik Großelindemann	University of Bern †	CH	8.6	9	7
26	44	21	Stefano Caserini	University of Parma	IT	8.3	15	284
27	45	28	Niels Suitner	Universität Hamburg	DE	8.2	12	255
28	46	113	Thomas L. Frölicher	University of Bern	CH	8.1	9	70
29	47	568	Tronje P. Kemena	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	8.0	11	11
30	48	57	Michael Fuhr	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	8.0	11	123
31	52	103	Nicolás Sánchez	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	NO	7.7	11	80
32	53	490	Paraskevi Pitta	Hellenic Centre for Marine Research	GR	7.7	10	16
33	54	553	Fabrice Pernet	Ifremer Centre de Bretagne	FR	7.6	8	12
34	56	31	Sonja Geilert	Utrecht University	NL	7.5	11	233
35	57	600	Samira Jamali Alamooti	Politecnico di Milano	IT	7.4	8	10
36	58	569	Federico Comazzi	Limenet s.r.l	IT	7.3	9	11
37	60	601	Sara Groppelli	University of Milano-Bicocca	IT	7.2	8	10
38	64	820	Helene Muri	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	NO	7.1	9	4
39	66	319	Lina Röschel	Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ	DE	6.9	9	28
40	67	481	Francesco Pietro Campo	Politecnico di Milano	IT	6.9	11	17
41	68	271	Frédéric Gazeau	CNRS Délégation Régionale Côte d’Azur	FR	6.8	8	33
42	69	333	Helen S. Findlay	Plymouth Marine Laboratory	GB	6.8	8	27
43	72	491	Iordanis Magiopoulos	Hellenic Centre for Marine Research	GR	6.7	9	16
44	73	70	Javier Lezaun	University of Oxford	GB	6.7	12	109
45	74	115	Wanxuan Yao	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	6.7	9	69
46	75	1061	Sandy Avrutin	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	6.6	7	0
47	76	58	Silvan Urs Goldenberg	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	6.6	10	121
48	77	206	Astrid Hylén	CEREGE	FR	6.6	9	48
49	78	97	Christine Merk	Kiel Institute for the World Economy	DE	6.6	11	84
50	80	492	Miriam Seifert	Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung	DE	6.5	9	16

Most cited, worldwide top 100

The same researchers ranked by citations to their CDR papers since 2021. Citations lag by years, so this list favours established names and papers from 2021 and 2022; the activity rank beside each name says where the person stands on the other list.

