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Naval Postgraduate School

In research, Naval Postgraduate School stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,228 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,722 of 10,521 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,176 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Oceanography is 17.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,418
of 28,054 · #972 all time
Rank in United States
#741
of 4,192
Research works
12k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
239k
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Naval Postgraduate School 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 #3,228 of 12,888 9.5%587 #633
Social SciencesDomain #4,722 of 10,521 12.3%265 #1226
EngineeringField #3,176 of 6,636 9.5%240 #282
Social SciencesField #3,679 of 6,365 15.0%147 #965
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #852 of 1,209 8.7%103 #408
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #895 of 1,201 11.3%60 #393
Computer ScienceField #3,494 of 4,667 9.3%141 #450

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Naval Postgraduate School 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#633 #3,228
  2. Social Sciences#1,226 #4,722
  3. Engineering#282 #3,176
  4. Social Sciences#965 #3,679
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences#408 #852
  6. Political Science and International Relations#393 #895
  7. Computer Science#450 #3,494
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 Naval Postgraduate School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 17.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 45.3 works18×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 41.0 works10×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 102.8 works7.3×
  4. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 56.3 works5.4×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.02× its world share, 141 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.28× its world share, 103 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.78× its world share, 240 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 47 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.34× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.37× its world share, 27 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.01× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.22× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 147 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Naval Postgraduate School?

Ranked on the composite score, Arnold H. Buss, Peter Lewis and Kevin Jones lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Naval Postgraduate School.

  1. 1 Arnold H. Buss United States · #12,876 worldwide 977 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Peter Lewis United States · #13,194 worldwide 750 citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Kevin Jones United States · #30,387 worldwide 539 citations · 72 works
  4. 4 A. J. Healey United States · #37,726 worldwide 377 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Thomas H. Johnson United States · #39,677 worldwide 207 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Richard Franke United States · #43,099 worldwide 294 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Fred A. Kruse United States · #46,041 worldwide 333 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 R. W. Hamming United States · #51,047 worldwide 345 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Michael T. Montgomery United States · #54,366 worldwide 407 citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Terry R. McNelley United States · #72,117 worldwide 601 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Naval Postgraduate School

Which keywords describe research at Naval Postgraduate School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Ocean Circulation, Climate Change, Data Assimilation, Acoustic Techniques, Seafloor Mapping, Deep Learning and Security.

▲ 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. Machine Learning76▲ 2.6×57 topics
  2. Climate Change53▲ 2.2×33 topics
  3. Deep Learning50▲ 1.63×43 topics
  4. Ocean Circulation29▲ 25×3 topics
  5. Security27▲ 4.6×18 topics
  6. Globalization27▲ 1.50×26 topics
  7. Data Assimilation25▲ 18×4 topics
  8. Remote Sensing25▲ 2.2×22 topics
  9. Neural Networks24▲ 1.76×23 topics
  10. Acoustic Techniques24▲ 82×1 topic
  11. Seafloor Mapping24▲ 82×1 topic
  12. History23▲ 3.6×11 topics
  13. Global Warming22▲ 5.9×5 topics
  14. Colonialism19▲ 4.5×11 topics
  15. Gender19▲ 3.9×8 topics
  16. International Law16▲ 6.0×10 topics
  17. Boundary Layer16▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Tropical Cyclones16▲ 32×2 topics
  19. Cybersecurity15▲ 7.0×4 topics
  20. IoT Security14▲ 5.0×3 topics
  21. International Relations14▲ 6.5×8 topics
  22. Hydrological Cycle14▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Anomaly Detection14▲ 5.2×4 topics
  24. Sea Level Rise14▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Ensemble Kalman Filter13▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Collision Avoidance12▲ 7.4×4 topics
  27. Convective Parameterization12▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Mesoscale Modeling12▲ 25×1 topic
  29. Oceanic Modeling12▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Tidal Analysis12▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Path Planning11▲ 10.0×3 topics
  32. Occupation11▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Extreme Events11▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Climate Modeling10▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Precipitation Extremes10▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Counterinsurgency10▲ 113×2 topics
  37. Acoustic Communications10▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Arctic10▲ 9.8×4 topics
  39. Hurricanes10▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Storm Surge10▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Naval Postgraduate School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Underwater Acoustics Research, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes and Climate variability and models.

Underwater Acoustics Res…24Underwater Acoustics Research: 24 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 12 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 12 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 10 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 10 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 10 fractional worksMilitary History and Str…10Military History and Strategy: 10 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 9 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 8 fractional worksSleep and Work-Related F…8Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue: 8 fractional works
OceanographyAtmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeOcean Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 24 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 12 works
  3. 3 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 12 works
  4. 4 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  5. 5 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 10 works
  6. 6 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 10 works
  7. 7 Military History and Strategy Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 9 works
  9. 9 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 8 works
  10. 10 Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 8 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 available20.7%not open79.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.7%domestic only90.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Naval Postgraduate School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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