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Earth and Space Research

In research, Earth and Space Research stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,804 of 10,670 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#271 of 1,088 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Geophysics is 52.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,648
of 22,385 · #1,714 all time
Rank in United States
#759
of 3,332
Research works
1.8k
▼ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
82k
45.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Earth and Space Research

What is Earth and Space Research known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,804 of 10,670 13.9%158 #922
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #271 of 1,088 12.8%83 #115

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Earth and Space Research 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 Earth and Space Research work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Earth and Space Research is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (45%), Environmental Science (13%), Physics and Astronomy (13%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 193 fractional works · 87.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 99 fractional works · 45.1% of its workGeophysics: 40 fractional works · 18.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 34 fractional works · 15.5% of its workPaleontology: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 13.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 29 fractional works · 13.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 26 fractional works · 11.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEarth and SpaceResearch220fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences9945.1%
    2. Environmental Science3013.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy2913.3%
    4. Engineering209.0%
    5. Computer Science104.4%
    6. Materials Science31.3%
    7. Chemistry10.7%
    8. Energy10.4%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.6%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences52.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities52.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    5. Psychology00.2%
    1. Medicine31.2%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Earth and Space Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 52.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 39.9 works52×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 34.0 works35×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 99.2 works29×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 25.7 works23×
← 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: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 28.78× its world share, 99 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.71× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.97× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 28.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences28.78×99 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy5.97×29 works
  3. Environmental Science2.71×30 works
  4. Dentistry0.78×1 works
  5. Arts and Humanities0.72×5 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×6 works
  7. Engineering0.60×20 works
  8. Computer Science0.56×10 works
  9. Energy0.46×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.42×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.38×1 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.37×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.37×3 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×4 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.23×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.19×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.17×5 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×1 works
  20. Medicine0.06×2 works
  21. Psychology0.05×0 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Earth and Space Research?

Ranked on the quality score, Roger Buick, Laurie Padman and Qibin Shi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Earth and Space Research.

  1. 1 Roger Buick United States · #32,927 worldwide 16k citations · 165 works
  2. 2 Laurie Padman United States · #107,442 worldwide 13k citations · 263 works
  3. 3 Qibin Shi United States · #411,914 worldwide 413 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Susan L. Howard United States · #583,937 worldwide 1.4k citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Aaron Brewer United States · #672,325 worldwide 1.1k citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Daniel J. Miller United States · #798,801 worldwide 4k citations · 63 works
  7. 7 Hsun‐Ying Kao United States · #1,048,158 worldwide 3.1k citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Scott R. Springer United States · #1,329,645 worldwide 951 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Robin D. Muench United States · #1,351,965 worldwide 4.7k citations · 134 works
  10. 10 Kathleen Dohan United States · #1,539,139 worldwide 902 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Earth and Space Research

What are the most cited papers from Earth and Space Research?

The most cited paper from Earth and Space Research is "Global Water Resources: Vulnerability from Climate Change and Population Growth" (Charles J Vörösmarty, Pamela Green, Joseph E. Salisbury et al., 2000), with 5,143 citations. Next come "Holocene climate variability" (2,636) and "A complete and easily accessible means of calculating surface exposure ages or erosion rates from 10Be and 26Al measurements" (2,333).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global Water Resources: Vulnerability from Climate Change and Population Growth Charles J Vörösmarty, Pamela Green, Joseph E. Salisbury et al. · Science 14 Jul 2000 5,143
2 Holocene climate variability Paul A. Mayewski, Eelco E. Rohling, Jay Curt Stager et al. · Quaternary Research 21 Oct 2004 2,636
3 A complete and easily accessible means of calculating surface exposure ages or erosion rates from 10Be and 26Al measurements Greg Balco, John O. H. Stone, Nathaniel A. Lifton et al. · Quaternary Geochronology 7 Jan 2008 2,333
4 A stratigraphic framework for abrupt climatic changes during the Last Glacial period based on three synchronized Greenland ice-core records: refining and extending the INTIMATE event stratigraphy Sune Olander Rasmussen et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews Open access 5 Oct 2014 2,276
5 Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability David R. Montgomery · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 8 Aug 2007 2,217
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Earth and Space Research?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Holocene, Sea Level, Paleoclimatology and Thermodynamic Modeling.

▲ 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 Change44▲ 7.3×40 topics
  2. Remote Sensing25▲ 9.4×23 topics
  3. Plate Tectonics19▲ 56×3 topics
  4. Tectonics15▲ 56×3 topics
  5. Holocene14▲ 56×3 topics
  6. Sea Level12▲ 61×2 topics
  7. Machine Learning12▲ 1.66×16 topics
  8. Paleoclimatology12▲ 67×2 topics
  9. Thermodynamic Modeling12▲ 48×3 topics
  10. Hydrology12▲ 42×3 topics
  11. Solar Influence12▲ 77×2 topics
  12. Tomography12▲ 30×4 topics
  13. Glacial Cycles12▲ 82×1 topic
  14. Monsoon Dynamics12▲ 82×1 topic
  15. Geochronology12▲ 76×1 topic
  16. Zircon12▲ 76×1 topic
  17. Geodetic Measurements10▲ 45×2 topics
  18. Subduction10▲ 63×3 topics
  19. Sea Level Rise10▲ 37×3 topics
  20. Earthquakes10▲ 78×1 topic
  21. Plate Boundaries10▲ 78×1 topic
  22. Arctic8▲ 34×3 topics
  23. Glacier8▲ 87×1 topic
  24. Water Availability8▲ 87×1 topic
  25. Ocean Circulation8▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Marine Sediments7▲ 50×2 topics
  27. Solar System Abundances6▲ 58×1 topic
  28. Terrestrial Planets6▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Mars6▲ 83×1 topic
  30. Martian Surface6▲ 83×1 topic
  31. Global Warming6▲ 6.4×8 topics
  32. Seismic Noise6▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Surface Wave6▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Crystal Structure Prediction6▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Mantle Dynamics6▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Paleoproductivity5▲ 73×1 topic
  37. Paleoredox5▲ 73×1 topic
  38. Shale Gas5▲ 19×2 topics
  39. GIS-based Modeling4▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Permafrost4▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does Earth and Space Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies and Cryospheric studies and observations.

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 12 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 12 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …10earthquake and tectonic studies: 10 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …8Cryospheric studies and observations: 8 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 6 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 6 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis6Seismic Waves and Analysis: 6 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 6 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 5 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 4 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGeophysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsPaleontology1 others

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

  1. 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 12 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 12 works
  3. 3 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 10 works
  4. 4 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 8 works
  5. 5 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  6. 6 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  7. 7 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 6 works
  8. 8 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 6 works
  9. 9 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 5 works
  10. 10 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 4 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Earth and Space Research's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Earth and Space Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Earth and Space Research0.00085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Earth and Space Research 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%Earth and Space Research15.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.1% in 2003.

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