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Manila Observatory

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Research works
105
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%
Manila Observatory

Not ranked overall: Manila Observatory 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 Manila Observatory work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Manila Observatory is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (27%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (22%), Medicine (17%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 56.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 27.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 16.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 21.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 19.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 20.4% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 16.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 16.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKManilaObservatory28fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences16%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science727.0%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences621.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy12.6%
    4. Engineering12.6%
    5. Computer Science01.5%
    6. Materials Science00.8%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    8. Energy00.2%
    1. Medicine516.5%
    2. Health Professions13.8%
    1. Social Sciences310.8%
    2. Decision Sciences12.1%
    3. Psychology01.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.2%
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: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.67× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13.74× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.44× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 13.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.74×6 works
  2. Environmental Science5.44×7 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.67×1 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.13×1 works
  5. Health Professions1.45×1 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.20×1 works
  7. Medicine0.86×5 works
  8. Social Sciences0.86×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×1 works
  10. Psychology0.46×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.24×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.23×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.19×0 works
  17. Energy0.19×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×0 works
  19. Engineering0.17×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Manila Observatory?

Ranked on the quality score, Faye Abigail T. Cruz, James Bernard Simpas and Melliza Templonuevo Cruz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Manila Observatory.

  1. 1 Faye Abigail T. Cruz Philippines · #852,601 worldwide 3.1k citations · 79 works
  2. 2 James Bernard Simpas Philippines · #907,527 worldwide 2.7k citations · 109 works
  3. 3 Melliza Templonuevo Cruz Philippines · #2,102,361 worldwide 647 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Rontgene Solante Philippines · #2,237,731 worldwide 929 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Rosa T. Perez Philippines · #2,295,159 worldwide 1.1k citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Henry Gardiner Ferguson Philippines · #2,752,098 worldwide 202 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Charles E. Deppermann Philippines · #2,863,885 worldwide 59 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Daniel J. McNamara Philippines · #3,479,534 worldwide 365 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Rosalina De Guzman Philippines · #3,902,158 worldwide 88 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Victor L. Badillo Philippines · #4,962,717 worldwide 81 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Manila Observatory

What are the most cited papers from Manila Observatory?

The most cited paper from Manila Observatory is "An update of IPCC climate reference regions for subcontinental analysis of climate model data: definition and aggregated datasets" (Maialen Iturbide et al., 2020), with 692 citations. Next come "High‐resolution atmospheric inversion of urban CO 2 emissions during the dormant season of the Indianapolis Flux Experiment (INFLUX)" (392) and "Particulate air pollution in six Asian cities: Spatial and temporal distributions, and associated sources" (327).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An update of IPCC climate reference regions for subcontinental analysis of climate model data: definition and aggregated datasets Maialen Iturbide et al. · Earth system science data Open access 18 Nov 2020 692
2 High‐resolution atmospheric inversion of urban CO 2 emissions during the dormant season of the Indianapolis Flux Experiment (INFLUX) Thomas Lauvaux, Natasha Lynn Miles, Aijun J. Deng et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 10 Apr 2016 392
3 Particulate air pollution in six Asian cities: Spatial and temporal distributions, and associated sources Nguyễn Thị Kim Oanh, Nabin Upadhyay, Yuanhuang Zhuang et al. · Atmospheric Environment 5 Apr 2006 327
4 Multicentre prospective study on dengue classification in four South‐east Asian and three Latin American countries Neal D. E. Alexander, Ángel Balmaseda, Ivo Castelo Branco Coêlho et al. · Tropical Medicine & International Health Open access 30 May 2011 218
5 Projected future changes in rainfall in Southeast Asia based on CORDEX–SEA multi-model simulations Fredolin Tangang et al. · Climate Dynamics Open access 9 Jun 2020 211
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Manila Observatory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Cycle, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ocean Circulation, Climate Modeling and Extreme Events.

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

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change7▲ 8.9×22 topics
  2. Global Warming4▲ 37×7 topics
  3. Remote Sensing3▲ 8.6×15 topics
  4. Epidemiology3▲ 2.5×14 topics
  5. Hydrological Cycle3▲ 92×2 topics
  6. Greenhouse Gas Emissions2▲ 28×2 topics
  7. Ocean Circulation2▲ 55×2 topics
  8. Climate Modeling2▲ 100×1 topic
  9. Extreme Events2▲ 80×1 topic
  10. Tropical Cyclones2▲ 127×2 topics
  11. Sea Level Rise2▲ 54×3 topics
  12. Hurricanes2▲ 189×1 topic
  13. Storm Surge2▲ 189×1 topic
  14. Vaccine Development2▲ 24×5 topics
  15. Air Quality2▲ 31×3 topics
  16. Data Assimilation2▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Convective Parameterization2▲ 98×1 topic
  18. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 55×1 topic
  19. Sustainability1▲ 2.1×9 topics
  20. Vulnerability1▲ 21×6 topics
  21. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 26×5 topics
  22. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 19×4 topics
  23. Arboviral Diseases1▲ 57×1 topic
  24. Zika Virus1▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does Manila Observatory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Climate variability and models: 2 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 2 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 1 fractional worksPrecipitation Measuremen…1Precipitation Measurement and Analysis: 1 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksDiphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus: 0 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 0 fractional worksBotulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis2 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  2. 2 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  3. 3 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  4. 4 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 1 works
  6. 6 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 1 works
  7. 7 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  8. 8 Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus Endocrinology 0 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders Neurology 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 available44.3%not open55.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.9%domestic only49.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Manila Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher 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 Manila Observatory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000092% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Manila Observatory0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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