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California Water Science Center

In research, California Water Science Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,676 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 11.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#21,526
of 42,892
Rank in ??
#337
of 1,041
Research works
152
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7k
30.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is California Water Science Center 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 #12,676 of 21,541 23.9%135

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where California Water Science Center 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).

What does California Water Science Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 11.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 21.2 works12×
← 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: 1.76× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11.17× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.68× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingSocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 11.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at California Water Science Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Brian A. Bergamaschi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is California Water Science Center.

  1. 1 Brian A. Bergamaschi ?? · #972,156 worldwide 77 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at California Water Science Center

Which keywords describe research at California Water Science Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Water Quality, Groundwater, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Modeling, Invasive Species, Environmental Impact and Fisheries Sustainability.

▲ 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. Climate Change12▲ 13×25 topics
  2. Water Quality6▲ 39×8 topics
  3. Groundwater4▲ 127×4 topics
  4. Remote Sensing4▲ 8.3×9 topics
  5. Environmental Impact4▲ 5.7×11 topics
  6. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 40×4 topics
  7. Invasive Species3▲ 20×8 topics
  8. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 87×2 topics
  9. Monitoring3▲ 76×2 topics
  10. Sediment Transport2▲ 43×4 topics
  11. Groundwater Flow2▲ 257×1 topic
  12. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 28×3 topics
  13. Hydrogeology2▲ 287×2 topics
  14. Transport Modeling2▲ 257×1 topic
  15. Water Resources2▲ 26×3 topics
  16. Sediment Analysis2▲ 2257×1 topic
  17. Surface Water2▲ 2257×1 topic
  18. Land Use Change2▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 85×2 topics
  20. Conservation Challenges2▲ 103×1 topic
  21. Flow Regulation2▲ 103×1 topic
  22. Global Hydrology2▲ 76×1 topic
  23. Model Evaluation2▲ 40×1 topic
  24. Eutrophication2▲ 42×3 topics
  25. Isotopes1▲ 126×1 topic
  26. Stable1▲ 146×1 topic
  27. Bioaccumulation1▲ 40×3 topics
  28. Ecosystem Services1▲ 9.4×4 topics
  29. Geological Mapping1▲ 42×2 topics
  30. Global Warming1▲ 8.4×4 topics
  31. Trophic Cascades1▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Compositional Data Analysis1▲ 48×1 topic
  33. Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 22×4 topics
  34. Harmful Algal Blooms1▲ 42×3 topics
  35. Mineral Prospectivity1▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Flood Risk1▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Nutrient Limitation1▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Pesticides1▲ 42×3 topics
  39. Sea-Level Rise1▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Surface Water Mapping1▲ 40×1 topic

Which research topics does California Water Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Groundwater flow and contamination studies, Water Quality and Resources Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Groundwater flow and con…2Groundwater flow and contamination studies: 2 fractional worksWater Quality and Resour…2Water Quality and Resources Studies: 2 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…2Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …2Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 2 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 1 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…1Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 1 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 1 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringWater Science and TechnologyNature and Landscape ConservationGeochemistry and Petrology4 others

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

  1. 1 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Water Quality and Resources Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  3. 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  5. 5 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 1 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  7. 7 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 1 works
  9. 9 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect 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 available40.1%not open59.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has California Water Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
grewheldshrank

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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