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Molina Center for Energy and the Environment

In research, Molina Center for Energy and the Environment stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,246 of 21,541 worldwide), Life Sciences (#7,054 of 14,347 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#16,442 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#8,643
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#1,928
of 8,685
Research works
420
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
48.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Molina Center for Energy and the Environment 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 #6,246 of 21,541 33.7%140
Life SciencesDomain #7,054 of 14,347 31.6%151
Health SciencesDomain #16,442 of 20,462 29.8%121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Molina Center for Energy and the Environment 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: 1.89× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.64× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.38× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.04× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 8.20× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.61× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.30× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 2.61× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.76× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Molina Center for Energy and the Environment?

Ranked on the composite score, L. T. Molina and M. Zavala lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Molina Center for Energy and the Environment.

  1. 1 L. T. Molina United States · #409,761 worldwide 302 citations · 91 works
  2. 2 M. Zavala United States · #1,527,476 worldwide 26 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Molina Center for Energy and the Environment

Which keywords describe research at Molina Center for Energy and the Environment?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Air Quality, Particulate Matter, Health Effects, Medicinal Chemistry, Oxidative Stress, Global Burden of Disease, Mortality and Air Pollution.

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

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 1.37×29 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress3▲ 3.3×12 topics
  3. Air Quality2▲ 26×4 topics
  4. Particulate Matter2▲ 28×2 topics
  5. Health Effects2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  6. Inflammation2▲ 1.87×19 topics
  7. Nanomaterials2▲ 3.7×8 topics
  8. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.1×10 topics
  9. Medicinal Chemistry2▲ 13×7 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  11. Catalysis2▲ 5.1×10 topics
  12. Mortality2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  13. Climate Change2▲ 1.22×15 topics
  14. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 13×2 topics
  15. Sustainability2▲ 1.28×8 topics
  16. Air Pollution2▲ 23×1 topic
  17. Fine Particulate Air Pollution2▲ 31×1 topic
  18. Graphene2▲ 4.1×5 topics
  19. Synthesis2▲ 7.6×9 topics
  20. Atmospheric Aerosols1▲ 49×1 topic
  21. Black Carbon1▲ 49×1 topic
  22. Green Chemistry1▲ 15×5 topics
  23. Organic Synthesis1▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Biomedical Applications1▲ 1.87×9 topics
  25. Rural Development1▲ 6.4×3 topics
  26. Treatment1▲ 1.84×11 topics
  27. Chemoselective1▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Public Health1▲ 1.50×7 topics
  29. Renewable Energy1▲ 1.44×5 topics
  30. Sustainable Agriculture1▲ 6.5×2 topics
  31. Copyright Law1▲ 98×1 topic
  32. Energy Storage1▲ 3.0×4 topics
  33. Heterocycles1▲ 22×4 topics
  34. Heterogeneous Catalysts1▲ 21×3 topics
  35. Local Economic Growth1▲ 122×1 topic
  36. Machine Learning1▼ 0.59×4 topics
  37. Probiotics1▲ 8.2×5 topics
  38. Territorial Innovation1▲ 122×1 topic
  39. Trademark Law1▲ 195×1 topic

Which research topics does Molina Center for Energy and the Environment publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Regional Development and Innovation and Intellectual Property Law.

Air Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 1 fractional worksRegional Development and…1Regional Development and Innovation: 1 fractional worksIntellectual Property Law1Intellectual Property Law: 1 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 1 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 1 fractional worksFluorine in Organic Chem…1Fluorine in Organic Chemistry: 1 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 0 fractional worksGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impact: 0 fractional worksSulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques: 0 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisAtmospheric ScienceDevelopmentLaw5 others

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

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  2. 2 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 1 works
  3. 3 Regional Development and Innovation Development 1 works
  4. 4 Intellectual Property Law Law 1 works
  5. 5 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 1 works
  7. 7 Fluorine in Organic Chemistry Pharmaceutical Science 1 works
  8. 8 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 0 works
  9. 9 Global trade, sustainability, and social impact Strategy and Management 0 works
  10. 10 Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques Organic Chemistry 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 available46.1%not open53.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors83.4%domestic only16.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Molina Center for Energy and the Environment's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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