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Hampton Roads Sanitation District

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World rank, all time
#20,997
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,352
of 7,310
Research works
163
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Hampton Roads Sanitation District

Which fields of science does Hampton Roads Sanitation District work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Hampton Roads Sanitation District is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (50%), Medicine (17%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 68.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 50.4% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 13.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 11.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 8.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 11.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 17.8% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKHampton RoadsSanitation…35fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1850.4%
    2. Engineering411.2%
    3. Chemical Engineering12.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.1%
    5. Materials Science00.9%
    6. Chemistry00.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    8. Computer Science00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Medicine617.1%
    2. Veterinary00.3%
    3. Health Professions00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    1. Social Sciences13.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting01.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.9%
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: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 6.54× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.14× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.89× its world share, 6 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 0.31× 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, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science10.14×18 works
  2. Chemical Engineering6.54×1 works
  3. Veterinary2.33×0 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.32×1 works
  5. Medicine0.89×6 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.78×1 works
  7. Engineering0.75×4 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×1 works
  9. Chemistry0.45×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.33×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.31×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.28×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.27×0 works
  16. Dentistry0.22×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  18. Health Professions0.10×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hampton Roads Sanitation District?

Ranked on the quality score, Raúl González, Dana González and Paul Dombrowski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hampton Roads Sanitation District.

  1. 1 Raúl González United States · #588,714 worldwide 2.2k citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Dana González United States · #1,783,428 worldwide 885 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Paul Dombrowski United States · #2,083,565 worldwide 325 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Charles B. Bott United States · #2,093,508 worldwide 7.4k citations · 391 works
  5. 5 Kyle Curtis United States · #2,217,430 worldwide 645 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Stephanie Klaus United States · #2,437,231 worldwide 619 citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Chris Wilson United States · #2,523,813 worldwide 3.5k citations · 246 works
  8. 8 Frank R. Spellman United States · #2,542,885 worldwide 1.8k citations · 754 works
  9. 9 Joanne E. Drinan United States · #2,741,875 worldwide 261 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Kester McCullough United States · #2,857,895 worldwide 179 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Hampton Roads Sanitation District

What are the most cited papers from Hampton Roads Sanitation District?

The most cited paper from Hampton Roads Sanitation District is "Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants" (Linwei Wu et al., 2019), with 936 citations. Next come "COVID-19 surveillance in Southeastern Virginia using wastewater-based epidemiology" (490) and "Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19" (482).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants Linwei Wu et al. · Nature Microbiology Open access145 authors 13 May 2019 936
2 COVID-19 surveillance in Southeastern Virginia using wastewater-based epidemiology Raúl González, Kyle Curtis, Aaron W. Bivins et al. · Water Research Open access 13 Aug 2020 490
3 Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19 Aaron W. Bivins et al. · Environmental Science & Technology Open access 12 Jun 2020 482
4 Control of aeration, aerobic SRT and COD input for mainstream nitritation/denitritation Pusker Regmi, Mark W. Miller, Becky Holgate et al. · Water Research Jun 2014 471
5 Minimizing errors in RT-PCR detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance Warish Ahmed et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 25 Aug 2021 282
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hampton Roads Sanitation District?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Wastewater Treatment, Anammox Bacteria, Nitrogen-Cycling Network, Health Effects, Water Treatment, Microbial Ecology, Drinking Water and Disinfection By-Products.

▲ 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-now 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Wastewater Treatment6▲ 71×6 topics
  2. Anammox Bacteria4▲ 339×1 topic
  3. Nitrogen-Cycling Network4▲ 339×1 topic
  4. Health Effects3▲ 15×6 topics
  5. Water Treatment3▲ 60×2 topics
  6. Microbial Ecology2▲ 40×2 topics
  7. Drinking Water2▲ 180×2 topics
  8. Disinfection By-Products2▲ 258×1 topic
  9. Genotoxicity2▲ 124×1 topic
  10. Climate Change2▲ 1.86×5 topics
  11. Sustainability2▲ 1.80×3 topics
  12. Biosensors1▲ 8.0×3 topics
  13. Global Distribution1▲ 61×2 topics
  14. Black Studies1▲ 180×1 topic
  15. Civil Rights Movement1▲ 180×1 topic
  16. Revision Surgery1▲ 30×2 topics
  17. Total Hip Replacement1▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Desalination1▲ 56×1 topic
  19. Epidemiology1◆ 0.89×8 topics
  20. Membrane Technology1▲ 42×1 topic
  21. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons1▲ 58×2 topics
  22. Toxicity1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  23. Water Quality1▲ 7.8×4 topics
  24. Nexus1▲ 90×1 topic
  25. Water1▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does Hampton Roads Sanitation District publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Water Treatment and Disinfection, Race, History, and American Society and Membrane Separation Technologies.

Wastewater Treatment and…4Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal: 4 fractional worksWater Treatment and Disi…2Water Treatment and Disinfection: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…1Race, History, and American Society: 1 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 1 fractional worksWater-Energy-Food Nexus Studies: 1 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants…1Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 1 fractional worksConstructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: 1 fractional worksAdvanced oxidation water treatment: 1 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 1 fractional worksPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research: 1 fractional works
PollutionHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisSociology and Political ScienceWater Science and Technology3 others

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

  1. 1 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 4 works
  2. 2 Water Treatment and Disinfection Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  3. 3 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  6. 6 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  7. 7 Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced oxidation water treatment Water Science and Technology 1 works
  9. 9 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 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 available30.3%not open69.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.2%domestic only83.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hampton Roads Sanitation District's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hampton Roads Sanitation District as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Hampton Roads Sanitation District0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hampton Roads Sanitation District over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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