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IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center

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Research works
43
▲ 136% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
28.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
39.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications 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: 2.92× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15.68× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.72× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsNursing: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.63× 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, 15.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ocean Circulation, Hydrological Cycle, Climate Modeling, Extreme Events and Sustainability.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 37 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change25▲ 22×26 topics
  2. Global Warming19▲ 122×6 topics
  3. Greenhouse Gas Emissions9▲ 108×4 topics
  4. Hydrological Cycle9▲ 208×2 topics
  5. Ocean Circulation9▲ 153×2 topics
  6. Climate Modeling9▲ 293×1 topic
  7. Extreme Events9▲ 237×1 topic
  8. Sustainability7▲ 9.1×6 topics
  9. Adaptation6▲ 50×4 topics
  10. Data Assimilation6▲ 73×3 topics
  11. Remote Sensing6▲ 12×9 topics
  12. Vulnerability6▲ 80×5 topics
  13. Probabilistic Forecasting5▲ 95×2 topics
  14. Convective Parameterization5▲ 196×1 topic
  15. Ensemble Kalman Filter5▲ 104×1 topic
  16. Food Security5▲ 30×3 topics
  17. Agriculture5▲ 45×2 topics
  18. Hydrological Modeling5▲ 56×5 topics
  19. Crop Production4▲ 146×1 topic
  20. Extreme Weather4▲ 546×1 topic
  21. Water Management4▲ 107×2 topics
  22. Drought4▲ 116×3 topics
  23. Evapotranspiration4▲ 113×2 topics
  24. Hydrological3▲ 326×1 topic
  25. Monitoring3▲ 64×1 topic
  26. Sea Level Rise3▲ 51×3 topics
  27. Validation3▲ 65×2 topics
  28. Precipitation2▲ 126×1 topic
  29. Satellite2▲ 315×1 topic
  30. Hurricanes2▲ 153×1 topic
  31. Tropical Cyclones2▲ 83×1 topic
  32. Water Resources2▲ 17×5 topics
  33. Pastoralists2▲ 142×1 topic
  34. Rangeland Degradation2▲ 142×1 topic
  35. Renewable Energy1▲ 3.2×4 topics
  36. Flood Risk1▲ 50×2 topics
  37. Poverty1▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate change impacts on agriculture and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis.

Climate variability and …3Climate variability and models: 3 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 2 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 2 fractional worksPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Drought Analysis: 1 fractional worksRangeland Management and…1Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 1 fractional worksTransboundary Water Resource Management: 1 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 1 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 0 fractional worksSocial and Political Issues: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law2 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  3. 3 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  4. 4 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 1 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  7. 7 Transboundary Water Resource Management Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  9. 9 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available80.2%not open19.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors59.4%domestic only40.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 136% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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