Carnegie Institution for Science
In research, Carnegie Institution for Science stands highest in Life Sciences (#404 of 6,403 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#780 of 10,670 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#343 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Geophysics (Instrumentation is 44.7× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,005 of 22,385 · #494 all time
- Rank in United States
- #221 of 3,332
- Research works
- 17k ▼ 7% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 1.1M 63.8 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 14.7% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.12× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 37% world 40%
- International
- 27% world 18%
What is Carnegie Institution for Science known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life SciencesDomain | #404 of 6,403 | 14.2% | 342 | #396 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #780 of 10,670 | 16.7% | 630 | #275 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #343 of 3,157 | 15.0% | 175 | #184 | |
| Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield | #51 of 400 | 20.6% | 162 | #38 | |
| Plant ScienceSubfield | #195 of 1,317 | 13.6% | 115 | #83 | |
| EngineeringField | #900 of 5,901 | 14.9% | 75 | #807 | |
| Earth and Planetary SciencesField | #169 of 1,088 | 13.8% | 143 | #62 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #489 of 2,964 | 13.5% | 143 | #396 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #572 of 3,334 | 20.2% | 107 | #366 | |
| Physics and AstronomyField | #282 of 1,417 | 20.1% | 218 | #145 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Carnegie Institution for Science 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Life Sciences#396 #404
- Physical Sciences#275 #780
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#184 #343
- Astronomy and Astrophysics#38 #51
- Plant Science#83 #195
- Engineering#807 #900
- Earth and Planetary Sciences#62 #169
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#396 #489
- Environmental Science#366 #572
- Physics and Astronomy#145 #282
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Carnegie Institution for Science work in?
In 2022-now, 54% of research at Carnegie Institution for Science is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences72154.1%
- Physics and Astronomy25118.8%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences16812.6%
- Environmental Science1239.2%
- Engineering816.1%
- Materials Science302.2%
- Computer Science282.1%
- Chemistry201.5%
- Energy151.1%
- Chemical Engineering30.2%
- Mathematics20.1%
- Life Sciences41431.0%
- Health Sciences15511.6%
- Medicine13710.3%
- Nursing90.7%
- Health Professions40.3%
- Veterinary30.2%
- Dentistry10.1%
- Social Sciences443.3%
What does Carnegie Institution for Science specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Instrumentation takes 44.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- InstrumentationSubfield · 29.8 works45×
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 184.6 works27×
- GeophysicsSubfield · 112.6 works24×
- Physics and AstronomyField · 251.5 works8.5×
- Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 167.9 works8.0×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physics and Astronomy8.47×252 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences8.02×168 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.39×215 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.37×169 works
- Environmental Science1.86×123 works
- Veterinary1.57×3 works
- Nursing1.41×9 works
- Energy1.21×15 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.19×6 works
- Chemistry0.96×20 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.87×12 works
- Chemical Engineering0.70×3 works
- Materials Science0.64×30 works
- Neuroscience0.60×13 works
- Medicine0.54×137 works
- Engineering0.40×81 works
- Decision Sciences0.39×5 works
- Computer Science0.27×28 works
- Dentistry0.18×1 works
- Psychology0.14×6 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×4 works
- Social Sciences0.13×22 works
- Health Professions0.12×4 works
- Mathematics0.11×2 works
- Arts and Humanities0.10×4 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.10×4 works
- Physics and Astronomy 8.5×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 8.0×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3.4×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2.4×
- Environmental Science 1.9×
- Veterinary 1.6×
- Nursing 1.4×
- Energy 1.2×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.2×
- Chemistry 1.0×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.9×
- Chemical Engineering 0.7×
- Materials Science 0.6×
- Neuroscience 0.6×
- Medicine 0.5×
- Engineering 0.4×
- Decision Sciences 0.4×
- Computer Science 0.3×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Psychology 0.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Health Professions 0.1×
- Mathematics 0.1×
- Arts and Humanities 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Carnegie Institution for Science?
Ranked on the quality score, Allan C. Spradling, Chris R. Somerville and Christopher B. Field lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Carnegie Institution for Science.
