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NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

In research, NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,219 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#553 of 1,209 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,477 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Atmospheric Science is 50.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,765
of 28,054 · #3,600 all time
Rank in United States
#780
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
43k
36.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research 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 #3,219 of 12,888 21.9%154 #2218
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #553 of 1,209 21.8%62 #472
Environmental ScienceField #2,477 of 3,551 23.8%65 #1339

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research 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#2,218 #3,219
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#472 #553
  3. Environmental Science#1,339 #2,477
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 NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 50.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 38.4 works50×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 34.8 works27×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 62.5 works23×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 64.6 works7.5×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23.11× its world share, 62 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.55× its world share, 65 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.70× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× 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, 23.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Sydney Levitus, Mark R. Geier and David A. Geier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.

  1. 1 Sydney Levitus United States · #32,549 worldwide 304 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Mark R. Geier United States · #539,882 worldwide 83 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 David A. Geier United States · #814,136 worldwide 66 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Arthur Vidard United States · #1,171,629 worldwide 16 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Charles Pelletier United States · #1,475,408 worldwide 3 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

Which keywords describe research at NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Cycle, Data Assimilation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Extreme Events.

▲ 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 Change61▲ 13×54 topics
  2. Global Warming28▲ 40×11 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation24▲ 109×3 topics
  4. Remote Sensing21▲ 9.9×22 topics
  5. Hydrological Cycle18▲ 112×2 topics
  6. Data Assimilation17▲ 63×3 topics
  7. Greenhouse Gas Emissions16▲ 33×6 topics
  8. Extreme Events15▲ 102×2 topics
  9. Climate Modeling15▲ 124×1 topic
  10. Precipitation Extremes15▲ 124×1 topic
  11. Boundary Layer11▲ 53×2 topics
  12. Probabilistic Forecasting11▲ 32×2 topics
  13. Convective Parameterization10▲ 112×1 topic
  14. Ensemble Kalman Filter10▲ 60×1 topic
  15. Sea Level Rise10▲ 47×3 topics
  16. Air Quality10▲ 32×4 topics
  17. Satellite Observations9▲ 53×3 topics
  18. Tropical Cyclones8▲ 83×2 topics
  19. Solar Wind7▲ 44×2 topics
  20. Water Quality7▲ 10×10 topics
  21. Hydrological Modeling7▲ 16×5 topics
  22. Climate Change Impact6▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Emissions6▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Oceanic Modeling6▲ 105×1 topic
  25. Tidal Analysis6▲ 105×1 topic
  26. Hurricanes6▲ 103×1 topic
  27. Storm Surge6▲ 103×1 topic
  28. Atmospheric Aerosols6▲ 60×1 topic
  29. Black Carbon6▲ 60×1 topic
  30. Arctic5▲ 27×4 topics
  31. Shale Gas5▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Water Resources5▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Atmospheric5▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Methane5▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Hydrology5▲ 22×4 topics
  36. Ozone Depletion4▲ 85×1 topic
  37. Sediment Transport4▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Stratospheric Water Vapor4▲ 85×1 topic
  39. Climate4▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Electron Acceleration4▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research publish most on?

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

Climate variability and …15Climate variability and models: 15 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 10 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 6 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 6 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 6 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 5 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Cl…4Atmospheric Ozone and Climate: 4 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 4 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 4 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 3 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceOceanographyAstronomy and Astrophysics

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 15 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 10 works
  3. 3 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 6 works
  4. 4 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 6 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 6 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 4 works
  8. 8 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  9. 9 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 4 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 3 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 available48.1%not open51.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.9%domestic only67.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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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