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California Air Resources Board

In research, California Air Resources Board stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,121 of 21,541 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#3,199 of 6,208 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#8,747
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#1,946
of 8,685
Research works
424
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
35.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is California Air Resources Board 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 #5,121 of 21,541 28.9%365
Environmental ScienceField #3,199 of 6,208 29.9%160

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where California Air Resources Board 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: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.82× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.23× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.52× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.56× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.97× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× 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, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at California Air Resources Board?

Ranked on the composite score, Jorn D. Herner, John Collins and Seungju Yoon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is California Air Resources Board.

  1. 1 Jorn D. Herner United States · #355,588 worldwide 112 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 John Collins United States · #594,416 worldwide 75 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Seungju Yoon United States · #1,055,583 worldwide 68 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at California Air Resources Board

Which keywords describe research at California Air Resources Board?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Particulate Matter, Health Effects, Fuel Consumption, Air Quality, Cardiovascular Disease, Oxidative Stress, Air Pollution and Global Burden of Disease.

▲ 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. Particulate Matter7▲ 102×2 topics
  2. Health Effects7▲ 25×9 topics
  3. Fuel Consumption6▲ 175×2 topics
  4. Air Quality6▲ 67×5 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 11×3 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress5▲ 7.4×4 topics
  7. Air Pollution5▲ 90×2 topics
  8. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 46×2 topics
  9. Mortality5▲ 19×2 topics
  10. Eco-Driving5▲ 211×1 topic
  11. Vehicle Emissions5▲ 211×1 topic
  12. Exposure Assessment5▲ 114×1 topic
  13. Fine Particulate Air Pollution5▲ 114×1 topic
  14. Climate Change4▲ 3.4×21 topics
  15. Environmental Impact4▲ 4.9×14 topics
  16. Atmospheric Aerosols4▲ 142×1 topic
  17. Black Carbon4▲ 142×1 topic
  18. Sustainability3▲ 2.7×11 topics
  19. Emissions3▲ 32×5 topics
  20. Electric Vehicles3▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Machine Learning2▲ 1.64×4 topics
  22. Forecasting2▲ 26×2 topics
  23. IoT2▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Neural Networks2▲ 3.4×2 topics
  25. Air Quality Monitoring2▲ 83×1 topic
  26. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Low-Cost Sensors2▲ 83×1 topic
  28. Satellite Observations2▲ 47×3 topics
  29. Water Quality2▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Remote Sensing2▲ 2.8×9 topics
  31. Renewable Energy2▲ 2.5×7 topics
  32. Carbon Dioxide2▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Methane1▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Shale Gas1▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Battery Management Systems1▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Life Cycle Assessment1▲ 9.5×3 topics
  37. Lithium-ion Batteries1▲ 6.4×1 topic
  38. Charging Infrastructure1▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Vehicle-to-Grid1▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Greenhouse Gas Emissions1▲ 8.4×3 topics

Which research topics does California Air Resources Board publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Vehicle emissions and performance, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting.

Vehicle emissions and pe…5Vehicle emissions and performance: 5 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…5Air Quality and Health Impacts: 5 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 4 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring a…2Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…1Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…1Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 1 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 1 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 1 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 1 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisAtmospheric ScienceEnvironmental Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 4 works
  4. 4 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 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 available30.9%not open69.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has California Air Resources Board's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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