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Alaska Volcano Observatory

In research, Alaska Volcano Observatory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,660 of 17,446 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#894 of 2,224 worldwide) and Geophysics (#333 of 725 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,160
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,724
of 7,310
Research works
549
▼ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
19.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Alaska Volcano Observatory

What is Alaska Volcano Observatory 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,660 of 17,446 8.8%525
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #894 of 2,224 12.4%181
GeophysicsSubfield #333 of 725 14.9%121
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #468 of 850 6.7%144
EngineeringField #5,561 of 9,532 6.0%245

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alaska Volcano Observatory 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Alaska Volcano Observatory work in?

In 2022-now, 94% of research at Alaska Volcano Observatory is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (60%), Computer Science (13%), Engineering (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 93.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 59.6% of its workGeophysics: 15 fractional works · 47.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 12.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 11.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 9.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 9.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAlaska VolcanoObservatory32fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences94%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1959.6%
    2. Computer Science412.6%
    3. Engineering39.8%
    4. Environmental Science39.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.8%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences13.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    3. Decision Sciences00.5%
    4. Psychology00.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Health Professions00.8%
    2. Medicine00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.62× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 38.01× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.85× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 38.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences38.01×19 works
  2. Environmental Science1.85×3 works
  3. Computer Science1.62×4 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy0.80×1 works
  5. Engineering0.65×3 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.56×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.29×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.26×1 works
  9. Energy0.23×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.18×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×0 works
  14. Psychology0.09×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  17. Medicine0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alaska Volcano Observatory?

Ranked on the quality score, M. M. Haney, Kathleen F. McKee and John J. Lyons lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alaska Volcano Observatory.

  1. 1 M. M. Haney United States · #1,096,183 worldwide 4k citations · 242 works
  2. 2 Kathleen F. McKee United States · #1,237,785 worldwide 710 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 John J. Lyons United States · #1,259,835 worldwide 2.3k citations · 136 works
  4. 4 John A. Power United States · #1,739,204 worldwide 3.6k citations · 194 works
  5. 5 J. L. Brady United States · #1,768,976 worldwide 787 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Gabrielle Tepp United States · #1,890,098 worldwide 695 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 J. S. Weingarten United States · #2,281,063 worldwide 405 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 J. J. Rathmell United States · #2,293,123 worldwide 507 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Christopher F. Waythomas United States · #2,561,534 worldwide 2.8k citations · 144 works
  10. 10 C. Mark Pearson United States · #2,571,841 worldwide 1.2k citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Alaska Volcano Observatory

What are the most cited papers from Alaska Volcano Observatory?

The most cited paper from Alaska Volcano Observatory is "A multidisciplinary effort to assign realistic source parameters to models of volcanic ash-cloud transport and dispersion during eruptions" (Larry G. Mastin, Marianne C. Guffanti, R. Servranckx et al., 2009), with 789 citations. Next come "The 2018 rift eruption and summit collapse of Kīlauea Volcano" (560) and "The 2010 explosive eruption of Java's Merapi volcano—A ‘100-year’ event" (470).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A multidisciplinary effort to assign realistic source parameters to models of volcanic ash-cloud transport and dispersion during eruptions Larry G. Mastin, Marianne C. Guffanti, R. Servranckx et al. · Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 24 Jan 2009 789
2 The 2018 rift eruption and summit collapse of Kīlauea Volcano Christina A. Neal et al. · Science 11 Dec 2018 560
3 The 2010 explosive eruption of Java's Merapi volcano—A ‘100-year’ event Surono Surono, Philippe Jousset, John S. Pallister et al. · Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research Open access 20 Jun 2012 470
4 VOLCANIC SEISMOLOGY Stephen R. McNutt · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences Review 13 Jan 2005 406
5 Atmospheric waves and global seismoacoustic observations of the January 2022 Hunga eruption, Tonga Robin S. Matoza et al. · Science Open access 12 May 2022 379
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alaska Volcano Observatory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Plate Tectonics, Tomography, Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Geodetic Measurements, Earthquakes and Subduction.

▲ 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-now 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Plate Tectonics6▲ 129×3 topics
  2. Tomography5▲ 95×2 topics
  3. Tectonics4▲ 114×3 topics
  4. Geochronology4▲ 189×1 topic
  5. Machine Learning4▲ 3.9×6 topics
  6. Zircon4▲ 189×1 topic
  7. Earthquakes4▲ 220×1 topic
  8. Geodetic Measurements4▲ 121×2 topics
  9. Subduction4▲ 169×1 topic
  10. Remote Sensing4▲ 9.3×10 topics
  11. Seismic Noise3▲ 223×1 topic
  12. Surface Wave3▲ 223×1 topic
  13. Climate Change3▲ 3.5×20 topics
  14. Convolutional Neural Network3▲ 52×2 topics
  15. Earthquake Detection3▲ 383×1 topic
  16. Seismic Signals3▲ 383×1 topic
  17. Crystal Structure Prediction2▲ 129×1 topic
  18. Mantle Dynamics2▲ 129×1 topic
  19. Risk Assessment2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  20. Ionospheric Anomalies1▲ 100×1 topic
  21. Seismic Electromagnetics1▲ 100×1 topic
  22. Support Vector Machines1▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Compositional Data Analysis1▲ 53×1 topic
  24. Hazard1▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Landslide1▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Mineral Prospectivity1▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does Alaska Volcano Observatory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Seismic Waves and Analysis and Seismology and Earthquake Studies.

Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 4 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 4 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 3 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquake Studies: 3 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 2 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and…1Earthquake Detection and Analysis: 1 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 1 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 1 fractional works
GeophysicsArtificial IntelligenceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawAtmospheric Science

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 4 works
  2. 2 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 4 works
  3. 3 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  4. 4 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  5. 5 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 2 works
  6. 6 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  9. 9 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  10. 10 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric 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 available21.1%not open78.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alaska Volcano Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% lower 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 Volcano Observatory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000078% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Alaska Volcano Observatory0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 1999Alaska Volcano Observatory0.5% in 1999

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 1995.

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