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Pacific Environment

In research, Pacific Environment stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,674 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,736
of 22,385 · #6,249 all time
Rank in United States
#1,641
of 3,332
Research works
1.3k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Pacific Environment

What is Pacific Environment known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,674 of 10,670 7.2%85 #3590

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Pacific Environment work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Pacific Environment is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (19%), Environmental Science (18%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 101 fractional works · 58.9% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 18.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 32 fractional works · 18.5% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 7.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 19.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 11.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 7.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKPacificEnvironment172fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences59%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences19%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3218.6%
    2. Environmental Science3218.5%
    3. Computer Science137.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences127.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy42.5%
    6. Energy42.1%
    7. Materials Science21.3%
    8. Mathematics10.4%
    9. Chemistry10.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    1. Social Sciences2011.3%
    2. Psychology42.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities32.0%
    4. Decision Sciences31.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting21.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences105.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    4. Neuroscience10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine127.2%
    2. Health Professions42.4%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
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: 1.25× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.52× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.33× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.24× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.72× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.52×12 works
  2. Environmental Science3.72×32 works
  3. Energy2.33×4 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.61×3 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.25×10 works
  6. Engineering1.24×32 works
  7. Dentistry1.13×1 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.11×4 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.05×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.99×13 works
  11. Health Professions0.91×4 works
  12. Social Sciences0.90×20 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.86×2 works
  14. Psychology0.70×4 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.69×3 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.68×6 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×2 works
  18. Nursing0.59×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.42×1 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×0 works
  21. Medicine0.38×12 works
  22. Mathematics0.37×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.36×2 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×2 works
  25. Veterinary0.29×0 works
  26. Chemistry0.25×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Pacific Environment?

Ranked on the quality score, Z. Alaywan, John A. Rutherford and John P. Tully lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pacific Environment.

  1. 1 Z. Alaywan United States · #2,756,488 worldwide 644 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 John A. Rutherford United States · #2,794,672 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 John P. Tully United States · #2,817,789 worldwide 289 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 D R Auld United States · #3,373,816 worldwide 401 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 R. E. Foerster United States · #3,585,905 worldwide 479 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 K.A. Finney United States · #3,756,158 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 James A. Clark United States · #4,147,224 worldwide 73 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Gerhard Gschwandtner United States · #4,313,653 worldwide 113 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 R.J. Zinno United States · #4,393,561 worldwide 495 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 M. K. McLaren United States · #4,713,162 worldwide 153 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Pacific Environment

What are the most cited papers from Pacific Environment?

The most cited paper from Pacific Environment is "Models of Consumer Satisfaction Formation: An Extension" (David K. Tse, Peter C. Wilton, 1988), with 1,795 citations. Next come "NGA‐West2 Database" (1,616) and "Modification of Empirical Strong Ground Motion Attenuation Relations to Include the Amplitude and Duration Effects of Rupture Directivity" (1,516).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Models of Consumer Satisfaction Formation: An Extension David K. Tse, Peter C. Wilton · Journal of Marketing Research May 1988 1,795
2 NGA‐West2 Database Timothy D Ancheta, Robert B. Darragh, Jonathan P. Stewart et al. · Earthquake Spectra 10 Feb 2014 1,616
3 Modification of Empirical Strong Ground Motion Attenuation Relations to Include the Amplitude and Duration Effects of Rupture Directivity Paul Somerville, N. F. Smith, Robert Graves et al. · Seismological Research Letters 1997 1,516
4 Global Freshwater Resources: Soft-Path Solutions for the 21st Century Peter H. Gleick · Science 28 Nov 2003 1,386
5 A compensation-based power flow method for weakly meshed distribution and transmission networks Dariush Shirmohammadi, Hong Hu, Adam Semlyen et al. · IEEE Transactions on Power Systems May 1988 1,186
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pacific Environment?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Environmental Impact, Vulnerability and Fisheries Sustainability.

▲ 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 Change20▲ 4.3×54 topics
  2. Sustainability9▲ 2.2×29 topics
  3. Renewable Energy8▲ 3.1×22 topics
  4. Deep Learning8▲ 1.28×21 topics
  5. Machine Learning8▲ 1.33×21 topics
  6. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.3×24 topics
  7. Remote Sensing5▲ 2.5×15 topics
  8. Conservation5▲ 6.7×10 topics
  9. Sustainable Development5▲ 1.76×14 topics
  10. Globalization4▲ 1.28×15 topics
  11. Biodiversity4▲ 3.1×16 topics
  12. Population Dynamics4▲ 9.1×7 topics
  13. Invasive Species4▲ 5.0×12 topics
  14. Resilience4▲ 4.2×8 topics
  15. Vulnerability4▲ 9.0×6 topics
  16. Food Security3▲ 3.5×9 topics
  17. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Aquaculture3▲ 6.1×7 topics
  19. Global Warming3▲ 3.7×9 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services3▲ 3.8×8 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 3.9×9 topics
  22. Trophic Cascades2▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Anomaly Detection2▲ 4.4×2 topics
  24. Energy Transition2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  25. IoT Security2▲ 4.1×3 topics
  26. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  27. Vehicle Dynamics2▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Dynamic Analysis2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  29. Ecosystem Management2▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Fish Population Dynamics2▲ 27×1 topic
  31. GIS-based Modeling2▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Marine Fisheries2▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Acoustic Communication2▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Anthropogenic Noise2▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Fisheries Management2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  36. Holocene2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  37. Marine Mammals2▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Predator-Prey Interactions2▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Sea Level2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. African Christianity2▲ 42×2 topics

Which research topics does Pacific Environment publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine and fisheries research, Marine animal studies overview, Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization and Food Industry and Aquatic Biology.

Marine and fisheries res…2Marine and fisheries research: 2 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…2Marine animal studies overview: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 2 fractional worksFood Industry and Aquatic Biology: 1 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 1 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 1 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 1 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techni…1Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustainability Research: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyCivil and Structural EngineeringFood Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  2. 2 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 2 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 1 works
  5. 5 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 1 works
  7. 7 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  8. 8 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  10. 10 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pacific Environment's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Pacific Environment as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00065% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Pacific Environment0.00077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Pacific Environment over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Pacific Environment8.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.4% in 2014.

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