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NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

In research, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,245 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Oceanography is 113.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,476
of 28,054 · #2,164 all time
Rank in United States
#990
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
74k
65.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory 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 #4,245 of 12,888 29.3%88 #1436

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory 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).

What does NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 113.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 29.5 works113×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 53.4 works37×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36.67× its world share, 53 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.58× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 36.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard A. Feely, James E. Overland and Christopher L. Sabine lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory.

  1. 1 Richard A. Feely United States · #7,810 worldwide 1.9k citations · 102 works
  2. 2 James E. Overland United States · #13,899 worldwide 870 citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Christopher L. Sabine United States · #26,049 worldwide 1.1k citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Gregory C. Johnson United States · #28,690 worldwide 587 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 John L. Bullister United States · #46,748 worldwide 754 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Simone R. Alin United States · #50,374 worldwide 582 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Michael J. McPhaden United States · #97,300 worldwide 786 citations · 97 works
  8. 8 Adrienne J. Sutton United States · #117,246 worldwide 304 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 T. S. Bates United States · #129,896 worldwide 404 citations · 56 works
  10. 10 Rudolph W Preisendorfer United States · #133,425 worldwide 246 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory?

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

▲ 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 Change38▲ 15×35 topics
  2. Ocean Circulation26▲ 219×3 topics
  3. Global Warming19▲ 50×8 topics
  4. Data Assimilation13▲ 91×4 topics
  5. Oceanic Modeling11▲ 355×1 topic
  6. Tidal Analysis11▲ 355×1 topic
  7. Hydrological Cycle10▲ 109×2 topics
  8. Greenhouse Gas Emissions9▲ 36×3 topics
  9. Remote Sensing9▲ 7.9×11 topics
  10. Arctic9▲ 86×4 topics
  11. Climate Modeling9▲ 135×1 topic
  12. Extreme Events9▲ 111×2 topics
  13. Precipitation Extremes9▲ 135×1 topic
  14. Harmful Algal Blooms7▲ 103×3 topics
  15. Dissolved Organic Matter7▲ 183×1 topic
  16. Eutrophication7▲ 74×2 topics
  17. Oceanic Carbon Cycle7▲ 183×1 topic
  18. Ocean Acidification7▲ 104×3 topics
  19. Decline7▲ 279×1 topic
  20. Sea Ice7▲ 279×1 topic
  21. Satellite Observations6▲ 61×3 topics
  22. CO2 Emissions5▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Marine Organisms5▲ 501×1 topic
  24. Water Quality5▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Emissions5▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Shale Gas5▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Atmospheric5▲ 103×1 topic
  28. Methane5▲ 103×1 topic
  29. Tropical Cyclones4▲ 80×2 topics
  30. Sea Level Rise3▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Acoustic Communication3▲ 60×2 topics
  32. Benthic Communities3▲ 51×2 topics
  33. Marine Biodiversity3▲ 51×2 topics
  34. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Hurricanes3▲ 87×1 topic
  36. Storm Surge3▲ 87×1 topic
  37. Holocene2▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Sea Level2▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Paleoclimatology2▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Climate variability and models, Marine and coastal ecosystems and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 11 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 9 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 7 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice…7Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 7 fractional worksOcean Acidification Effe…5Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses: 5 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 5 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 3 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 2 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 2 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 2 fractional works
OceanographyGlobal and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceEnvironmental Chemistry

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

  1. 1 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 11 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  3. 3 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 7 works
  4. 4 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 7 works
  5. 5 Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses Oceanography 5 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  7. 7 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  9. 9 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.3%domestic only76.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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