Question 1

What is Carnegie Institution for Science known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Carnegie Institution for Science rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Carnegie Institution for Science ranks #1,005 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#494 all time), and #221 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Carnegie Institution for Science?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Carnegie Institution for Science?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Carnegie Institution for Science is "Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans" (Andrew Z. Fire, Siqun Xu, Mary Katherine Montgomery et al., 1998), with 15,508 citations. Next come "Global Consequences of Land Use" (13,282) and "Rapid isolation of high molecular weight plant DNA" (12,462).

Question 5

Which research topics does Carnegie Institution for Science publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science, High-pressure geophysics and materials and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Carnegie Institution for Science?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Carnegie Institution for Science work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Carnegie Institution for Science's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.