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Discovery Communications (United States)

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Research works
22
▲ 883% vs 2018-21
Citations
123
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Discovery Communications (United States)

Not ranked overall: Discovery Communications (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Discovery Communications (United States) work in?

In all years, 45% of research at Discovery Communications (United States) is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (15%), Health Professions (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 44.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 9.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 26.9% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 10.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 25.0% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 14.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 10.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDiscoveryCommunications…22fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences45%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences522.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities29.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting14.6%
    4. Psychology13.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.5%
    6. Decision Sciences01.7%
    1. Computer Science210.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences14.1%
    3. Mathematics13.8%
    4. Engineering13.7%
    5. Environmental Science12.9%
    6. Chemistry01.7%
    7. Materials Science00.6%
    1. Medicine314.6%
    2. Health Professions210.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.4%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 4.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.25× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.08×1 works
  2. Chemistry4.15×0 works
  3. Computer Science3.12×1 works
  4. Environmental Science2.25×1 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.67×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.45×0 works
  7. Engineering0.68×1 works
  8. Materials Science0.68×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.53×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.44×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.39×0 works
  12. Medicine0.35×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.29×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Discovery Communications (United States)?

The most cited paper from Discovery Communications (United States) is "Role of the Teacher in Computer‐supported Collaborative Inquiry Learning" (Detlef Urhahne, Sascha Schanze, Thorsten Bell et al., 2009), with 102 citations. Next come "Comparing Internet-Based and Venue-Based Methods to Sample MSM in the San Francisco Bay Area" (75) and "Low-Cost, Deep-Sea Imaging and Analysis Tools for Deep-Sea Exploration: A Collaborative Design Study" (52).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Role of the Teacher in Computer‐supported Collaborative Inquiry Learning Detlef Urhahne, Sascha Schanze, Thorsten Bell et al. · International Journal of Science Education 2 Apr 2009 102
2 Comparing Internet-Based and Venue-Based Methods to Sample MSM in the San Francisco Bay Area Henry Fisher Raymond, Greg Rebchook, Alberto Curotto et al. · AIDS and Behavior 21 Jan 2009 75
3 Low-Cost, Deep-Sea Imaging and Analysis Tools for Deep-Sea Exploration: A Collaborative Design Study Katherine L.C. Bell et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science Open access 11 Aug 2022 52
4 Exposing inequities in deep-sea exploration and research: results of the 2022 Global Deep-Sea Capacity Assessment Katherine L.C. Bell, Maud C. Quinzin, Diva J. Amon et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science Open access 9 Aug 2023 48
5 How little we’ve seen: A visual coverage estimate of the deep seafloor Katherine L.C. Bell, Kristen N. Johannes, Brian R.C. Kennedy et al. · Science Advances Open access 7 May 2025 47
All 39 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Discovery Communications (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Organizational Culture, Online Platforms, Social Media, Genomic Studies, Identity, Television, Public Health and Digital Communication.

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

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Organizational Culture2▲ 34×2 topics
  2. Globalization2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  3. Public Health2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  4. Genomic Studies2▲ 83×2 topics
  5. Online Platforms2▲ 188×2 topics
  6. Social Media2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  7. Identity2▲ 9.0×4 topics
  8. Television2▲ 319×2 topics
  9. Digital Communication1▲ 92×1 topic
  10. Media Studies1▲ 91×1 topic
  11. Ethical Considerations1▲ 16×2 topics
  12. Agenda Setting1▲ 148×1 topic
  13. Biomedical Science1▲ 218×1 topic
  14. Cultural Diversity1▲ 24×1 topic
  15. Educational Leadership1▲ 51×1 topic
  16. Health Research1▲ 73×1 topic
  17. Media Framing1▲ 148×1 topic
  18. Occupational Safety1▲ 63×1 topic
  19. Safety Culture1▲ 75×1 topic

Which research topics does Discovery Communications (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Media and Digital Communication, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Energetic Materials and Combustion.

Media and Digital Commun…1Media and Digital Communication: 1 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 0 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 0 fractional worksEnergetic Materials and Combustion: 0 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 0 fractional worksPolitical and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 0 fractional worksInternational Relations in Latin America: 0 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 0 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 0 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsOceanographyManagement Information SystemsMechanics of Materials5 others

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

  1. 1 Media and Digital Communication Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  2. 2 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 0 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 0 works
  4. 4 Energetic Materials and Combustion Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  5. 5 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  6. 6 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 International Relations in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 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 available34.5%not open65.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Discovery Communications (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 883% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Discovery Communications (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000045% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Discovery Communications (United States)0.000024% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Discovery Communications (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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