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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

In research, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality stands highest in Physical Sciences (#17,458 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#25,694
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,501
of 8,685
Research works
314
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.6k
21.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 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
Physical SciencesDomain #17,458 of 21,541 15.6%160

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 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).

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: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.64× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.47× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality?

Ranked on the composite score, Bruce A. Harrison lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.

  1. 1 Bruce A. Harrison United States · #229,319 worldwide 121 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

Which keywords describe research at North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Water Quality, Groundwater, Remote Sensing, Water Resources, Monitoring and Statistical Methods.

▲ 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 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change7▲ 7.4×22 topics
  2. Environmental Impact3▲ 5.9×8 topics
  3. Water Quality3▲ 21×7 topics
  4. Sustainability2▲ 2.8×10 topics
  5. Remote Sensing2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  6. Groundwater2▲ 69×3 topics
  7. Water Resources2▲ 22×4 topics
  8. Monitoring2▲ 48×2 topics
  9. Statistical Methods1▲ 128×2 topics
  10. Waste Management1▲ 9.9×4 topics
  11. Fisheries Sustainability1▲ 43×2 topics
  12. Hydrogeology1▲ 184×1 topic
  13. Recycling1▲ 9.8×3 topics
  14. Sediment Analysis1▲ 1522×1 topic
  15. Environmental Impacts1▲ 13×4 topics
  16. Machine Learning1◆ 1.07×9 topics
  17. GIS1▲ 46×2 topics
  18. Marine Environment1▲ 24×2 topics
  19. Aquaculture1▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Groundwater Potential1▲ 121×1 topic
  21. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Invasive Species1▲ 7.2×6 topics
  23. Machine Learning Models1▲ 121×1 topic

Which research topics does North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Water Quality and Resources Studies, Groundwater and Watershed Analysis, Marine and fisheries research and Water resources management and optimization.

Water Quality and Resources Studies: 1 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershed Analysis: 1 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…1Marine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksWater resources manageme…1Water resources management and optimization: 1 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 1 fractional worksGroundwater flow and contamination studies: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …1Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 0 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 0 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…0Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 0 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyEnvironmental EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeOcean Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Water Quality and Resources Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  2. 2 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 1 works
  6. 6 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  8. 8 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 0 works
  9. 9 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 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 available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher 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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