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Discovery Place

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Research works
77
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
28.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
Discovery Place

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.

Which fields of science does Discovery Place work in?

In all years, 76% of research at Discovery Place is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (41%), Environmental Science (20%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 59 fractional works · 76.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 31 fractional works · 40.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 12.2% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 19.7% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDiscovery Place77fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences7%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3140.7%
    2. Environmental Science1519.7%
    3. Engineering79.3%
    4. Computer Science22.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.6%
    6. Chemistry11.0%
    7. Mathematics00.5%
    8. Energy00.4%
    9. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology67.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Social Sciences34.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.7%
    3. Psychology10.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine45.4%
    2. Veterinary10.8%
    3. Health Professions00.4%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.49× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14.02× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.26× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.57× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 7.64× 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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences14.02×4 works
  2. Veterinary7.64×0 works
  3. Environmental Science3.57×3 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.49×2 works
  5. Energy2.26×0 works
  6. Chemistry1.54×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.86×2 works
  8. Medicine0.70×2 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.69×0 works
  10. Engineering0.61×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.57×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.51×0 works
  13. Psychology0.27×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.25×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Discovery Place?

Ranked on the quality score, Graham R. Davies lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Discovery Place.

  1. 1 Graham R. Davies United States · #1,499,907 worldwide 1.9k citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Discovery Place

What are the most cited papers from Discovery Place?

The most cited paper from Discovery Place is "Ages and magnetic structures of the South China Sea constrained by deep tow magnetic surveys and IODP Expedition 349" (Chun‐Feng Li et al., 2014), with 626 citations. Next come "A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth" (418) and "Oceanic core complexes and crustal accretion at slow-spreading ridges" (351).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ages and magnetic structures of the South China Sea constrained by deep tow magnetic surveys and IODP Expedition 349 Chun‐Feng Li et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems Open access Dec 2014 626
2 A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth Heiko Pälike et al. · Nature Open access Aug 2012 418
3 Oceanic core complexes and crustal accretion at slow-spreading ridges Benoı̂t Ildefonse, Donna K. Blackman, Barbara E. John et al. · Geology Open access 2007 351
4 The fate of organic carbon in marine sediments - New insights from recent data and analysis Douglas E. LaRowe, Sandra Arndt, James Andrew Bradley et al. · Earth-Science Reviews Open access 29 Feb 2020 309
5 A record of spontaneous subduction initiation in the Izu–Bonin–Mariana arc Richard Arculus et al. · Nature Geoscience 24 Aug 2015 283
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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-now: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Gut microbiota and health, Income, Poverty, and Inequality and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

Geology and Paleoclimato…1Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 0 fractional worksIncome, Poverty, and Inequality: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 0 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 0 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 0 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Rese…0HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 0 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 0 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustainability Research: 0 fractional worksIsland Studies and Pacific Affairs: 0 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceMolecular BiologySociology and Political SciencePulmonary 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 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 0 works
  3. 3 Income, Poverty, and Inequality Sociology and Political Science 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 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 0 works
  8. 8 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  9. 9 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  10. 10 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Discovery Place's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower 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 Place as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000022% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Discovery Place0.000042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Discovery Place over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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