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Environmental Protection Agency

In research, Environmental Protection Agency stands highest in Environmental Science (#300 of 3,334 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,312 of 10,670 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,317 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry and Atmospheric Science (Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis is 35.0× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#1,842
of 22,385 · #1,070 all time
Rank in United States
#360
of 3,332
Research works
17k
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
727k
42.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.14×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%

What is Environmental Protection Agency 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
Environmental ScienceField #300 of 3,334 12.4%432 #235
Physical SciencesDomain #1,312 of 10,670 13.2%601 #883
Life SciencesDomain #1,317 of 6,403 13.7%104 #1450
Health SciencesDomain #2,834 of 9,902 16.1%86 #1744
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield #94 of 322 11.7%157 #66
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #414 of 1,088 15.3%69 #391
MedicineField #3,315 of 8,541 14.0%60 #1934

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Environmental Protection Agency 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Environmental Science#235 #300
  2. Physical Sciences#883 #1,312
  3. Life Sciences#1,450 #1,317
  4. Health Sciences#1,744 #2,834
  5. Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis#66 #94
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences#391 #414
  7. Medicine#1,934 #3,315
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Environmental Protection Agency work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Environmental Protection Agency is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (51%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%), Medicine (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 632 fractional works · 71.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 455 fractional works · 51.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 164 fractional works · 18.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 59 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 50 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology: 43 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPollution: 36 fractional works · 4.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 31 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 31 fractional works · 3.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 74 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 41 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOceanography: 23 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 44 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 110 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 55 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 37 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 89 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 62 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmall Animals: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEnvironmentalProtection Agency884fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences6%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science45551.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences748.3%
    3. Engineering445.0%
    4. Materials Science141.6%
    5. Computer Science131.5%
    6. Chemistry131.5%
    7. Energy70.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering60.7%
    9. Mathematics50.5%
    10. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology556.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences374.2%
    3. Neuroscience80.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.5%
    1. Medicine627.0%
    2. Health Professions111.3%
    3. Veterinary91.1%
    4. Nursing50.5%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Social Sciences273.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance141.6%
    3. Decision Sciences60.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.3%
    5. Psychology20.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Environmental Protection Agency specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis takes 35.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 164.3 works35×
  2. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 58.9 works30×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 40.9 works10×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 454.9 works10×
  5. PollutionSubfield · 35.6 works10×
  6. OceanographySubfield · 23.2 works9.3×
← 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: 0.88× its world share, 37 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 55 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.00× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.93× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.32× its world share, 74 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.90× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.36× its world share, 455 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.84× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science10.36×455 works
  2. Veterinary7.84×9 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.32×74 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.00×6 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.42×4 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×55 works
  7. Nursing1.11×5 works
  8. Chemistry0.93×13 works
  9. Energy0.90×7 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.88×37 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.74×14 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.72×6 works
  13. Neuroscience0.57×8 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.54×5 works
  15. Health Professions0.49×12 works
  16. Materials Science0.46×14 works
  17. Mathematics0.43×4 works
  18. Medicine0.37×62 works
  19. Engineering0.34×44 works
  20. Dentistry0.25×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.24×27 works
  22. Computer Science0.19×13 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×2 works
  24. Psychology0.08×2 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.06×1 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Environmental Protection Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard Judson, Keith A. Houck and Havala O. T. Pye lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Environmental Protection Agency.

  1. 1 Richard Judson United States · #18,285 worldwide 31k citations · 311 works
  2. 2 Keith A. Houck United States · #22,146 worldwide 24k citations · 155 works
  3. 3 Havala O. T. Pye United States · #22,180 worldwide 13k citations · 241 works
  4. 4 Mallikarjuna N. Nadagouda United States · #29,213 worldwide 25k citations · 313 works
  5. 5 Mark J. Strynar United States · #44,687 worldwide 16k citations · 158 works
  6. 6 David J. Dix United States · #52,839 worldwide 18k citations · 157 works
  7. 7 Matthew T. Martin United States · #55,439 worldwide 9.4k citations · 85 works
  8. 8 Richard G. Zepp United States · #62,900 worldwide 21k citations · 235 works
  9. 9 John F. Wambaugh United States · #64,524 worldwide 11k citations · 223 works
  10. 10 Ahjond S. Garmestani United States · #65,880 worldwide 7.9k citations · 151 works
All ranked researchers at Environmental Protection Agency

What are the most cited papers from Environmental Protection Agency?

The most cited paper from Environmental Protection Agency is "A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (Stephen S Lim et al., 2012), with 12,027 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (7,829) and "Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment" (6,885).

All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Environmental Protection Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Climate Change, Environmental Exposure, Global Distribution, Oxidative Stress, Water Quality, Mortality and Particulate Matter.

▲ 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. Climate Change130▲ 5.4×65 topics
  2. Health Effects128▲ 24×22 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress72▲ 4.9×33 topics
  4. Environmental Exposure62▲ 64×3 topics
  5. Global Distribution58▲ 98×3 topics
  6. Water Quality56▲ 16×13 topics
  7. Environmental Impact54▲ 3.6×40 topics
  8. Mortality53▲ 11×5 topics
  9. Particulate Matter50▲ 39×2 topics
  10. Toxicity49▲ 13×15 topics
  11. Bioaccumulation47▲ 59×3 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease44▲ 4.3×19 topics
  13. Global Burden of Disease42▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Air Pollution40▲ 36×3 topics
  15. Exposure Assessment39▲ 49×1 topic
  16. Fine Particulate Air Pollution39▲ 49×1 topic
  17. Wastewater Treatment39▲ 18×9 topics
  18. Public Health38▲ 2.9×27 topics
  19. Global Warming35▲ 9.2×10 topics
  20. Air Quality33▲ 20×6 topics
  21. Eutrophication33▲ 33×4 topics
  22. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons31▲ 65×2 topics
  23. Biomarkers30▲ 4.9×10 topics
  24. Environmental Contamination30▲ 90×3 topics
  25. Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor30▲ 91×1 topic
  26. Brominated Flame Retardants30▲ 91×1 topic
  27. Exposure Pathways29▲ 80×2 topics
  28. Chemical Composition28▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Perfluoroalkyl Substances28▲ 171×1 topic
  30. Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds28▲ 171×1 topic
  31. Atmospheric Aerosols28▲ 57×1 topic
  32. Black Carbon28▲ 57×1 topic
  33. Environmental Monitoring24▲ 7.2×10 topics
  34. Metal Toxicity23▲ 44×2 topics
  35. Biomonitoring23▲ 32×4 topics
  36. Harmful Algal Blooms22▲ 30×3 topics
  37. Metabolic Disorders22▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Bisphenol A22▲ 65×1 topic
  39. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals22▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Human Health20▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Environmental Protection Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 39 works
  2. 2 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 30 works
  3. 3 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 28 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 28 works
  5. 5 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 22 works
  6. 6 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 14 works
  7. 7 Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 12 works
  8. 8 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 12 works
  9. 9 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 11 works
  10. 10 Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 11 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 available25.6%not open74.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Environmental Protection Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Environmental Protection Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0037% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Environmental Protection Agency0.0025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Environmental Protection Agency 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%Environmental Protection Agency11.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.6% in 2021.

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