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McWane Science Center

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Research works
24
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
392
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: McWane Science Center 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: 2.21× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 13.00× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.89× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.84× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 13.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at McWane Science Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Conservation, Population Dynamics, Phylogenetic Analysis, Phylogeny, Morphology, Fisheries, Ecology and Rays.

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

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Conservation5▲ 42×6 topics
  2. Population Dynamics4▲ 53×4 topics
  3. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 37×3 topics
  4. Phylogeny3▲ 74×3 topics
  5. Fisheries3▲ 295×2 topics
  6. Morphology3▲ 66×2 topics
  7. Ecology3▲ 59×2 topics
  8. Rays3▲ 521×1 topic
  9. Sharks3▲ 521×1 topic
  10. Climate Change3▲ 4.1×8 topics
  11. Evolution2▲ 35×3 topics
  12. Cretaceous2▲ 387×2 topics
  13. Biogeography2▲ 27×3 topics
  14. Dinosaur2▲ 571×1 topic
  15. Paleontology2▲ 571×1 topic
  16. Biodiversity1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  17. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 28×3 topics
  18. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Fish Biodiversity1▲ 185×1 topic
  20. Fisheries Sustainability1▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Freshwater1▲ 75×2 topics
  22. Freshwater Ecoregions1▲ 185×1 topic
  23. Fish1▲ 99×1 topic
  24. Length-Weight Relationships1▲ 99×1 topic
  25. Training Pathways1▲ 115×1 topic
  26. Vocational Education1▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does McWane Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies and Underwater Acoustics Research.

Ichthyology and Marine B…1Ichthyology and Marine Biology: 1 fractional worksPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 0 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 0 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 0 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and Applications: 0 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis0Seismic Waves and Analysis: 0 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Materials Analysis: 0 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 0 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mecha…0Tunneling and Rock Mechanics: 0 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationPaleontologyAquatic ScienceOceanography5 others

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

  1. 1 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  2. 2 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 0 works
  3. 3 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 0 works
  4. 4 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 0 works
  5. 5 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 0 works
  6. 6 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Structural Engineering and Materials Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 0 works
  10. 10 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 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 available46.0%not open54.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has McWane Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher 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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