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Aspen Global Change Institute

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Research works
27
▼ 74% vs 2018-21
Citations
632
23.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Aspen Global Change Institute

Not ranked overall: Aspen Global Change Institute is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Aspen Global Change Institute work in?

In all years, 63% of research at Aspen Global Change Institute is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (32%), Social Sciences (19%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (17%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 62.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 32.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 11.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 17.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 16.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 30.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 18.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAspen GlobalChange Institute27fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences31%

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. Environmental Science932.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences517.1%
    3. Engineering15.1%
    4. Energy14.6%
    5. Computer Science12.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy01.6%
    1. Social Sciences518.9%
    2. Decision Sciences14.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting12.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.6%
    5. Psychology12.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
    2. Neuroscience00.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Medicine12.3%
    2. Health Professions00.6%
    3. 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.

Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11.77× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.68× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 4.45× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 2.40× 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, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.77×1 works
  2. Environmental Science6.68×1 works
  3. Decision Sciences4.45×0 works
  4. Social Sciences2.40×1 works
  5. Nursing1.13×0 works
  6. Engineering0.63×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.42×0 works
  9. Medicine0.06×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Aspen Global Change Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, James C. Arnott, Julie A. Vano and John W. Katzenberger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aspen Global Change Institute.

  1. 1 James C. Arnott United States · #480,342 worldwide 2.7k citations · 136 works
  2. 2 Julie A. Vano United States · #759,444 worldwide 3.1k citations · 114 works
  3. 3 John W. Katzenberger United States · #1,104,900 worldwide 3.2k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Elise C. Osenga United States · #2,536,610 worldwide 632 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Aspen Global Change Institute

What are the most cited papers from Aspen Global Change Institute?

The most cited paper from Aspen Global Change Institute is "Nutrient Imbalances in Agricultural Development" (Peter M. Vitousek, Rosamond L. Naylor, Timothy E. Crews et al., 2009), with 1,465 citations. Next come "Technologies and policies to decarbonize global industry: Review and assessment of mitigation drivers through 2070" (1,043) and "The International Soil Moisture Network: serving Earth system science for over a decade" (474).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nutrient Imbalances in Agricultural Development Peter M. Vitousek, Rosamond L. Naylor, Timothy E. Crews et al. · Science 18 Jun 2009 1,465
2 Technologies and policies to decarbonize global industry: Review and assessment of mitigation drivers through 2070 Jeffrey Rissman et al. · Applied Energy Open access 29 Mar 2020 1,043
3 The International Soil Moisture Network: serving Earth system science for over a decade Wouter Arnoud Dorigo et al. · Hydrology and earth system sciences Open access 9 Nov 2021 474
4 To co-produce or not to co-produce Maria Carmen Lemos et al. · Nature Sustainability Open access 3 Dec 2018 390
5 Winter melt trends portend widespread declines in snow water resources K. N. Musselman, Nans Addor, Julie A. Vano et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 5 Apr 2021 336
All 77 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Aspen Global Change Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Global Warming, Sustainability, Hydrological Modeling, Sea Level Rise and Renewable Energy.

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

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change12▲ 17×32 topics
  2. Remote Sensing4▲ 15×10 topics
  3. Hydrology4▲ 131×2 topics
  4. Sustainability3▲ 6.4×13 topics
  5. Global Warming3▲ 30×8 topics
  6. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 46×3 topics
  7. Glacier2▲ 181×1 topic
  8. Renewable Energy2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  9. Sea Level Rise2▲ 66×2 topics
  10. Water Availability2▲ 181×1 topic
  11. Risk Perception2▲ 38×3 topics
  12. Arctic2▲ 67×2 topics
  13. Environmental Attitudes2▲ 152×2 topics
  14. Public Perception2▲ 74×3 topics
  15. Carbon Feedback2▲ 215×1 topic
  16. Permafrost2▲ 155×1 topic
  17. Media Coverage2▲ 320×1 topic
  18. Science Communication2▲ 105×1 topic
  19. Satellite Observations1▲ 45×2 topics
  20. Data Assimilation1▲ 27×1 topic
  21. Resilience1▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Social-Ecological Systems1▲ 49×2 topics
  23. Soil Moisture1▲ 49×1 topic
  24. Biodiversity1▲ 6.0×4 topics
  25. Global Governance1▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Land Use Change1▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Model Evaluation1▲ 40×2 topics
  28. Climate Change Adaptation1▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Environmental Impact1▲ 3.1×5 topics
  30. Energy Security1▲ 166×1 topic
  31. Geopolitics1▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Multivariate Statistical Techniques1▲ 104×1 topic
  33. Natural Gas1▲ 42×2 topics
  34. Water Quality Index1▲ 104×1 topic

Which research topics does Aspen Global Change Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Smart Cities and Technologies, Urban and Rural Development Challenges and Cryospheric studies and observations.

Hydrology and Watershed …0Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 0 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technol…0Smart Cities and Technologies: 0 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…0Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 0 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …0Cryospheric studies and observations: 0 fractional worksUrban Planning and Gover…0Urban Planning and Governance: 0 fractional worksClimate variability and …0Climate variability and models: 0 fractional worksClimate Change Communication and Perception: 0 fractional worksInnovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 0 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyMedia TechnologyUrban StudiesAtmospheric Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 0 works
  2. 2 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 0 works
  3. 3 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 0 works
  4. 4 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  5. 5 Urban Planning and Governance Urban Studies 0 works
  6. 6 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  7. 7 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  10. 10 Flood Risk Assessment and Management 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 available45.0%not open55.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Aspen Global Change Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 74% lower 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 Aspen Global Change Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000018% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Aspen Global Change Institute0.000016% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Aspen Global Change Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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