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Pacific Environment

In research, Pacific Environment stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,501 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,798
of 28,054 · #8,036 all time
Rank in United States
#2,075
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Pacific Environment 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 #8,501 of 12,888 9.0%85 #5080

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pacific Environment 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: 1.23× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.35× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.54× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.31× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.71× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.03× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.35× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pacific Environment?

Ranked on the composite score, Vahid Madani, J. Barry Cooke and Xianhuai Zhu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pacific Environment.

  1. 1 Vahid Madani United States · #147,065 worldwide 160 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 J. Barry Cooke United States · #823,162 worldwide 39 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Xianhuai Zhu United States · #1,096,796 worldwide 32 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 A. Floris United States · #1,406,260 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 J.M. Neill United States · #1,582,533 worldwide 2 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Pacific Environment

Which keywords describe research at Pacific Environment?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Remote Sensing, Deep Learning, Vulnerability 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 2022–2025 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 Change16▲ 4.0×47 topics
  2. Sustainability8▲ 2.3×25 topics
  3. Deep Learning7▲ 1.44×18 topics
  4. Renewable Energy7▲ 3.2×22 topics
  5. Machine Learning6▲ 1.25×16 topics
  6. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.3×21 topics
  7. Remote Sensing5▲ 2.7×15 topics
  8. Globalization4▲ 1.42×11 topics
  9. Sustainable Development4▲ 1.56×12 topics
  10. Biodiversity3▲ 3.2×15 topics
  11. Conservation3▲ 5.1×10 topics
  12. Invasive Species3▲ 4.9×11 topics
  13. Food Security3▲ 3.4×8 topics
  14. Population Dynamics3▲ 7.4×7 topics
  15. Resilience3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  16. Vulnerability3▲ 8.1×5 topics
  17. Aquaculture2▲ 6.7×7 topics
  18. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 4.5×8 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services2▲ 4.2×7 topics
  20. Anomaly Detection2▲ 5.2×2 topics
  21. Energy Transition2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  22. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 16×2 topics
  23. IoT Security2▲ 4.3×2 topics
  24. Vehicle Dynamics2▲ 24×2 topics
  25. GIS-based Modeling2▲ 14×2 topics
  26. International Law2▲ 4.1×4 topics
  27. Land Use Change2▲ 4.2×6 topics
  28. Trophic Cascades2▲ 14×2 topics
  29. African Christianity2▲ 53×2 topics
  30. Dynamic Analysis2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  31. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 9.0×5 topics
  32. Holocene2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  33. Sea Level2▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Predator-Prey Interactions1▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Public Opinion1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  36. Acoustic Communication1▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Aerodynamics1▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Behavioral Analysis1▲ 7.9×2 topics
  39. High-Speed Trains1▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Innovation Policy1▲ 9.4×2 topics

Which research topics does Pacific Environment publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research, Marine animal studies overview, Marine and fisheries research and Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications.

Aerodynamics and Fluid D…1Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 1 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…1Marine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techni…1Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis1Risk and Safety Analysis: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 1 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustainability Research: 1 fractional worksIsland Studies and Pacif…1Island Studies and Pacific Affairs: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 1 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringEcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeArtificial Intelligence6 others

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

  1. 1 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  8. 8 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 1 works
  10. 10 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 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 available29.2%not open70.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pacific Environment's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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