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GDA (United States)

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Research works
48
▲ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
846
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
GDA (United States)

Not ranked overall: GDA (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does GDA (United States) work in?

In all years, 71% of research at GDA (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (25%), Engineering (21%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 70.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 24.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 21.1% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 7.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKGDA (UnitedStates)48fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1224.8%
    2. Engineering1021.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences59.4%
    4. Computer Science47.3%
    5. Mathematics25.0%
    6. Chemistry12.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences49.0%
    2. Social Sciences11.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences24.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.7%
    3. Neuroscience11.4%
    1. Medicine36.2%
    2. Health Professions11.8%
    3. Nursing00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 3.18× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.97× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.72× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.96× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.44× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science6.44×4 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.72×1 works
  3. Neuroscience3.18×1 works
  4. Chemistry1.97×0 works
  5. Engineering1.96×4 works
  6. Computer Science1.24×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×0 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.53×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.48×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.38×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×0 works
  13. Medicine0.08×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at GDA (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Dennis E. Smith and Carl A. Mauro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is GDA (United States).

  1. 1 Dennis E. Smith United States · #2,747,838 worldwide 728 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Carl A. Mauro United States · #5,357,366 worldwide 208 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at GDA (United States)

What are the most cited papers from GDA (United States)?

The most cited paper from GDA (United States) is "The Neotoma Paleoecology Database, a multiproxy, international, community-curated data resource" (John Warren Williams et al., 2018), with 445 citations. Next come "The effects of sediment properties on deltaic processes and morphologies: A numerical modeling study" (197) and "Co-evolution of wetland landscapes, flooding, and human settlement in the Mississippi River Delta Plain" (174).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Neotoma Paleoecology Database, a multiproxy, international, community-curated data resource John Warren Williams et al. · Quaternary Research Open access 2018 445
2 The effects of sediment properties on deltaic processes and morphologies: A numerical modeling study Rebecca L. Caldwell, Douglas Arthur Edmonds · Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface 31 Mar 2014 197
3 Co-evolution of wetland landscapes, flooding, and human settlement in the Mississippi River Delta Plain Robert R. Twilley, Samuel J. Bentley, Qin Chen et al. · Sustainability Science Open access 26 May 2016 174
4 Optimum vegetation height and density for inorganic sedimentation in deltaic marshes William Nardin, Douglas Arthur Edmonds · Nature Geoscience 24 Aug 2014 164
5 Impacts of recent climate change on trends in baseflow and stormflow in United States watersheds Darren L. Ficklin, Scott M. Robeson, Jason H. Knouft · Geophysical Research Letters 13 May 2016 162
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at GDA (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Sediment Transport, Optimization, Spatial Analysis, Experimental Design, Response Surface Methodology and Biomass Estimation.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Remote Sensing6▲ 12×14 topics
  2. Climate Change6▲ 4.3×21 topics
  3. Deep Learning3▲ 2.5×10 topics
  4. Sediment Transport2▲ 29×3 topics
  5. Machine Learning2▲ 1.99×6 topics
  6. Optimization2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  7. Spatial Analysis2▲ 50×2 topics
  8. Biomass Estimation2▲ 37×2 topics
  9. Experimental Design2▲ 78×1 topic
  10. Response Surface Methodology2▲ 260×1 topic
  11. Land Use Change2▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Bayesian Methods2▲ 63×2 topics
  13. Hyperspectral2▲ 63×2 topics
  14. Bayesian Optimization2▲ 55×3 topics
  15. Health Effects2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  16. Support Vector Machines2▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Adaptive Designs2▲ 126×1 topic
  19. Biosensors2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  20. Classification2▲ 8.6×1 topic
  21. False Discovery Rate2▲ 126×1 topic
  22. Feature Extraction2▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Image Analysis2▲ 46×1 topic
  24. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Ecosystem Services1▲ 8.6×4 topics
  26. Drought Tolerance1▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Simulation Optimization1▲ 110×1 topic
  28. Verification and Validation1▲ 110×1 topic
  29. Global Change1▲ 7.7×2 topics
  30. Evolutionary Algorithms1▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Fluvial Systems1▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy1▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Phenology1▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Sedimentation1▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Variable Selection1▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Vegetation Monitoring1▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Water Resources1▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Amyloid Hypothesis1▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Multiobjective Optimization1▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Terrestrial Laser Scanning1▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does GDA (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design, Remote-Sensing Image Classification, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications and Remote Sensing in Agriculture.

Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 1 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Classification: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR…1Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agricu…1Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 1 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 0 fractional worksFace Recognition and Perception: 0 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 0 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 0 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershed Analysis: 0 fractional worksVisual perception and processing mechanisms: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMedia TechnologyEnvironmental EngineeringEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 1 works
  3. 3 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 0 works
  6. 6 Face Recognition and Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  7. 7 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  9. 9 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.9%domestic only77.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has GDA (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% higher 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 GDA (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000023% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%GDA (United States)0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of GDA (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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