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Office of Polar Programs

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Research works
79
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Office of Polar Programs is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.93× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17.90× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 4.18× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 3.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 2.38× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 17.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Office of Polar Programs?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Ocean Circulation, Sea Level Rise, Arctic, Glacier and Water Availability.

▲ 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 Change33▲ 16×29 topics
  2. Remote Sensing14▲ 15×9 topics
  3. Hydrology10▲ 107×2 topics
  4. Ocean Circulation9▲ 83×3 topics
  5. Sea Level Rise9▲ 86×3 topics
  6. Arctic8▲ 99×4 topics
  7. Glacier7▲ 203×1 topic
  8. Water Availability7▲ 203×1 topic
  9. Permafrost7▲ 200×2 topics
  10. Biodiversity5▲ 8.7×7 topics
  11. Biogeography5▲ 19×5 topics
  12. Data Assimilation5▲ 35×3 topics
  13. Ecology5▲ 30×5 topics
  14. Decline5▲ 228×1 topic
  15. Sea Ice5▲ 228×1 topic
  16. Antarctic5▲ 475×1 topic
  17. Microorganisms5▲ 343×1 topic
  18. Global Warming4▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Glacial Cycles3▲ 36×1 topic
  20. Paleoclimatology3▲ 31×1 topic
  21. Water Quality3▲ 9.1×6 topics
  22. Ensemble Kalman Filter3▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Hydrological Cycle3▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Anaerobic2▲ 50×1 topic
  25. Convective Parameterization2▲ 51×1 topic
  26. Mesoscale Modeling2▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Methane Oxidation2▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Oceanic Modeling2▲ 69×1 topic
  29. Tidal Analysis2▲ 69×1 topic
  30. Carbon Feedback2▲ 94×1 topic
  31. Thawing2▲ 94×1 topic
  32. Biomechanics2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  33. Satellite Observations2▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Climate Modeling2▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Extreme Events2▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Emissions2▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Shale Gas2▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Eutrophication2▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Public Perception2▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Latin America2▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Office of Polar Programs publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Climate change and permafrost and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution.

Cryospheric studies and …0Cryospheric studies and observations: 0 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice…0Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 0 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 0 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…0Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 0 fractional worksAdolescent Health and Be…0Adolescent Health and Behaviors: 0 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrit…0Public Health and Nutrition: 0 fractional worksStudent Stress and Coping0Student Stress and Coping: 0 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…0Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 0 fractional worksTelecommunications and B…0Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies: 0 fractional worksError Correcting Code Te…0Error Correcting Code Techniques: 0 fractional works
Atmospheric SciencePollutionGeneral Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  2. 2 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 0 works
  3. 3 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 0 works
  4. 4 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 0 works
  5. 5 Adolescent Health and Behaviors General Health Professions 0 works
  6. 6 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  7. 7 Student Stress and Coping Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  9. 9 Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies Media Technology 0 works
  10. 10 Error Correcting Code Techniques Computer Networks and Communications 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Office of Polar Programs's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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