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Elkhorn Slough Foundation

In research, Elkhorn Slough Foundation stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,212 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

elkhornslough.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#28,978
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,201
of 8,685
Research works
236
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Elkhorn Slough Foundation 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 #16,212 of 21,541 8.7%144

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Elkhorn Slough Foundation 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.37× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.21× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.45× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.71× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 7.81× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.29× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Elkhorn Slough Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Kerstin Wasson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Elkhorn Slough Foundation.

  1. 1 Kerstin Wasson United States · #1,255,659 worldwide 54 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Elkhorn Slough Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Elkhorn Slough Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Coastal Protection, Ecosystem Services, Sea-Level Rise, Ecosystem Resilience, Superconductivity, Carbon Sequestration and Mangrove Forests.

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

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 4.8×16 topics
  2. Coastal Protection2▲ 127×2 topics
  3. Ecosystem Services2▲ 18×3 topics
  4. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 57×3 topics
  5. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 37×3 topics
  6. Carbon Sequestration1▲ 71×1 topic
  7. Mangrove Forests1▲ 147×1 topic
  8. Superconductivity1▲ 30×6 topics
  9. Data Sharing1▲ 183×1 topic
  10. Ocean Acidification1▲ 64×3 topics
  11. Reproducibility1▲ 137×1 topic
  12. Scientific Data Management1▲ 227×1 topic
  13. Scientific Workflows1▲ 137×1 topic
  14. Climate Change Impacts1▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Nanoparticles1▲ 3.2×4 topics
  16. Structure Determination1▲ 139×2 topics
  17. Tomography1▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Nanoscale Imaging1▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Sustainability1▲ 1.49×6 topics

Which research topics does Elkhorn Slough Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Research Data Management Practices, Scientific Computing and Data Management and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography.

Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 1 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 1 fractional worksScientific Computing and…1Scientific Computing and Data Management: 1 fractional worksX-ray Diffraction in Cry…1X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography: 1 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 1 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 1 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…1Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 1 fractional worksRare-earth and actinide compounds: 0 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 0 fractional worksForce Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional works
EcologyInformation SystemsInformation Systems and ManagementMaterials Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 1 works
  2. 2 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 1 works
  3. 3 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 1 works
  4. 4 X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography Materials Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 1 works
  6. 6 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 1 works
  7. 7 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 Rare-earth and actinide compounds Condensed Matter Physics 0 works
  9. 9 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 0 works
  10. 10 Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 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 available56.9%not open43.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.2%domestic only53.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Elkhorn Slough Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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