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Everglades University

In research, Everglades University stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,909 of 11,023 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,768 of 5,126 worldwide) and Plant Science (#1,547 of 2,489 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Plant Science is 15.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,311
of 22,385 · #18,769 all time
Rank in United States
#2,693
of 3,332
Research works
655
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
20.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Everglades University

What is Everglades University 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
Life SciencesDomain #4,909 of 11,023 5.7%375
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,768 of 5,126 5.8%324
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,547 of 2,489 6.1%191
Environmental ScienceField #3,669 of 5,407 6.7%158
Physical SciencesDomain #14,931 of 17,446 7.9%219

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Everglades University 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 Everglades University work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Everglades University is in Life Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (42%), Environmental Science (16%), Medicine (10%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 54 fractional works · 51.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 45 fractional works · 42.1% of its workPlant Science: 29 fractional works · 27.1% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 26.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 16.4% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 11.2% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEvergladesUniversity106fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences51%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences11%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4542.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology98.5%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Environmental Science1716.4%
    2. Engineering44.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences33.2%
    4. Computer Science10.8%
    5. Materials Science10.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Energy00.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Social Sciences55.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities32.8%
    3. Psychology21.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Medicine1110.0%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Everglades University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 15.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 28.9 works16×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 44.8 works8.9×
← 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: 8.87× its world share, 45 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.31× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8.87×45 works
  2. Environmental Science3.31×18 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.06×3 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.59×9 works
  5. Arts and Humanities0.98×3 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.63×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×1 works
  8. Medicine0.52×11 works
  9. Psychology0.48×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.45×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.41×6 works
  12. Dentistry0.39×0 works
  13. Energy0.35×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.33×1 works
  15. Nursing0.29×0 works
  16. Engineering0.28×4 works
  17. Neuroscience0.21×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.21×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.17×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.15×1 works
  21. Computer Science0.10×1 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Everglades University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ghinwa Melodie Naja, Louis D. Whiteaker and Stephen E. Davis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Everglades University.

  1. 1 Ghinwa Melodie Naja United States · #1,669,994 worldwide 2.2k citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Louis D. Whiteaker United States · #2,058,865 worldwide 1.5k citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Stephen E. Davis United States · #2,517,435 worldwide 2.6k citations · 116 works
  4. 4 Damann L. Anderson United States · #2,707,258 worldwide 3.6k citations · 110 works
  5. 5 George H. S. Snyder United States · #2,724,453 worldwide 5.3k citations · 138 works
  6. 6 Dan Lee-Odinson United States · #2,728,492 worldwide 10 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 J. Alvarez United States · #3,359,486 worldwide 349 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 C. W. Deren United States · #3,632,343 worldwide 1.3k citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Robert L. Beiriger United States · #3,938,217 worldwide 351 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Shangning Ji United States · #4,057,683 worldwide 369 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Everglades University

What are the most cited papers from Everglades University?

The most cited paper from Everglades University is "Pyrosequencing enumerates and contrasts soil microbial diversity" (Luiz Fernando Würdig Roesch, Roberta R. Fulthorpe, Alberto Riva et al., 2007), with 1,878 citations. Next come "Sedimentary structures — their character and physical basis" (1,014) and "Ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes after disturbance in forests of North America" (858).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pyrosequencing enumerates and contrasts soil microbial diversity Luiz Fernando Würdig Roesch, Roberta R. Fulthorpe, Alberto Riva et al. · The ISME Journal Open access 5 Jul 2007 1,878
2 Sedimentary structures — their character and physical basis Ch.W. Finkl · Earth-Science Reviews Aug 1983 1,014
3 Ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes after disturbance in forests of North America B. D. Amiro et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 26 Oct 2010 858
4 Silicon Management and Sustainable Rice Production Narayan K. Savant, George H. S. Snyder, Lawrence Elliott Datnoff · Advances in agronomy Book chapter 1996 659
5 Biodiversity can support a greener revolution in Africa Sieglinde S. Snapp, Malcolm Blackie, R. Alton Gilbert et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 22 Nov 2010 405
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Everglades University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Genomics, Genetic Mapping, Drought Tolerance, Water Quality, Biological Control, Host Specificity and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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 Change13▲ 4.6×36 topics
  2. Genomics5▲ 16×4 topics
  3. Genetic Mapping5▲ 58×4 topics
  4. Drought Tolerance5▲ 32×5 topics
  5. Biological Control4▲ 28×9 topics
  6. Water Quality4▲ 11×9 topics
  7. Host Specificity4▲ 35×4 topics
  8. Genetic Diversity4▲ 8.6×8 topics
  9. Soil Fertility4▲ 16×4 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 11×6 topics
  11. Water Stress4▲ 124×2 topics
  12. QTL Mapping3▲ 26×5 topics
  13. Eutrophication3▲ 27×3 topics
  14. Drought Resistance3▲ 30×4 topics
  15. Phosphorus3▲ 31×3 topics
  16. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles3▲ 66×1 topic
  17. Jasmonate Signaling3▲ 66×1 topic
  18. Climate Change Impact3▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Microbial Communities3▲ 6.2×2 topics
  20. Plant Immunity3▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Fungal Pathogens3▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Invasive Species3▲ 6.0×11 topics
  23. Nutrient Limitation3▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Ecosystem Services3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  26. Polyploid2▲ 273×1 topic
  27. Quantitative Trait Loci2▲ 42×3 topics
  28. Sugarcane2▲ 273×1 topic
  29. Soil Carbon Sequestration2▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Yield Potential2▲ 39×2 topics
  31. Endophytic Fungi2▲ 23×1 topic
  32. Genomic Characterization2▲ 16×1 topic
  33. Water Management2▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Genome Sequencing2▲ 13×5 topics
  35. Global Carbon Budget2▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Mode of Action2▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Pest Management2▲ 23×4 topics
  38. Biochar Application2▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Disease Resistance2▲ 36×3 topics
  40. Rice2▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Everglades University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.

Insect-Plant Interaction…3Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 3 fractional worksSugarcane Cultivation an…2Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing: 2 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 2 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 2 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Genetics: 2 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 2 fractional worksPlant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies: 2 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosyste…2Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 2 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 2 fractional worksPlant Disease Resistance and Genetics: 2 fractional works
Insect SciencePlant ScienceCell BiologySoil Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 3 works
  2. 2 Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing Plant Science 2 works
  3. 3 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 2 works
  5. 5 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Everglades University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher 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 Everglades University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Everglades University0.00051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Everglades University 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 counting5%10%15%Everglades University11.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 2025.

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