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Bay Area Environmental Research Institute

In research, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,457 of 21,541 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#3,252 of 3,663 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 70.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,278
of 28,054 · #7,475 all time
Rank in United States
#1,386
of 4,192
Research works
450
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
28.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Bay Area Environmental Research Institute 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,457 of 21,541 24.6%370
Physics and AstronomyField #3,252 of 3,663 26.7%135

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bay Area Environmental Research Institute 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).

What does Bay Area Environmental Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 70.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 22.5 works70×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 24.8 works18×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.38× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.70× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 18.02× its world share, 25 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 18.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bay Area Environmental Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Sreeja Nag, Vanessa Polito and Josette E. Marrero lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bay Area Environmental Research Institute.

  1. 1 Sreeja Nag United States · #444,071 worldwide 70 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Vanessa Polito United States · #1,469,796 worldwide 33 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Josette E. Marrero United States · #1,561,174 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Kristina Pistone United States · #1,621,717 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Bay Area Environmental Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Bay Area Environmental Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Solar Wind, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Coronal Mass Ejections and Solar Dynamics Observatory.

▲ 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 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. Remote Sensing7▲ 8.7×20 topics
  2. Solar Wind6▲ 109×2 topics
  3. Solar System Abundances5▲ 163×1 topic
  4. Terrestrial Planets5▲ 163×1 topic
  5. Exoplanets4▲ 182×1 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics4▲ 182×1 topic
  7. Coronal Mass Ejections4▲ 191×1 topic
  8. Solar Dynamics Observatory4▲ 191×1 topic
  9. Air Quality4▲ 38×3 topics
  10. Climate Change4▲ 2.6×30 topics
  11. Satellite Observations4▲ 61×3 topics
  12. Machine Learning4▲ 1.79×11 topics
  13. Climate3▲ 63×2 topics
  14. Ozone Depletion3▲ 149×1 topic
  15. Stratospheric Water Vapor3▲ 149×1 topic
  16. Accretion Disks3▲ 89×2 topics
  17. Magnetic Fields3▲ 64×2 topics
  18. Atmospheric Aerosols2▲ 69×1 topic
  19. Black Carbon2▲ 69×1 topic
  20. Hydrological Cycle2▲ 37×2 topics
  21. Biomass Estimation2▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Mars2▲ 100×1 topic
  23. Martian Surface2▲ 100×1 topic
  24. Ionosphere2▲ 56×1 topic
  25. Magnetosphere2▲ 56×1 topic
  26. Star Formation2▲ 59×2 topics
  27. Shale Gas2▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Turbulence2▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Water Quality2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  30. Aerosols2▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Atmospheric Dust2▲ 114×1 topic
  32. Emissions2▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Global Change2▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Methane2▲ 55×1 topic
  35. Molecular Clouds2▲ 109×1 topic
  36. Phenology2▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Protoplanetary Disks2▲ 109×1 topic
  38. Vegetation Monitoring2▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Land Use Change1▲ 7.4×5 topics
  40. Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Bay Area Environmental Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Astro and Planetary Science, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate.

Astro and Planetary Science: 5 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 4 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma D…4Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 4 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Cl…3Atmospheric Ozone and Climate: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 2 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 2 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…2Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 2 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 2 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsAtmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology

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

  1. 1 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  2. 2 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  3. 3 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 3 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 2 works
  6. 6 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 2 works
  10. 10 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 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 available50.0%not open50.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.3%domestic only73.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bay Area Environmental Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher 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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