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NASA Earth Science

In research, NASA Earth Science stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,408 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#15,967
of 42,892
Rank in ??
#213
of 1,041
Research works
212
▼ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
9k
42.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is NASA Earth Science 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 #9,408 of 21,541 33.3%200

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NASA Earth Science 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14.76× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.40× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.15× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 4.09× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at NASA Earth Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Parminder Ghuman and Sachidananda Babu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NASA Earth Science.

  1. 1 Parminder Ghuman ?? · #1,510,931 worldwide 10 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Sachidananda Babu ?? · #1,549,244 worldwide 6 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at NASA Earth Science

Which keywords describe research at NASA Earth Science?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Reactive Transport, Groundwater Flow, Transport Modeling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Geophysical Imaging and Inverse Problems.

▲ 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. Reactive Transport19▲ 165×2 topics
  2. Climate Change17▲ 3.0×39 topics
  3. Groundwater Flow14▲ 181×1 topic
  4. Transport Modeling14▲ 181×1 topic
  5. Remote Sensing13▲ 5.6×14 topics
  6. Hydraulic Fracturing12▲ 47×2 topics
  7. Geophysical Imaging9▲ 60×2 topics
  8. Inverse Problems9▲ 39×3 topics
  9. Elastic Properties8▲ 43×2 topics
  10. Tomography8▲ 14×3 topics
  11. Full-Waveform Tomography8▲ 82×1 topic
  12. Seismic Waveform Inversion8▲ 82×1 topic
  13. CO2 Sequestration8▲ 25×4 topics
  14. Fracture Propagation8▲ 59×1 topic
  15. Shale Gas Reservoirs8▲ 59×1 topic
  16. Satellite Observations7▲ 30×3 topics
  17. Geophysical Surveys7▲ 48×2 topics
  18. Non-Destructive Testing7▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Geodetic Measurements7▲ 25×2 topics
  20. Hydraulic Conductivity7▲ 65×2 topics
  21. Soil Hydraulic Properties7▲ 85×1 topic
  22. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics7▲ 85×1 topic
  23. Water Quality7▲ 7.7×7 topics
  24. Electrical Resistivity Tomography7▲ 98×1 topic
  25. Magnetotelluric Imaging7▲ 98×1 topic
  26. Ground-Penetrating Radar6▲ 66×1 topic
  27. Sedimentology6▲ 66×1 topic
  28. Shale Gas6▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Plate Tectonics6▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Carbon Capture6▲ 72×2 topics
  31. Rock Mechanics6▲ 27×3 topics
  32. Seismic Noise6▲ 59×1 topic
  33. Subduction6▲ 28×3 topics
  34. Surface Wave6▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Earthquakes6▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Fracture6▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Plate Boundaries6▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Geological Storage6▲ 134×1 topic
  39. Mineral Carbonation6▲ 134×1 topic
  40. Adsorption5▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does NASA Earth Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Infrared Target Detection Methodologies, Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods, Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials and Space exploration and regulation.

  1. 1 Infrared Target Detection Methodologies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Calibration and Measurement Techniques Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 0 works
  8. 8 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NASA Earth Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% lower 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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