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City of Portland

In research, City of Portland stands highest in Physical Sciences (#20,630 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#38,983
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#8,172
of 8,685
Research works
213
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.4k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is City of Portland 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
Physical SciencesDomain #20,630 of 21,541 10.8%134

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where City of Portland 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: 1.86× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.99× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.48× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.14× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 3.13× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 16.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 16.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at City of Portland?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Water Quality, Climate Change, Climate Change Impact, Sustainable Drainage Systems, Urban Stormwater Management, Liquefaction, Tunnel and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Water Quality20▲ 23×9 topics
  2. Climate Change20▲ 3.5×36 topics
  3. Climate Change Impact13▲ 32×4 topics
  4. Sustainability13▲ 3.4×29 topics
  5. Sustainable Drainage Systems12▲ 362×1 topic
  6. Urban Stormwater Management12▲ 362×1 topic
  7. Environmental Impact10▲ 3.5×14 topics
  8. Liquefaction9▲ 55×2 topics
  9. Tunnel9▲ 55×2 topics
  10. Public Health8▲ 2.9×16 topics
  11. Remote Sensing8▲ 3.6×13 topics
  12. Analysis8▲ 34×2 topics
  13. Pipeline8▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Earthquake8▲ 69×1 topic
  15. Seismic8▲ 69×1 topic
  16. Health Effects8▲ 6.0×11 topics
  17. Sustainable Development8▲ 3.1×11 topics
  18. Optimization7▲ 6.3×5 topics
  19. Water Resources6▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Hydrological Modeling6▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Land Use Change6▲ 10×5 topics
  22. Sustainability Assessment6▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Sediment Transport6▲ 17×4 topics
  24. Leak Detection6▲ 106×1 topic
  25. Water Distribution Networks6▲ 106×1 topic
  26. Environmental Monitoring6▲ 8.3×5 topics
  27. Spatial Planning6▲ 27×2 topics
  28. Urban Underground Space6▲ 271×1 topic
  29. Utility Tunnels6▲ 271×1 topic
  30. Ecosystem Services5▲ 6.7×9 topics
  31. Wastewater Treatment5▲ 11×7 topics
  32. Urban Development4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  33. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 7.3×8 topics
  34. Travel Behavior4▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Model Evaluation4▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Public Transport4▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Service Quality4▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Monitoring4▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Environmental Noise4▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Noise Pollution4▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does City of Portland publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Noise Effects and Management, Air Traffic Management and Optimization, Crime Patterns and Interventions and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures.

Noise Effects and Management: 1 fractional worksAir Traffic Management and Optimization: 1 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Inter…1Crime Patterns and Interventions: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…1Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional worksPolicing Practices and Perceptions: 1 fractional worksGun Ownership and Violence Research: 0 fractional worksEuropean Criminal Justic…0European Criminal Justice and Data Protection: 0 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 0 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 0 fractional worksFood Waste Reduction and Sustainability: 0 fractional works
Speech and HearingAerospace EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceCivil and Structural Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 1 works
  2. 2 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Policing Practices and Perceptions Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Gun Ownership and Violence Research Health 0 works
  7. 7 European Criminal Justice and Data Protection Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  9. 9 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability Food Science 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 available21.1%not open78.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has City of Portland's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% lower 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.