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Florence Bascom Geoscience Center

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Research works
85
fractional, all time
Citations
233
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Florence Bascom Geoscience Center is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

What does Florence Bascom Geoscience Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 27.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 21.5 works28×
← 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: 1.56× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 27.87× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.52× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsVeterinary: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 27.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Florence Bascom Geoscience Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Holocene, Sea Level, Tectonics, Glacial Cycles, Paleoclimatology, Remote Sensing and Sedimentation.

▲ 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 Change13▲ 9.7×23 topics
  2. Holocene7▲ 128×2 topics
  3. Sea Level7▲ 153×2 topics
  4. Tectonics7▲ 117×3 topics
  5. Glacial Cycles6▲ 188×1 topic
  6. Paleoclimatology6▲ 152×1 topic
  7. Remote Sensing4▲ 7.2×11 topics
  8. Sedimentation4▲ 150×2 topics
  9. Machine Learning4▲ 2.2×6 topics
  10. Arctic3▲ 60×3 topics
  11. Geological Mapping3▲ 82×2 topics
  12. Petroleum3▲ 132×2 topics
  13. Continental Margin3▲ 98×2 topics
  14. Crustal Structure3▲ 98×2 topics
  15. Fluvial Systems3▲ 239×1 topic
  16. Sequence Stratigraphy3▲ 239×1 topic
  17. geology3▲ 240×1 topic
  18. sedimentary basins3▲ 240×1 topic
  19. Biogeography3▲ 22×4 topics
  20. Microbial Communities3▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Anaerobic2▲ 70×1 topic
  22. Methane Oxidation2▲ 59×1 topic
  23. Ecosystem Services2▲ 12×2 topics
  24. GIS-based Modeling2▲ 52×2 topics
  25. Cyperus2▲ 290×1 topic
  26. Geological Modeling2▲ 236×1 topic
  27. Phylogeny2▲ 24×1 topic
  28. Shale Gas2▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Uncertainty Analysis2▲ 236×1 topic
  30. Water Quality2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  31. Global Carbon Budget2▲ 47×2 topics
  32. Coastal Protection2▲ 52×2 topics
  33. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Subduction2▲ 46×2 topics
  35. Carbon Sequestration2▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Mangrove Forests2▲ 87×1 topic
  38. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Mediterranean1▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Earthquakes1▲ 47×1 topic

Which research topics does Florence Bascom Geoscience Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Geological Studies and Exploration and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Geology and Paleoclimato…6Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 6 fractional worksGeological formations an…3Geological formations and processes: 3 fractional worksGeological Studies and E…3Geological Studies and Exploration: 3 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 2 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 2 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Tax…2Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 2 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 2 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 1 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 1 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceEarth-Surface ProcessesGeologyEnvironmental Chemistry6 others

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

  1. 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 6 works
  2. 2 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 3 works
  3. 3 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 3 works
  4. 4 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 2 works
  5. 5 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 2 works
  6. 6 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 1 works
  10. 10 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 1 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 available21.6%not open78.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Florence Bascom Geoscience Center's research output changed?

2020
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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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