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Environmental Defense Fund

In research, Environmental Defense Fund stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,762 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Science — Global and Planetary Change is 28.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,580
of 28,054 · #7,462 all time
Rank in United States
#760
of 4,192
Research works
628
▲ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
34.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Environmental Defense Fund known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #3,762 of 12,888 31.4%91 #4911

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Environmental Defense Fund 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).

What does Environmental Defense Fund specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 28.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 27.9 works29×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 59.9 works9.4×
← 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: 1.78× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.27× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.18× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.41× its world share, 60 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.30× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Environmental Defense Fund?

Ranked on the composite score, Ruben N. Lubowski, Rod Fujita and Nathaniel O. Keohane lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Environmental Defense Fund.

  1. 1 Ruben N. Lubowski United States · #174,503 worldwide 302 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Rod Fujita United States · #315,629 worldwide 231 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Nathaniel O. Keohane United States · #329,147 worldwide 165 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Steven P. Hamburg United States · #410,553 worldwide 155 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Ananya Roy United States · #471,997 worldwide 83 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 John Balbus United States · #626,958 worldwide 43 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Steven R. Koenig United States · #991,165 worldwide 23 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Alexander Golub United States · #1,563,321 worldwide 22 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Environmental Defense Fund

Which keywords describe research at Environmental Defense Fund?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Water Quality, Shale Gas, Emissions, Satellite Observations, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing and Atmospheric.

▲ 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 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 Change35▲ 10×53 topics
  2. Water Quality12▲ 24×6 topics
  3. Sustainability12▲ 3.8×27 topics
  4. Shale Gas12▲ 72×2 topics
  5. Emissions11▲ 42×2 topics
  6. Satellite Observations10▲ 81×2 topics
  7. Natural Gas10▲ 82×2 topics
  8. Hydraulic Fracturing10▲ 69×2 topics
  9. Atmospheric10▲ 153×1 topic
  10. Methane10▲ 153×1 topic
  11. Environmental Impact8▲ 3.9×16 topics
  12. Global Warming8▲ 16×10 topics
  13. Renewable Energy8▲ 4.4×13 topics
  14. Remote Sensing8▲ 4.8×16 topics
  15. Health Effects7▲ 9.3×7 topics
  16. Greenhouse Gas Emissions7▲ 20×6 topics
  17. Vulnerability7▲ 24×7 topics
  18. Air Quality6▲ 26×5 topics
  19. Mortality6▲ 8.0×4 topics
  20. Air Pollution6▲ 35×3 topics
  21. Energy Transition5▲ 28×3 topics
  22. Resilience5▲ 8.1×4 topics
  23. Particulate Matter5▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 10×8 topics
  25. Climate Change Adaptation5▲ 22×3 topics
  26. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Microbial Communities4▲ 7.9×3 topics
  28. Risk Perception4▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Environmental Policy4▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Exposure Assessment4▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Fine Particulate Air Pollution4▲ 31×1 topic
  33. Social-Ecological Systems4▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Soil Carbon Sequestration4▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Atmospheric Aerosols4▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Black Carbon4▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Satellite Imagery4▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Disaster Management3▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Flood Risk3▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Environmental Defense Fund publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Atmospheric and Environm…10Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 10 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 4 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 4 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 3 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 3 fractional worksSustainability and Climate Change Governance: 3 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…3Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 3 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 3 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 2 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisAtmospheric ScienceEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  2. 2 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 4 works
  4. 4 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  6. 6 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  7. 7 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 3 works
  8. 8 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  10. 10 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 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 available47.4%not open52.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.0%domestic only77.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Environmental Defense Fund's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% 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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