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Panama Canal Authority

In research, Panama Canal Authority stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,378 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,094 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,331
of 34,923
Rank in Panama
#8
of 21
Research works
469
▼ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.7k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Panama Canal Authority

What is Panama Canal Authority 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
Social SciencesDomain #9,378 of 14,833 10.1%214
Social SciencesField #6,094 of 9,330 10.6%158

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Panama Canal Authority 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 Panama Canal Authority work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research at Panama Canal Authority is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Environmental Science (18%), Social Sciences (11%).

Physical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 35.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 17.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 26.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 25.4% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 12.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPanama CanalAuthority65fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences27%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1117.6%
    2. Engineering69.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences33.9%
    4. Computer Science22.6%
    5. Energy11.0%
    6. Materials Science00.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences710.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting45.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance34.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities12.2%
    5. Psychology12.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.8%
    1. Medicine1319.6%
    2. Health Professions34.1%
    3. Nursing11.4%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences45.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.8%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.47× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.55× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.02× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 2.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.82× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.25× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science3.55×12 works
  2. Nursing2.84×1 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.47×2 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.25×3 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.82×4 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.76×1 works
  7. Health Professions1.57×3 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.25×4 works
  9. Energy1.04×1 works
  10. Medicine1.02×13 works
  11. Social Sciences0.85×7 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.80×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.77×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×3 works
  15. Psychology0.70×1 works
  16. Engineering0.63×6 works
  17. Neuroscience0.52×0 works
  18. Dentistry0.48×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.34×2 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.29×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.20×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Panama Canal Authority?

Ranked on the quality score, Edgardo Griffith, Wm. Watson and Ricardo J. Alfaro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Panama Canal Authority.

  1. 1 Edgardo Griffith Panama · #1,947,930 worldwide 551 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Wm. Watson Panama · #2,027,056 worldwide 0 citations · 148 works
  3. 3 Ricardo J. Alfaro Panama · #2,321,412 worldwide 58 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Samuel T. Darling Panama · #2,524,050 worldwide 1k citations · 76 works
  5. 5 Ralph Z. Kirkpatrick Panama · #2,892,477 worldwide 9 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Robert Charles Sheldon Panama · #3,997,353 worldwide 12 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Luis Laverde Goubert Panama · #4,778,114 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Viswanath K. Kumar Panama · #4,946,347 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Panama Canal Authority

What are the most cited papers from Panama Canal Authority?

The most cited paper from Panama Canal Authority is "The coffee rust crises in Colombia and Central America (2008–2013): impacts, plausible causes and proposed solutions" (Jacques Avelino, Marco Cristancho, Selena Georgiou et al., 2015), with 619 citations. Next come "Changes in precipitation and temperature extremes in Central America and northern South America, 1961–2003" (572) and "The Epidemiology of Dengue in the Americas Over the Last Three Decades: A Worrisome Reality" (553).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The coffee rust crises in Colombia and Central America (2008–2013): impacts, plausible causes and proposed solutions Jacques Avelino, Marco Cristancho, Selena Georgiou et al. · Food Security Open access 10 Mar 2015 619
2 Changes in precipitation and temperature extremes in Central America and northern South America, 1961–2003 Enric Aguilar et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 5 Dec 2005 572
3 The Epidemiology of Dengue in the Americas Over the Last Three Decades: A Worrisome Reality José Luis San Martín, Olivia Brathwaite, Betzana Zambrano et al. · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Open access 2010 553
4 Implications of Thyroglobulin Antibody Positivity in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Clinical Position Statement Frederik A. Verburg, Markus Luster, Cristina Cupini et al. · Thyroid 21 May 2013 190
5 Studies on the Pathogenesis of Type I (Distal) Renal Tubular Acidosis as Revealed by the Urinary Pco2 Tensions Mitchell L. Halperin, Marc B. Goldstein, Alexander Haig et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation Open access Mar 1974 188
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Panama Canal Authority?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Urban Development, Population Dynamics, Public Health, Social Responsibility, Cultural Heritage, Community Participation and Epidemiology.

▲ 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 Change7▲ 4.2×26 topics
  2. Epidemiology5▲ 1.84×28 topics
  3. Public Health4▲ 4.4×17 topics
  4. Sustainability4▲ 2.3×17 topics
  5. Urban Development4▲ 15×3 topics
  6. Population Dynamics3▲ 19×8 topics
  7. Social Responsibility3▲ 19×2 topics
  8. Sustainable Development3▲ 2.9×7 topics
  9. Cultural Heritage3▲ 8.1×5 topics
  10. Community Participation2▲ 10.0×4 topics
  11. Conservation2▲ 8.1×10 topics
  12. Economic Impact2▲ 6.3×1 topic
  13. Environmental Impact2▲ 1.98×10 topics
  14. Small and Medium Enterprises2▲ 19×1 topic
  15. Nutrition2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  16. Biodiversity2▲ 3.9×11 topics
  17. Nanotechnology2▲ 17×3 topics
  18. Health Promotion2▲ 8.3×6 topics
  19. Corporate Social Responsibility2▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  21. Competitiveness2▲ 29×3 topics
  22. Conservation Biology2▲ 21×4 topics
  23. Environmental Policy1▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 5.3×5 topics
  25. International Law1▲ 6.5×2 topics
  26. Laser Welding1▲ 45×2 topics
  27. Welding1▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 4.6×7 topics
  29. Aquaculture1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  30. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 8.7×4 topics
  31. Water Management1▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Myopia1▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Sea-Level Rise1▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Therapy1▲ 8.7×3 topics
  35. Biodiversity Loss1▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Health Policy1▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Online Communication1▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Resource Governance1▲ 184×1 topic
  39. Steel Structures1▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Vibration Propagation1▲ 710×1 topic

Which research topics does Panama Canal Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics and Advancements in Materials Engineering.

Business, Innovation, an…2Business, Innovation, and Economy: 2 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 1 fractional worksMexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics: 1 fractional worksAdvancements in Materials Engineering: 1 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksComparative International Legal Studies: 1 fractional worksFinance, Taxation, and G…1Finance, Taxation, and Governance: 1 fractional worksMedical research and treatments: 1 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 1 fractional worksImage Processing and 3D …1Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawMechanical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  2. 2 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  3. 3 Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Materials Engineering Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  6. 6 Comparative International Legal Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Finance, Taxation, and Governance Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  8. 8 Medical research and treatments Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 1 works
  10. 10 Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.1%domestic only70.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Panama Canal Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Panama Canal Authority as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Panama Canal Authority0.00027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Panama Canal Authority 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.

10%20%30%Panama Canal Authority13.2% in 2020all institutions10.0% in 20202020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.2% in 2016.

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