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Ecolab (United States)

In research, Ecolab (United States) stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,223 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Economics and Econometrics (Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 14.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,460
of 22,385 · #11,130 all time
Rank in United States
#1,890
of 3,332
Research works
1.4k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Ecolab (United States)

What is Ecolab (United States) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,223 of 9,585 6.2%90 #5415

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

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Ecolab (United States) is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Economics, Econometrics and Finance (30%), Social Sciences (25%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 96 fractional works · 68.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 43 fractional works · 30.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 24 fractional works · 17.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 9.2% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 25.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 22.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 8.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEcolab (UnitedStates)141fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences68%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4330.4%
    2. Social Sciences3625.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting128.8%
    4. Psychology32.3%
    5. Decision Sciences11.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    1. Environmental Science128.2%
    2. Engineering96.3%
    3. Computer Science42.5%
    4. Energy32.3%
    5. Chemistry21.1%
    6. Mathematics10.8%
    7. Materials Science10.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences75.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Medicine32.5%
    2. Health Professions11.0%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ecolab (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 14.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 42.7 works14×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 24.5 works11×
← 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: 1.09× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.54× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.66× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.74× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14.21× its world share, 43 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 14.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14.21×43 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.74×12 works
  3. Energy2.54×3 works
  4. Social Sciences2.01×36 works
  5. Environmental Science1.66×12 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.09×7 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.02×1 works
  8. Psychology0.76×3 works
  9. Mathematics0.70×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.68×2 works
  11. Engineering0.42×9 works
  12. Health Professions0.39×2 works
  13. Computer Science0.32×4 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.20×1 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.16×1 works
  17. Veterinary0.15×0 works
  18. Medicine0.13×4 works
  19. Nursing0.07×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  22. Neuroscience0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ecolab (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Nathan Pechacek, Katherine MJ Swanson and Katerina Lisenkova lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ecolab (United States).

  1. 1 Nathan Pechacek United States · #1,947,101 worldwide 358 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Katherine MJ Swanson United States · #2,104,848 worldwide 653 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Katerina Lisenkova United States · #2,918,715 worldwide 486 citations · 87 works
  4. 4 Bin Xu United States · #3,063,449 worldwide 1 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Bruce K. Mulock United States · #3,098,686 worldwide 8 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Kim J. Swales United States · #3,308,149 worldwide 1.4k citations · 137 works
  7. 7 Stephen Boyle United States · #3,354,262 worldwide 764 citations · 100 works
  8. 8 Adam McGeoch United States · #3,538,500 worldwide 5 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Gary Gillespie United States · #3,752,430 worldwide 137 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Jim Walker United States · #3,783,909 worldwide 1.8k citations · 144 works
All ranked researchers at Ecolab (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Ecolab (United States)?

The most cited paper from Ecolab (United States) is "A Test for Normality of Observations and Regression Residuals" (Carlos M. Jarque, Anil K. Bera, 1987), with 3,016 citations. Next come "Social Value of Public Information" (2,034) and "Natural resource and environmental economics" (1,365).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Test for Normality of Observations and Regression Residuals Carlos M. Jarque, Anil K. Bera · International Statistical Review Aug 1987 3,016
2 Social Value of Public Information Stephen Edward Morris, Hyun Song Shin · American Economic Review Open access Nov 2002 2,034
3 Natural resource and environmental economics Roger Perman 1999 1,365
4 Future threats to biodiversity and pathways to their prevention David Tilman, Michael Clark, David Williams et al. · Nature 30 May 2017 1,348
5 What Does Monetary Policy Do? Eric Michael Leeper, Christopher A. Sims, Tao A. Zha et al. · Brookings Papers on Economic Activity Open access 1996 1,083
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ecolab (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Economic Development, Globalization, Financial Security, Economic Security, Economic Growth, Environmental Management and Innovation.

▲ 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 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. Sustainable Development20▲ 9.2×19 topics
  2. Economic Development19▲ 17×14 topics
  3. Globalization19▲ 6.9×27 topics
  4. Financial Security17▲ 115×3 topics
  5. Economic Security12▲ 39×7 topics
  6. Economic Growth11▲ 9.9×17 topics
  7. Renewable Energy10▲ 5.2×13 topics
  8. Environmental Management10▲ 18×5 topics
  9. Innovation10▲ 6.7×14 topics
  10. Industrial Policy9▲ 59×2 topics
  11. Public Finance9▲ 144×2 topics
  12. Fiscal Risks8▲ 168×1 topic
  13. Smart Industry8▲ 168×1 topic
  14. Sustainability8▲ 2.4×23 topics
  15. Financial Stability8▲ 29×7 topics
  16. Regional Development8▲ 16×6 topics
  17. Energy Efficiency7▲ 5.6×4 topics
  18. Climate Change7▲ 1.87×29 topics
  19. Green Investments6▲ 82×1 topic
  20. Social Safety6▲ 82×1 topic
  21. Digital Transformation6▲ 7.9×7 topics
  22. Islam6▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Culture6▲ 7.6×2 topics
  24. Entrepreneurship6▲ 10×6 topics
  25. International Trade Law5▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Legal Regulation5▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Air Force5▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Fiscal Policy5▲ 18×6 topics
  29. Literature5▲ 6.7×1 topic
  30. Modernization5▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Public Oversight5▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Social Influence5▲ 17×1 topic
  33. Transport Policy5▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Digital Economy5▲ 17×7 topics
  35. Risk Management4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Monetary Policy4▲ 13×7 topics
  37. Global Economy4▲ 22×4 topics
  38. Human Capital4▲ 19×5 topics
  39. Teaching Methods4▲ 16×5 topics
  40. COVID-19 Impact3▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Ecolab (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Economic Issues in Ukraine, Business and Economic Development, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Legal and Regulatory Analysis.

Economic Issues in Ukraine: 8 fractional worksBusiness and Economic Development: 6 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…5Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 5 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…5Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 5 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 5 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies: 3 fractional worksLabor Market and Education3Labor Market and Education: 3 fractional worksEconomic and Business Development Strategies: 2 fractional worksBanking, Crisis Management, COVID-19 Impact: 2 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 2 fractional works
General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSociology and Political ScienceTransportation4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Issues in Ukraine General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 8 works
  2. 2 Business and Economic Development Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 6 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 5 works
  5. 5 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 3 works
  7. 7 Labor Market and Education Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Economic and Business Development Strategies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Banking, Crisis Management, COVID-19 Impact General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  10. 10 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 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 available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.9%domestic only66.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ecolab (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Ecolab (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00075% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Ecolab (United States)0.00057% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ecolab (United States)6.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.1% in 2002.

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