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Blue Marble Space

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,881
of 28,054 · #21,184 all time
Rank in United States
#1,938
of 4,192
Research works
219
▲ 69% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.1k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What does Blue Marble Space specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 21.6 works10×
← 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: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.07× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.92× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.46× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.61× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 10.09× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Blue Marble Space?

Ranked on the composite score, Jacob Haqq‐Misra and Sanjoy M. Som lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Blue Marble Space.

  1. 1 Jacob Haqq‐Misra United States · #442,163 worldwide 69 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Sanjoy M. Som United States · #1,449,907 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Blue Marble Space

Which keywords describe research at Blue Marble Space?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Astrobiology, Metabolism, Nucleic Acids, Chirality, Hydrothermal Vents, Prebiotic Chemistry, RNA World and Extraterrestrial Life.

▲ 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. Astrobiology8▲ 275×2 topics
  2. Metabolism6▲ 13×10 topics
  3. Nucleic Acids4▲ 169×2 topics
  4. Chirality4▲ 76×2 topics
  5. Climate Change4▲ 1.66×20 topics
  6. Hydrothermal Vents4▲ 109×2 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress4▲ 2.5×19 topics
  8. Prebiotic Chemistry4▲ 528×1 topic
  9. RNA World4▲ 528×1 topic
  10. Extraterrestrial Life4▲ 183×1 topic
  11. Mars4▲ 119×1 topic
  12. Martian Surface4▲ 119×1 topic
  13. SETI4▲ 183×1 topic
  14. Immune System4▲ 15×2 topics
  15. Cancer3▲ 2.5×11 topics
  16. Solar System Abundances3▲ 68×1 topic
  17. Terrestrial Planets3▲ 68×1 topic
  18. Microgravity3▲ 165×1 topic
  19. Spaceflight3▲ 165×1 topic
  20. Mitochondrial Function3▲ 32×4 topics
  21. Metabolic Disorders3▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Newborn Screening2▲ 40×2 topics
  23. Space Policy2▲ 155×1 topic
  24. Space Tourism2▲ 155×1 topic
  25. Tandem Mass Spectrometry2▲ 42×2 topics
  26. Biochemical Genetics2▲ 58×1 topic
  27. Carnitine2▲ 58×1 topic
  28. Microbial Communities2▲ 4.8×6 topics
  29. Microbial Ecology2▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  31. Enzyme Catalysis2▲ 45×2 topics
  32. Drug Discovery2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  33. Medicinal Chemistry2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  34. Metabolic Engineering2▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Lanthanides1▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Marine Microbes1▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Microbial Biogeography1▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Shale Gas1▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Exoplanets1▲ 34×1 topic
  40. RNA-Seq1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Blue Marble Space publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Origins and Evolution of Life, Planetary Science and Exploration, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life and Astro and Planetary Science.

Origins and Evolution of…4Origins and Evolution of Life: 4 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…4Planetary Science and Exploration: 4 fractional worksSpace Science and Extrat…4Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 4 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…3Astro and Planetary Science: 3 fractional worksSpaceflight effects on biology: 3 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 2 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic D…2Metabolism and Genetic Disorders: 2 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 1 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 1 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 1 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsPhysiologyClinical BiochemistryEcology1 others

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

  1. 1 Origins and Evolution of Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  2. 2 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  3. 3 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  4. 4 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  5. 5 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 3 works
  6. 6 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  10. 10 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 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 available52.4%not open47.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.7%domestic only46.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Blue Marble Space's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 69% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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