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Berkeley Geochronology Center

In research, Berkeley Geochronology Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,190 of 17,446 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#335 of 2,224 worldwide) and Geophysics (#214 of 725 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences is 35.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#5,056
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#1,109
of 7,310
Research works
493
▼ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
62.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.27×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Berkeley Geochronology Center

What is Berkeley Geochronology Center 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 #2,190 of 17,446 20.0%431
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #335 of 2,224 21.5%273
GeophysicsSubfield #214 of 725 18.6%143

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Berkeley Geochronology Center 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 Berkeley Geochronology Center work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Berkeley Geochronology Center is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (55%), Environmental Science (13%), Engineering (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 85.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22 fractional works · 55.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 22.2% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 13.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 6.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBerkeleyGeochronology…40fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences9%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences2255.2%
    2. Environmental Science513.1%
    3. Engineering36.6%
    4. Computer Science25.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy13.5%
    6. Chemistry00.5%
    7. Materials Science00.5%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences26.0%
    2. Psychology11.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.6%
    1. Medicine11.6%
    2. Health Professions00.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Berkeley Geochronology Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 35.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 21.9 works35×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 35.20× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.64× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 35.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences35.20×22 works
  2. Environmental Science2.64×5 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.55×1 works
  4. Computer Science0.75×2 works
  5. Social Sciences0.48×2 works
  6. Engineering0.44×3 works
  7. Psychology0.44×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.35×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.33×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.32×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.14×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×0 works
  17. Medicine0.08×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Berkeley Geochronology Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Alan L. Deino, Paul Randall Renne and Roland Mundil lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Berkeley Geochronology Center.

  1. 1 Alan L. Deino United States · #75,793 worldwide 18k citations · 352 works
  2. 2 Paul Randall Renne United States · #90,182 worldwide 38k citations · 668 works
  3. 3 Roland Mundil United States · #230,554 worldwide 11k citations · 211 works
  4. 4 Elizabeth M. Niespolo United States · #333,141 worldwide 1.1k citations · 65 works
  5. 5 Carl C. Swisher United States · #353,268 worldwide 14k citations · 183 works
  6. 6 Greg Balco United States · #371,573 worldwide 12k citations · 307 works
  7. 7 Warren D. Sharp United States · #401,895 worldwide 7.5k citations · 219 works
  8. 8 Gary R. Scott United States · #1,213,741 worldwide 2.8k citations · 121 works
  9. 9 Perry Spector United States · #1,737,036 worldwide 308 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Tim A. Becker United States · #2,611,295 worldwide 1.2k citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Berkeley Geochronology Center

What are the most cited papers from Berkeley Geochronology Center?

The most cited paper from Berkeley Geochronology Center is "A Revised Cenozoic Geochronology and Chronostratigraphy" (William A. Berggren, Dennis V. Kent, Carl C. Swisher et al., 1995), with 3,091 citations. Next come "Improved 206Pb/238U microprobe geochronology by the monitoring of a trace-element-related matrix effect; SHRIMP, ID–TIMS, ELA–ICP–MS and oxygen isotope documentation for a series of zircon standards" (1,953) and "Intercalibration of standards, absolute ages and uncertainties in 40Ar/39Ar dating" (1,791).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Revised Cenozoic Geochronology and Chronostratigraphy William A. Berggren, Dennis V. Kent, Carl C. Swisher et al. · SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks Book chapter 1995 3,091
2 Improved 206Pb/238U microprobe geochronology by the monitoring of a trace-element-related matrix effect; SHRIMP, ID–TIMS, ELA–ICP–MS and oxygen isotope documentation for a series of zircon standards L. P. Black, Sandra L. Kamo, Charlotte M. Allen et al. · Chemical Geology Apr 2004 1,953
3 Intercalibration of standards, absolute ages and uncertainties in 40Ar/39Ar dating Paul Randall Renne, Carl C. Swisher, Alan L. Deino et al. · Chemical Geology Mar 1998 1,791
4 Synchronizing Rock Clocks of Earth History Klaudia F. Kuiper, Alan L. Deino, F.J. Hilgen et al. · Science 24 Apr 2008 1,547
5 Apatite (U–Th)/He thermochronometry using a radiation damage accumulation and annealing model Rebecca M. Flowers, Richard A. Ketcham, David L. Shuster et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 29 Jan 2009 1,029
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Berkeley Geochronology Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Holocene, Sea Level, Solar Influence, Paleoclimatology, Glacial Cycles, Monsoon Dynamics and Remote Sensing.

▲ 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 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 Change10▲ 9.8×19 topics
  2. Holocene6▲ 135×2 topics
  3. Sea Level6▲ 162×2 topics
  4. Paleoclimatology6▲ 178×2 topics
  5. Solar Influence6▲ 213×2 topics
  6. Glacial Cycles6▲ 226×1 topic
  7. Monsoon Dynamics6▲ 226×1 topic
  8. Remote Sensing4▲ 8.4×6 topics
  9. Tectonics4▲ 83×3 topics
  10. Hydrology3▲ 55×2 topics
  11. Plate Tectonics3▲ 43×3 topics
  12. Sea Level Rise2▲ 47×2 topics
  13. Glacier2▲ 133×1 topic
  14. Water Availability2▲ 133×1 topic
  15. Biogeography2▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Geological Mapping2▲ 69×2 topics
  17. Geochronology2▲ 74×1 topic
  18. Zircon2▲ 74×1 topic
  19. Hominin Genetics2▲ 220×1 topic
  20. Paleolithic Archaeology2▲ 220×1 topic
  21. GIS-based Modeling2▲ 56×2 topics
  22. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Mammal Evolution2▲ 193×1 topic
  24. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis2▲ 193×1 topic
  25. Geological Modeling1▲ 236×1 topic
  26. Paleoproductivity1▲ 110×1 topic
  27. Paleoredox1▲ 110×1 topic
  28. Sedimentation1▲ 61×2 topics
  29. Subduction1▲ 46×2 topics
  30. Uncertainty Analysis1▲ 236×1 topic
  31. Arctic1▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Continental Margin1▲ 52×2 topics
  33. Crustal Structure1▲ 52×2 topics
  34. Fluvial Systems1▲ 111×1 topic
  35. Health Effects1▲ 4.8×3 topics
  36. Sequence Stratigraphy1▲ 111×1 topic
  37. Biodiversity1▲ 3.5×6 topics
  38. Permafrost1▲ 59×2 topics
  39. Earthquakes1▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Plate Boundaries1▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Berkeley Geochronology Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric studies and observations, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Geology and Paleoclimato…6Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 6 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …2Cryospheric studies and observations: 2 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…2Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 2 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 2 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 2 fractional worksGeological Modeling and …1Geological Modeling and Analysis: 1 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 1 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 1 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 1 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 1 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGeophysicsAnthropologyPaleontology3 others

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

  1. 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 6 works
  2. 2 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  3. 3 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  4. 4 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 2 works
  5. 5 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 2 works
  6. 6 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 1 works
  7. 7 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 1 works
  8. 8 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  9. 9 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 1 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 available27.3%not open72.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.9%domestic only68.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Berkeley Geochronology Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Berkeley Geochronology Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Berkeley Geochronology Center0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

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