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Alaska Geological Society

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Research works
14
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
347
25.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Alaska Geological Society

Not ranked overall: Alaska Geological Society is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Alaska Geological Society work in?

In all years, 70% of research at Alaska Geological Society is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (42%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (24%), Health Professions (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 70.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 41.8% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 23.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 24.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 13.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 8.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKAlaska GeologicalSociety14fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science641.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences324.4%
    3. Engineering02.6%
    4. Computer Science01.4%
    5. Chemistry00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences03.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.9%
    1. Health Professions18.4%
    2. Nursing01.1%
    3. Medicine00.4%
    1. Psychology14.9%
    2. Social Sciences13.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22.86× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 8.40× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.75× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 22.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.86×1 works
  2. Environmental Science8.40×1 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.75×0 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.48×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.30×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.45×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.36×0 works
  9. Medicine0.08×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Alaska Geological Society?

The most cited paper from Alaska Geological Society is "Seabirds as indicators of marine food supplies: Cairns revisited" (JF Piatt, AMA Harding, Michael T. Shultz et al., 2007), with 259 citations. Next come "FORAGING STRATEGIES OF SYMPATRIC KILLER WHALE (ORCINUS ORCA) POPULATIONS IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, ALASKA" (215) and "Walrus areas of use in the Chukchi Sea during sparse sea ice cover" (158).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Seabirds as indicators of marine food supplies: Cairns revisited JF Piatt, AMA Harding, Michael T. Shultz et al. · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 20 Dec 2007 259
2 FORAGING STRATEGIES OF SYMPATRIC KILLER WHALE (ORCINUS ORCA) POPULATIONS IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, ALASKA Eva L. Saulitis, Craig O. Matkin, Lance G. Barrett-Lennard et al. · Marine Mammal Science 2000 215
3 Walrus areas of use in the Chukchi Sea during sparse sea ice cover CV Jay, Anthony S. Fischbach, А. А. Кочнев · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 8 Oct 2012 158
4 A Bayesian Network Modeling Approach to Forecasting the 21st Century Worldwide Status of Polar Bears Steven C. Amstrup, Bruce G. Marcot, David C. Douglas · Geophysical monograph Book chapter 9 Sep 2011 155
5 Extreme reduction in nutritional value of a key forage fish during the Pacific marine heatwave of 2014-2016 Vanessa R. von Biela, ML Arimitsu, JF Piatt et al. · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 14 Feb 2019 142
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Alaska Geological Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Avian ecology and behavior, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies and Marine animal studies overview.

Avian ecology and behavior0Avian ecology and behavior: 0 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…0Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 0 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …0earthquake and tectonic studies: 0 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…0Marine animal studies overview: 0 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 0 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 0 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 0 fractional worksEconomic and Environmental Valuation: 0 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 0 fractional works
EcologyGeophysicsGeologyEarth-Surface Processes4 others

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

  1. 1 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 0 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  3. 3 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 0 works
  4. 4 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 0 works
  5. 5 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 0 works
  6. 6 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  7. 7 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  8. 8 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  9. 9 Economic and Environmental Valuation Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 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 available48.8%not open51.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.4%domestic only73.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alaska Geological Society's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Alaska Geological Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000058% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Alaska Geological Society0.000019% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Alaska Geological Society over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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