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Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

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World rank, all time
#36,703
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,748
of 8,685
Research works
147
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

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: 2.97× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.69× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 4.78× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.09× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental SciencePsychology: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× 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, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Arizona Sonora Desert Museum?

Ranked on the composite score, Daniel F. Austin and D. T. MacDougal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arizona Sonora Desert Museum.

  1. 1 Daniel F. Austin United States · #147,659 worldwide 218 citations · 77 works
  2. 2 D. T. MacDougal United States · #399,013 worldwide 122 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

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 2022–2025: American Environmental and Regional History, Environmental Education and Sustainability, Archaeology and Natural History and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

American Environmental a…0American Environmental and Regional History: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Education …0Environmental Education and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksArchaeology and Natural History: 0 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…0Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksPlant and animal studies0Plant and animal studies: 0 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksRabies epidemiology and control: 0 fractional worksMarine Invertebrate Phys…0Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology: 0 fractional worksVenomous Animal Envenomation and Studies: 0 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 0 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawAnthropologyEcologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5 others

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

  1. 1 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  2. 2 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  3. 3 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 0 works
  4. 4 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  5. 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  6. 6 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  7. 7 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 0 works
  8. 8 Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology Paleontology 0 works
  9. 9 Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% lower 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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