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Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory

In research, Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,440 of 6,031 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,630 of 6,208 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,554 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 12.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,266
of 28,054 · #12,730 all time
Rank in United States
#2,472
of 4,192
Research works
571
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
30k
52.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,440 of 6,031 27.1%226
Environmental ScienceField #1,630 of 6,208 37.0%261
Physical SciencesDomain #9,554 of 21,541 35.6%334
Life SciencesDomain #8,662 of 14,347 26.8%232

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory 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 Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 12.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 46.6 works12×
← 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: 5.63× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.97× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.98× its world share, 47 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.09× 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, 12.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, J. R. Williams, Jeffrey G. Arnold and Philip A. Fay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory.

  1. 1 J. R. Williams United States · #72,432 worldwide 496 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Jeffrey G. Arnold United States · #104,028 worldwide 418 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Philip A. Fay United States · #104,856 worldwide 418 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Michael J. White United States · #308,386 worldwide 201 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Herman S. Mayeux United States · #460,995 worldwide 108 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 C. J. Deloach United States · #526,222 worldwide 79 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Hyrum B. Johnson United States · #545,885 worldwide 190 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 James R. Kiniry United States · #668,414 worldwide 103 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Jaehak Jeong United States · #688,837 worldwide 133 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 C. R. Tischler United States · #854,470 worldwide 63 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory?

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

▲ 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 Change32▲ 15×36 topics
  2. Remote Sensing13▲ 14×19 topics
  3. Water Resources12▲ 66×8 topics
  4. Hydrological Modeling12▲ 63×5 topics
  5. Land Use Change11▲ 48×4 topics
  6. Machine Learning10▲ 4.0×7 topics
  7. Sediment Transport10▲ 79×4 topics
  8. Model Evaluation9▲ 95×2 topics
  9. Global Hydrology9▲ 169×1 topic
  10. Uncertainty Assessment9▲ 169×1 topic
  11. Soil Carbon Sequestration6▲ 100×2 topics
  12. Global Change6▲ 27×4 topics
  13. Water Quality6▲ 18×7 topics
  14. Biochar Application5▲ 58×1 topic
  15. Microbial Communities5▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Nitrogen Cycle5▲ 97×1 topic
  17. Soil Fertility5▲ 27×2 topics
  18. Biodiversity5▲ 8.0×8 topics
  19. Biomass Estimation5▲ 39×3 topics
  20. Invasive Species4▲ 13×7 topics
  21. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 37×4 topics
  22. Eutrophication4▲ 50×3 topics
  23. Drought4▲ 54×3 topics
  24. Hydrology4▲ 39×4 topics
  25. Hyporheic Zone4▲ 243×1 topic
  26. Nutrient Cycling4▲ 70×1 topic
  27. Conservation4▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Evapotranspiration4▲ 60×2 topics
  29. Phenology4▲ 70×1 topic
  30. Soil Properties4▲ 26×4 topics
  31. Vegetation Monitoring4▲ 70×1 topic
  32. Ecosystem3▲ 41×3 topics
  33. Support Vector Machines3▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Carbon Balance3▲ 82×1 topic
  35. Spatial Interpolation3▲ 98×2 topics
  36. Tree Mortality3▲ 82×1 topic
  37. Global Warming3▲ 8.9×5 topics
  38. Digital Soil Mapping3▲ 163×1 topic
  39. Forecasting3▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Geostatistics3▲ 163×1 topic

Which research topics does Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics and Remote Sensing in Agriculture.

Hydrology and Watershed …9Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 9 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…5Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 5 fractional worksSoil and Water Nutrient …4Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics: 4 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 4 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 3 fractional worksSoil Geostatistics and M…3Soil Geostatistics and Mapping: 3 fractional worksHydrological Forecasting Using AI: 2 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 2 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 2 fractional worksGroundwater flow and contamination studies: 2 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologySoil ScienceEnvironmental ChemistryEcology2 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 9 works
  2. 2 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 5 works
  3. 3 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 4 works
  4. 4 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 4 works
  5. 5 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  6. 6 Soil Geostatistics and Mapping Environmental Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Hydrological Forecasting Using AI Environmental Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 2 works
  9. 9 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 2 works
  10. 10 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 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 available32.1%not open67.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower 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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