World #	Act. rank	Name	Institution	Country	Activity	Papers 2021–26	Citations
1	1	Lennart T. Bach	University of Tasmania	AU	34.0	51	1,551
2	12	Philip W. Boyd	University of Tasmania	AU	13.2	21	646
3	5	Phil Renforth	Heriot-Watt University	GB	20.6	30	604
4	17	Jean‐Pierre Gattuso	CNRS	FR	11.6	17	571
5	3	Ulf Riebesell	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	33.6	50	568
6	16	Kai G. Schulz	Southern Cross University	AU	12.0	18	567
7	115	Jens Daniel Müller	Carbon to Sea Initiative	US	5.5	7	537
8	236	Tim DeVries	University of California Santa Barbara	US	3.5	6	484
9	2	Andreas Oschlies	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	34.0	46	445
10	30	Judith Hauck	Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung	DE	9.5	15	433
11	189	Catriona L. Hurd	University of Tasmania	AU	3.9	7	407
12	15	Michael D. Tyka	Google (United States)	US	12.3	18	386
13	23	Matthew D. Eisaman	Yale University	US	10.3	15	376
14	105	Wei‐Jun Cai	University of Delaware	US	5.7	10	376
15	85	Phillip Williamson	University of East Anglia	GB	6.3	10	368
16	117	Minhan Dai	Xiamen University	CN	5.3	9	368
17	10	David T. Ho	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	US	13.9	19	351
18	88	Peter Landschützer	Flanders Marine Institute	BE	6.3	9	334
19	33	Brendan R. Carter	CICOES	US	9.2	14	331
20	5383	Abarasi Hart	University of Birmingham	GB	0.3	1	327
21	5384	Christian Anumudu	Queen Mary University of London	GB	0.3	1	327
22	5385	Helen Onyeaka	University of Birmingham	GB	0.3	1	327
23	5386	KeChrist Obileke	University of Fort Hare †	ZA	0.3	1	327
24	5387	Taghi Miri	The University of Birmingham	GB	0.3	1	327
25	5388	Zainab T. Al‐Sharify	Al Hikma university college	IQ	0.3	1	327
26	278	Dorothée C. E. Bakker	University of East Anglia	GB	3.1	7	324
27	18	Jens Hartmann	Universität Hamburg	DE	11.4	17	315
28	378	Nicolas Gruber	ETH Zürich	CH	2.6	4	312
29	63	Nianzhi Jiao	Xiamen University	CN	7.2	12	310
30	814	Pere Masqué	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	ES	1.7	5	305
31	257	Aaron Ferderer	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation †	AU	3.2	6	302
32	126	Javier Arı́stegui	Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	ES	5.1	9	301
33	1092	Ellie R. Paine	University of Tasmania †	AU	1.3	3	301
34	55	Matthew C. Long	[C]Worthy	US	7.5	11	298
35	95	Jan Taucher	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	6.0	11	294
36	20	Charly A. Moras	Universität Hamburg	DE	11.3	15	292
37	946	Goulven G. Laruelle	F.R.S-FNRS	BE	1.5	3	285
38	947	Pierre Regnier	Université Libre de Bruxelles †	BE	1.5	3	285
39	44	Stefano Caserini	University of Parma	IT	8.3	15	284
40	194	Veronica Tamsitt	CSIRO	AU	3.8	6	283
41	271	Scott C. Doney	University of Virginia	US	3.1	5	278
42	309	Albert Pessarrodona	The University of Western Australia	AU	2.9	4	277
43	408	Galen A. McKinley	Columbia University and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory	US	2.5	3	277
44	4390	Luke Gregor	ETH Zurich †	CH	0.5	1	276
45	28	Laurent Bopp	IPSL	FR	9.7	15	272
46	371	Karen Filbee‐Dexter	University of Western Australia	AU	2.6	4	272
47	830	Thomas Wernberg	University of Western Australia	AU	1.6	3	271
48	13	Spyros Foteinis	Heriot-Watt University	GB	13.0	18	267
49	1188	Emily Pidgeon	Conservation International †	US	1.1	2	267
50	1189	Jennifer Howard	Conservation International	US	1.1	2	267
51	2255	John A. Raven	University of Dundee	GB	0.8	2	265
52	4	David P. Keller	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	22.0	33	264
53	162	Peter I. Macreadie	RMIT University	AU	4.2	6	260
54	104	James Campbell	Heriot-Watt University	GB	5.7	9	258
55	207	Tyler Cyronak	Georgia Southern University	US	3.7	6	257
56	45	Niels Suitner	Universität Hamburg	DE	8.2	12	255
57	87	Julieta Schneider	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	6.3	8	251
58	51	Terre Satterfield	University of British Columbia	CA	7.8	11	249
59	4964	Eileen E. Hofmann	Dominion University College †	GH	0.4	1	245
60	4965	Fabrice Lacroix	University of Bern	CH	0.4	1	245
61	4966	Feifei Meng	Guangxi University †	CN	0.4	1	245
62	4967	Guizhi Wang	Xiamen University	CN	0.4	1	245
63	4968	Jianping Gan	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology †	HK	0.4	1	245
64	4969	Jianzhong Su	Hainan University †	CN	0.4	1	245
65	4970	Yangyang Zhao	Innovative Orbital Design (United States) †	US	0.4	1	245
66	4971	Zhimian Cao	Xiamen University †	CN	0.4	1	245
67	4972	Zhixuan Wang	Shenzhen Bay Laboratory	CN	0.4	1	245
68	42	David A. Siegel	University of California, Santa Barbara	US	8.4	13	241
69	56	Sonja Geilert	Utrecht University	NL	7.5	11	233
70	96	Mario Grosso	Politecnico di Milano	IT	6.0	11	229
71	163	Carl Lim	Universität Hamburg †	DE	4.2	6	229
72	518	Renaud Joannes‐Boyau	Southern Cross University	AU	2.2	4	229
73	229	Andrew W. Dale	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	3.5	6	224
74	948	Carlos M. Duarte	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)	SA	1.5	3	223
75	1065	Olivia Hawrot	Nano Carbon (Poland) †	PL	1.4	3	220
76	91	Laura Marín-Samper	Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	ES	6.2	8	219
77	112	Cliff S. Law	National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research	NZ	5.6	7	214
78	568	Zanna Chase	University of Tasmania	AU	2.0	3	206
79	103	Robert F. Strzepek	University of Tasmania	AU	5.7	9	199
80	288	Jaime B. Palter	University of Rhode Island	US	3.0	5	189
81	38	Sara Nawaz	American University	US	8.7	13	188
82	949	Jing He	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution †	US	1.5	3	188
83	279	Greg H. Rau	Planetary Science Institute †	US	3.0	5	187
84	265	Damon Britton	University of Tasmania	AU	3.2	4	184
85	572	Luka Seamus Wright	The University of Western Australia †	AU	2.0	3	183
86	4391	Mathew A. Vanderklift	CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere †	AU	0.5	1	179
87	4392	Rita Melo Franco-Santos	The University of Western Australia †	AU	0.5	1	179
88	4973	Mark J. Hovenden	University of Tasmania	AU	0.4	1	179
89	35	Nadine Mengis	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	9.0	12	176
90	254	Claire Lo Monaco	Sorbonne University	FR	3.3	6	174
91	1077	Tom W. Bell	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution †	US	1.3	3	173
92	6	Katja Fennel	Dalhousie University	CA	16.2	20	172
93	1066	Catherine E. Lovelock	The University of Queensland	AU	1.4	3	171
94	137	Benjamin S. Twining	Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	US	4.8	8	170
95	5389	Ao Jian	Xiamen University †	CN	0.3	1	168
96	5390	Guang Gao	Xiamen University	CN	0.3	1	168
97	5391	Lin Gao	Suzhou University of Science and Technology †	CN	0.3	1	168
98	5392	Linwen He	Hainan University †	CN	0.3	1	168
99	5393	Meijia Jiang	Xiamen University †	CN	0.3	1	168
100	5394	Alan T. Critchley	Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and Environment,	CA	0.3	1	164

