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Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies

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Research works
103
▲ 117% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.2k
31.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21.56× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.41× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 21.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael Bründl lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies.

  1. 1 Michael Bründl United States · #1,422,156 worldwide 26 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies

Which keywords describe research at Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Glacier, Water Availability, Risk Assessment, Hazard and Landslide.

▲ 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. Climate Change49▲ 18×33 topics
  2. Remote Sensing44▲ 39×13 topics
  3. Hydrology28▲ 236×4 topics
  4. Glacier21▲ 455×1 topic
  5. Water Availability21▲ 455×1 topic
  6. Risk Assessment15▲ 25×2 topics
  7. Hazard15▲ 266×1 topic
  8. Landslide15▲ 266×1 topic
  9. Arctic8▲ 74×2 topics
  10. Biomechanics7▲ 22×2 topics
  11. Permafrost7▲ 158×2 topics
  12. Risk Factors7▲ 6.2×2 topics
  13. Carbon Feedback6▲ 198×1 topic
  14. Methane Emissions6▲ 120×2 topics
  15. Thawing6▲ 198×1 topic
  16. Skiing6▲ 279×1 topic
  17. Snowboarding6▲ 279×1 topic
  18. Hydrological Modeling6▲ 27×4 topics
  19. Global Warming5▲ 14×7 topics
  20. Sediment Transport4▲ 24×3 topics
  21. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 26×3 topics
  22. Land Use Change4▲ 13×5 topics
  23. Model Evaluation4▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Biodiversity4▲ 4.6×7 topics
  25. Extreme Events4▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Ocean Circulation4▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Water Resources4▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Boundary Layer3▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Probabilistic Forecasting3▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Data Assimilation3▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Convective Parameterization3▲ 47×1 topic
  32. Ensemble Kalman Filter3▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Global Hydrology3▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Uncertainty Assessment3▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Paleoclimatology3▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Greenhouse Gas Emissions3▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Drought2▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Evapotranspiration2▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Global Change2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  40. Hydrological Cycle2▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cryospheric studies and observations, Landslides and related hazards, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance.

Cryospheric studies and …3Cryospheric studies and observations: 3 fractional worksLandslides and related h…3Landslides and related hazards: 3 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksWinter Sports Injuries and Performance: 1 fractional worksSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques: 0 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 0 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 0 fractional worksPolar Research and Ecology: 0 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 0 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 0 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGlobal and Planetary ChangePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 3 works
  2. 2 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  3. 3 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Winter Sports Injuries and Performance Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  7. 7 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 0 works
  8. 8 Polar Research and Ecology Ecology 0 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 0 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 available86.2%not open13.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors68.8%domestic only31.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 117% 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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