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IsoForensics

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Research works
36
▼ 91% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
45.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
IsoForensics

Not ranked overall: IsoForensics is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does IsoForensics work in?

In all years, 57% of research at IsoForensics is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (29%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 57.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 29.2% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 21.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 15.2% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 23.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 13.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 10.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.9% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIsoForensics36fractional works, all years
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1129.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences615.2%
    3. Engineering37.8%
    4. Chemistry24.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.9%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology513.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences38.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
    1. Medicine410.2%
    2. Nursing00.7%
    1. Arts and Humanities24.6%
    2. Social Sciences12.0%
    3. Psychology00.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
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.

Who are the top researchers at IsoForensics?

Ranked on the quality score, Lesley Ann Chesson and John D. Howa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IsoForensics.

  1. 1 Lesley Ann Chesson United States · #270,155 worldwide 3.9k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 John D. Howa United States · #5,158,354 worldwide 419 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at IsoForensics

What are the most cited papers from IsoForensics?

The most cited paper from IsoForensics is "Hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios in human hair are related to geography" (James R. Ehleringer, Gabriel J. Bowen, Lesley Ann Chesson et al., 2008), with 388 citations. Next come "Stable isotope ratios of tap water in the contiguous United States" (264) and "Treatment methods for the determination of δ 2 H and δ 18 O of hair keratin by continuous‐flow isotope‐ratio mass spectrometry" (157).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios in human hair are related to geography James R. Ehleringer, Gabriel J. Bowen, Lesley Ann Chesson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 25 Feb 2008 388
2 Stable isotope ratios of tap water in the contiguous United States Gabriel J. Bowen, James R. Ehleringer, Lesley Ann Chesson et al. · Water Resources Research Open access Mar 2007 264
3 Treatment methods for the determination of δ 2 H and δ 18 O of hair keratin by continuous‐flow isotope‐ratio mass spectrometry Gabriel J. Bowen, Lesley Ann Chesson, Kristine E. Nielson et al. · Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 26 Jul 2005 157
4 Continental scale variation in 17O-excess of meteoric waters in the United States Shuning Li, Naomi E. Levin, Lesley Ann Chesson · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 6 May 2015 138
5 Dietary and physiological controls on the hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios of hair from mid‐20th century indigenous populations Gabriel J. Bowen, James R. Ehleringer, Lesley Ann Chesson et al. · American Journal of Physical Anthropology 23 Feb 2009 137
All 73 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at IsoForensics?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Stable Isotopes, Trophic Position, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Climate Change, Health Effects, Glacial Cycles and Paleoclimatology.

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

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Stable Isotopes7▲ 454×1 topic
  2. Trophic Position7▲ 454×1 topic
  3. Climate Change4▲ 3.8×9 topics
  4. Agricultural Origins3▲ 203×1 topic
  5. Radiocarbon Dating3▲ 203×1 topic
  6. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 5.2×2 topics
  7. Health Effects2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  8. Glacial Cycles2▲ 46×1 topic
  9. Paleoclimatology2▲ 40×1 topic
  10. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 20×2 topics
  11. Data Analysis2▲ 13×2 topics
  12. Inflammation2▲ 1.75×2 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 4.8×2 topics
  14. Gene Expression1▲ 6.5×2 topics
  15. Age Estimation1▲ 75×1 topic
  16. Sex Determination1▲ 76×1 topic
  17. Caffeine1▲ 267×1 topic
  18. Coffee1▲ 267×1 topic
  19. Electrospray1▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Groundwater1▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Ionization1▲ 41×1 topic
  22. Water Quality1▲ 7.7×2 topics
  23. Isotopes1▲ 71×1 topic
  24. Quantitative1▲ 25×1 topic
  25. Real-Time PCR1▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Stable1▲ 103×1 topic
  27. Alzheimer's Disease1▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does IsoForensics publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Effects and risks of end…0Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 0 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants…0Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 0 fractional worksMicrobial bioremediation…0Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants: 0 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisPollution

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

  1. 1 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  2. 2 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  3. 3 Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants Pollution 0 works
  4. 4 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 0 works
  5. 5 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 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 available17.6%not open82.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has IsoForensics's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 91% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is IsoForensics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000047% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%IsoForensics0.00000068% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of IsoForensics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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