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Cave Research Foundation

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Research works
48
▲ 188% vs 2018-21
Citations
228
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Cave Research Foundation

Not ranked overall: Cave Research Foundation is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Cave Research Foundation work in?

In all years, 71% of research at Cave Research Foundation is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (31%), Engineering (18%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 71.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 30.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 7 fractional works · 14.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 18.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 9.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 21.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.7% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 7.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKCave ResearchFoundation48fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1530.7%
    2. Engineering918.2%
    3. Environmental Science59.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy25.0%
    5. Computer Science23.8%
    6. Chemical Engineering11.4%
    7. Mathematics11.4%
    8. Chemistry00.5%
    9. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Social Sciences611.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities47.9%
    3. Psychology12.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine12.4%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 11.07× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.17× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.77× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 3.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.09× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering11.07×1 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.17×2 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy6.09×2 works
  4. Mathematics3.29×1 works
  5. Engineering2.77×7 works
  6. Computer Science1.24×2 works
  7. Social Sciences0.77×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.50×0 works
  9. Medicine0.25×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.23×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cave Research Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Curwen Best and Roger W. Brucker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cave Research Foundation.

  1. 1 Curwen Best United States · #2,598,780 worldwide 118 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Roger W. Brucker United States · #3,687,064 worldwide 180 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Cave Research Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Cave Research Foundation?

The most cited paper from Cave Research Foundation is "Air Carbon Dioxide Contents in the Vadose Zone of a Mediterranean Karst" (José Félix García Benavente, Iñaki Vadillo, F. Carrasco et al., 2010), with 121 citations. Next come "Doomed before they are described? The need for conservation assessments of cryptic species complexes using an amblyopsid cavefish (Amblyopsidae: Typhlichthys) as a case study" (81) and "Carbon dioxide concentration in air within the Nerja Cave (Malaga, Andalusia, Spain)" (50).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Air Carbon Dioxide Contents in the Vadose Zone of a Mediterranean Karst José Félix García Benavente, Iñaki Vadillo, F. Carrasco et al. · Vadose Zone Journal Feb 2010 121
2 Doomed before they are described? The need for conservation assessments of cryptic species complexes using an amblyopsid cavefish (Amblyopsidae: Typhlichthys) as a case study Matthew L. Niemiller, G. O. Graening, Danté B. Fenolio et al. · Biodiversity and Conservation 20 Jun 2013 81
3 Carbon dioxide concentration in air within the Nerja Cave (Malaga, Andalusia, Spain) Cristina Liñán, Iñaki Vadillo, F. Carrasco · International Journal of Speleology Open access Jul 2008 50
4 Role of Vertical Shafts in the Movement of Ground Water in Carbonate Aquifers Roger W. Brucker, John W. Hess, William Blaine White · Ground Water Nov 1972 39
5 A Karst Connection model for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA Carol A. Hill, N. Eberz, Robert H. Buecher · Geomorphology 7 Jul 2007 38
All 54 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cave Research Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Groundwater, Hydrogeology, Modeling, Geohazards, Karst, Climate Change, Cultural Heritage and Heat Transfer.

▲ 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. Groundwater8▲ 196×4 topics
  2. Hydrogeology6▲ 326×2 topics
  3. Modeling6▲ 47×2 topics
  4. Geohazards6▲ 180×1 topic
  5. Karst6▲ 1625×1 topic
  6. Climate Change5▲ 4.2×11 topics
  7. Cultural Heritage4▲ 18×6 topics
  8. Heat Transfer3▲ 14×3 topics
  9. Large-Eddy Simulation3▲ 29×3 topics
  10. Holocene3▲ 37×3 topics
  11. Conservation3▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Sea Level2▲ 37×2 topics
  13. Entanglement2▲ 29×2 topics
  14. Glacial Cycles2▲ 42×1 topic
  15. Paleoclimatology2▲ 36×1 topic
  16. Remote Sensing2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  17. Adaptation2▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Turbulent Flows2▲ 31×1 topic
  19. Vortex Dynamics2▲ 25×1 topic
  20. Biodiversity2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  21. Biogeography2▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Risk Assessment2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  23. Bell Inequality2▲ 74×1 topic
  24. Decoherence2▲ 74×1 topic
  25. Mediterranean2▲ 32×4 topics
  26. Water Quality2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  27. Social-Ecological Systems2▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Ecology1▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Combustion Instabilities1▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Cultural Transmission1▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Evolution1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  33. Flow Control1▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Traditional Irrigation1▲ 219×1 topic
  35. Turbulent Flow1▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Water Sustainability1▲ 219×1 topic
  37. Hazard1▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Landslide1▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Tectonic Evolution1▲ 73×2 topics
  40. Biodeterioration1▲ 93×1 topic

Which research topics does Cave Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, COVID-19, Geopolitics, Technology, Migration and Chaos, Complexity, and Education.

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 2 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19, Geopolitics, Technology, Migration: 1 fractional worksChaos, Complexity, and Education: 1 fractional worksKarst Systems and Hydrogeology: 1 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis: 1 fractional worksRocket and propulsion sy…1Rocket and propulsion systems research: 1 fractional worksQuantum chaos and dynamical systems: 1 fractional worksAppalachian Studies and Mathematics: 1 fractional worksGas Dynamics and Kinetic…1Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory: 1 fractional works
Computational MechanicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsPolitical Science and International RelationsComputational Theory and Mathematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 2 works
  2. 2 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  3. 3 COVID-19, Geopolitics, Technology, Migration Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Chaos, Complexity, and Education Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  5. 5 Karst Systems and Hydrogeology Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis Computational Mechanics 1 works
  7. 7 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Quantum chaos and dynamical systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  9. 9 Appalachian Studies and Mathematics General Social Sciences 1 works
  10. 10 Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Applied Mathematics 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cave Research Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 188% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cave Research Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000014% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Cave Research Foundation0.00023% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Cave Research Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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