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Northwest Watershed Research Center

In research, Northwest Watershed Research Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,407 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,067
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,930
of 8,685
Research works
205
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.5k
41.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Northwest Watershed Research Center 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 #10,407 of 21,541 25.3%169

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northwest Watershed Research Center 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: 2.12× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.16× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 14.23× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 5.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinary1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 14.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Northwest Watershed Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, M. S. Seyfried, A. H. Winstral and Danny Marks lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northwest Watershed Research Center.

  1. 1 M. S. Seyfried United States · #234,668 worldwide 283 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 A. H. Winstral United States · #354,634 worldwide 200 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Danny Marks United States · #358,182 worldwide 203 citations · 61 works
  4. 4 J. Ross Wight United States · #392,759 worldwide 62 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Frederick B. Pierson United States · #412,702 worldwide 233 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Patrick E. Clark United States · #475,866 worldwide 139 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Stuart P. Hardegree United States · #762,079 worldwide 128 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 C.L. Hanson United States · #773,201 worldwide 43 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Patrick R. Kormos United States · #869,696 worldwide 76 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 A. R. Hedrick United States · #1,160,187 worldwide 68 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Northwest Watershed Research Center

Which keywords describe research at Northwest Watershed Research Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Land Use Change, Hydrological Modeling, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Conservation and Ecosystem.

▲ 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 Change102▲ 19×42 topics
  2. Remote Sensing42▲ 18×17 topics
  3. Hydrological Modeling28▲ 69×4 topics
  4. Land Use Change28▲ 47×4 topics
  5. Biodiversity28▲ 18×11 topics
  6. Invasive Species27▲ 23×7 topics
  7. Conservation26▲ 27×5 topics
  8. Ecosystem25▲ 86×3 topics
  9. Sediment Transport25▲ 73×3 topics
  10. Hydrology25▲ 105×4 topics
  11. Water Resources22▲ 47×7 topics
  12. Model Evaluation20▲ 91×2 topics
  13. Global Hydrology20▲ 157×1 topic
  14. Uncertainty Assessment20▲ 157×1 topic
  15. Ecosystem Resilience19▲ 59×4 topics
  16. Sagebrush18▲ 424×1 topic
  17. Wildlife Habitat18▲ 424×1 topic
  18. Glacier14▲ 153×1 topic
  19. Water Availability14▲ 153×1 topic
  20. Water Quality14▲ 16×8 topics
  21. Drought12▲ 67×3 topics
  22. Evapotranspiration12▲ 77×2 topics
  23. Carbon Balance11▲ 104×1 topic
  24. Tree Mortality11▲ 104×1 topic
  25. Methane Emissions10▲ 93×2 topics
  26. Soil Properties10▲ 32×5 topics
  27. Arctic10▲ 44×2 topics
  28. Carbon Feedback10▲ 147×1 topic
  29. Permafrost10▲ 106×1 topic
  30. Global Carbon Budget9▲ 61×2 topics
  31. Agricultural Sustainability8▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Sediment Transport Models8▲ 111×1 topic
  33. Soil Erosion8▲ 111×1 topic
  34. Soil Hydraulic Properties8▲ 104×1 topic
  35. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics8▲ 104×1 topic
  36. Soil Moisture8▲ 37×4 topics
  37. Global Change8▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Data Assimilation7▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Forest Fires7▲ 98×1 topic
  40. Wildfire Activity7▲ 98×1 topic

Which research topics does Northwest Watershed Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Fire effects on ecosystems and Turfgrass Adaptation and Management.

Rangeland and Wildlife M…2Rangeland and Wildlife Management: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional worksTurfgrass Adaptation and Management: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …1Cryospheric studies and observations: 1 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 1 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 0 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 0 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 0 fractional works
EcologyNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 2 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  3. 3 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Turfgrass Adaptation and Management Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  6. 6 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 1 works
  7. 7 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 0 works
  9. 9 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 0 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 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 available37.9%not open62.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northwest Watershed Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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