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Global Institute for Water Security

In research, Global Institute for Water Security stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,700 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,104
of 28,054 · #8,542 all time
Rank in Canada
#123
of 403
Research works
415
▲ 69% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
34.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Global Institute for Water Security known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,700 of 12,888 25.4%96 #5420

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Global Institute for Water Security 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Global Institute for Water Security specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 22.3 works10×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 58.0 works8.2×
← 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: 3.13× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.05× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.25× its world share, 58 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Global Institute for Water Security?

Ranked on the composite score, Karl‐Erich Lindenschmidt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Global Institute for Water Security.

  1. 1 Karl‐Erich Lindenschmidt Canada · #1,216,425 worldwide 79 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Global Institute for Water Security

Which keywords describe research at Global Institute for Water Security?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Modeling, Hydrology, Water Resources, Global Warming, Water Quality and Land Use Change.

▲ 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 Change46▲ 12×47 topics
  2. Remote Sensing18▲ 10×17 topics
  3. Hydrological Modeling12▲ 35×5 topics
  4. Hydrology10▲ 58×4 topics
  5. Water Resources10▲ 29×5 topics
  6. Global Warming9▲ 16×8 topics
  7. Water Quality9▲ 16×13 topics
  8. Environmental Impact9▲ 3.6×16 topics
  9. Land Use Change8▲ 18×4 topics
  10. Ocean Circulation7▲ 40×3 topics
  11. Sediment Transport7▲ 31×5 topics
  12. Arctic7▲ 44×3 topics
  13. Sea Level Rise7▲ 38×3 topics
  14. Sustainability7▲ 1.96×20 topics
  15. Global Hydrology6▲ 60×1 topic
  16. Model Evaluation6▲ 32×2 topics
  17. Uncertainty Assessment6▲ 60×1 topic
  18. Eutrophication5▲ 34×5 topics
  19. Toxicity5▲ 8.1×8 topics
  20. Glacier5▲ 78×1 topic
  21. Water Availability5▲ 78×1 topic
  22. Adsorption4▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Drought4▲ 33×3 topics
  24. Methane Emissions4▲ 58×2 topics
  25. Wastewater Treatment4▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Extreme Events4▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Microbial Communities4▲ 6.7×6 topics
  28. Data Assimilation4▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Greenhouse Gas Emissions4▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Phosphorus4▲ 32×3 topics
  31. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 19×4 topics
  32. Flood Risk4▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Surface Water Mapping4▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Decline4▲ 100×1 topic
  35. Sea Ice4▲ 100×1 topic
  36. Heavy Metals4▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Bioaccumulation4▲ 27×3 topics
  38. Evapotranspiration4▲ 32×2 topics
  39. Nitrate3▲ 42×2 topics
  40. Climate Modeling3▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Global Institute for Water Security publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Cryospheric studies and observations, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Hydrology and Watershed …6Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 6 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …5Cryospheric studies and observations: 5 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…4Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 4 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice…4Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 4 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 3 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antib…3Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 3 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 2 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 2 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorpti…2Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 2 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyAtmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangePollution

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

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 6 works
  2. 2 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 5 works
  3. 3 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  4. 4 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 4 works
  5. 5 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  6. 6 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 3 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 3 works
  8. 8 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  9. 9 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 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 available56.3%not open43.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.1%domestic only56.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Global Institute for Water Security's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 69% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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