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In research, Arizona State Museum stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,873 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,259
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,045
of 7,310
Research works
317
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.4k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Arizona State Museum

What is Arizona State Museum known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #8,873 of 14,833 10.5%187

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

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Arizona State Museum is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (22%), Arts and Humanities (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 12 fractional works · 45.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 26.0% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 12.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 12.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 9.8% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 38.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 21.6% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKArizona StateMuseum26fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences45%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences726.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities312.2%
    3. Psychology14.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting02.0%
    5. Decision Sciences00.7%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences621.6%
    2. Environmental Science28.6%
    3. Computer Science15.0%
    4. Chemistry01.4%
    5. Mathematics00.7%
    6. Engineering00.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    1. Medicine26.0%
    2. Health Professions12.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.4%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
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: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13.79× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.21× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 13.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.79×6 works
  2. Arts and Humanities4.21×3 works
  3. Social Sciences2.05×7 works
  4. Environmental Science1.73×2 works
  5. Psychology1.42×1 works
  6. Health Professions0.98×1 works
  7. Chemistry0.89×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.77×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.72×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.68×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.65×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.64×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×0 works
  14. Medicine0.31×2 works
  15. Neuroscience0.23×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.14×0 works
  17. Engineering0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Arizona State Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Julian D. Hayden, Walter H. Birkby and Suzanne K. Fish lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arizona State Museum.

  1. 1 Julian D. Hayden United States · #1,779,170 worldwide 298 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Walter H. Birkby United States · #1,830,630 worldwide 852 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Suzanne K. Fish United States · #1,931,260 worldwide 1.3k citations · 90 works
  4. 4 William W. Wasley United States · #2,062,372 worldwide 493 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 E. B. Sayles United States · #2,122,391 worldwide 328 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Gordon C. Baldwin United States · #2,985,069 worldwide 88 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Nancy Odegaard United States · #3,353,934 worldwide 652 citations · 75 works
  8. 8 Lynn S. Teague United States · #3,696,883 worldwide 195 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Edwin N. Ferdon United States · #4,040,875 worldwide 186 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Ric Windmiller United States · #4,049,649 worldwide 61 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Arizona State Museum

What are the most cited papers from Arizona State Museum?

The most cited paper from Arizona State Museum is "Population growth and collapse in a multiagent model of the Kayenta Anasazi in Long House Valley" (Robert L. Axtell, Joshua M. Epstein, Jeffrey Dean et al., 2002), with 395 citations. Next come "Decay Rates of Human Remains in an Arid Environment" (371) and "Debitage Analysis and Archaeological Interpretation" (329).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Population growth and collapse in a multiagent model of the Kayenta Anasazi in Long House Valley Robert L. Axtell, Joshua M. Epstein, Jeffrey Dean et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 14 May 2002 395
2 Decay Rates of Human Remains in an Arid Environment Alison Galloway, Walter H. Birkby, AM Jones et al. · Journal of Forensic Sciences May 1989 371
3 Debitage Analysis and Archaeological Interpretation Alan P. Sullivan, Kenneth C. Rozen · American Antiquity Oct 1985 329
4 The Lehner Mammoth Site, Southeastern Arizona Emil W. Haury, E. B. Sayles, William W. Wasley · American Antiquity Jul 1959 194
5 Heuristic Approaches to Spatial Analysis in Archaeology Keith Kintigh, Albert J. Ammerman · American Antiquity 1982 174
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Arizona State Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Cultural Heritage, Archaeology, Ecosystem Services, Iron Age, Traditional Irrigation and Water Sustainability.

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

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural Origins3▲ 392×1 topic
  2. Radiocarbon Dating3▲ 392×1 topic
  3. Cultural Heritage3▲ 23×9 topics
  4. Archaeology2▲ 66×4 topics
  5. Ecosystem Services1▲ 14×2 topics
  6. Iron Age1▲ 290×2 topics
  7. Climate Change1▲ 1.76×8 topics
  8. Traditional Irrigation1▲ 1056×1 topic
  9. Water Sustainability1▲ 1056×1 topic
  10. Cultural Landscape1▲ 131×2 topics
  11. Hominin Genetics1▲ 202×1 topic
  12. Machine Learning1▲ 1.35×5 topics
  13. Paleolithic Archaeology1▲ 202×1 topic
  14. Population Dynamics1▲ 16×4 topics

Which research topics does Arizona State Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Archaeology and Natural History, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies.

Archaeology and ancient …3Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 3 fractional worksArchaeology and Natural …1Archaeology and Natural History: 1 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins…1Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 1 fractional worksArchaeology and Rock Art Studies: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural …1Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies: 1 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 1 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 0 fractional worksArchaeological Research and Protection: 0 fractional works
PaleontologyAnthropologyArcheologyEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 3 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 1 works
  3. 3 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 1 works
  4. 4 Archaeology and Rock Art Studies Archeology 1 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 1 works
  7. 7 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 0 works
  10. 10 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 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 available14.0%not open86.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.3%domestic only95.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Arizona State Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher 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 Arizona State Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000077% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Arizona State Museum0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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