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Corvallis Environmental Center

In research, Corvallis Environmental Center stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,610 of 6,208 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,573 of 21,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,739 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,401
of 28,054 · #8,494 all time
Rank in United States
#2,333
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
32.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Corvallis Environmental Center 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,610 of 6,208 31.0%317
Physical SciencesDomain #6,573 of 21,541 24.6%630
Life SciencesDomain #7,739 of 14,347 20.7%283
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,305 of 6,031 22.7%171
Health SciencesDomain #15,763 of 20,462 13.6%127
EngineeringField #8,794 of 11,412 15.4%141

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Corvallis Environmental Center 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).

What does Corvallis Environmental Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 26.7 works5.4×
← 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: 2.00× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.30× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.41× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Corvallis Environmental Center?

Ranked on the composite score, John Dryden, Michael Wynn and Timothy J. Sullivan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Corvallis Environmental Center.

  1. 1 John Dryden United States · #451,810 worldwide 63 citations · 223 works
  2. 2 Michael Wynn United States · #1,072,209 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Timothy J. Sullivan United States · #1,093,427 worldwide 52 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Corvallis Environmental Center

Which keywords describe research at Corvallis Environmental Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Freshwater Biodiversity, Habitat Fragmentation, Fisheries Sustainability, Biodiversity, Sediment Transport and Ecosystem Functioning.

▲ 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 Change14▲ 5.3×45 topics
  2. Invasive Species6▲ 13×12 topics
  3. Freshwater Biodiversity4▲ 70×2 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 17×4 topics
  5. Biodiversity4▲ 4.7×13 topics
  6. Remote Sensing3▲ 2.5×9 topics
  7. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 31×2 topics
  8. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 14×5 topics
  9. Sediment Transport3▲ 17×4 topics
  10. River Restoration3▲ 63×2 topics
  11. Conservation Challenges2▲ 53×1 topic
  12. Flow Regulation2▲ 53×1 topic
  13. Conservation2▲ 5.7×7 topics
  14. Water Quality2▲ 5.8×8 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 5.7×8 topics
  16. Aerospace Applications2▲ 20×2 topics
  17. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 14×4 topics
  18. Land Use Change2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  19. Solar Cells2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  20. Biomonitoring2▲ 25×3 topics
  21. Ecosystem Services2▲ 4.8×7 topics
  22. Model Evaluation2▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics2▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Eutrophication2▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Flexible Electronics2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  26. Land Use2▲ 35×1 topic
  27. Polymer Composite Materials2▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Stream Ecosystems2▲ 132×1 topic
  29. Ecosystem2▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  31. Metallurgy2▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Water Resources2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  33. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Databases2▲ 52×1 topic
  35. Plasmonics2▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Thermochemical2▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Thin-Film Transistors2▲ 72×1 topic
  38. Nutrient Cycling1▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Sea-Level Rise1▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Health Care Utilization1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Corvallis Environmental Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, Material Properties and Applications and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies.

Fish Ecology and Managem…2Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksFreshwater macroinverteb…2Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology: 2 fractional worksMaterial Properties and …2Material Properties and Applications: 2 fractional worksThin-Film Transistor Tec…2Thin-Film Transistor Technologies: 2 fractional worksMetallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 1 fractional worksWave and Wind Energy Sys…1Wave and Wind Energy Systems: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksSoil and Water Nutrient Dynamics: 1 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems1Fire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationEcologyGeneral Materials ScienceElectrical and Electronic Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  2. 2 Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology Ecology 2 works
  3. 3 Material Properties and Applications General Materials Science 2 works
  4. 4 Thin-Film Transistor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Wave and Wind Energy Systems Ocean Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  9. 9 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 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 available25.5%not open74.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Corvallis Environmental Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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