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Cleveland Museum of Natural History

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World rank, all time
#14,861
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,244
of 8,685
Research works
237
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.3k
30.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
42.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

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: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17.56× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.22× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.34× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 17.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Metin I. Eren, Donald C. Johanson and Brian G. Redmond lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

  1. 1 Metin I. Eren United States · #156,881 worldwide 184 citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Donald C. Johanson United States · #601,766 worldwide 86 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Brian G. Redmond United States · #1,132,661 worldwide 45 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Michael J. Ryan United States · #1,262,117 worldwide 62 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Joseph T. Hannibal United States · #1,315,854 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Yohannes Haile‐Selassie United States · #1,522,506 worldwide 32 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Which keywords describe research at Cleveland Museum of Natural History?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Biogeography, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Biodiversity, Conservation and Cultural Heritage.

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

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Biogeography2▲ 38×9 topics
  2. Hominin Genetics2▲ 473×1 topic
  3. Paleolithic Archaeology2▲ 473×1 topic
  4. Agricultural Origins2▲ 285×1 topic
  5. Radiocarbon Dating2▲ 285×1 topic
  6. Climate Change2▲ 3.3×11 topics
  7. Biodiversity2▲ 9.1×10 topics
  8. Conservation1▲ 15×8 topics
  9. Cultural Heritage1▲ 11×4 topics
  10. Age Estimation1▲ 93×1 topic
  11. Sex Determination1▲ 157×1 topic
  12. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 30×3 topics
  13. Population Dynamics1▲ 18×5 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

Pleistocene-Era Hominins…2Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 2 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient …2Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 2 fractional worksForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 1 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontolo…1Evolution and Paleontology Studies: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…1Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksImage Processing and 3D …1Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction: 1 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 0 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksScarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography: 0 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 0 fractional works
AnthropologyPaleontologyArcheologyAtmospheric Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 2 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 2 works
  3. 3 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 1 works
  4. 4 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 1 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  6. 6 Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  7. 7 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  9. 9 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography Paleontology 0 works
  10. 10 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.5%domestic only74.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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