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In research, New York State Museum stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,728 of 11,023 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#1,503 of 2,224 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,694 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,187
of 22,385 · #16,246 all time
Rank in United States
#3,134
of 3,332
Research works
619
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
20.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
New York State Museum

What is New York State Museum 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
Life SciencesDomain #4,728 of 11,023 11.7%130
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,503 of 2,224 5.5%155
Social SciencesDomain #10,694 of 14,833 10.2%148
Physical SciencesDomain #15,105 of 17,446 6.1%319

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where New York State Museum 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does New York State Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at New York State Museum is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (26%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (24%), Social Sciences (15%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 32 fractional works · 43.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 23.7% of its workPaleontology: 7 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 14.2% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 7.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 30.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 25.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 12.8% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 9.2% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 23.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 14.7% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNew York StateMuseum73fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences24%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1723.7%
    2. Environmental Science1014.2%
    3. Engineering22.3%
    4. Computer Science12.0%
    5. Chemistry10.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.7%
    7. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1925.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Social Sciences1114.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities56.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    4. Psychology10.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine10.9%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 5.42× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15.12× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.87× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.20× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 15.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences15.12×17 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.42×19 works
  3. Environmental Science2.87×10 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.20×5 works
  5. Social Sciences1.16×11 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×4 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×1 works
  8. Chemistry0.49×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.31×0 works
  10. Psychology0.30×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.29×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.26×2 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.24×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×0 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×0 works
  16. Engineering0.15×2 works
  17. Energy0.14×0 works
  18. Medicine0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at New York State Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, John P. Hart, Charles A. Ver Straeten and Robert S. Feranec lead among researchers whose main affiliation is New York State Museum.

  1. 1 John P. Hart United States · #1,064,809 worldwide 2.2k citations · 107 works
  2. 2 Charles A. Ver Straeten United States · #1,114,108 worldwide 1.6k citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Robert S. Feranec United States · #1,178,915 worldwide 3.1k citations · 101 works
  4. 4 Langhorne B. Smith United States · #1,218,861 worldwide 1.9k citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Jason R. Cryan United States · #1,318,262 worldwide 1.8k citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Jeremy J. Kirchman United States · #1,504,353 worldwide 1.4k citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Eugene C. Ogden United States · #1,850,945 worldwide 1.1k citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Ed Landing United States · #1,854,881 worldwide 6.5k citations · 199 works
  9. 9 William Nelson Fenton United States · #2,257,248 worldwide 1.4k citations · 206 works
  10. 10 Rudolf Ruedemann United States · #2,421,395 worldwide 1.2k citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at New York State Museum

What are the most cited papers from New York State Museum?

The most cited paper from New York State Museum is "Structurally controlled hydrothermal dolomite reservoir facies: An overview" (Graham R. Davies, Langhorne B. Smith, 2006), with 839 citations. Next come "Prehistoric Extinctions of Pacific Island Birds: Biodiversity Meets Zooarchaeology" (825) and "A tale of shales: the relative roles of production, decomposition, and dilution in the accumulation of organic-rich strata, Middle–Upper Devonian, Appalachian basin" (704).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Structurally controlled hydrothermal dolomite reservoir facies: An overview Graham R. Davies, Langhorne B. Smith · AAPG Bulletin 6 Oct 2006 839
2 Prehistoric Extinctions of Pacific Island Birds: Biodiversity Meets Zooarchaeology David W. Steadman · Science 24 Feb 1995 825
3 A tale of shales: the relative roles of production, decomposition, and dilution in the accumulation of organic-rich strata, Middle–Upper Devonian, Appalachian basin Bradley B. Sageman, Adam E. Murphy, Josef P. Werne et al. · Chemical Geology Apr 2003 704
4 Technology on the Move: Recent and Forthcoming Innovations for Tracking Migratory Birds Eli S. Bridge, Kasper Thorup, Melissa S. Bowlin et al. · BioScience Open access Sep 2011 551
5 A dynamic Brownian bridge movement model to estimate utilization distributions for heterogeneous animal movement Bart Kranstauber, Roland Kays, Scott D. LaPoint et al. · Journal of Animal Ecology Open access 20 Feb 2012 550
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at New York State Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biogeography, Biodiversity, Phylogenetic Analysis, Invasive Species, Mosses, Conservation and Tectonics.

▲ 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-now 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 Change10▲ 5.1×23 topics
  2. Biogeography8▲ 41×12 topics
  3. Biodiversity8▲ 14×16 topics
  4. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 31×9 topics
  5. Invasive Species6▲ 20×11 topics
  6. Mosses5▲ 256×2 topics
  7. Conservation5▲ 16×14 topics
  8. Tectonics5▲ 55×3 topics
  9. Lichen4▲ 354×1 topic
  10. Symbiosis4▲ 68×1 topic
  11. Phylogeny4▲ 33×9 topics
  12. DNA Barcoding3▲ 26×8 topics
  13. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 21×4 topics
  14. Genetic Diversity3▲ 9.9×5 topics
  15. Stable Isotopes3▲ 149×1 topic
  16. Trophic Position3▲ 149×1 topic
  17. Ecology3▲ 24×6 topics
  18. Agricultural Origins3▲ 121×1 topic
  19. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 18×5 topics
  20. Radiocarbon Dating3▲ 121×1 topic
  21. Paleoproductivity3▲ 118×1 topic
  22. Paleoredox3▲ 118×1 topic
  23. Sedimentation3▲ 65×2 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  25. Cultural History2▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Flora2▲ 130×1 topic
  27. Holocene2▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Sea Level2▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Vascular Plants2▲ 130×1 topic
  30. Forest Management2▲ 51×2 topics
  31. Host Specificity2▲ 28×4 topics
  32. Taxonomy2▲ 22×8 topics
  33. Linguistics2▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Fluvial Systems2▲ 103×1 topic
  35. Sequence Stratigraphy2▲ 103×1 topic
  36. Community Resilience2▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Evolution2▲ 9.6×5 topics
  38. Glacial Cycles2▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Morphology2▲ 15×5 topics
  40. Paleoclimatology2▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does New York State Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Lichen and fungal ecology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Lichen and fungal ecology4Lichen and fungal ecology: 4 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecol…3Isotope Analysis in Ecology: 3 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient …3Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 3 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratig…3Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 3 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 2 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…2Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 2 fractional worksArchaeology and Natural History: 2 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 2 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 2 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcologyPaleontologyPlant Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  2. 2 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 3 works
  3. 3 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 3 works
  4. 4 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 3 works
  5. 5 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 2 works
  6. 6 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 2 works
  7. 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  8. 8 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 2 works
  9. 9 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  10. 10 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 2 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 available23.5%not open76.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has New York State Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is New York State Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00039% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%New York State Museum0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of New York State Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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