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Earth Island Institute

In research, Earth Island Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,323 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,624
of 28,054 · #4,710 all time
Rank in United States
#1,147
of 4,192
Research works
841
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
48.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Earth Island Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,323 of 12,888 32.2%69 #3761

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Earth Island Institute 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Earth Island Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 40.2 works8.8×
← 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: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.05× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.40× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.90× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.84× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.76× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Earth Island Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, C. A. Palm lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Earth Island Institute.

  1. 1 C. A. Palm United States · #231,346 worldwide 250 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Earth Island Institute

Which keywords describe research at Earth Island Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Global Warming, Ecosystem Resilience, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Forest Fires, Wildfire Activity and Invasive Species.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Change25▲ 10×51 topics
  2. Remote Sensing10▲ 8.5×14 topics
  3. Ecosystem Resilience7▲ 54×4 topics
  4. Global Warming7▲ 19×11 topics
  5. Greenhouse Gas Emissions6▲ 23×5 topics
  6. Forest Fires6▲ 140×1 topic
  7. Wildfire Activity6▲ 140×1 topic
  8. Invasive Species5▲ 14×8 topics
  9. Biodiversity5▲ 7.3×8 topics
  10. Sustainability5▲ 2.2×22 topics
  11. Environmental Impact5▲ 3.1×21 topics
  12. Renewable Energy4▲ 3.4×14 topics
  13. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 13×8 topics
  14. Conservation4▲ 10×7 topics
  15. Ecosystem4▲ 38×2 topics
  16. Hydrological Cycle4▲ 43×2 topics
  17. Ocean Circulation4▲ 29×3 topics
  18. Resilience4▲ 8.0×4 topics
  19. Extreme Events3▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Climate Modeling3▲ 49×1 topic
  21. Precipitation Extremes3▲ 49×1 topic
  22. Life Cycle Assessment3▲ 12×6 topics
  23. Sagebrush3▲ 206×1 topic
  24. Wildlife Habitat3▲ 206×1 topic
  25. Recycling3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  26. Data Assimilation3▲ 18×3 topics
  27. Land Use Change3▲ 9.2×4 topics
  28. Probabilistic Forecasting2▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Forest Carbon Sequestration2▲ 117×1 topic
  31. Satellite Observations2▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Sustainable Forest Management2▲ 117×1 topic
  33. Waste Management2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  34. Drought2▲ 25×3 topics
  35. Biomass Estimation2▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Boundary Layer2▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Evapotranspiration2▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Convective Parameterization2▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Earth Island Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fire effects on ecosystems, Climate variability and models, Rangeland and Wildlife Management and Forest Management and Policy.

Fire effects on ecosystems6Fire effects on ecosystems: 6 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 3 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 3 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 2 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 2 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…1Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 1 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and Sustainability: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyAtmospheric ScienceIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  3. 3 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 3 works
  4. 4 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  6. 6 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 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 available41.8%not open58.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.3%domestic only70.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Earth Island Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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