Leading 50 science cities in Earth & environmental sciences

The leading 50 science cities and metropolitan areas in Earth & environmental sciences ranked by article Share (Share) in the subject in 2022. Also listed are each city’s article count (Count) in Earth & environmental sciences in 2022, and its contritution to the location’s total subject Share of the year.

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Rank	City/metropolitan area	Location	Share 2022	Count 2022	Contribution to location's Share (%)
1	Beijing	China mainland	739.92	1,595	28.3%
2	Nanjing	China mainland	316.87	668	12.1%
3	Guangzhou	China mainland	235.80	567	9.0%
4	Baltimore - Washington	United States of America (USA)	191.66	638	8.1%
5	Shanghai	China mainland	176.32	427	6.7%
6	New York MA	United States of America (USA)	170.35	531	7.2%
7	San Francisco Bay Area	United States of America (USA)	159.93	423	6.8%
8	Wuhan	China mainland	159.03	380	6.1%
9	Los Angeles MA	United States of America (USA)	150.07	424	6.4%
10	Paris MA	France	109.52	409	36.3%
11	Boston MA	United States of America (USA)	105.42	364	4.5%
12	Boulder	United States of America (USA)	104.89	384	4.5%
13	Hangzhou	China mainland	101.87	217	3.9%
14	Zürich	Switzerland	97.25	285	57.5%
15	Tokyo MA	Japan	85.64	246	38.7%
16	Qingdao	China mainland	83.74	232	3.2%
17	Hong Kong	China mainland	70.96	202	2.7%
18	Tianjin	China mainland	70.17	148	2.7%
19	Berlin MA	Germany	69.35	219	18.2%
20	Hefei	China mainland	67.48	164	2.6%
21	Seattle MA	United States of America (USA)	58.89	184	2.5%
22	Shenzhen	China mainland	58.05	181	2.2%
23	London MA	United Kingdom (UK)	57.92	228	14.7%
24	Sydney	Australia	55.24	190	20.5%
25	Melbourne	Australia	51.91	178	19.2%
26	San Diego MA	United States of America (USA)	49.66	164	2.1%
27	Houston MA	United States of America (USA)	49.59	132	2.1%
28	Xi’an	China mainland	48.93	144	1.9%
29	Cambridge	United Kingdom (UK)	48.83	159	12.4%
30	Copenhagen	Denmark	48.26	140	67.2%
31	Seoul MA	South Korea	45.81	110	51.2%
32	Brisbane	Australia	45.40	109	16.8%
33	Xiamen	China mainland	45.24	112	1.7%
34	Harbin	China mainland	45.07	96	1.7%
35	Austin	United States of America (USA)	43.08	131	1.8%
36	Chengdu	China mainland	42.43	110	1.6%
37	Changsha	China mainland	42.19	79	1.6%
38	Singapore*	Singapore	40.77	113	100.0%
39	Rome	Italy	40.24	137	32.9%
40	Perth	Australia	39.61	119	14.7%
41	Toronto MA	Canada	37.55	113	16.1%
42	Lanzhou	China mainland	36.14	93	1.4%
43	Montreal MA	Canada	34.84	113	14.9%
44	Grenoble	France	34.82	129	11.5%
45	Tsukuba	Japan	32.81	93	14.8%
46	Fort Collins	United States of America (USA)	32.05	102	1.4%
47	Minneapolis - Saint Paul	United States of America (USA)	31.72	90	1.3%
48	Chicago MA	United States of America (USA)	31.51	106	1.3%
49	Oslo	Norway	31.18	118	40.1%
50	Utrecht	Netherlands	30.91	113	27.2%

Footnote

* Singapore is a city-state.