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American Geographical Society

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Research works
100
▲ 139% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
21.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: American Geographical Society 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.96× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 3.66× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.70× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at American Geographical Society?

Ranked on the composite score, Jacques M. May and Albert A. Hopkins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Geographical Society.

  1. 1 Jacques M. May United States · #189,420 worldwide 54 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Albert A. Hopkins United States · #959,666 worldwide 9 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at American Geographical Society

Which keywords describe research at American Geographical Society?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Sustainability, Public Policy, Identity, Geospatial Crowdsourcing, Volunteered Geographic Information and Gender.

▲ 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. Climate Change20▲ 7.4×31 topics
  2. Globalization15▲ 8.0×16 topics
  3. Sustainability10▲ 5.5×19 topics
  4. Public Policy8▲ 18×2 topics
  5. Identity7▲ 8.9×9 topics
  6. Geospatial Crowdsourcing7▲ 244×1 topic
  7. Volunteered Geographic Information7▲ 244×1 topic
  8. Gender6▲ 11×7 topics
  9. Geography6▲ 219×2 topics
  10. Nationalism6▲ 9.8×4 topics
  11. Academic Discourse5▲ 537×1 topic
  12. International Journals5▲ 1004×1 topic
  13. Hydrology5▲ 42×3 topics
  14. Culture5▲ 9.4×4 topics
  15. Migration4▲ 15×8 topics
  16. Race4▲ 36×4 topics
  17. Remote Sensing4▲ 4.0×5 topics
  18. Food Security4▲ 9.7×8 topics
  19. Caribbean4▲ 214×2 topics
  20. Geodesy4▲ 178×1 topic
  21. Map Projections4▲ 410×1 topic
  22. Politics4▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Conservation4▲ 7.7×4 topics
  24. Dancehall4▲ 383×1 topic
  25. Holocene3▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Sea Level3▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Glacial Cycles3▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Paleoclimatology3▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Biodiversity3▲ 4.3×7 topics
  30. Agriculture3▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Arctic3▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Historical Perspectives2▲ 90×2 topics
  33. Methane Emissions2▲ 48×2 topics
  34. Vulnerability2▲ 15×6 topics
  35. Sustainable Development Goals2▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Ecosystem-Based Management2▲ 88×1 topic
  37. Environmental Movement2▲ 118×1 topic
  38. Industrial Agriculture2▲ 118×1 topic
  39. Marine Spatial Planning2▲ 88×1 topic
  40. Regional Development2▲ 9.0×3 topics

Which research topics does American Geographical Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, Geographic Information Systems Studies, Data-Driven Disease Surveillance and Artificial Intelligence Applications.

Sustainable Development …1Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy: 1 fractional worksGeographic Information Systems Studies: 0 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 0 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence Applications: 0 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 0 fractional worksDigital and Traditional …0Digital and Traditional Archives Management: 0 fractional works3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications: 0 fractional worksGeography Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 0 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and DevelopmentEpidemiologyArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  2. 2 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  3. 3 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 0 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence Applications Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  5. 5 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 0 works
  7. 7 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 0 works
  8. 8 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications Building and Construction 0 works
  9. 9 Geography Education and Pedagogy Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  10. 10 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage 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 available15.8%not open84.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has American Geographical Society's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 139% 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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