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Mitchell Institute

In research, Mitchell Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,984 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,735 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,193 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Nuclear and High Energy Physics — Soil Science is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,044
of 28,054 · #1,665 all time
Rank in United States
#437
of 4,192
Research works
14k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
333k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Mitchell Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,984 of 12,888 11.8%955 #1528
Social SciencesDomain #2,735 of 10,521 13.9%543 #603
Social SciencesField #2,193 of 6,365 15.1%278 #772
EngineeringField #2,529 of 6,636 8.2%416 #944
Physics and AstronomyField #881 of 1,646 29.7%134 #1468
EducationSubfield #1,309 of 1,892 21.7%65 #537
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,803 of 2,578 13.4%76 #703
Life SciencesDomain #5,636 of 7,800 3.5%248 #3957
Environmental ScienceField #2,781 of 3,551 9.2%103 #1661
Health SciencesDomain #9,467 of 11,982 6.5%129 #5829

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mitchell Institute 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,528 #1,984
  2. Social Sciences#603 #2,735
  3. Social Sciences#772 #2,193
  4. Engineering#944 #2,529
  5. Physics and Astronomy#1,468 #881
  6. Education#537 #1,309
  7. Sociology and Political Science#703 #1,803
  8. Life Sciences#3,957 #5,636
  9. Environmental Science#1,661 #2,781
  10. Health Sciences#5,829 #9,467
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Mitchell Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 45.0 works8.0×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 29.6 works6.7×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 36.1 works6.1×
  4. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 23.9 works6.0×
  5. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 48.6 works5.0×
  6. Media TechnologySubfield · 26.0 works4.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.55× its world share, 138 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 55 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.45× its world share, 44 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.13× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.86× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 121 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 47 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.76× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.48× its world share, 416 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 103 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.12× its world share, 47 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.21× its world share, 134 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.15× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.26× its world share, 68 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.89× its world share, 54 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 75 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 278 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mitchell Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Guy D. Whitten, Milton W. Weller and P. J. Brown lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mitchell Institute.

  1. 1 Guy D. Whitten United States · #45,587 worldwide 462 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Milton W. Weller United States · #95,248 worldwide 226 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 P. J. Brown United States · #111,119 worldwide 731 citations · 107 works
  4. 4 M. Jimmie Killingsworth United States · #133,291 worldwide 56 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Maruška Svašek United States · #166,118 worldwide 47 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Robertson United States · #190,807 worldwide 69 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Charles M. Futrell United States · #192,259 worldwide 215 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Raymond C. Battalio United States · #193,175 worldwide 213 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Patricia A. Hurley United States · #197,445 worldwide 102 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 H. W. Brands United States · #277,623 worldwide 18 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Mitchell Institute

Which keywords describe research at Mitchell Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Soil Moisture, Water Scarcity, Crop Productivity, Deficit Irrigation, Water Use Efficiency, Engineering Education, Climate Change and Heat Transfer.

▲ 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 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 Change73▲ 1.45×81 topics
  2. Machine Learning63◆ 1.02×67 topics
  3. Globalization54▲ 1.46×76 topics
  4. Sustainability52◆ 1.13×71 topics
  5. Soil Moisture39▲ 29×5 topics
  6. Water Scarcity38▲ 26×3 topics
  7. Crop Productivity38▲ 30×2 topics
  8. Deficit Irrigation38▲ 85×1 topic
  9. Water Use Efficiency38▲ 61×1 topic
  10. Heat Transfer34▲ 3.7×16 topics
  11. Engineering Education34▲ 20×4 topics
  12. Student Engagement27▲ 3.6×12 topics
  13. Optimization26▲ 3.0×17 topics
  14. Large-Eddy Simulation24▲ 6.7×5 topics
  15. Dark Matter22▲ 10×4 topics
  16. Teaching Methods20▲ 7.5×7 topics
  17. Educational Reform19▲ 8.1×4 topics
  18. Experiential Learning19▲ 20×5 topics
  19. Teacher Preparation19▲ 15×4 topics
  20. Assessment Methods18▲ 9.0×3 topics
  21. Data Science18▲ 9.2×2 topics
  22. Student Motivation18▲ 5.1×3 topics
  23. Cognition18▲ 7.0×6 topics
  24. Milk Composition18▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Hydraulic Fracturing18▲ 8.5×2 topics
  26. Data Assimilation17▲ 5.9×4 topics
  27. Microbial Community17▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Emotions17▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Agricultural Education17▲ 55×1 topic
  30. School Gardens17▲ 55×1 topic
  31. Methane Production17▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Ruminant Nutrition17▲ 31×1 topic
  33. Statistical Reasoning16▲ 62×1 topic
  34. Statistics Anxiety16▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Ensemble Kalman Filter16▲ 8.4×2 topics
  36. Uncertainty Quantification16▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Music15▲ 17×4 topics
  38. Consciousness15▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Particle Physics15▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Fracture Propagation15▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Mitchell Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Irrigation Practices and Water Management, Diverse Educational Innovations Studies, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology and Statistics Education and Methodologies.

Irrigation Practices and…38Irrigation Practices and Water Management: 38 fractional worksDiverse Educational Innovations Studies: 17 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 17 fractional worksStatistics Education and Methodologies: 16 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 15 fractional worksCognitive Science and Education Research: 14 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…14Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 14 fractional worksEngineering Education an…14Engineering Education and Curriculum Development: 14 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…11Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 11 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…10Drilling and Well Engineering: 10 fractional works
Soil ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesAgronomy and Crop ScienceStatistics and Probability5 others

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

  1. 1 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 38 works
  2. 2 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 works
  3. 3 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 17 works
  4. 4 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 16 works
  5. 5 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 15 works
  6. 6 Cognitive Science and Education Research Cognitive Neuroscience 14 works
  7. 7 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 14 works
  8. 8 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 14 works
  9. 9 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 11 works
  10. 10 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 10 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 available28.8%not open71.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mitchell Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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