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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

In research, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,284 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#25,449
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,451
of 8,685
Research works
293
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 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 #14,284 of 21,541 16.0%235

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 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: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.08× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11.54× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.69× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.36× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.55× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency?

Ranked on the composite score, Nikolaos K. Pavlis, S. Kenyon and Paul E. Lewis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

  1. 1 Nikolaos K. Pavlis United States · #132,695 worldwide 463 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 S. Kenyon United States · #197,252 worldwide 457 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Paul E. Lewis United States · #512,064 worldwide 79 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Ronald G. Resmini United States · #1,475,714 worldwide 39 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Sharon Waltman United States · #1,585,584 worldwide 8 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Which keywords describe research at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Hydrological Modeling, Geodetic Measurements, Sea Level Rise, GRACE, groundwater depletion and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing9▲ 13×21 topics
  2. Climate Change9▲ 5.9×25 topics
  3. Hydrological Modeling6▲ 42×5 topics
  4. Machine Learning5▲ 2.6×22 topics
  5. Geodetic Measurements4▲ 58×2 topics
  6. Sea Level Rise3▲ 44×3 topics
  7. Deep Learning3▲ 1.58×13 topics
  8. GRACE3▲ 99×1 topic
  9. groundwater depletion3▲ 99×1 topic
  10. Sparse Representation2▲ 19×4 topics
  11. Biomass Estimation2▲ 24×2 topics
  12. GNSS2▲ 160×1 topic
  13. Global Navigation Satellite Systems2▲ 135×1 topic
  14. Terrestrial Laser Scanning2▲ 27×2 topics
  15. SAR Interferometry2▲ 145×1 topic
  16. Surface Deformation Monitoring2▲ 145×1 topic
  17. Biodiversity2▲ 3.4×7 topics
  18. Data Assimilation2▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Disaster Management1▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Hyperspectral1▲ 30×2 topics
  21. Satellite Imagery1▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Flood Risk1▲ 28×1 topic
  23. Forest Carbon Stocks1▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Lidar Remote Sensing1▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Plate Tectonics1▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Statistical Analysis1▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Surface Water Mapping1▲ 29×1 topic
  28. Detection1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  29. Fault Detection1▲ 14×1 topic
  30. GIS1▲ 31×3 topics
  31. Process Monitoring1▲ 20×1 topic
  32. Cenozoic Evolution1▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Convolutional Neural Network1▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Hyperspectral Imaging1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  35. Rifting1▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Validation1▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Infrared1▲ 54×1 topic
  38. Sensor Networks1▲ 7.3×3 topics
  39. Small Target1▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Wavelet Transform1▲ 7.6×2 topics

Which research topics does National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, GNSS positioning and interference, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications.

Geophysics and Gravity M…3Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 3 fractional worksGNSS positioning and interference: 2 fractional worksSynthetic Aperture Radar…2Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques: 2 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR…1Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geophysic…1Geological and Geophysical Studies: 1 fractional worksInfrared Target Detection Methodologies: 1 fractional worksAdvanced SAR Imaging Techniques: 1 fractional worksSoil Moisture and Remote Sensing: 1 fractional works
OceanographyAerospace EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

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

  1. 1 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 3 works
  2. 2 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 1 works
  8. 8 Infrared Target Detection Methodologies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Environmental Engineering 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 available28.9%not open71.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower 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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