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Northwest Research Associates

In research, Northwest Research Associates stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,751 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 20.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,101
of 28,054 · #5,762 all time
Rank in United States
#1,354
of 4,192
Research works
904
▼ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
37.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Northwest Research Associates 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 #5,751 of 12,888 18.5%63 #3517

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northwest Research Associates 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 Northwest Research Associates specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 20.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 21.5 works20×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19.96× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.89× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.30× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 10.54× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 20.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Northwest Research Associates?

Ranked on the composite score, K. D. Leka, G. Barnes and Sharon L. Vadas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northwest Research Associates.

  1. 1 K. D. Leka United States · #75,937 worldwide 284 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 G. Barnes United States · #138,648 worldwide 225 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Sharon L. Vadas United States · #271,429 worldwide 118 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Mark Baldwin United States · #279,801 worldwide 157 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Jonathan M. Lilly United States · #336,279 worldwide 142 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Chad M. Spooner United States · #370,318 worldwide 131 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 D. A. Ortland United States · #537,634 worldwide 72 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Timothy J. Dunkerton United States · #560,554 worldwide 113 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Dennis L. Knepp United States · #628,884 worldwide 27 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Donald P. Delisi United States · #696,942 worldwide 93 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Northwest Research Associates

Which keywords describe research at Northwest Research Associates?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Wind, Climate Change, Air Quality, Hydrological Cycle, Data Assimilation, Global Warming, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere.

▲ 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 Change11▲ 5.8×18 topics
  2. Solar Wind10▲ 158×2 topics
  3. Air Quality7▲ 56×4 topics
  4. Hydrological Cycle7▲ 100×2 topics
  5. Data Assimilation6▲ 58×3 topics
  6. Global Warming6▲ 21×5 topics
  7. Ionosphere6▲ 148×1 topic
  8. Magnetosphere6▲ 148×1 topic
  9. Boundary Layer5▲ 62×2 topics
  10. Satellite Observations5▲ 78×2 topics
  11. Sea Level Rise5▲ 60×3 topics
  12. Ocean Circulation5▲ 52×3 topics
  13. Remote Sensing4▲ 5.3×7 topics
  14. Coronal Mass Ejections4▲ 173×1 topic
  15. Ensemble Kalman Filter4▲ 64×2 topics
  16. Solar Dynamics Observatory4▲ 173×1 topic
  17. Convective Parameterization4▲ 117×1 topic
  18. Mesoscale Modeling4▲ 117×1 topic
  19. Tropical Cyclones4▲ 113×2 topics
  20. Climate4▲ 69×2 topics
  21. Aerosols4▲ 82×1 topic
  22. Atmospheric Dust4▲ 228×1 topic
  23. Ice Nucleation4▲ 140×2 topics
  24. Ozone Depletion4▲ 174×1 topic
  25. Stratospheric Water Vapor4▲ 174×1 topic
  26. Greenhouse Gas Emissions3▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Climate Modeling3▲ 57×1 topic
  28. Extreme Events3▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 17×4 topics
  30. Free-Space Optical Communication3▲ 129×1 topic
  31. Hurricanes3▲ 116×1 topic
  32. Storm Surge3▲ 116×1 topic
  33. Visible Light Communication3▲ 129×1 topic
  34. GRACE2▲ 71×1 topic
  35. Geodetic Measurements2▲ 34×2 topics
  36. groundwater depletion2▲ 71×1 topic
  37. Large-Eddy Simulation2▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Wireless Communications2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Atmospheric Aerosols2▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Black Carbon2▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Northwest Research Associates publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Ionosphere and magnetosp…6Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 6 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma D…4Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 4 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…4Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 4 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and…4Atmospheric aerosols and clouds: 4 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 4 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 3 fractional worksOptical Wireless Communi…3Optical Wireless Communication Technologies: 3 fractional worksTropical and Extratropic…3Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 3 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity M…2Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry an…2Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsAtmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeElectrical and Electronic Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  2. 2 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  3. 3 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 4 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 4 works
  6. 6 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  7. 7 Optical Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  9. 9 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 2 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric 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 available41.4%not open58.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.8%domestic only77.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northwest Research Associates's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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