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Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

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World rank, all time
#35,882
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,578
of 8,685
Research works
126
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9k
31.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

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: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.62× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.58× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 7.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.64× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.95× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Health Effects, Water Quality, Sustainability, Eutrophication, Bioaccumulation and Remote Sensing.

▲ 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 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 Change17▲ 5.2×36 topics
  2. Environmental Impact12▲ 7.4×18 topics
  3. Health Effects12▲ 16×13 topics
  4. Water Quality11▲ 20×9 topics
  5. Sustainability10▲ 4.4×17 topics
  6. Remote Sensing6▲ 4.6×10 topics
  7. Eutrophication5▲ 29×3 topics
  8. Bioaccumulation5▲ 34×3 topics
  9. Biodegradation5▲ 35×3 topics
  10. Toxicity4▲ 8.1×8 topics
  11. Deepwater Horizon4▲ 312×1 topic
  12. Groundwater4▲ 40×3 topics
  13. Oil Spill Detection4▲ 312×1 topic
  14. Renewable Energy4▲ 3.3×8 topics
  15. Global Warming4▲ 7.9×6 topics
  16. Invasive Species4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  17. Risk Assessment4▲ 4.7×5 topics
  18. Water Treatment4▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Harmful Algal Blooms3▲ 25×3 topics
  20. Monitoring3▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Conservation3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  22. Ecosystem Services3▲ 6.4×7 topics
  23. Metal Toxicity3▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Chemical Analysis3▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Environmental Exposure3▲ 21×3 topics
  26. Environmental Impacts3▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Hydrogeology3▲ 53×2 topics
  28. Reactive Transport3▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Inequality2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  30. Microbial Ecology2▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons2▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Sediment Analysis2▲ 276×1 topic
  33. Surface Water2▲ 276×1 topic
  34. Disinfection By-Products2▲ 88×1 topic
  35. Drinking Water2▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Sediment Transport2▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Hyporheic Zone2▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Nutrient Cycling2▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Nutrient Limitation2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Sustainability Assessment2▲ 18×5 topics

Which research topics does Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Moravian Church and William Blake, Marine Biology and Ecology Research and Marine and coastal plant biology.

Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 1 fractional worksMoravian Church and William Blake: 0 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…0Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 0 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant…0Marine and coastal plant biology: 0 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksAustralian History and Society: 0 fractional worksAmerican Environmental a…0American Environmental and Regional History: 0 fractional worksSoil and Water Nutrient Dynamics: 0 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 0 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Eco…0Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 0 fractional works
EcologyLiterature and Literary TheoryOceanographyEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 1 works
  2. 2 Moravian Church and William Blake Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  3. 3 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 0 works
  4. 4 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 0 works
  5. 5 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  6. 6 Australian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  8. 8 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  10. 10 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior 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 available32.0%not open68.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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