Most cited, Europe top 50

Europe #	World #	Act. rank	Name	Institution	Country	Activity	Papers 2021–26	Citations
1	3	4	Phil Renforth	Heriot-Watt University	GB	20.6	30	604
2	4	10	Jean‐Pierre Gattuso	CNRS	FR	11.6	17	571
3	5	2	Ulf Riebesell	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	33.6	50	568
4	9	1	Andreas Oschlies	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	34.0	46	445
5	10	19	Judith Hauck	Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung	DE	9.5	15	433
6	15	51	Phillip Williamson	University of East Anglia	GB	6.3	10	368
7	18	53	Peter Landschützer	Flanders Marine Institute	BE	6.3	9	334
8	20	1479	Abarasi Hart	University of Birmingham	GB	0.3	1	327
9	21	1480	Christian Anumudu	Queen Mary University of London	GB	0.3	1	327
10	22	1481	Helen Onyeaka	University of Birmingham	GB	0.3	1	327
11	24	1482	Taghi Miri	The University of Birmingham	GB	0.3	1	327
12	26	126	Dorothée C. E. Bakker	University of East Anglia	GB	3.1	7	324
13	27	11	Jens Hartmann	Universität Hamburg	DE	11.4	17	315
14	28	161	Nicolas Gruber	ETH Zürich	CH	2.6	4	312
15	30	366	Pere Masqué	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	ES	1.7	5	305
16	32	66	Javier Arı́stegui	Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	ES	5.1	9	301
17	35	58	Jan Taucher	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	6.0	11	294
18	36	13	Charly A. Moras	Universität Hamburg	DE	11.3	15	292
19	37	411	Goulven G. Laruelle	F.R.S-FNRS	BE	1.5	3	285
20	38	412	Pierre Regnier	Université Libre de Bruxelles †	BE	1.5	3	285
21	39	26	Stefano Caserini	University of Parma	IT	8.3	15	284
22	44	1254	Luke Gregor	ETH Zurich †	CH	0.5	1	276
23	45	17	Laurent Bopp	IPSL	FR	9.7	15	272
24	48	8	Spyros Foteinis	Heriot-Watt University	GB	13.0	18	267
25	51	735	John A. Raven	University of Dundee	GB	0.8	2	265
26	52	3	David P. Keller	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	22.0	33	264
27	54	62	James Campbell	Heriot-Watt University	GB	5.7	9	258
28	56	27	Niels Suitner	Universität Hamburg	DE	8.2	12	255
29	57	52	Julieta Schneider	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	6.3	8	251
30	60	1394	Fabrice Lacroix	University of Bern	CH	0.4	1	245
31	69	34	Sonja Geilert	Utrecht University	NL	7.5	11	233
32	70	59	Mario Grosso	Politecnico di Milano	IT	6.0	11	229
33	71	82	Carl Lim	Universität Hamburg †	DE	4.2	6	229
34	73	109	Andrew W. Dale	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	3.5	6	224
35	75	452	Olivia Hawrot	Nano Carbon (Poland) †	PL	1.4	3	220
36	76	56	Laura Marín-Samper	Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	ES	6.2	8	219
37	89	22	Nadine Mengis	GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	DE	9.0	12	176
38	90	119	Claire Lo Monaco	Sorbonne University	FR	3.3	6	174
39	–	225	Tatiana Ilyina	Universität Hamburg	DE	2.2	5	161
40	–	60	Patricia Grasse	German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research	DE	5.9	8	155
41	–	94	Jakob Rønning	University of Southern Denmark †	DK	3.9	7	155
42	–	73	Laura Bastianini	Heriot-Watt University †	GB	4.7	7	151
43	–	86	Carolin R. Löscher	SDU	DK	4.1	7	151
44	–	205	Gunter Flipkens	University of Antwerp †	BE	2.3	4	151
45	–	455	Raewyn M. Town	Universiteit Antwerpen	BE	1.3	3	147
46	–	456	Ronny Blust	University of Antwerp	BE	1.3	3	147
47	–	98	Momme Butenschön	CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change	IT	3.8	6	135
48	–	491	Tomas Lovato	Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici	IT	1.2	3	135
49	–	57	Lester Kwiatkowski	CNRS	FR	6.1	9	134
50	–	529	Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen	Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung	DE	1.0	2	133

† Institution from the OpenAlex author profile, not confirmed by the researcher’s recent papers.

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