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California Geological Survey

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Research works
101
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3k
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: California Geological Survey is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemistry: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.52× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21.30× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.04× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsSocial Sciences: 0.65× 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, 21.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at California Geological Survey?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, GIS-based Modeling, Risk Assessment, Hazard, Landslide, Geological Mapping and Soil Properties.

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

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Remote Sensing8▲ 31×8 topics
  2. Climate Change5▲ 8.8×13 topics
  3. GIS-based Modeling5▲ 255×2 topics
  4. Risk Assessment4▲ 23×2 topics
  5. Hazard3▲ 217×1 topic
  6. Landslide3▲ 217×1 topic
  7. Geological Mapping3▲ 165×2 topics
  8. Machine Learning3▲ 3.8×5 topics
  9. Soil Properties2▲ 51×2 topics
  10. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 59×2 topics
  11. Forest Fires2▲ 191×1 topic
  12. Hyperspectral Imaging2▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Wildfire Activity2▲ 191×1 topic
  14. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 105×1 topic
  15. Data Integration2▲ 44×2 topics
  16. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 105×1 topic
  17. Geological Modeling1▲ 426×1 topic
  18. Tectonics1▲ 52×2 topics
  19. Uncertainty Analysis1▲ 426×1 topic
  20. Glacial Cycles1▲ 90×1 topic
  21. Paleoclimatology1▲ 72×1 topic
  22. Citizen Science1▲ 54×2 topics
  23. Geochronology1▲ 71×1 topic
  24. Plate Tectonics1▲ 33×2 topics
  25. Zircon1▲ 71×1 topic

Which research topics does California Geological Survey publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Landslides and related hazards, Fire effects on ecosystems, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping and Geological Modeling and Analysis.

Landslides and related h…3Landslides and related hazards: 3 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…2Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksGeological Modeling and …1Geological Modeling and Analysis: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 1 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquak…1Seismology and Earthquake Studies: 1 fractional worksArchaeology and Natural History: 1 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 1 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 1 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGlobal and Planetary ChangeArtificial IntelligenceGeochemistry and Petrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  2. 2 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  3. 3 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  4. 4 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 1 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  6. 6 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 1 works
  9. 9 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 1 works
  10. 10 Cryospheric studies and observations 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 available22.2%not open77.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has California Geological Survey's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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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