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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

In research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,222 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#137 of 1,209 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#565 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change — Oceanography is 37.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,018
of 28,054 · #511 all time
Rank in United States
#308
of 4,192
Research works
10k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
405k
39.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 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 #1,222 of 12,888 24.0%553 #351
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #137 of 1,209 26.8%183 #17
Environmental ScienceField #565 of 3,551 23.7%303 #133
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #176 of 535 24.5%132 #24
OceanographySubfield #54 of 156 29.1%67 #22
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #114 of 301 26.0%102 #13
EcologySubfield #295 of 578 24.3%74 #230

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 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#351 #1,222
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#17 #137
  3. Environmental Science#133 #565
  4. Global and Planetary Change#24 #176
  5. Oceanography#22 #54
  6. Atmospheric Science#13 #114
  7. Ecology#230 #295
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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 37.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 67.1 works38×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 102.1 works36×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 132.2 works27×
  4. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 34.9 works23×
  5. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 182.7 works18×
  6. EcologySubfield · 74.0 works15×
  7. Environmental ScienceField · 303.0 works9.6×
← 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: 0.60× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18.35× its world share, 183 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.61× its world share, 303 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.21× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 18.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?

Ranked on the composite score, Susan Solomon, Christopher D. Elvidge and Walter H. F. Smith lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

  1. 1 Susan Solomon United States · #561 worldwide 4.5k citations · 103 works
  2. 2 Christopher D. Elvidge United States · #9,203 worldwide 775 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Walter H. F. Smith United States · #19,610 worldwide 2.9k citations · 38 works
  4. 4 F. C. Fehsenfeld United States · #22,863 worldwide 775 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 D. D. Parrish United States · #30,966 worldwide 629 citations · 79 works
  6. 6 Valery U. Zavorotny United States · #31,099 worldwide 477 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Roger S. Pulwarty United States · #35,451 worldwide 477 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 D. W. Fahey United States · #42,121 worldwide 800 citations · 86 works
  9. 9 Michael J. Brennan United States · #44,174 worldwide 482 citations · 89 works
  10. 10 Frank D. Marks United States · #51,997 worldwide 417 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Which keywords describe research at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Fisheries Sustainability, Ocean Circulation, Remote Sensing, Data Assimilation, Trophic Cascades and Ecosystem Management.

▲ 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 Change245▲ 14×68 topics
  2. Global Warming67▲ 26×13 topics
  3. Fisheries Sustainability66▲ 116×2 topics
  4. Remote Sensing55▲ 7.0×28 topics
  5. Ocean Circulation54▲ 66×3 topics
  6. Data Assimilation44▲ 44×4 topics
  7. Trophic Cascades42▲ 70×2 topics
  8. Ecosystem Management40▲ 105×2 topics
  9. Fish Population Dynamics39▲ 150×1 topic
  10. Marine Fisheries39▲ 150×1 topic
  11. Hydrological Cycle39▲ 64×2 topics
  12. Population Dynamics38▲ 23×8 topics
  13. Conservation36▲ 13×15 topics
  14. Invasive Species33▲ 12×13 topics
  15. Air Quality31▲ 26×6 topics
  16. Ocean Acidification31▲ 67×3 topics
  17. Greenhouse Gas Emissions30▲ 17×5 topics
  18. Satellite Observations30▲ 48×3 topics
  19. Extreme Events29▲ 53×2 topics
  20. Climate Modeling29▲ 64×1 topic
  21. Precipitation Extremes29▲ 64×1 topic
  22. Habitat Fragmentation28▲ 20×5 topics
  23. Sea Level Rise28▲ 35×3 topics
  24. Tropical Cyclones28▲ 80×2 topics
  25. Boundary Layer28▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Freshwater Biodiversity27▲ 70×2 topics
  27. Water Quality27▲ 11×12 topics
  28. Ensemble Kalman Filter27▲ 42×2 topics
  29. Conservation Challenges26▲ 87×1 topic
  30. Flow Regulation26▲ 87×1 topic
  31. Probabilistic Forecasting26▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Convective Parameterization26▲ 74×1 topic
  33. Mesoscale Modeling26▲ 74×1 topic
  34. Acoustic Communication25▲ 79×2 topics
  35. Predator-Prey Interactions23▲ 46×2 topics
  36. Anthropogenic Noise23▲ 123×1 topic
  37. Marine Mammals23▲ 123×1 topic
  38. Hydrological Modeling21▲ 14×5 topics
  39. Aquaculture20▲ 12×8 topics
  40. Marine Ecosystems20▲ 60×2 topics

Which research topics does National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine and fisheries research, Climate variability and models, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations.

Marine and fisheries res…39Marine and fisheries research: 39 fractional worksClimate variability and …29Climate variability and models: 29 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…26Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 26 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…26Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 26 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 23 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 19 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…17Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 17 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry an…17Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 17 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…16Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 16 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmosp…15Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 15 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationAtmospheric ScienceEcology1 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 39 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 29 works
  3. 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 26 works
  4. 4 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 26 works
  5. 5 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 23 works
  6. 6 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 19 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 17 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 17 works
  9. 9 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 16 works
  10. 10 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 15 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 available34.4%not open65.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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