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California Science Center

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Research works
86
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: California Science Center 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: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.98× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.63× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.75× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 6.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at California Science Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Christopher E. Soulard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is California Science Center.

  1. 1 Christopher E. Soulard United States · #1,628,543 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at California Science Center

Which keywords describe research at California Science Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Water Quality, Emissions, Health Effects, Bioaccumulation, Groundwater, Mercury and Toxicology.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change12▲ 5.3×38 topics
  2. Water Quality4▲ 12×7 topics
  3. Emissions4▲ 22×2 topics
  4. Environmental Impact4▲ 3.2×9 topics
  5. Health Effects4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  6. Remote Sensing3▲ 3.5×9 topics
  7. Bioaccumulation3▲ 32×3 topics
  8. Groundwater3▲ 41×4 topics
  9. Invasive Species3▲ 6.0×9 topics
  10. Biodiversity3▲ 4.4×9 topics
  11. Mercury3▲ 102×1 topic
  12. Toxicology3▲ 15×1 topic
  13. Conservation2▲ 5.3×8 topics
  14. Monitoring2▲ 21×2 topics
  15. Superconductivity2▲ 8.3×5 topics
  16. Hydrogeology2▲ 62×2 topics
  17. Sediment Analysis2▲ 317×1 topic
  18. Surface Water2▲ 317×1 topic
  19. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Groundwater Flow2▲ 61×1 topic
  21. Reactive Transport2▲ 40×2 topics
  22. Transport Modeling2▲ 61×1 topic
  23. Sediment Transport2▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Shale Gas2▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Electronic Structure2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  26. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  27. Hydrology2▲ 16×4 topics
  28. Land Use Change2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  29. Model Evaluation2▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Thin Films2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  31. Toxicity2▲ 4.4×4 topics
  32. Wetlands2▲ 50×2 topics
  33. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 6.0×4 topics
  34. Remediation2▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Water Resources2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  36. Fisheries Sustainability1▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Ecosystem1▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Geological Mapping1▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Microbial Processes1▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Molecular Imaging1▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does California Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Ethics in Clinical Research, Water Quality and Resources Studies and Mercury impact and mitigation studies.

Geochemistry and Geologi…1Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 1 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Resea…1Ethics in Clinical Research: 1 fractional worksWater Quality and Resour…1Water Quality and Resources Studies: 1 fractional worksMercury impact and mitig…0Mercury impact and mitigation studies: 0 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 0 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Regulation: 0 fractional worksMine drainage and remedi…0Mine drainage and remediation techniques: 0 fractional worksGroundwater flow and con…0Groundwater flow and contamination studies: 0 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…0Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Power Amplifier…0Advanced Power Amplifier Design: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthWater Science and TechnologyHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis6 others

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

  1. 1 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  2. 2 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Water Quality and Resources Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  4. 4 Mercury impact and mitigation studies Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  5. 5 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  6. 6 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 0 works
  7. 7 Mine drainage and remediation techniques Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Power Amplifier Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 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 available30.7%not open69.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.1%domestic only81.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has California Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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