Corinne Le Quéré and Robert J. Nicholls are included in the Clarivate’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list, recognising the significant influence of their work on climate change science and coastal adaptation.
Two leading members of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Professor Corinne Le Quéré and Professor Robert J. Nicholls, have been named on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list by Clarivate.
The annual list identifies 6,868 individuals whose work ranks in the top 1% in the world by citations within their field, highlighting researchers whose long-term publication records have had exceptional impact and are consistently recognised by peers.
Both academics are based at the University of East Anglia (UEA), where the Tyndall Centre – a partnership of universities that includes the University of Manchester, Newcastle University, and the University of Southampton – is headquartered. They are among six UEA researchers, and ten across Norwich Research Park, who appear in this year’s global index.
High-impact climate research
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research: a quarter-century of pioneering interdisciplinary work in understanding and responding to climate change. Since its foundation, the Tyndall Centre has built a global reputation for bringing together researchers from across disciplines to develop sustainable responses to climate change challenges.
The recognition of Prof. Le Quéré and Prof. Nicholls on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list gains deeper resonance in this milestone year, demonstrating the Tyndall Centre’s ongoing commitment to excellence and real-world impact, which continues to produce world-leading scholarship.
Corinne Le Quéré, Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science at UEA and former Director of the Tyndall Centre, is recognised for her research on the global carbon cycle and its interactions with climate change. Her work has directly informed international climate assessments and policy, providing essential insights into global carbon budgets and emissions pathways.
Robert J. Nicholls, Professor of Climate Adaptation at UEA and former Tyndall Centre Director, studies how communities can adapt to coastal problems, with a strong focus on sea-level rise, flooding, and erosion. His research combines environmental, social, and economic perspectives, and his influential DIVA model is widely used to assess global coastal vulnerability.
Both researchers have previously appeared on influential citation rankings, but the 2025 list underscores the continued global impact of their work and the Tyndall Centre’s ongoing reputation for influence, innovation and collaborative climate research over the last two and a half decades.
“Collective influence” of UEA
At UEA, the recognition of Le Quéré and Nicholls also highlights the university’s global leadership in climate research. Earlier this year, in September 2025, the Tyndall Centre held Our Critical Decade for Climate Action Conference on the UEA campus, with hundreds of delegates attending: a meeting point of cutting-edge and evidence-based ideas, and a vital chance to evaluate opportunities and challenges for urgent climate action.
Professor Julian Blow, UEA Pro Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation, said on behalf of all the UEA researchers on the list: “I’m delighted that once again UEA researchers have been recognised for their excellence in a range of fields.
“Their inclusion with colleagues from across Norwich Research Park demonstrates the significance and outstanding achievements of the work undertaken, confirming our collective influence, both nationally and globally.”
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This article has been adapted from a news story on Friday 14 November 2025, published by UEA
