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Golder Associates (United States)

In research, Golder Associates (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#15,791 of 21,541 worldwide) and Engineering (#9,626 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,438
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,096
of 8,685
Research works
374
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.9k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

What is Golder Associates (United States) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #15,791 of 21,541 14.2%300
EngineeringField #9,626 of 11,412 14.4%167

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Golder Associates (United States) 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).

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: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.45× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.65× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.25× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.84× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Golder Associates (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, George W. Annandale lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Golder Associates (United States).

  1. 1 George W. Annandale United States · #1,161,893 worldwide 58 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Golder Associates (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Golder Associates (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Assessment, Liquefaction, Tunnel, GIS-based Modeling, Remote Sensing, Hazard, Landslide and Analysis.

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

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Risk Assessment2▲ 11×2 topics
  2. Remote Sensing2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  3. GIS-based Modeling2▲ 75×2 topics
  4. Liquefaction2▲ 73×2 topics
  5. Tunnel2▲ 73×2 topics
  6. Hazard2▲ 82×1 topic
  7. Landslide2▲ 82×1 topic
  8. Analysis1▲ 58×1 topic
  9. Seismic1▲ 91×1 topic
  10. Economic Impact1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  11. Ground-Penetrating Radar1▲ 110×1 topic
  12. Sedimentology1▲ 110×1 topic
  13. Climate Change1▲ 1.74×11 topics
  14. Machine Learning1▲ 1.46×6 topics
  15. Invasive Species1▲ 9.0×6 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Landslides and related hazards, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Geophysical Methods and Applications and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics.

Landslides and related hazards: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and …1Geophysical Methods and Applications: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…1Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 1 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 1 fractional worksCopyright and Intellectual Property: 1 fractional worksCultural Industries and …1Cultural Industries and Urban Development: 1 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Ec…1Digital Platforms and Economics: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…1Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 1 fractional worksDam Engineering and Safety: 1 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawCivil and Structural EngineeringOcean EngineeringMarketing2 others

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

  1. 1 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Copyright and Intellectual Property Marketing 1 works
  7. 7 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 1 works
  8. 8 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 1 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 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 available16.8%not open83.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.0%domestic only70.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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