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Itasca Consultants (United States)

In research, Itasca Consultants (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,196 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,115 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,398
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,620
of 7,310
Research works
315
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
35.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Itasca Consultants (United States)

What is Itasca Consultants (United States) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,196 of 17,446 16.4%246
EngineeringField #4,115 of 9,532 18.9%170

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Itasca Consultants (United States) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Itasca Consultants (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Itasca Consultants (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (51%), Environmental Science (14%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 77.0% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 50.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 9.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 13.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 9.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKItascaConsultants…52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences4%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2750.9%
    2. Environmental Science713.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences35.3%
    4. Computer Science12.3%
    5. Materials Science11.6%
    6. Energy11.5%
    7. Chemistry00.8%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Medicine59.9%
    2. Health Professions00.5%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.7%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Social Sciences11.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.3%
    3. Psychology11.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
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: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.37× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.39× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.79× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.39×27 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.37×3 works
  3. Environmental Science2.79×7 works
  4. Energy1.62×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.27×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×3 works
  7. Medicine0.52×5 works
  8. Chemistry0.51×0 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.46×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.46×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.44×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×1 works
  13. Psychology0.33×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.30×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.28×0 works
  17. Dentistry0.19×0 works
  18. Health Professions0.19×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.18×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.11×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Itasca Consultants (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter A. Cundall, Daniel E. Emerling and D.O. Potyondy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Itasca Consultants (United States).

  1. 1 Peter A. Cundall United States · #69,771 worldwide 33k citations · 93 works
  2. 2 Daniel E. Emerling United States · #538,673 worldwide 1.8k citations · 59 works
  3. 3 D.O. Potyondy United States · #703,125 worldwide 7.4k citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Branko Damjanac United States · #1,257,053 worldwide 3k citations · 130 works
  5. 5 Jason Furtney United States · #1,422,329 worldwide 519 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Matthew E. Pierce United States · #1,428,418 worldwide 1.6k citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Jim F. Hazzard United States · #1,469,209 worldwide 1.3k citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Marisela Sánchez-Nagel United States · #1,637,203 worldwide 591 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Mark Christianson United States · #1,673,451 worldwide 356 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Christine Detournay United States · #1,856,927 worldwide 641 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Itasca Consultants (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Itasca Consultants (United States)?

The most cited paper from Itasca Consultants (United States) is "A bonded-particle model for rock" (D.O. Potyondy, Peter A. Cundall, 2004), with 5,046 citations. Next come "Widespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes" (708) and "NUMERICAL MODELLING OF DISCONTINUA" (676).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A bonded-particle model for rock D.O. Potyondy, Peter A. Cundall · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences Dec 2004 5,046
2 Widespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes Stephen F. Jane et al. · Nature Open access 2 Jun 2021 708
3 NUMERICAL MODELLING OF DISCONTINUA Peter A. Cundall, Roger D. Hart · Engineering Computations Feb 1992 676
4 The elasto-plastic response of underground excavations in rock masses that satisfy the Hoek–Brown failure criterion Carlos Carranza-Torres, C. Fairhurst · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences Sep 1999 637
5 Formulation of a three-dimensional distinct element model—Part II. Mechanical calculations for motion and interaction of a system composed of many polyhedral blocks Roger D. Hart, Peter A. Cundall, José Vieira de Lemos · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts Jun 1988 605
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Itasca Consultants (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Rock Mechanics, CO2 Sequestration, Dynamic Behavior, Acoustic Emission, Fracture, Rheological Properties, Risk Assessment and Hydraulic Fracturing.

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

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Rock Mechanics5▲ 98×3 topics
  2. CO2 Sequestration4▲ 39×4 topics
  3. Dynamic Behavior4▲ 64×2 topics
  4. Acoustic Emission4▲ 118×1 topic
  5. Fracture4▲ 74×1 topic
  6. Rheological Properties4▲ 39×2 topics
  7. Risk Assessment3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  8. Hydraulic Fracturing3▲ 60×1 topic
  9. Nanoparticles3▲ 5.0×3 topics
  10. Shale Gas Reservoirs3▲ 106×1 topic
  11. Vibration Analysis3▲ 23×2 topics
  12. Drilling Fluids3▲ 116×1 topic
  13. Well Integrity3▲ 116×1 topic
  14. Remote Sensing3▲ 4.6×7 topics
  15. Climate Change2▲ 1.74×19 topics
  16. Hazard2▲ 69×1 topic
  17. Landslide2▲ 69×1 topic
  18. Epidemiology2◆ 0.99×12 topics
  19. Machine Learning2◆ 1.07×6 topics
  20. Elastic Properties1▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Soil Hydraulic Properties1▲ 81×1 topic
  22. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics1▲ 81×1 topic
  23. Finite Element Analysis1▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Liquefaction1▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Soil Properties1▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Tunnel1▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Cancer Therapy1▲ 3.9×3 topics
  28. Environmental Sustainability1▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Full-Waveform Tomography1▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Numerical Simulation1▲ 8.1×4 topics
  31. Seismic Waveform Inversion1▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Spatial Variability1▲ 37×2 topics
  33. Sustainability1◆ 0.94×4 topics
  34. Probabilistic Methods1▲ 55×1 topic
  35. Slope Stability Analysis1▲ 55×1 topic
  36. Acoustic Modeling1▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Deep Neural Networks1▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Oncogenic Mutations1▲ 67×2 topics
  39. Renewable Energy1▲ 1.36×3 topics

Which research topics does Itasca Consultants (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rock Mechanics and Modeling, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and Landslides and related hazards.

Rock Mechanics and Modeling: 4 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 3 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 3 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 2 fractional worksSoil and Unsaturated Flow: 1 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inve…1Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 1 fractional worksSpeech Recognition and Synthesis: 1 fractional worksDam Engineering and Safety: 1 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 1 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsMechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law4 others

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

  1. 1 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 4 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  5. 5 Soil and Unsaturated Flow Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  8. 8 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 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 available23.2%not open76.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.7%domestic only73.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Itasca Consultants (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% 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 Itasca Consultants (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Itasca Consultants (United States)0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Itasca Consultants (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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