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Earthwatch Institute

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Research works
73
▲ 155% vs 2013–17
Citations
961
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Earthwatch Institute 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: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.42× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.04× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Earthwatch Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Sustainability, Conservation Biology, Citizen Science, Ecological Niche, Species Distribution Modeling and Biodiversity Conservation.

▲ 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 Change19▲ 9.8×32 topics
  2. Biodiversity11▲ 21×11 topics
  3. Sustainability8▲ 6.2×14 topics
  4. Conservation Biology7▲ 87×4 topics
  5. Citizen Science6▲ 91×2 topics
  6. Ecological Niche6▲ 163×1 topic
  7. Species Distribution Modeling6▲ 163×1 topic
  8. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 23×7 topics
  9. Invasive Species4▲ 8.8×11 topics
  10. Environmental Impact3▲ 3.2×9 topics
  11. Conservation3▲ 8.6×6 topics
  12. Globalization3▲ 2.2×5 topics
  13. Renewable Energy3▲ 4.1×8 topics
  14. Population Dynamics3▲ 12×7 topics
  15. Governance2▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Food Security2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  17. Vulnerability2▲ 20×4 topics
  18. Environmental Attitudes2▲ 63×2 topics
  19. Trophic Cascades2▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services2▲ 8.5×7 topics
  21. Ecology2▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Species Richness2▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Land Use Change2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  24. Habitat Selection2▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Animal Movement2▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Beaver Dams2▲ 209×1 topic
  27. Biopolitics2▲ 41×2 topics
  28. Ecosystem Engineering2▲ 65×2 topics
  29. Environmental Policy2▲ 15×2 topics
  30. European Union2▲ 9.7×6 topics
  31. Global Warming2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  32. Habitat Restoration2▲ 209×1 topic
  33. International Relations2▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Occupancy Rates2▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Pro-environmental Behavior2▲ 80×1 topic
  36. Social Norms2▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Concussion2▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Data Sharing2▲ 103×1 topic
  39. Encephalopathy2▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Global Health2▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Earthwatch Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Species Distribution and Climate Change, Research Data Management Practices, Geographic Information Systems Studies and Scientific Computing and Data Management.

Species Distribution and…2Species Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 1 fractional worksGeographic Information Systems Studies: 1 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 1 fractional worksBiotechnology and Related Fields: 1 fractional worksOptics and Image Analysis1Optics and Image Analysis: 1 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 1 fractional worksSustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis: 1 fractional worksConservation, Ecology, W…1Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education: 1 fractional works
Ecological ModelingInformation SystemsGeography, Planning and DevelopmentInformation Systems and Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  2. 2 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 1 works
  3. 3 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  4. 4 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 1 works
  5. 5 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Optics and Image Analysis Management Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  9. 9 Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available53.1%not open46.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Earthwatch Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 155% higher than in 2013–2017.

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