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Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

In research, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences stands highest in Earth and Planetary Sciences (#51 of 1,209 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#695 of 12,888 worldwide) and Atmospheric Science (#35 of 301 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Atmospheric Science is 67.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,249
of 28,054 · #533 all time
Rank in United States
#206
of 4,192
Research works
4.5k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
268k
59.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #51 of 1,209 28.2%195 #27
Physical SciencesDomain #695 of 12,888 28.0%442 #384
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #35 of 301 28.3%145 #19
Environmental ScienceField #704 of 3,551 30.5%176 #267
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #152 of 535 28.6%108 #81

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences#27 #51
  2. Physical Sciences#384 #695
  3. Atmospheric Science#19 #35
  4. Environmental Science#267 #704
  5. Global and Planetary Change#81 #152
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 67.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 145.0 works67×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 108.2 works29×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 194.9 works26×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 28.8 works21×
  5. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 23.8 works9.4×
  6. Environmental ScienceField · 176.0 works7.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.46× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25.53× its world share, 195 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.28× its world share, 176 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.60× its world share, 28 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 25.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Noah Fierer, Georg Grell and G. J. Frost lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.

  1. 1 Noah Fierer United States · #8,457 worldwide 1.6k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Georg Grell United States · #10,054 worldwide 1.3k citations · 53 works
  3. 3 G. J. Frost United States · #12,370 worldwide 721 citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Mark C. Serreze United States · #23,426 worldwide 908 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 S. A. McKeen United States · #28,741 worldwide 679 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Tingjun Zhang United States · #32,259 worldwide 768 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 V. I. Tatarskiĭ United States · #36,823 worldwide 312 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 A. M. Middlebrook United States · #45,966 worldwide 425 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 Colm Sweeney United States · #64,634 worldwide 881 citations · 111 works
  10. 10 Christopher J. Cox United States · #70,982 worldwide 586 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Ocean Circulation, Global Warming, Air Quality, Hydrological Cycle, Data Assimilation and Satellite Observations.

▲ 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 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 Change152▲ 12×70 topics
  2. Remote Sensing76▲ 13×25 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation60▲ 95×3 topics
  4. Global Warming58▲ 29×12 topics
  5. Air Quality56▲ 62×6 topics
  6. Hydrological Cycle52▲ 113×2 topics
  7. Data Assimilation47▲ 62×4 topics
  8. Satellite Observations46▲ 96×3 topics
  9. Greenhouse Gas Emissions37▲ 28×7 topics
  10. Extreme Events36▲ 84×2 topics
  11. Boundary Layer35▲ 58×3 topics
  12. Climate Modeling35▲ 100×1 topic
  13. Precipitation Extremes35▲ 100×1 topic
  14. Atmospheric Aerosols34▲ 126×1 topic
  15. Black Carbon34▲ 126×1 topic
  16. Probabilistic Forecasting33▲ 35×3 topics
  17. Ensemble Kalman Filter33▲ 67×2 topics
  18. Convective Parameterization32▲ 122×1 topic
  19. Mesoscale Modeling32▲ 122×1 topic
  20. Sea Level Rise28▲ 46×3 topics
  21. Emissions26▲ 27×4 topics
  22. Shale Gas26▲ 43×2 topics
  23. Water Quality26▲ 13×7 topics
  24. Hydrology26▲ 42×4 topics
  25. Carbon Dioxide25▲ 33×2 topics
  26. Hydraulic Fracturing25▲ 46×2 topics
  27. Natural Gas25▲ 55×3 topics
  28. Atmospheric25▲ 103×1 topic
  29. Methane25▲ 103×1 topic
  30. Arctic24▲ 45×4 topics
  31. Ozone Depletion22▲ 152×1 topic
  32. Stratospheric Water Vapor22▲ 152×1 topic
  33. Hydrological Modeling21▲ 18×5 topics
  34. Climate20▲ 48×2 topics
  35. Ice Nucleation18▲ 94×2 topics
  36. Aerosols18▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Atmospheric Dust18▲ 149×1 topic
  38. Solar Wind18▲ 39×2 topics
  39. Particulate Matter15▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Glacier14▲ 68×1 topic

Which research topics does Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Climate variability and models: 35 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 34 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…32Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 32 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…25Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 25 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 22 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 18 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …14Cryospheric studies and observations: 14 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 14 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 11 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 10 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceOceanographyHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 35 works
  2. 2 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 34 works
  3. 3 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 32 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 25 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 22 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 18 works
  7. 7 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 14 works
  8. 8 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 14 works
  9. 9 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 11 works
  10. 10 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 10 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 available45.3%not open54.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.0%domestic only76.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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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