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Maryland Geological Survey

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Research works
29
▼ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
692
23.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
11%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Maryland 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: 4.48× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24.81× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.45× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.48× its world share, 0 worksMaterials Science1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 24.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Maryland Geological Survey?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Holocene, Sea Level, Paleoclimatology, Glacial Cycles, Monsoon Dynamics, Marine Sediments and Paleoproductivity.

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

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change6▲ 8.2×12 topics
  2. Holocene5▲ 95×2 topics
  3. Sea Level5▲ 110×2 topics
  4. Paleoclimatology4▲ 122×2 topics
  5. Glacial Cycles4▲ 138×1 topic
  6. Marine Sediments4▲ 185×2 topics
  7. Monsoon Dynamics4▲ 138×1 topic
  8. Paleoproductivity4▲ 350×1 topic
  9. Paleoredox4▲ 350×1 topic
  10. Tectonics4▲ 72×3 topics
  11. Biogeography3▲ 31×5 topics
  12. Sedimentation3▲ 124×2 topics
  13. Water Quality3▲ 23×7 topics
  14. Fluvial Systems3▲ 204×1 topic
  15. Sequence Stratigraphy3▲ 204×1 topic
  16. Groundwater2▲ 93×3 topics
  17. Environmental Impact2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  18. Remote Sensing2▲ 5.7×7 topics
  19. Hydrogeology2▲ 150×2 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services2▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Monitoring1▲ 40×2 topics
  22. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Sediment Analysis1▲ 616×1 topic
  24. Surface Water1▲ 616×1 topic
  25. Conservation1▲ 7.5×5 topics
  26. Mammal Evolution1▲ 124×1 topic
  27. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis1▲ 124×1 topic
  28. Social-Ecological Systems1▲ 40×2 topics
  29. Traditional Irrigation1▲ 279×1 topic
  30. Water Sustainability1▲ 279×1 topic

Which research topics does Maryland Geological Survey publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil and Environmental Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Clay minerals and soil interactions and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

Soil and Environmental S…0Soil and Environmental Studies: 0 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 0 fractional worksClay minerals and soil i…0Clay minerals and soil interactions: 0 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontolo…0Evolution and Paleontology Studies: 0 fractional worksPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 0 fractional worksWater Quality and Resources Studies: 0 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…0Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 0 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 0 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 0 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 0 fractional works
Soil ScienceAtmospheric ScienceBiomaterialsPaleontology5 others

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

  1. 1 Soil and Environmental Studies Soil Science 0 works
  2. 2 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 0 works
  3. 3 Clay minerals and soil interactions Biomaterials 0 works
  4. 4 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 0 works
  5. 5 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 0 works
  6. 6 Water Quality and Resources Studies Water Science and Technology 0 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 0 works
  8. 8 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  9. 9 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 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 available10.7%not open89.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.2%domestic only96.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Maryland Geological Survey's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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