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Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

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Research works
69
▲ 177% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
24.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.40× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 32.24× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.70× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.17× 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, 32.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center?

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

▲ 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 29 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change8▲ 9.2×23 topics
  2. Remote Sensing6▲ 15×13 topics
  3. Tectonics4▲ 121×3 topics
  4. Holocene4▲ 118×2 topics
  5. Paleoclimatology4▲ 167×2 topics
  6. Sea Level4▲ 142×2 topics
  7. Glacial Cycles4▲ 194×1 topic
  8. Monsoon Dynamics4▲ 194×1 topic
  9. Geological Mapping4▲ 154×2 topics
  10. Machine Learning4▲ 3.8×8 topics
  11. Plate Tectonics4▲ 81×2 topics
  12. Support Vector Machines3▲ 32×3 topics
  13. Compositional Data Analysis3▲ 142×1 topic
  14. Geochronology3▲ 136×1 topic
  15. Mineral Prospectivity3▲ 142×1 topic
  16. Zircon3▲ 136×1 topic
  17. Subduction2▲ 105×2 topics
  18. Earthquakes2▲ 106×1 topic
  19. Ecosystem Services2▲ 16×6 topics
  20. Plate Boundaries2▲ 106×1 topic
  21. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Sedimentation2▲ 98×2 topics
  23. GIS-based Modeling2▲ 59×2 topics
  24. Fluvial Systems1▲ 182×1 topic
  25. Sequence Stratigraphy1▲ 182×1 topic
  26. Land Use Change1▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Social-Ecological Systems1▲ 29×3 topics
  28. Data Integration1▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Sustainability1▲ 1.51×4 topics

Which research topics does Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Geology and Paleoclimato…4Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 4 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 3 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 3 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 2 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 1 fractional worksGeological Modeling and …1Geological Modeling and Analysis: 1 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 1 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 1 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 1 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGeophysicsArtificial IntelligenceEarth-Surface Processes3 others

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

  1. 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  3. 3 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  4. 4 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 2 works
  5. 5 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  6. 6 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 1 works
  7. 7 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 1 works
  9. 9 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  10. 10 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 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 available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.2%domestic only75.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 177% higher than in 2013–2017.

20152020
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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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