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Pacific Science Center

In research, Pacific Science Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,893 of 21,541 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#1,283 of 2,661 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 29.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#10,052
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,218
of 8,685
Research works
325
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
31.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Pacific Science 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 #5,893 of 21,541 32.2%280
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,283 of 2,661 35.0%147

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pacific Science 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).

What does Pacific Science Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 29.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 24.8 works30×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 29.92× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.43× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× 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, 29.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pacific Science Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Curt D. Storlazzi and Sean Vitousek lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pacific Science Center.

  1. 1 Curt D. Storlazzi · #885,694 worldwide 149 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Sean Vitousek · #1,516,088 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Pacific Science Center

Which keywords describe research at Pacific Science Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Sea-Level Rise, Sediment Transport, Wave Modeling, Climate Change Impacts, Global Carbon Budget and Coastal 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 Change20▲ 14×34 topics
  2. Remote Sensing9▲ 14×13 topics
  3. Sea-Level Rise8▲ 136×3 topics
  4. Sediment Transport7▲ 82×5 topics
  5. Wave Modeling5▲ 194×2 topics
  6. Climate Change Impacts5▲ 81×2 topics
  7. Global Carbon Budget4▲ 119×2 topics
  8. Coastal Dynamics4▲ 293×1 topic
  9. Shoreline Change4▲ 293×1 topic
  10. Coastal Protection4▲ 121×2 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services4▲ 19×5 topics
  12. Global Warming4▲ 16×6 topics
  13. Tectonics4▲ 56×3 topics
  14. Tropical Cyclones4▲ 121×2 topics
  15. Carbon Sequestration3▲ 91×1 topic
  16. Mangrove Forests3▲ 188×1 topic
  17. Holocene3▲ 54×3 topics
  18. Sea Level3▲ 63×2 topics
  19. Sea Level Rise3▲ 46×3 topics
  20. Hurricanes3▲ 158×1 topic
  21. Storm Surge3▲ 158×1 topic
  22. Glacial Cycles3▲ 74×1 topic
  23. Paleoclimatology3▲ 60×1 topic
  24. Ocean Acidification2▲ 66×3 topics
  25. Sedimentation2▲ 84×2 topics
  26. Population Dynamics2▲ 18×6 topics
  27. Marine Ecosystems2▲ 72×2 topics
  28. Fluvial Systems2▲ 140×1 topic
  29. Geodetic Measurements2▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Sequence Stratigraphy2▲ 140×1 topic
  31. Bleaching2▲ 105×1 topic
  32. Coral Reefs2▲ 105×1 topic
  33. Plate Tectonics2▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Subduction2▲ 46×3 topics
  35. Earthquakes2▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Plate Boundaries2▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Water Quality2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  38. Land Use Change2▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Microbial Communities2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  40. Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does Pacific Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 4 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 3 fractional worksTropical and Extratropic…3Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 3 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…3Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 3 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 2 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 2 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …2earthquake and tectonic studies: 2 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 1 fractional worksAeolian processes and effects: 1 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 1 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesEcologyAtmospheric ScienceGeophysics2 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 4 works
  2. 2 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 3 works
  3. 3 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  5. 5 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 2 works
  6. 6 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 2 works
  7. 7 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 2 works
  8. 8 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 Aeolian processes and effects Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  10. 10 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pacific Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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