- 1
Allan C. Spradling
United States · #3,806 worldwide 48k citations · 262 works
- 2
Chris R. Somerville
United States · #4,156 worldwide 41k citations · 271 works
- 3
Christopher B. Field
United States · #5,356 worldwide 101k citations · 549 works
- 4
Gregory P. Asner
United States · #8,713 worldwide 98k citations · 1,051 works
- 5
Wolf Bernd Frommer
United States · #10,804 worldwide 42k citations · 397 works
- 6
Joseph A. Berry
United States · #11,814 worldwide 70k citations · 489 works
- 7
Ken Caldeira
United States · #16,431 worldwide 30k citations · 306 works
- 8
David W. Ehrhardt
United States · #16,546 worldwide 15k citations · 124 works
- 9
Lorenzo Rosa
United States · #19,296 worldwide 8.3k citations · 186 works
- 10
Roberta E. Martin
United States · #23,116 worldwide 17k citations · 238 works
Which keywords describe research at Carnegie Institution for Science?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Plate Tectonics, Climate Change, Tomography, Star Formation, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Superconductivity and Tectonics.
- Seismic Noise
- Mars
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Stellar Populations
- Metabolism
- Supernovae
- Molecular Clouds
- Gravitational Waves
- Cosmology
- Spectrograph
- Astronomical Instrumentation
- Geochronology
- Gene Expression
- Accretion Disks
- Solar System Abundances
- Thermodynamic Modeling
- Superconductivity
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Star Formation
- Plate Tectonics
- Climate Change
- Tomography
- Exoplanets
- Oxidative Stress
- Tectonics
- Magnetic Fields
- Terrestrial Planets
- Crystal Structure Prediction
- Mantle Dynamics
- Zircon
- Black Holes
- Dark Matter
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- Turbulence
- Protoplanetary Disks
- Microbial Communities
- Galaxies
- Nucleosynthesis
- Neutron Stars
- Martian Surface
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
- Climate Change92▲ 2.5×80 topics
- Plate Tectonics64▲ 32×3 topics
- Tomography48▲ 20×5 topics
- Star Formation47▲ 62×2 topics
- Exoplanets44▲ 83×1 topic
- Stellar Astrophysics44▲ 83×1 topic
- Oxidative Stress37▲ 1.70×57 topics
- Superconductivity36▲ 16×9 topics
- Tectonics33▲ 20×3 topics
- Thermodynamic Modeling32▲ 21×2 topics
- Magnetic Fields32▲ 36×3 topics
- Solar System Abundances32▲ 49×1 topic
- Terrestrial Planets32▲ 49×1 topic
- Accretion Disks31▲ 47×2 topics
- Crystal Structure Prediction31▲ 49×1 topic
- Gene Expression31▲ 3.7×19 topics
- Mantle Dynamics31▲ 49×1 topic
- Geochronology31▲ 34×1 topic
- Zircon31▲ 34×1 topic
- Astronomical Instrumentation30▲ 69×1 topic
- Black Holes30▲ 23×3 topics
- Spectrograph30▲ 69×1 topic
- Dark Matter27▲ 18×3 topics
- Cosmology27▲ 29×2 topics
- Phylogenetic Analysis26▲ 6.3×14 topics
- Gravitational Waves25▲ 33×2 topics
- Turbulence25▲ 21×3 topics
- Molecular Clouds24▲ 68×1 topic
- Protoplanetary Disks24▲ 68×1 topic
- Supernovae24▲ 23×2 topics
- Microbial Communities24▲ 4.0×10 topics
- Metabolism23▲ 3.3×26 topics
- Galaxies22▲ 57×1 topic
- Stellar Populations22▲ 57×1 topic
- Nucleosynthesis22▲ 33×3 topics
- Gamma-Ray Bursts19▲ 54×1 topic
- Neutron Stars19▲ 54×1 topic
- Mars16▲ 36×1 topic
- Martian Surface16▲ 36×1 topic
- Seismic Noise16▲ 25×1 topic
Which research topics does Carnegie Institution for Science publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science, High-pressure geophysics and materials and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 44 works
- 2 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 32 works
- 3 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 31 works
- 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 31 works
- 5 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 30 works
- 6 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 24 works
- 7 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 22 works
- 8 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 19 works
- 9 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
- 10 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 16 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Carnegie Institution for Science's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 Carnegie Institution for Science as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0046% in 2024.
Fractional works of Carnegie Institution for Science 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.6% in 1998.
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- United States Department of Veterans Affairs
- United States Department of Health and Human Services
- Georgetown University
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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