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Earth Resources Observation and Science Center

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Research works
66
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
62.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
56.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Earth Resources Observation and Science Center 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: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.57× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.82× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.28× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.92× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsDecision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.04× 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, 10.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Earth Resources Observation and Science Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Biodiversity, Land Use Change, Ecosystem Resilience, Invasive Species, Global Change and Ecosystem.

▲ 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 Change28▲ 16×36 topics
  2. Remote Sensing23▲ 32×21 topics
  3. Biodiversity8▲ 16×7 topics
  4. Land Use Change8▲ 40×6 topics
  5. Ecosystem Resilience6▲ 63×3 topics
  6. Global Change6▲ 31×3 topics
  7. Invasive Species6▲ 17×5 topics
  8. Machine Learning6▲ 4.3×6 topics
  9. Conservation6▲ 19×3 topics
  10. Ecosystem6▲ 64×3 topics
  11. Biomass Estimation5▲ 72×3 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services5▲ 23×5 topics
  13. Sustainability5▲ 4.5×7 topics
  14. Global Warming5▲ 21×6 topics
  15. Climate4▲ 92×2 topics
  16. Soil Properties4▲ 42×3 topics
  17. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 24×5 topics
  18. Urbanization4▲ 20×3 topics
  19. Phenology4▲ 144×1 topic
  20. Vegetation Monitoring4▲ 144×1 topic
  21. Resilience4▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Forest Fires4▲ 155×1 topic
  23. Sagebrush4▲ 264×1 topic
  24. Urban Heat Island4▲ 63×2 topics
  25. Wildfire Activity4▲ 155×1 topic
  26. Wildlife Habitat4▲ 264×1 topic
  27. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 27×5 topics
  28. Hyperspectral Imaging3▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Hydrology3▲ 44×3 topics
  30. Sea Level Rise3▲ 37×3 topics
  31. Drought3▲ 53×3 topics
  32. Evapotranspiration3▲ 60×2 topics
  33. Global Impact3▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Satellite Imagery3▲ 46×2 topics
  35. Spatial Dynamics3▲ 83×1 topic
  36. On-Orbit Performance3▲ 188×1 topic
  37. Radiometric Calibration3▲ 188×1 topic
  38. Hydrological Cycle3▲ 39×2 topics
  39. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Ocean Circulation3▲ 28×3 topics

Which research topics does Earth Resources Observation and Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Calibration and Measurement Techniques, Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry, Rangeland and Wildlife Management and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Calibration and Measurement Techniques: 1 fractional worksSatellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry: 1 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife M…1Rangeland and Wildlife Management: 1 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems1Fire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional worksSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques: 0 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 0 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …0Cryospheric studies and observations: 0 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 0 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 0 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringOcean EngineeringEcologyGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Calibration and Measurement Techniques Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry Ocean Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  4. 4 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  5. 5 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  8. 8 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 0 works
  10. 10 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 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 available63.5%not open36.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Earth Resources Observation and Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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