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Arizona Geological Survey

In research, Arizona Geological Survey stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,335 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,045
of 22,385 · #11,332 all time
Rank in United States
#2,965
of 3,332
Research works
701
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
33.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Arizona Geological Survey

What is Arizona Geological Survey known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #8,335 of 10,670 11.0%74 #5153

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arizona Geological Survey 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 Arizona Geological Survey work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Arizona Geological Survey is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (38%), Engineering (27%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (13%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 80 fractional works · 88.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 35 fractional works · 38.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 9.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 27.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 13.4% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKArizonaGeological Survey91fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences4%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3538.3%
    2. Engineering2527.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1213.4%
    4. Computer Science33.0%
    5. Materials Science22.6%
    6. Chemistry21.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    8. Energy10.8%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.1%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Social Sciences11.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    4. Decision Sciences00.5%
    5. Psychology00.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Medicine11.5%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
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: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.57× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.81× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.71× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× 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, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.57×12 works
  2. Environmental Science7.71×35 works
  3. Engineering1.81×25 works
  4. Chemistry1.23×2 works
  5. Energy0.82×1 works
  6. Materials Science0.75×2 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×3 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.51×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.42×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.39×3 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.30×1 works
  13. Health Professions0.26×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×1 works
  15. Neuroscience0.18×0 works
  16. Psychology0.12×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works
  18. Medicine0.08×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.08×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Arizona Geological Survey?

Ranked on the quality score, Julio L. Betancourt, Raymond Marriner Turner and James Rodney Hastings lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arizona Geological Survey.

  1. 1 Julio L. Betancourt United States · #115,621 worldwide 25k citations · 249 works
  2. 2 Raymond Marriner Turner United States · #750,761 worldwide 2.7k citations · 65 works
  3. 3 James Rodney Hastings United States · #1,458,327 worldwide 919 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Robert H. Webb United States · #1,575,188 worldwide 13k citations · 328 works
  5. 5 Laura M. Norman United States · #1,889,299 worldwide 1.6k citations · 104 works
  6. 6 Brent H. Sigafus United States · #1,901,143 worldwide 633 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Francis S. Riley United States · #1,989,547 worldwide 565 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Kwangmin Kim United States · #2,631,766 worldwide 443 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Janice Emily Bowers United States · #2,698,799 worldwide 1.6k citations · 59 works
  10. 10 James H. Eychaner United States · #2,775,039 worldwide 376 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Arizona Geological Survey

What are the most cited papers from Arizona Geological Survey?

The most cited paper from Arizona Geological Survey is "Stationarity Is Dead: Whither Water Management?" (Paul C. D. Milly, Julio L. Betancourt, Malin Falkenmark et al., 2008), with 4,645 citations. Next come "Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands" (1,741) and "APPLIED HISTORICAL ECOLOGY: USING THE PAST TO MANAGE FOR THE FUTURE" (1,395).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Stationarity Is Dead: Whither Water Management? Paul C. D. Milly, Julio L. Betancourt, Malin Falkenmark et al. · Science Feb 2008 4,645
2 Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands Fernando T. Maestre et al. · Science Open access 12 Jan 2012 1,741
3 APPLIED HISTORICAL ECOLOGY: USING THE PAST TO MANAGE FOR THE FUTURE Thomas W. Swetnam, Craig D. Allen, Julio L. Betancourt · Ecological Applications Nov 1999 1,395
4 Warming experiments underpredict plant phenological responses to climate change E. M. Wolkovich, Benjamin I. Cook, Jenica M. Allen et al. · Nature May 2012 1,030
5 Mesoscale Disturbance and Ecological Response to Decadal Climatic Variability in the American Southwest Thomas W. Swetnam, Julio L. Betancourt · Journal of Climate Open access Dec 1998 943
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Arizona Geological Survey?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Risk Assessment, Ecosystem Resilience, Soil Properties and GIS-based Modeling.

▲ 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 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▲ 8.1×37 topics
  2. Remote Sensing15▲ 13×16 topics
  3. Machine Learning8▲ 2.5×12 topics
  4. Biodiversity6▲ 8.8×9 topics
  5. Invasive Species6▲ 15×8 topics
  6. Risk Assessment6▲ 9.6×6 topics
  7. Ecosystem Resilience6▲ 39×4 topics
  8. Soil Properties5▲ 34×4 topics
  9. GIS-based Modeling5▲ 63×2 topics
  10. Conservation4▲ 12×8 topics
  11. Hazard4▲ 66×1 topic
  12. Landslide4▲ 66×1 topic
  13. Forest Fires4▲ 93×1 topic
  14. Wildfire Activity4▲ 93×1 topic
  15. Ecosystem4▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Metal Recovery4▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Rock Mechanics4▲ 39×3 topics
  18. Tectonics3▲ 31×3 topics
  19. Plate Tectonics3▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Energy Efficiency3▲ 3.7×3 topics
  22. Comminution3▲ 97×1 topic
  23. Geochronology3▲ 46×1 topic
  24. Mineral Liberation Analysis3▲ 97×1 topic
  25. Sediment Transport3▲ 20×4 topics
  26. Zircon3▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Geological Mapping3▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Land Use Change3▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Model Evaluation3▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Population Dynamics3▲ 12×6 topics
  31. Global Change3▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Resilience3▲ 5.8×3 topics
  34. Support Vector Machines2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  35. Acoustic Emission2▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Fracture2▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Sagebrush2▲ 185×1 topic
  38. Wildlife Habitat2▲ 185×1 topic
  39. Hyperspectral Imaging2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Risk Perception2▲ 9.1×3 topics

Which research topics does Arizona Geological Survey publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Landslides and related hazards, Fire effects on ecosystems, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and Mineral Processing and Grinding.

Landslides and related h…4Landslides and related hazards: 4 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems4Fire effects on ecosystems: 4 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…3Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 3 fractional worksMineral Processing and G…3Mineral Processing and Grinding: 3 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 2 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Modeling: 2 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…2Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bioleaching: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 2 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGlobal and Planetary ChangeGeophysicsMechanical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  2. 2 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  3. 3 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  4. 4 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 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 available27.2%not open72.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Arizona Geological Survey's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Arizona Geological Survey as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00039% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Arizona Geological Survey0.00042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Arizona Geological Survey 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.

still counting10%20%Arizona Geological Survey14.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.2% in 2002.

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