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Iowa Geological Survey

iowageologicalsurvey.uiowa.eduROR OpenAlex
Research works
35
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
47.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Iowa Geological Survey 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: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemistry: 2.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24.36× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.89× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 8.86× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 24.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Iowa Geological Survey?

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

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

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change11▲ 12×16 topics
  2. Water Quality6▲ 44×5 topics
  3. Land Use Change5▲ 53×3 topics
  4. Sediment Transport5▲ 92×3 topics
  5. Water Resources4▲ 56×2 topics
  6. Global Hydrology4▲ 186×1 topic
  7. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 58×2 topics
  8. Model Evaluation4▲ 103×1 topic
  9. Eutrophication4▲ 71×2 topics
  10. Hyporheic Zone4▲ 333×1 topic
  11. Nutrient Cycling4▲ 132×1 topic
  12. Groundwater3▲ 90×3 topics
  13. Glacial Cycles2▲ 61×1 topic
  14. Paleoclimatology2▲ 53×1 topic
  15. Remote Sensing2▲ 5.9×9 topics
  16. Tectonics2▲ 39×3 topics
  17. Isotopes2▲ 140×1 topic
  18. Stable2▲ 205×1 topic
  19. Machine Learning2▲ 2.5×6 topics
  20. Global Carbon Budget2▲ 62×2 topics
  21. Plate Tectonics2▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Agricultural Sustainability1▲ 39×1 topic
  23. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.8×6 topics
  24. Geochronology1▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Reactive Transport1▲ 66×2 topics
  26. Riparian Vegetation1▲ 109×1 topic
  27. River Restoration1▲ 74×1 topic
  28. Soil Erosion1▲ 102×1 topic
  29. Zircon1▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Groundwater Flow1▲ 99×1 topic
  31. Invasive Species1▲ 5.9×2 topics
  32. Transport Modeling1▲ 99×1 topic
  33. Marine Sediments1▲ 38×2 topics
  34. Geochemistry1▲ 43×4 topics

Which research topics does Iowa Geological Survey publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Groundwater flow and contamination studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Environmental Monitoring and Data Management and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry.

Groundwater flow and con…1Groundwater flow and contamination studies: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…0Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Monitoring…0Environmental Monitoring and Data Management: 0 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope …0Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 0 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 0 fractional worksAgriculture, Soil, Plant Science: 0 fractional worksClay minerals and soil i…0Clay minerals and soil interactions: 0 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 0 fractional worksRadioactive element chemistry and processing: 0 fractional worksGeochemistry and Element…0Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis: 0 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringGeophysicsGeologyGeochemistry and Petrology5 others

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

  1. 1 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  3. 3 Environmental Monitoring and Data Management Geology 0 works
  4. 4 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 0 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  6. 6 Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  7. 7 Clay minerals and soil interactions Biomaterials 0 works
  8. 8 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 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 available16.6%not open83.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.4%domestic only92.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Iowa Geological Survey's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% 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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