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Antarctica New Zealand

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World rank, all time
#16,721
of 34,923
Rank in New Zealand
#60
of 104
Research works
212
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Antarctica New Zealand

Which fields of science does Antarctica New Zealand work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Antarctica New Zealand is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (32%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (23%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 64.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 31.8% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 19.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 23.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 15.7% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 21.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 12.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAntarctica NewZealand35fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences64%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences21%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1131.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences823.1%
    3. Engineering25.2%
    4. Computer Science12.8%
    5. Energy00.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Social Sciences412.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting13.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities12.6%
    4. Psychology12.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences27.0%
    2. Neuroscience00.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Medicine26.0%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
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: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14.73× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.39× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences14.73×8 works
  2. Environmental Science6.39×11 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.48×2 works
  4. Social Sciences1.01×4 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting0.99×1 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.89×1 works
  7. Psychology0.84×1 works
  8. Energy0.69×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.36×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.36×1 works
  11. Engineering0.35×2 works
  12. Medicine0.31×2 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.16×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.07×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Antarctica New Zealand?

Ranked on the quality score, Neil Gilbert, A. J. Heine and Michelle Rogan-Finnemore lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Antarctica New Zealand.

  1. 1 Neil Gilbert New Zealand · #872,243 worldwide 865 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 A. J. Heine New Zealand · #1,897,704 worldwide 1.2k citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Michelle Rogan-Finnemore New Zealand · #2,101,589 worldwide 445 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Olivier Couffon New Zealand · #2,411,272 worldwide 2 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Élisabeth Jérémine New Zealand · #3,874,957 worldwide 87 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 L. B. Quartermain New Zealand · #4,028,430 worldwide 52 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 David L. Harrowfield New Zealand · #4,121,688 worldwide 65 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Albert France‐Lanord New Zealand · #4,564,530 worldwide 27 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Alan D. Hemmings New Zealand · #4,655,946 worldwide 770 citations · 86 works
  10. 10 Georges Courty New Zealand · #5,491,796 worldwide 150 citations · 84 works
All ranked researchers at Antarctica New Zealand

What are the most cited papers from Antarctica New Zealand?

The most cited paper from Antarctica New Zealand is "Some like it cold: understanding the survival strategies of psychrophiles" (Pieter De Maayer, Dominique Elizabeth Anderson, Stephen Craig Cary et al., 2014), with 586 citations. Next come "The spatial structure of Antarctic biodiversity" (392) and "The changing form of Antarctic biodiversity" (337).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Some like it cold: understanding the survival strategies of psychrophiles Pieter De Maayer, Dominique Elizabeth Anderson, Stephen Craig Cary et al. · EMBO Reports Open access 26 Mar 2014 586
2 The spatial structure of Antarctic biodiversity Peter Convey et al. · Ecological Monographs Open access May 2014 392
3 The changing form of Antarctic biodiversity Steven L. Chown, Andrew Clarke, Ceridwen I. Fraser et al. · Nature Jun 2015 337
4 The Inter-Valley Soil Comparative Survey: the ecology of Dry Valley edaphic microbial communities Charles K. Lee, Béatrice Barbier, Eric M. Bottos et al. · The ISME Journal Open access 15 Dec 2011 322
5 The Open Global Glacier Model (OGGM) v1.1 Fabien Maussion, Anton Butenko, Nicolas Champollion et al. · Geoscientific model development Open access 8 Mar 2019 311
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Antarctica New Zealand?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biogeography, Biodiversity, Permafrost, Antarctic, Microorganisms, Remote Sensing and Arctic.

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

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change12▲ 13×21 topics
  2. Biodiversity5▲ 19×6 topics
  3. Biogeography5▲ 52×4 topics
  4. Permafrost5▲ 301×2 topics
  5. Antarctic4▲ 1168×1 topic
  6. Microorganisms4▲ 911×1 topic
  7. Remote Sensing4▲ 9.6×9 topics
  8. Arctic2▲ 57×3 topics
  9. Hydrology2▲ 47×2 topics
  10. Sea Level Rise2▲ 44×3 topics
  11. Ocean Circulation2▲ 40×2 topics
  12. Glacier2▲ 112×1 topic
  13. Water Availability2▲ 112×1 topic
  14. Global Warming1▲ 9.6×4 topics
  15. Mediterranean1▲ 43×2 topics
  16. Social Justice1▲ 6.1×3 topics
  17. Decline1▲ 122×1 topic
  18. Human Rights1▲ 3.2×3 topics
  19. Sea Ice1▲ 122×1 topic
  20. Sustainable Development1▲ 2.1×2 topics
  21. Environmental Participation1▲ 40×1 topic
  22. Global Governance1▲ 12×2 topics
  23. International Law1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  24. Sustainability1▲ 1.20×6 topics
  25. Territorial Governance1▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Antarctica New Zealand publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Polar Research and Ecology, Cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics and French Urban and Social Studies.

Polar Research and Ecology4Polar Research and Ecology: 4 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …2Cryospheric studies and observations: 2 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice…1Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 1 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide: 1 fractional worksInternational Arbitration and Investment Law: 1 fractional worksWorld Trade Organization Law: 1 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 1 fractional worksBiocrusts and Microbial Ecology: 1 fractional works
EcologyAtmospheric ScienceSociology and Political ScienceGlobal and Planetary Change4 others

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

  1. 1 Polar Research and Ecology Ecology 4 works
  2. 2 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  3. 3 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 1 works
  4. 4 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide Geophysics 1 works
  7. 7 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 1 works
  8. 8 World Trade Organization Law Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available49.8%not open50.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.6%domestic only71.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Antarctica New Zealand's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% 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 Antarctica New Zealand as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000077% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Antarctica New Zealand0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Antarctica New Zealand over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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