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Carnegie Museum of Natural History

In research, Carnegie Museum of Natural History stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,584 of 6,208 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#9,768 of 21,541 worldwide) and Paleontology (#163 of 290 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,808
of 28,054 · #13,626 all time
Rank in United States
#2,885
of 4,192
Research works
912
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
27.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Carnegie Museum of Natural History 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
Environmental ScienceField #2,584 of 6,208 23.6%242
Physical SciencesDomain #9,768 of 21,541 26.1%518
PaleontologySubfield #163 of 290 36.4%165
Life SciencesDomain #11,991 of 14,347 18.7%253
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #5,043 of 6,031 17.9%173
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #2,266 of 2,661 31.9%203

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Carnegie Museum of Natural History 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).

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: 4.12× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.56× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.71× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.78× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.64× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Carnegie Museum of Natural History?

Ranked on the composite score, John R. Wible, Bradley C. Livezey and Zhe‐Xi Luo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

  1. 1 John R. Wible United States · #188,550 worldwide 223 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Bradley C. Livezey United States · #199,138 worldwide 219 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Zhe‐Xi Luo United States · #213,961 worldwide 198 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Mary R. Dawson United States · #353,485 worldwide 127 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 David S. Berman United States · #490,049 worldwide 276 citations · 88 works
  6. 6 Amy C. Henrici United States · #491,707 worldwide 119 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Stephen L. Williams United States · #517,575 worldwide 120 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Pjotr Oosterbroek United States · #564,106 worldwide 20 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Duane A. Schlitter United States · #564,937 worldwide 97 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Richard Lund United States · #766,186 worldwide 63 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Which keywords describe research at Carnegie Museum of Natural History?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Conservation, Biogeography, Evolution, Conservation Biology and Habitat Fragmentation.

▲ 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 Change25▲ 9.2×38 topics
  2. Biodiversity21▲ 28×20 topics
  3. Invasive Species13▲ 30×15 topics
  4. Conservation12▲ 29×16 topics
  5. Biogeography11▲ 43×13 topics
  6. Evolution10▲ 41×11 topics
  7. Conservation Biology10▲ 94×3 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 44×5 topics
  9. Population Dynamics9▲ 35×8 topics
  10. Molecular Phylogeny8▲ 54×8 topics
  11. Phylogenetic Analysis8▲ 27×7 topics
  12. Phylogeny8▲ 50×12 topics
  13. Global Change7▲ 26×5 topics
  14. DNA Barcoding6▲ 38×7 topics
  15. Morphology6▲ 35×6 topics
  16. Taxonomy6▲ 44×7 topics
  17. Ecological Niche5▲ 87×1 topic
  18. Model Evaluation5▲ 41×2 topics
  19. Species Distribution Modeling5▲ 87×1 topic
  20. Mammal Evolution5▲ 238×1 topic
  21. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis5▲ 238×1 topic
  22. Biological Invasions4▲ 47×3 topics
  23. Biodiversity Loss4▲ 78×2 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services4▲ 10×5 topics
  25. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 20×7 topics
  26. Plant-Animal Interactions4▲ 41×1 topic
  27. Pollinator Decline4▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Amphibian Declines3▲ 146×1 topic
  29. Chytridiomycosis3▲ 146×1 topic
  30. Cretaceous3▲ 146×2 topics
  31. Metabolic Rate3▲ 46×2 topics
  32. Bats3▲ 80×2 topics
  33. Dinosaur3▲ 222×1 topic
  34. Paleontology3▲ 222×1 topic
  35. Echolocation3▲ 161×1 topic
  36. Hibernation3▲ 161×1 topic
  37. Lepidoptera3▲ 141×1 topic
  38. Molecular Phylogenetics3▲ 141×1 topic
  39. Ecological Impact2▲ 50×2 topics
  40. Genomics2▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Carnegie Museum of Natural History publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Species Distribution and Climate Change, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Plant and animal studies and Amphibian and Reptile Biology.

Species Distribution and Climate Change: 5 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 5 fractional worksPlant and animal studies4Plant and animal studies: 4 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…3Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 3 fractional worksPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 3 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 3 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology …3Bat Biology and Ecology Studies: 3 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 2 fractional worksRadioactive element chemistry and processing: 2 fractional works
Ecological ModelingPaleontologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGlobal and Planetary Change4 others

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

  1. 1 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 5 works
  2. 2 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 5 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  4. 4 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 3 works
  6. 6 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 3 works
  7. 7 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  9. 9 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 2 works
  10. 10 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 2 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 available40.3%not open59.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Carnegie Museum of Natural History's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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