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Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area

In research, Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,434 of 6,031 worldwide), Environmental Science (#2,632 of 6,208 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,985 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,586
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,747
of 8,685
Research works
499
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
40.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,434 of 6,031 36.0%205
Environmental ScienceField #2,632 of 6,208 32.7%164
Physical SciencesDomain #10,985 of 21,541 31.8%233
Life SciencesDomain #7,443 of 14,347 34.1%239

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7.94× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.16× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.56× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area?

Ranked on the composite score, Timothy R. Green, L. R. Ahuja and M. J. Shaffer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area.

  1. 1 Timothy R. Green United States · #160,172 worldwide 219 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 L. R. Ahuja United States · #682,266 worldwide 76 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 M. J. Shaffer United States · #687,260 worldwide 99 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 D. F. Heermann United States · #898,469 worldwide 32 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area

Which keywords describe research at Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Resilience, Ecosystem, Conservation, Remote Sensing and Drought.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change19▲ 13×40 topics
  2. Biodiversity6▲ 16×10 topics
  3. Invasive Species6▲ 25×8 topics
  4. Ecosystem Resilience5▲ 68×5 topics
  5. Ecosystem5▲ 84×3 topics
  6. Remote Sensing5▲ 7.4×15 topics
  7. Conservation5▲ 21×3 topics
  8. Drought3▲ 69×2 topics
  9. Evapotranspiration3▲ 84×2 topics
  10. Global Change3▲ 24×4 topics
  11. Carbon Balance3▲ 130×1 topic
  12. Tree Mortality3▲ 130×1 topic
  13. Resilience3▲ 12×2 topics
  14. Sagebrush3▲ 359×1 topic
  15. Wildlife Habitat3▲ 359×1 topic
  16. Sustainability3▲ 2.2×11 topics
  17. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 27×4 topics
  18. Microbial Communities2▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Soil Carbon Sequestration2▲ 64×2 topics
  20. Soil Fertility2▲ 21×4 topics
  21. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 21×3 topics
  22. Soil Properties2▲ 27×4 topics
  23. Biochar Application2▲ 41×1 topic
  24. Land Use Change2▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Nitrogen Cycle2▲ 68×1 topic
  26. Sediment Transport2▲ 26×3 topics
  27. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 16×4 topics
  28. Water Use Efficiency2▲ 115×3 topics
  29. Forest Fires2▲ 81×1 topic
  30. Genetic Mapping2▲ 47×6 topics
  31. Species Richness2▲ 58×2 topics
  32. Water Resources2▲ 15×5 topics
  33. Wildfire Activity2▲ 81×1 topic
  34. Biological Invasions2▲ 40×2 topics
  35. Community Ecology2▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Functional Diversity2▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Global Warming2▲ 8.2×7 topics
  38. Model Evaluation2▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Adaptation2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  40. Soil Moisture2▲ 41×3 topics

Which research topics does Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 3 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 3 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…2Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems2Fire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksIrrigation Practices and…1Irrigation Practices and Water Management: 1 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 1 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 1 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologySoil ScienceNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  2. 2 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 3 works
  3. 3 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 2 works
  4. 4 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  6. 6 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  7. 7 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 1 works
  8. 8 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  9. 9 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  10. 10 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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