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California Public Utilities Commission

In research, California Public Utilities Commission stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,857 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,516 of 9,330 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#15,064 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,750
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,894
of 7,310
Research works
399
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
58%
world 18%
California Public Utilities Commission

What is California Public Utilities Commission 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,857 of 14,833 4.3%239
Social SciencesField #6,516 of 9,330 4.8%128
Physical SciencesDomain #15,064 of 17,446 3.3%128

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where California Public Utilities Commission 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 California Public Utilities Commission work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at California Public Utilities Commission is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Environmental Science (15%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 27 fractional works · 53.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 30.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 15.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 10.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 35.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 15.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 9.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Energy: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCalifornia PublicUtilities…52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences53%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1630.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities510.3%
    3. Psychology36.3%
    4. Decision Sciences12.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    1. Environmental Science815.1%
    2. Engineering59.1%
    3. Energy35.5%
    4. Computer Science23.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.7%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.6%
    7. Materials Science00.5%
    1. Medicine36.3%
    2. Health Professions11.5%
    3. Nursing00.6%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.95× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.03× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.57× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.57× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.07× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.40× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy5.95×3 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.57×5 works
  3. Environmental Science3.03×8 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.57×1 works
  5. Social Sciences2.40×16 works
  6. Psychology2.07×3 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.85×0 works
  8. Nursing1.32×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.16×1 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.11×1 works
  11. Veterinary0.95×0 works
  12. Engineering0.61×5 works
  13. Health Professions0.55×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.40×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×1 works
  17. Medicine0.33×3 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.14×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at California Public Utilities Commission?

Ranked on the quality score, David Béhar, R. C. Collison and John L. Scadding lead among researchers whose main affiliation is California Public Utilities Commission.

  1. 1 David Béhar United States · #1,941,357 worldwide 4.5k citations · 168 works
  2. 2 R. C. Collison United States · #2,652,357 worldwide 41 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 John L. Scadding United States · #2,871,394 worldwide 660 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Howard Frederick Matthai United States · #3,009,301 worldwide 278 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Alexis Dufour United States · #3,494,973 worldwide 192 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Alexandre Miot United States · #3,781,755 worldwide 126 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Paula Kehoe United States · #3,985,216 worldwide 59 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Chu-Fei H. Ho United States · #4,670,875 worldwide 84 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Coenraad F. Pretorius United States · #4,699,578 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Edythe S. Miller United States · #4,768,205 worldwide 282 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at California Public Utilities Commission

What are the most cited papers from California Public Utilities Commission?

The most cited paper from California Public Utilities Commission is "A How‐to Guide for Coproduction of Actionable Science" (Paul Beier, Lara J. Hansen, Lynn Helbrecht et al., 2016), with 412 citations. Next come "Design and Implementation of PUF-Based "Unclonable" RFID ICs for Anti-Counterfeiting and Security Applications" (344) and "A Repeated Nested‐Logit Model of Atlantic Salmon Fishing" (325).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A How‐to Guide for Coproduction of Actionable Science Paul Beier, Lara J. Hansen, Lynn Helbrecht et al. · Conservation Letters Open access 9 Nov 2016 412
2 Design and Implementation of PUF-Based "Unclonable" RFID ICs for Anti-Counterfeiting and Security Applications Srinivas Devadas, G. Edward Suh, Sid Paral et al. Conference paper Apr 2008 344
3 A Repeated Nested‐Logit Model of Atlantic Salmon Fishing Edward R. Morey, Robert D. Rowe, Michael Watson · American Journal of Agricultural Economics Aug 1993 325
4 A Patient Education Program to Improve Adherence Rates with Antituberculosis Drug Regimens Donald Edward Morisky, C. Kevin Malotte, Portia Choi et al. · Health Education Quarterly Sep 1990 224
5 How much water can a watershed store? Takahiro Sayama, Jeffrey J. McDonnell, A. S. Dhakal et al. · Hydrological Processes 2 Sep 2011 177
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Which keywords describe research at California Public Utilities Commission?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Research, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Climate Change, Brazil, Education, Catholicism and Religion.

▲ 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. Sustainability5▲ 4.3×14 topics
  2. Climate Change5▲ 3.6×27 topics
  3. Qualitative Research5▲ 12×8 topics
  4. Renewable Energy5▲ 6.4×11 topics
  5. Education4▲ 4.3×13 topics
  6. Globalization4▲ 3.4×10 topics
  7. Brazil3▲ 72×5 topics
  8. Catholicism3▲ 154×3 topics
  9. Identity3▲ 7.7×8 topics
  10. Religion3▲ 12×3 topics
  11. Colonialism3▲ 11×5 topics
  12. Philosophy3▲ 11×7 topics
  13. Public Policy3▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Mental Health2▲ 3.4×3 topics
  15. Literature2▲ 8.7×8 topics
  16. Depression2▲ 5.2×2 topics
  17. Ethics2▲ 8.8×7 topics
  18. Psychoanalysis2▲ 56×2 topics
  19. Social Determinants2▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Clinical Practice2▲ 26×1 topic
  21. Cultural Identity2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  22. Diagnostic Labels2▲ 157×1 topic
  23. Sociology2▲ 29×4 topics
  24. Global Governance2▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Latin America2▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Politics2▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Natural Gas2▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Social Dynamics2▲ 56×2 topics
  30. Social Justice2▲ 5.4×3 topics
  31. Anthropology2▲ 32×4 topics
  32. Energy Security2▲ 77×1 topic
  33. Geopolitics2▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Legal Theory2▲ 43×2 topics
  35. Wastewater Reuse2▲ 143×1 topic
  36. Water Scarcity2▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Inequality1▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Liberation1▲ 167×1 topic
  39. Political Economy1▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Theology1▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does California Public Utilities Commission publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Psychology and Mental Health, Global Energy Security and Policy, Wastewater Treatment and Reuse and Religious and Theological Studies.

Psychology and Mental He…2Psychology and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksGlobal Energy Security a…2Global Energy Security and Policy: 2 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Reuse: 2 fractional worksReligious and Theologica…1Religious and Theological Studies: 1 fractional worksReligion and Society in …1Religion and Society in Latin America: 1 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues: 1 fractional worksSocial and Economic Solidarity: 1 fractional worksSocial and Political Iss…1Social and Political Issues: 1 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksCyclone Separators and Fluid Dynamics: 1 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyGeneral EnergyIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Global Energy Security and Policy General Energy 2 works
  3. 3 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Religion and Society in Latin America Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 1 works
  7. 7 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Cyclone Separators and Fluid Dynamics Computational Mechanics 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 available45.9%not open54.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.0%domestic only42.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has California Public Utilities Commission's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 California Public Utilities Commission as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%California Public Utilities Commission0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of California Public Utilities Commission over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%all institutions10.0% in 2016California Public Utilities Commission3.7% in 20162010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.4% in 2012.

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