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Center for Urban Waters

urbanwaters.orgROR OpenAlex
Research works
40
▲ 145% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
44.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Center for Urban Waters 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: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 5.52× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.52× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 14.36× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 14.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Center for Urban Waters?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Climate Change, Water Quality, Bioaccumulation, Toxicity, Environmental Exposure, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Global Distribution.

▲ 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 38 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Impact6▲ 11×12 topics
  2. Climate Change6▲ 5.2×24 topics
  3. Water Quality4▲ 25×7 topics
  4. Bioaccumulation3▲ 70×3 topics
  5. Toxicity3▲ 17×5 topics
  6. Environmental Exposure3▲ 66×3 topics
  7. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons3▲ 96×2 topics
  8. Global Distribution2▲ 82×2 topics
  9. Microbial Communities2▲ 17×3 topics
  10. Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor2▲ 115×1 topic
  11. Brominated Flame Retardants2▲ 115×1 topic
  12. Climate Change Impact2▲ 27×3 topics
  13. Ecotoxicity2▲ 99×2 topics
  14. Antibiotics2▲ 55×1 topic
  15. Invasive Species2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  16. Pesticides2▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Resistance Genes2▲ 112×1 topic
  18. Sustainable Drainage Systems2▲ 265×1 topic
  19. Urban Stormwater Management2▲ 265×1 topic
  20. Biomarkers2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  21. Health Effects2▲ 6.4×7 topics
  22. Remote Sensing2▲ 3.3×5 topics
  23. Pollution1▲ 25×3 topics
  24. Sustainability1▲ 1.93×8 topics
  25. Land Use Change1▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Aquaculture1▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Environmental Risk Assessment1▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Groundwater1▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.59×2 topics
  30. Sediment Transport1▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Aquatic Organisms1▲ 64×1 topic
  32. Conservation1▲ 5.7×4 topics
  33. Globalization1▲ 1.49×5 topics
  34. Marine Environment1▲ 28×3 topics
  35. Metal Toxicity1▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Habitat Connectivity1▲ 219×1 topic
  37. Population Dynamics1▲ 8.3×3 topics
  38. Road Ecology1▲ 219×1 topic

Which research topics does Center for Urban Waters publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution.

Wastewater Treatment and…1Wastewater Treatment and Reuse: 1 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants…1Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antib…1Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 1 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…1Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 1 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 0 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 0 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring…0Water Quality Monitoring Technologies: 0 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology: 0 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPollutionEnvironmental Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 1 works
  4. 4 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 1 works
  5. 5 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 0 works
  8. 8 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  10. 10 Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.7%domestic only80.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for Urban Waters's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 145% 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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