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Milwaukee Public Museum

In research, Milwaukee Public Museum stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,976 of 21,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#11,316 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,824
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,120
of 8,685
Research works
356
▲ 129% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.9k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Milwaukee Public Museum known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #16,976 of 21,541 20.9%154
Life SciencesDomain #11,316 of 14,347 13.9%120

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Milwaukee Public Museum 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).

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: 6.94× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.64× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.32× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.19× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Milwaukee Public Museum?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter M. Sheehan, WC Taylor and Merlin D. Tuttle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Milwaukee Public Museum.

  1. 1 Peter M. Sheehan United States · #120,874 worldwide 226 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 WC Taylor United States · #259,408 worldwide 145 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Merlin D. Tuttle United States · #353,466 worldwide 204 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Stephan F. de Borhegyi United States · #367,339 worldwide 31 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Allen M. Young United States · #425,940 worldwide 69 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Nancy Oestreich Lurie United States · #450,078 worldwide 12 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Erika M. Tucker United States · #956,483 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Robert W. Henderson United States · #1,078,813 worldwide 48 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 A. M. Young United States · #1,342,090 worldwide 35 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Milwaukee Public Museum

Which keywords describe research at Milwaukee Public Museum?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Phylogeny, Evolution, Invasive Species, Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomy.

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

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change6▲ 8.6×19 topics
  2. Biodiversity4▲ 19×10 topics
  3. Biogeography4▲ 52×12 topics
  4. Phylogeny3▲ 72×7 topics
  5. Evolution3▲ 40×7 topics
  6. Invasive Species3▲ 23×10 topics
  7. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 31×10 topics
  8. Taxonomy2▲ 68×6 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 34×4 topics
  10. Conservation2▲ 14×9 topics
  11. Conservation Biology2▲ 54×2 topics
  12. DNA Barcoding2▲ 35×5 topics
  13. Population Dynamics2▲ 22×5 topics
  14. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 35×7 topics
  15. Diversification1▲ 124×2 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services1▲ 13×4 topics
  17. Morphology1▲ 27×4 topics
  18. Polyploidy1▲ 100×3 topics
  19. Biodiversity Loss1▲ 79×3 topics
  20. Ecosystem Functioning1▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Global Change1▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Holocene1▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Paleoproductivity1▲ 146×1 topic
  24. Paleoredox1▲ 146×1 topic
  25. Sea Level1▲ 42×2 topics
  26. Glacial Cycles1▲ 56×1 topic
  27. Inmigración y mercado de trabajo1▲ 629×1 topic
  28. Intercultural Education1▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Paleoclimatology1▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Milwaukee Public Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Immigration and Intercultural Education and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Paleontology and Stratig…1Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…1Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksImmigration and Intercultural Education: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…1Species Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksPlant and animal studies1Plant and animal studies: 1 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 1 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 1 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…1Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 1 fractional worksPlant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics: 1 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 1 fractional works
PaleontologyAtmospheric ScienceCultural StudiesEcological Modeling4 others

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

  1. 1 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 1 works
  2. 2 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  3. 3 Immigration and Intercultural Education Cultural Studies 1 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  5. 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  6. 6 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  7. 7 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 1 works
  9. 9 Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  10. 10 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 1 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 available27.0%not open73.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Milwaukee Public Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 129% 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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