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Corvallis Environmental Center

In research, Corvallis Environmental Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,541 of 17,446 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,209 of 5,407 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,767 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science (Environmental Science is 5.5× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#14,057
of 22,385 · #4,724 all time
Rank in United States
#1,979
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
37k
32.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%

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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,541 of 17,446 11.8%630
Environmental ScienceField #1,209 of 5,407 13.9%317
Life SciencesDomain #3,767 of 11,023 10.9%283
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,855 of 5,126 11.2%171
EngineeringField #4,079 of 9,532 8.6%141
Health SciencesDomain #12,088 of 16,688 8.3%127

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Corvallis Environmental Center work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Corvallis Environmental Center is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (27%), Engineering (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 67 fractional works · 57.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 32 fractional works · 27.3% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 8.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 17.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 17.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 13.0% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCorvallisEnvironmental…117fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences13%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3227.3%
    2. Engineering2017.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences43.3%
    4. Materials Science43.3%
    5. Computer Science32.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy22.1%
    7. Chemistry10.8%
    8. Energy10.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1310.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Medicine1210.0%
    2. Health Professions32.2%
    3. Veterinary10.6%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences75.6%
    2. Psychology32.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities32.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Corvallis Environmental Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 32.1 works5.5×
← 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: 2.29× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.15× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.50× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.18× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science5.50×32 works
  2. Veterinary4.18×1 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.91×1 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.29×13 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.09×4 works
  6. Engineering1.15×20 works
  7. Materials Science0.93×4 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.93×2 works
  9. Health Professions0.84×3 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.83×2 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.81×5 works
  12. Psychology0.81×3 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.76×3 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.58×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.54×1 works
  16. Medicine0.52×12 works
  17. Energy0.51×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.44×7 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.41×0 works
  20. Nursing0.34×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.31×3 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×1 works
  23. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  25. Decision Sciences0.11×0 works
  26. Mathematics0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Corvallis Environmental Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Roland Solensky, Ken Vance‐Borland and James E. Summerton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Corvallis Environmental Center.

  1. 1 Roland Solensky United States · #821,413 worldwide 2.6k citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Ken Vance‐Borland United States · #867,667 worldwide 2.2k citations · 34 works
  3. 3 James E. Summerton United States · #1,026,184 worldwide 3.8k citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Timothy J. Sullivan United States · #1,203,964 worldwide 18k citations · 195 works
  5. 5 Roger L. Blaine United States · #1,755,918 worldwide 1.1k citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Joseph M. Eilers United States · #2,124,366 worldwide 1.7k citations · 71 works
  7. 7 J. King United States · #2,199,832 worldwide 140 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Liam T. Kane United States · #2,563,515 worldwide 444 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Herman V. Tartar United States · #2,701,210 worldwide 95 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Jeff D. Hamann United States · #2,709,964 worldwide 621 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Corvallis Environmental Center

What are the most cited papers from Corvallis Environmental Center?

The most cited paper from Corvallis Environmental Center is "A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests" (Craig D. Allen, Alison K. Macalady, Haroun Chenchouni et al., 2009), with 7,876 citations. Next come "Indicators for Monitoring Biodiversity: A Hierarchical Approach" (3,173) and "Ecoregions of the Conterminous United States" (2,710).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests Craig D. Allen, Alison K. Macalady, Haroun Chenchouni et al. · Forest Ecology and Management Open access 22 Oct 2009 7,876
2 Indicators for Monitoring Biodiversity: A Hierarchical Approach Reed F. Noss · Conservation Biology Open access Dec 1990 3,173
3 Ecoregions of the Conterminous United States James M. Omernik · Annals of the Association of American Geographers Mar 1987 2,710
4 Dissolved organic carbon trends resulting from changes in atmospheric deposition chemistry Donald T. Monteith, John L. Stoddard, Chris Evans et al. · Nature Nov 2007 1,834
5 Effects of Invasive Alien Plants on Fire Regimes Matthew L. Brooks, Carla M. D’Antonio, David M. Richardson et al. · BioScience Open access 2004 1,639
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Corvallis Environmental Center?

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

▲ 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-now 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 Change16▲ 5.1×47 topics
  2. Invasive Species7▲ 14×13 topics
  3. Freshwater Biodiversity5▲ 68×2 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 19×4 topics
  5. Biodiversity4▲ 4.5×14 topics
  6. Environmental Impact4▲ 1.91×20 topics
  7. Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 35×2 topics
  8. Remote Sensing3▲ 2.3×9 topics
  9. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 12×5 topics
  10. Sediment Transport3▲ 16×4 topics
  11. Conservation Challenges3▲ 55×1 topic
  12. Flow Regulation3▲ 55×1 topic
  13. River Restoration3▲ 57×2 topics
  14. Conservation3▲ 5.3×7 topics
  15. Water Quality3▲ 5.6×9 topics
  16. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 5.0×9 topics
  17. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Biomonitoring2▲ 22×3 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services2▲ 4.6×7 topics
  20. Aerospace Applications2▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Land Use2▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Land Use Change2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  23. Plant Pathogens2▲ 52×3 topics
  24. Solar Cells2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  25. Aquatic Insects2▲ 105×1 topic
  26. Eutrophication2▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Global Change2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  28. Stream Ecosystems2▲ 105×1 topic
  29. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Ecosystem2▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Environmental Impacts2▲ 5.8×7 topics
  32. Model Evaluation2▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics2▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Flexible Electronics2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  35. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 8.8×8 topics
  36. Polymer Composite Materials2▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Metallurgy2▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Databases2▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Grapevine2▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Plasmonics2▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Corvallis Environmental Center publish most on?

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

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 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 Wave and Wind Energy Systems Ocean Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Corvallis Environmental Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Corvallis Environmental Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Corvallis Environmental Center0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Corvallis Environmental Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Corvallis Environmental Center10.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.9% in 1997.

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