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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

In research, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,043 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#147 of 1,209 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#892 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Atmospheric Science is 45.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,706
of 28,054 · #498 all time
Rank in United States
#265
of 4,192
Research works
5.6k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
377k
67.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,043 of 12,888 26.3%383 #342
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #147 of 1,209 29.3%206 #20
Environmental ScienceField #892 of 3,551 27.7%119 #212
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #118 of 301 26.5%86 #18

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#342 #1,043
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#20 #147
  3. Environmental Science#212 #892
  4. Atmospheric Science#18 #118
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 45.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 86.5 works46×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 57.8 works39×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 206.4 works31×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 31.9 works27×
  5. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 58.5 works18×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.57× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30.70× its world share, 206 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.60× its world share, 119 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.94× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 30.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory?

Ranked on the composite score, Wallace S. Broecker, Edward R. Cook and Lynn R. Sykes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

  1. 1 Wallace S. Broecker United States · #9,910 worldwide 1.6k citations · 103 works
  2. 2 Edward R. Cook United States · #11,753 worldwide 1.3k citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Lynn R. Sykes United States · #17,509 worldwide 1.2k citations · 42 works
  4. 4 William B. F. Ryan United States · #19,110 worldwide 749 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Yochanan Kushnir United States · #19,937 worldwide 1k citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Maurice Ewing United States · #20,215 worldwide 616 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Taro Takahashi United States · #24,908 worldwide 713 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Manik Talwani United States · #30,094 worldwide 409 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Richard G. Fairbanks United States · #31,100 worldwide 1.3k citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Terry Plank United States · #33,301 worldwide 986 citations · 83 works
All ranked researchers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Which keywords describe research at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Remote Sensing, Plate Tectonics, Paleoclimatology, Extreme Events and Holocene.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change144▲ 12×71 topics
  2. Global Warming59▲ 33×11 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation46▲ 82×3 topics
  4. Remote Sensing45▲ 8.6×28 topics
  5. Plate Tectonics33▲ 51×3 topics
  6. Paleoclimatology33▲ 93×2 topics
  7. Extreme Events33▲ 88×2 topics
  8. Holocene30▲ 60×3 topics
  9. Hydrological Cycle29▲ 71×2 topics
  10. Greenhouse Gas Emissions29▲ 25×6 topics
  11. Sea Level28▲ 69×2 topics
  12. Glacial Cycles27▲ 95×1 topic
  13. Monsoon Dynamics27▲ 95×1 topic
  14. Climate Modeling27▲ 88×1 topic
  15. Precipitation Extremes27▲ 88×1 topic
  16. Tectonics25▲ 49×3 topics
  17. Data Assimilation23▲ 35×4 topics
  18. Sea Level Rise23▲ 42×3 topics
  19. Geodetic Measurements19▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Subduction18▲ 57×3 topics
  21. Hydrology17▲ 32×4 topics
  22. Tomography17▲ 22×3 topics
  23. Earthquakes17▲ 68×1 topic
  24. Plate Boundaries17▲ 68×1 topic
  25. Thermodynamic Modeling16▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Geochronology16▲ 56×1 topic
  27. Zircon16▲ 56×1 topic
  28. Arctic15▲ 31×4 topics
  29. Superconductivity14▲ 19×5 topics
  30. Shale Gas14▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Water Quality14▲ 8.2×11 topics
  32. Crystal Structure Prediction13▲ 66×1 topic
  33. Mantle Dynamics13▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Satellite Observations13▲ 31×3 topics
  35. Climate Change Impact12▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Oceanic Modeling12▲ 86×1 topic
  37. Tidal Analysis12▲ 86×1 topic
  38. Tropical Cyclones12▲ 52×2 topics
  39. Glacier12▲ 62×1 topic
  40. Water Availability12▲ 62×1 topic

Which research topics does Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Climate variability and models, earthquake and tectonic studies and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 27 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 27 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …17earthquake and tectonic studies: 17 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…16Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 16 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 13 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 12 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …12Cryospheric studies and observations: 12 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 10 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 10 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 9 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeGeophysicsOceanography

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

  1. 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 27 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 27 works
  3. 3 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 17 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 16 works
  5. 5 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 13 works
  6. 6 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 12 works
  7. 7 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 12 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  9. 9 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 10 works
  10. 10 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 9 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 available40.8%not open59.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower 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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