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Earth Resources Technology (United States)

In research, Earth Resources Technology (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,895 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,790
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,257
of 7,310
Research works
231
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.5k
28.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Earth Resources Technology (United States)

What is Earth Resources Technology (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #5,895 of 17,446 9.9%161

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Earth Resources Technology (United States) 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 Resources Technology (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Earth Resources Technology (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (27%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (16%), Medicine (12%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 70.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 26.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 12.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 15.7% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 12.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEarth ResourcesTechnology…33fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences9%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science926.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences516.5%
    3. Engineering411.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy38.1%
    5. Computer Science26.1%
    6. Materials Science01.0%
    7. Chemistry00.8%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine412.2%
    2. Health Professions12.4%
    3. Dentistry01.0%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences24.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting12.1%
    3. Decision Sciences01.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    6. Psychology00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.50× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.39× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.65× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× 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, 10.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.50×6 works
  2. Environmental Science5.39×9 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy3.65×3 works
  4. Dentistry2.06×0 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.34×0 works
  6. Health Professions0.92×1 works
  7. Computer Science0.78×2 works
  8. Engineering0.76×4 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.65×1 works
  10. Medicine0.63×4 works
  11. Chemistry0.50×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.36×2 works
  16. Materials Science0.29×0 works
  17. Nursing0.19×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  21. Psychology0.04×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Earth Resources Technology (United States)?

The most cited paper from Earth Resources Technology (United States) is "MODIS Collection 5 global land cover: Algorithm refinements and characterization of new datasets" (M. A. Friedl, Damien Sulla‐Menashe, Bin Tan et al., 2009), with 3,637 citations. Next come "On the blending of the Landsat and MODIS surface reflectance: predicting daily Landsat surface reflectance" (1,980) and "Fast Plasma Investigation for Magnetospheric Multiscale" (1,349).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MODIS Collection 5 global land cover: Algorithm refinements and characterization of new datasets M. A. Friedl, Damien Sulla‐Menashe, Bin Tan et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment 15 Oct 2009 3,637
2 On the blending of the Landsat and MODIS surface reflectance: predicting daily Landsat surface reflectance Feng Gao, J. G. Masek, Mathew R. Schwaller et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 26 Jul 2006 1,980
3 Fast Plasma Investigation for Magnetospheric Multiscale C. J. Pollock et al. · Space Science Reviews Open access Mar 2016 1,349
4 Character and Spatial Distribution of OH/H 2 O on the Surface of the Moon Seen by M 3 on Chandrayaan-1 Carle M. Pieters et al. · Science 25 Sep 2009 862
5 A long-term record of blended satellite and in situ sea-surface temperature for climate monitoring, modeling and environmental studies Viva F. Banzon, Thomas M. Smith, Toshio Mike Chin et al. · Earth system science data Open access 28 Apr 2016 616
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Which keywords describe research at Earth Resources Technology (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Global Warming, Hydrological Cycle, Data Assimilation, Ocean Circulation and Support Vector Machines.

▲ 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change5▲ 5.7×23 topics
  2. Remote Sensing5▲ 12×14 topics
  3. Machine Learning4▲ 3.6×17 topics
  4. Global Warming2▲ 16×6 topics
  5. Data Assimilation2▲ 38×3 topics
  6. Deep Learning2▲ 1.86×7 topics
  7. Hydrological Cycle2▲ 62×2 topics
  8. Ocean Circulation2▲ 43×3 topics
  9. Support Vector Machines2▲ 17×3 topics
  10. Boundary Layer2▲ 40×2 topics
  11. Air Quality2▲ 25×4 topics
  12. Convective Parameterization2▲ 82×1 topic
  13. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 46×1 topic
  14. Probabilistic Forecasting2▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Climate2▲ 47×2 topics
  16. Climate Modeling1▲ 55×1 topic
  17. Extreme Events1▲ 45×1 topic
  18. Satellite Observations1▲ 44×3 topics
  19. Biomass Estimation1▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Astrobiology1▲ 105×1 topic
  21. Extraterrestrial Life1▲ 153×1 topic
  22. Soil Properties1▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Spectroscopy1▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Feature Extraction1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  25. Hyperspectral1▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Image Analysis1▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Earth Resources Technology (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life and Remote-Sensing Image Classification.

Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 2 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 1 fractional worksSpace Science and Extrat…1Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 1 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Cla…1Remote-Sensing Image Classification: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry an…1Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…1Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and…1Atmospheric aerosols and clouds: 1 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeAstronomy and AstrophysicsMedia Technology1 others

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

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  3. 3 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  4. 4 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 1 works
  6. 6 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 1 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 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 available30.7%not open69.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Earth Resources Technology (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher 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 Earth Resources Technology (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Earth Resources Technology (United States)0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Earth Resources Technology (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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