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NOAA National Ice Center

natice.noaa.govROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#16,379
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,577
of 8,685
Research works
134
▼ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
18.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13.37× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.35× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.40× 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, 13.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at NOAA National Ice Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Arctic, Hydrology, Ocean Circulation, Sea Level Rise, Decline and Sea Ice.

▲ 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. Climate Change56▲ 16×38 topics
  2. Remote Sensing36▲ 25×21 topics
  3. Arctic25▲ 177×4 topics
  4. Hydrology23▲ 153×3 topics
  5. Ocean Circulation18▲ 97×3 topics
  6. Sea Level Rise16▲ 96×3 topics
  7. Decline15▲ 407×1 topic
  8. Sea Ice15▲ 407×1 topic
  9. Glacier15▲ 242×1 topic
  10. Water Availability15▲ 242×1 topic
  11. Permafrost10▲ 167×2 topics
  12. Carbon Feedback9▲ 207×1 topic
  13. Methane Emissions9▲ 125×2 topics
  14. Thawing9▲ 207×1 topic
  15. Data Assimilation5▲ 21×4 topics
  16. Water Quality5▲ 8.9×6 topics
  17. Machine Learning5▲ 1.70×14 topics
  18. Satellite Observations5▲ 31×3 topics
  19. Hydrological Modeling5▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Global Warming4▲ 7.4×5 topics
  21. Land Use Change4▲ 9.2×5 topics
  22. Biodiversity3▲ 3.3×5 topics
  23. Data Integration3▲ 9.8×5 topics
  24. Emissions3▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Natural Gas3▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Anaerobic3▲ 36×1 topic
  27. Methane3▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Methane Oxidation3▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Microbial Communities3▲ 6.9×2 topics
  30. Shale Gas3▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Ecology3▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Workflow Management3▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Greenhouse Gas Emissions2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  34. Model Evaluation2▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Climate Change Impact2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  36. Oceanic Modeling2▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Public Opinion2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  38. Sediment Transport2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  39. Tidal Analysis2▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Validation2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does NOAA National Ice Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena and Climate change and permafrost.

Cryospheric studies and observations: 1 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 1 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 0 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 0 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 0 fractional worksGlobal Security and Public Health: 0 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…0Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 0 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 0 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptati…0Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 0 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceEnvironmental ChemistryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 1 works
  2. 2 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 1 works
  3. 3 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  4. 4 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 0 works
  5. 5 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  6. 6 Global Security and Public Health Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 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 available36.1%not open63.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.5%domestic only76.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NOAA National Ice Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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