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Discovery Place

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Research works
77
▲ 97% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
28.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Discovery Place is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.34× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13.16× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.43× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.57× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 8.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 13.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Discovery Place?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Holocene, Sea Level, Paleoclimatology, Glacial Cycles, Monsoon Dynamics, Tectonics and Plate Tectonics.

▲ 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 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▲ 7.7×26 topics
  2. Holocene10▲ 75×3 topics
  3. Sea Level9▲ 85×2 topics
  4. Glacial Cycles9▲ 106×1 topic
  5. Monsoon Dynamics9▲ 106×1 topic
  6. Paleoclimatology9▲ 92×2 topics
  7. Tectonics8▲ 57×3 topics
  8. Plate Tectonics5▲ 31×3 topics
  9. Sedimentation5▲ 84×2 topics
  10. Fluvial Systems5▲ 136×1 topic
  11. Microbial Communities5▲ 18×3 topics
  12. Sequence Stratigraphy5▲ 136×1 topic
  13. Biogeochemical Cycling4▲ 104×2 topics
  14. Anaerobic4▲ 81×1 topic
  15. Methane Oxidation4▲ 68×1 topic
  16. Marine Sediments4▲ 62×2 topics
  17. Paleoproductivity4▲ 119×1 topic
  18. Paleoredox4▲ 119×1 topic
  19. Continental Margin3▲ 59×2 topics
  20. Crustal Structure3▲ 59×2 topics
  21. Shale Gas3▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Biodiversity3▲ 5.0×10 topics
  23. Subduction3▲ 37×3 topics
  24. Invasive Species3▲ 6.1×6 topics
  25. Cenozoic Evolution2▲ 81×1 topic
  26. Rifting2▲ 81×1 topic
  27. Mudstones2▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Pore Structure2▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Geochronology2▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Zircon2▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Conservation2▲ 5.4×6 topics
  32. Biogeography2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  33. Population Dynamics2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  34. Geodetic Measurements2▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Earthquakes2▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Habitat Selection2▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Plate Boundaries2▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Trophic Cascades2▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Ecosystem2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Oil and Gas2▲ 60×2 topics

Which research topics does Discovery Place publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Income, Poverty, and Inequality, Gut microbiota and health and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

Geology and Paleoclimato…1Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksIncome, Poverty, and Inequality: 0 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 0 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 0 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 0 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustai…0Global Energy and Sustainability Research: 0 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 0 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 0 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 0 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceSociology and Political ScienceMolecular BiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  2. 2 Income, Poverty, and Inequality Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 0 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  6. 6 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  8. 8 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 0 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  10. 10 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available54.4%not open45.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.9%domestic only51.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Discovery Place's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 97% 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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