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Arizona State Museum

In research, Arizona State Museum stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,467 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,798
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,500
of 8,685
Research works
317
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.4k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

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 #4,467 of 16,945 23.6%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15.08× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.92× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.14× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 15.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Arizona State Museum?

Ranked on the composite score, Bernard L. Fontana, Suzanne K. Fish and James T. Watson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arizona State Museum.

  1. 1 Bernard L. Fontana United States · #182,975 worldwide 31 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Suzanne K. Fish United States · #381,515 worldwide 50 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 James T. Watson United States · #687,409 worldwide 43 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Charles W. Polzer United States · #717,989 worldwide 10 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Carol S. Weed United States · #990,111 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Robert Vivian United States · #1,333,937 worldwide 23 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Suzanne L. Eckert United States · #1,508,185 worldwide 6 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Arizona State Museum

Which keywords describe research at Arizona State Museum?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural Origins3▲ 430×1 topic
  2. Cultural Heritage3▲ 26×9 topics
  3. Radiocarbon Dating3▲ 430×1 topic
  4. Archaeology2▲ 74×4 topics
  5. Ecosystem Services1▲ 16×2 topics
  6. Iron Age1▲ 327×2 topics
  7. Climate Change1▲ 2.1×8 topics
  8. Traditional Irrigation1▲ 1150×1 topic
  9. Water Sustainability1▲ 1150×1 topic
  10. Cultural Landscape1▲ 156×2 topics
  11. Hominin Genetics1▲ 219×1 topic
  12. Machine Learning1▲ 1.46×4 topics
  13. Paleolithic Archaeology1▲ 219×1 topic

Which research topics does Arizona State Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 worksHistorical and Cultural Archaeology Studies: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…1Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 1 fractional worksArchaeological Research and Protection: 0 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 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 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 1 works
  6. 6 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 0 works
  9. 9 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Arizona State Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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