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Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

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World rank, all time
#31,595
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,672
of 7,310
Research works
147
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

Which fields of science does Arizona Sonora Desert Museum work in?

In all years, 46% of research at Arizona Sonora Desert Museum is in Life Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (37%), Environmental Science (20%), Social Sciences (14%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 68 fractional works · 46.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 54 fractional works · 36.7% of its workPlant Science: 25 fractional works · 16.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 20 fractional works · 13.8% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 27.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 29 fractional works · 20.0% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 9.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 20.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 14.4% of its workAnthropology: 14 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKArizona SonoraDesert Museum147fractional works, all years
Life Sciences46%Physical Sciences27%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 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5436.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology107.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology32.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Environmental Science2920.0%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences64.1%
    3. Chemistry31.8%
    4. Engineering21.0%
    5. Computer Science00.2%
    1. Social Sciences2114.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities42.9%
    3. Psychology32.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    5. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Medicine64.0%
    2. Health Professions21.1%
    3. Veterinary10.6%
    4. Nursing00.1%
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: 2.51× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.47× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 3.75× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.48× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMedicinePsychology: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science9.48×4 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.47×0 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.75×1 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.51×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.46×1 works
  6. Psychology1.37×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.14×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.44×0 works
  9. Engineering0.12×0 works
  10. Medicine0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Arizona Sonora Desert Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Kim A. Franklin, Daniel Frank Austin and Craig Ivanyi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arizona Sonora Desert Museum.

  1. 1 Kim A. Franklin United States · #2,527,685 worldwide 393 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Daniel Frank Austin United States · #2,932,076 worldwide 4.7k citations · 306 works
  3. 3 Craig Ivanyi United States · #4,563,027 worldwide 170 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Ron Ratkevich United States · #4,601,411 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

What are the most cited papers from Arizona Sonora Desert Museum?

The most cited paper from Arizona Sonora Desert Museum is "The Gulf of California: Review of ecosystem status and sustainability challenges" (Salvador Emilio Lluch-Cota et al., 2007), with 314 citations. Next come "Restoration Biology: A Population Biology Perspective" (295) and "Flowering Plants of the Neotropics" (221).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Gulf of California: Review of ecosystem status and sustainability challenges Salvador Emilio Lluch-Cota et al. · Progress In Oceanography Open access 2 Feb 2007 314
2 Restoration Biology: A Population Biology Perspective A. M. Montalvo, Susan L. Williams, Kevin J. Rice et al. · Restoration Ecology Dec 1997 295
3 Flowering Plants of the Neotropics Daniel Frank Austin · Economic Botany Aug 2005 221
4 Synergy between visual and olfactory cues in nectar feeding by wild hawkmoths, Manduca sexta Robert A. Raguso, Mark A. Willis · Animal Behaviour 16 Dec 2004 205
5 Secondary extinctions of biodiversity Jedediah F. Brodie, Clare E. Aslan, Haldre S. Rogers et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Review 25 Oct 2014 191
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Arizona Sonora Desert Museum?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Biogeography, Conservation, Invasive Species, Medicinal Plants, Ecosystem Services and Antioxidant.

▲ 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 Change24▲ 6.2×29 topics
  2. Biodiversity24▲ 21×14 topics
  3. Biogeography20▲ 41×11 topics
  4. Conservation19▲ 27×13 topics
  5. Invasive Species18▲ 21×11 topics
  6. Medicinal Plants17▲ 32×8 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services17▲ 33×7 topics
  8. Antioxidant16▲ 16×8 topics
  9. Phylogeny16▲ 58×6 topics
  10. Cultural Heritage12▲ 19×3 topics
  11. Phytochemical Analysis12▲ 164×2 topics
  12. Cyperus11▲ 395×1 topic
  13. essential oil11▲ 395×1 topic
  14. Traditional Irrigation11▲ 610×1 topic
  15. Water Sustainability11▲ 610×1 topic
  16. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 23×5 topics
  17. Molecular Phylogeny10▲ 33×6 topics
  18. Ecosystem8▲ 40×3 topics
  19. Global Change8▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Antioxidant Activity8▲ 10×9 topics
  21. Health Benefits8▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Population Dynamics8▲ 17×7 topics
  23. Evolution7▲ 17×8 topics
  24. Genome Sequence7▲ 41×3 topics
  25. Secondary Metabolites6▲ 42×3 topics
  26. Marker Development6▲ 78×2 topics
  27. Genetic Diversity6▲ 7.5×9 topics
  28. Lupin Seeds6▲ 210×1 topic
  29. Nutritional Evaluation6▲ 210×1 topic
  30. Climate Change Impacts5▲ 27×5 topics
  31. Archaeology5▲ 24×5 topics
  32. Herbal Medicine5▲ 15×4 topics
  33. Plant-Animal Interactions5▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Pollinator Decline5▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Sagebrush5▲ 159×1 topic
  36. Wildlife Habitat5▲ 159×1 topic
  37. Conservation Biology5▲ 29×4 topics
  38. Agriculture5▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Taxonomy5▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Island Ecosystems4▲ 63×2 topics

Which research topics does Arizona Sonora Desert Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Archaeology and Natural History, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Environmental Education and Sustainability and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Archaeology and Natural History: 1 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 0 fractional worksRabies epidemiology and control: 0 fractional worksVenomous Animal Envenoma…0Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies: 0 fractional worksPlant and animal studies0Plant and animal studies: 0 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…0Species Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksLatin American and Latin…0Latin American and Latino Studies: 0 fractional works
AnthropologyEcologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawVirology4 others

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

  1. 1 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 1 works
  2. 2 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  3. 3 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  4. 4 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  5. 5 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  6. 6 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 0 works
  7. 7 Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies Genetics 0 works
  8. 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  9. 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  10. 10 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 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 available20.5%not open79.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Arizona Sonora Desert Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher 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 Sonora Desert Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000061% in 2023.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Arizona Sonora Desert Museum0.000036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Arizona Sonora Desert Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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