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Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys

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Research works
40
▼ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
874
22.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Which keywords describe research at Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tectonics, Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Arctic, Plate Tectonics, Continental Margin, Crustal Structure and geology.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Tectonics10▲ 156×3 topics
  2. Climate Change9▲ 8.5×15 topics
  3. Remote Sensing7▲ 17×11 topics
  4. Arctic7▲ 167×3 topics
  5. Plate Tectonics6▲ 71×3 topics
  6. Continental Margin6▲ 220×2 topics
  7. Crustal Structure6▲ 220×2 topics
  8. Petroleum5▲ 233×1 topic
  9. geology5▲ 451×1 topic
  10. Geochronology4▲ 105×1 topic
  11. Zircon4▲ 105×1 topic
  12. Hydrology4▲ 85×2 topics
  13. Glacial Cycles3▲ 71×1 topic
  14. Holocene3▲ 48×1 topic
  15. Paleoclimatology3▲ 62×2 topics
  16. Shale Gas3▲ 55×2 topics
  17. Earthquakes3▲ 87×1 topic
  18. Subduction3▲ 67×1 topic
  19. GIS-based Modeling3▲ 84×2 topics
  20. Mudstones3▲ 89×1 topic
  21. Pore Structure3▲ 61×1 topic
  22. Geological Mapping2▲ 66×2 topics
  23. Glacier2▲ 133×1 topic
  24. Sea Level Rise2▲ 48×2 topics
  25. Water Availability2▲ 133×1 topic
  26. Tomography2▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Anaerobic2▲ 85×1 topic
  28. Machine Learning2▲ 2.5×3 topics
  29. Methane Oxidation2▲ 72×1 topic
  30. Hazard2▲ 88×1 topic
  31. Landslide2▲ 88×1 topic
  32. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 63×1 topic
  33. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 63×1 topic
  34. Carbon Feedback2▲ 118×1 topic
  35. Permafrost2▲ 89×2 topics
  36. Thawing2▲ 118×1 topic
  37. Fluvial Systems1▲ 83×1 topic
  38. Sedimentation1▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Crystal Structure Prediction1▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Mantle Dynamics1▲ 38×1 topic

Which research topics does Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Landslides and related hazards, Climate change and permafrost, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Landslides and related h…0Landslides and related hazards: 0 fractional worksClimate change and perma…0Climate change and permafrost: 0 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…0Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 0 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …0earthquake and tectonic studies: 0 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 0 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 0 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…0Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 0 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 0 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 0 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 0 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawAtmospheric ScienceGeophysicsArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  2. 2 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 0 works
  3. 3 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  4. 4 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 0 works
  6. 6 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  9. 9 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 0 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 available54.7%not open45.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.3%domestic only83.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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