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Mount Washington Observatory

mountwashington.orgROR OpenAlex
Research works
56
▲ 653% vs 2013–17
Citations
745
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Mount Washington Observatory 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.73× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.50× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 4.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksMedicinePsychology: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Mount Washington Observatory?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Data Assimilation, Boundary Layer, Convective Parameterization, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Sea Level Rise and Hydrology.

▲ 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 Change9▲ 6.4×24 topics
  2. Remote Sensing4▲ 7.1×8 topics
  3. Boundary Layer3▲ 41×2 topics
  4. Data Assimilation3▲ 32×2 topics
  5. Convective Parameterization3▲ 90×1 topic
  6. Ensemble Kalman Filter3▲ 47×1 topic
  7. Sea Level Rise3▲ 41×3 topics
  8. Globalization3▲ 2.8×4 topics
  9. Hydrology3▲ 42×2 topics
  10. Air Quality3▲ 25×3 topics
  11. Glacier2▲ 96×1 topic
  12. Water Availability2▲ 96×1 topic
  13. Hydrological Cycle2▲ 36×2 topics
  14. Security Council2▲ 57×2 topics
  15. Radio Astronomy2▲ 93×2 topics
  16. Global Warming2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  17. High-Resolution Imaging2▲ 54×1 topic
  18. Transits of Venus2▲ 168×1 topic
  19. Ethical Considerations2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  20. Water Quality2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  21. Atmospheric Aerosols2▲ 43×1 topic
  22. Black Carbon2▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Ocean Circulation2▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Extreme Events2▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Global Governance2▲ 12×1 topic
  26. International Criminal Law2▲ 91×1 topic
  27. Nationalism2▲ 4.7×2 topics
  28. Climate Modeling1▲ 32×1 topic
  29. End-of-Life1▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Ozone Depletion1▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Palliative Care1▲ 15×1 topic
  32. Precipitation Extremes1▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Satellite Observations1▲ 20×3 topics
  34. Sediment Transport1▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Stratospheric Water Vapor1▲ 40×1 topic
  36. Aeolian Processes1▲ 93×1 topic
  37. Imperialism1▲ 20×2 topics
  38. On-Orbit Performance1▲ 94×1 topic
  39. Radiometric Calibration1▲ 94×1 topic
  40. Wind Erosion1▲ 93×1 topic

Which research topics does Mount Washington Observatory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Race, Genetics, and Society, Turtle Biology and Conservation and Historical Geography and Cartography.

Palliative Care and End-…1Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksRace, Genetics, and Soci…1Race, Genetics, and Society: 1 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksHistorical Geography and Cartography: 0 fractional worksSatellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry: 0 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 0 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 0 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 0 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 0 fractional worksSoil Moisture and Remote Sensing: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneticsNature and Landscape ConservationGeography, Planning and Development5 others

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

  1. 1 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  2. 2 Race, Genetics, and Society Genetics 1 works
  3. 3 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  4. 4 Historical Geography and Cartography Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  5. 5 Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry Ocean Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  7. 7 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 0 works
  8. 8 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  9. 9 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  10. 10 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Environmental 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mount Washington Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 653% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.