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Oklahoma Biological Survey

In research, Oklahoma Biological Survey stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,171 of 5,407 worldwide), Life Sciences (#6,199 of 11,023 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,674 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,225
of 22,385 · #16,889 all time
Rank in United States
#3,305
of 3,332
Research works
621
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
33.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Oklahoma Biological Survey

What is Oklahoma Biological Survey 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
Environmental ScienceField #2,171 of 5,407 14.8%258
Life SciencesDomain #6,199 of 11,023 8.3%130
Physical SciencesDomain #11,674 of 17,446 12.7%434

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oklahoma Biological Survey 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Oklahoma Biological Survey work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Oklahoma Biological Survey is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (39%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (20%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 72.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 38.9% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 13.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 19.7% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 19.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 15.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOklahomaBiological Survey68fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2738.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1319.7%
    3. Engineering68.6%
    4. Computer Science22.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.5%
    6. Energy00.6%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1015.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Social Sciences22.8%
    2. Psychology11.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Health Professions11.0%
    2. Medicine00.4%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 3.20× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.54× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.84× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.54×13 works
  2. Environmental Science7.84×27 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.20×10 works
  4. Veterinary0.90×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×3 works
  6. Energy0.67×0 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.66×1 works
  8. Engineering0.57×6 works
  9. Psychology0.55×1 works
  10. Dentistry0.50×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.38×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.37×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.33×2 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.22×2 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.10×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  21. Medicine0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Oklahoma Biological Survey?

Ranked on the quality score, Jacob I. Walter, Caryn C. Vaughn and Daniel E. Spooner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oklahoma Biological Survey.

  1. 1 Jacob I. Walter United States · #424,808 worldwide 2.3k citations · 148 works
  2. 2 Caryn C. Vaughn United States · #554,798 worldwide 8.3k citations · 152 works
  3. 3 Daniel E. Spooner United States · #680,217 worldwide 2.6k citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Brian J. Cardott United States · #871,229 worldwide 3.6k citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Edward Alexander Preble United States · #1,207,302 worldwide 1.5k citations · 75 works
  6. 6 Paul O. Ogwari United States · #1,613,819 worldwide 329 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Vernon Bailey United States · #2,365,787 worldwide 1.4k citations · 258 works
  8. 8 Christopher A. Fiebrich United States · #2,738,712 worldwide 2k citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Walter P. Taylor United States · #2,743,980 worldwide 1.1k citations · 159 works
  10. 10 Benjamin Allen United States · #2,827,282 worldwide 590 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Oklahoma Biological Survey

What are the most cited papers from Oklahoma Biological Survey?

The most cited paper from Oklahoma Biological Survey is "Elevation gradients of species‐density: historical and prospective views" (Mark Vincent Lomolino, 2001), with 1,317 citations. Next come "Development of organic porosity in the Woodford Shale with increasing thermal maturity" (1,096) and "Classification of liptinite – ICCP System 1994" (1,037).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Elevation gradients of species‐density: historical and prospective views Mark Vincent Lomolino · Global Ecology and Biogeography 2001 1,317
2 Development of organic porosity in the Woodford Shale with increasing thermal maturity Mark E. Curtis, Brian J. Cardott, Carl Sondergeld et al. · International Journal of Coal Geology 17 Aug 2012 1,096
3 Classification of liptinite – ICCP System 1994 Walter Pickel, J. Kus, Deolinda Flores et al. · International Journal of Coal Geology Open access 28 Nov 2016 1,037
4 The functional role of burrowing bivalves in freshwater ecosystems Caryn C. Vaughn, Christine C. Hakenkamp · Freshwater Biology Nov 2001 869
5 Ecology’s most general, yet protean 1 pattern: the species‐area relationship Mark Vincent Lomolino · Journal of Biogeography Open access 2000 709
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Which keywords describe research at Oklahoma Biological Survey?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Habitat Fragmentation, Conservation, Remote Sensing, Global Change and Population Dynamics.

▲ 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-now 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 Change16▲ 8.6×29 topics
  2. Invasive Species12▲ 43×13 topics
  3. Biodiversity10▲ 19×14 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation7▲ 49×4 topics
  5. Conservation6▲ 21×12 topics
  6. Remote Sensing6▲ 6.6×14 topics
  7. Global Change5▲ 27×5 topics
  8. Population Dynamics4▲ 25×8 topics
  9. Biogeography4▲ 20×8 topics
  10. Ecosystem3▲ 47×3 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services3▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Water Quality3▲ 11×5 topics
  13. Freshwater Biodiversity3▲ 72×2 topics
  14. Conservation Biology3▲ 40×3 topics
  15. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 48×2 topics
  16. Habitat Selection3▲ 57×2 topics
  17. Molecular Phylogeny3▲ 25×8 topics
  18. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 12×9 topics
  19. Conservation Challenges2▲ 78×1 topic
  20. Flow Regulation2▲ 78×1 topic
  21. Plant-Animal Interactions2▲ 42×1 topic
  22. Pollinator Decline2▲ 42×1 topic
  23. Biodiversity Loss2▲ 58×2 topics
  24. Community Ecology2▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Geological Mapping2▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Species Richness2▲ 51×2 topics
  27. Biological Invasions2▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Citizen Science2▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Functional Diversity2▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Shale Gas2▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Environmental Impacts2▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Evolution2▲ 11×8 topics
  33. Conservation Genetics2▲ 71×2 topics
  34. Ecosystem Engineering2▲ 94×2 topics
  35. Satellite Imagery2▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Tectonics2▲ 23×3 topics
  37. Aquatic Invasions2▲ 127×1 topic
  38. Freshwater Mussels2▲ 127×1 topic
  39. Hydraulic Fracturing2▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Trophic Cascades2▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does Oklahoma Biological Survey publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior.

Fish Ecology and Managem…2Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies2Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…2Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Eco…2Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksSoil and Water Nutrient Dynamics: 1 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …1Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 1 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksImpact of Light on Envir…1Impact of Light on Environment and Health: 1 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcologyEcological Modeling3 others

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

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  4. 4 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 2 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  6. 6 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  7. 7 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  8. 8 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Impact of Light on Environment and Health Global and Planetary Change 1 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 available33.4%not open66.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Oklahoma Biological Survey's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Oklahoma Biological Survey as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Oklahoma Biological Survey0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Oklahoma Biological Survey over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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