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Earthquake Science Center

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Research works
64
▲ 171% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4k
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Earthquake 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: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.76× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 37.77× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDecision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 37.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Earthquake Science Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Subduction, Earthquakes, Plate Boundaries, Tomography, Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Machine Learning and Seismic Noise.

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

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Subduction4▲ 255×2 topics
  2. Earthquakes4▲ 314×1 topic
  3. Plate Boundaries4▲ 314×1 topic
  4. Tomography4▲ 89×2 topics
  5. Plate Tectonics3▲ 99×3 topics
  6. Machine Learning3▲ 4.1×3 topics
  7. Tectonics2▲ 92×3 topics
  8. Seismic Noise2▲ 202×1 topic
  9. Surface Wave2▲ 202×1 topic
  10. Remote Sensing2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  11. Earthquake Detection2▲ 429×1 topic
  12. Seismic Signals2▲ 429×1 topic
  13. Geochronology2▲ 124×1 topic
  14. Zircon2▲ 124×1 topic
  15. Geological Mapping2▲ 93×2 topics
  16. GIS-based Modeling2▲ 82×2 topics
  17. Crystal Structure Prediction1▲ 139×1 topic
  18. Mantle Dynamics1▲ 139×1 topic
  19. Climate Change1▲ 1.93×6 topics
  20. Ionospheric Anomalies1▲ 121×1 topic
  21. Seismic Electromagnetics1▲ 121×1 topic

Which research topics does Earthquake Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: earthquake and tectonic studies, Seismic Waves and Analysis, Seismology and Earthquake Studies and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

earthquake and tectonic …4earthquake and tectonic studies: 4 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 2 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquake Studies: 2 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 2 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 1 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and…1Earthquake Detection and Analysis: 1 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 1 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 1 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional works
GeophysicsArtificial IntelligenceGeochemistry and PetrologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law1 others

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

  1. 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 4 works
  2. 2 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  3. 3 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  5. 5 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 1 works
  6. 6 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 1 works
  9. 9 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 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 available39.6%not open60.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.4%domestic only83.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Earthquake Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 171% higher than in 2013–2017.

20152020
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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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