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Past Global Changes

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Research works
99
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Past Global Changes is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 6.01× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.13× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.44× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Past Global Changes?

Ranked on the composite score, Thorsten Kiefer and Keith Alverson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Past Global Changes.

  1. 1 Thorsten Kiefer Switzerland · #175,780 worldwide 139 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Keith Alverson Switzerland · #610,953 worldwide 71 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Past Global Changes

Which keywords describe research at Past Global Changes?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Paleoclimatology, Holocene, Sea Level, Glacial Cycles, Monsoon Dynamics, Global Warming and Extreme Events.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change25▲ 9.6×29 topics
  2. Paleoclimatology14▲ 113×2 topics
  3. Holocene14▲ 83×2 topics
  4. Sea Level14▲ 96×2 topics
  5. Glacial Cycles12▲ 110×1 topic
  6. Monsoon Dynamics12▲ 110×1 topic
  7. Global Warming6▲ 16×7 topics
  8. Extreme Events5▲ 54×2 topics
  9. Embankment Dams5▲ 306×1 topic
  10. Internal Erosion5▲ 306×1 topic
  11. Sustainability4▲ 2.3×11 topics
  12. Greenhouse Gas Emissions4▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Remote Sensing4▲ 3.2×7 topics
  14. Market Dynamics3▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Ocean Circulation3▲ 22×3 topics
  16. Hominin Genetics3▲ 114×1 topic
  17. Paleolithic Archaeology3▲ 114×1 topic
  18. Public Health3▲ 2.2×9 topics
  19. Stable Isotopes3▲ 67×1 topic
  20. Trophic Position3▲ 67×1 topic
  21. Climate Modeling2▲ 35×1 topic
  22. Precipitation Extremes2▲ 35×1 topic
  23. Price Discrimination2▲ 52×2 topics
  24. Sedimentation2▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Temperature Variability2▲ 137×1 topic
  26. Tree Rings2▲ 137×1 topic
  27. Supply Chain Management2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  28. Hydrology2▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Petroleum2▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Platform Competition2▲ 80×1 topic
  31. Two-Sided Markets2▲ 80×1 topic
  32. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  33. Mediterranean2▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Agricultural Origins2▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Asphaltenes2▲ 66×1 topic
  36. Naphthenic Acids2▲ 66×1 topic
  37. Radiocarbon Dating2▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Sea Level Rise2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Black Sea2▲ 44×1 topic
  40. paleoceanography2▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Past Global Changes publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dam Engineering and Safety, Water resources management and optimization, Petroleum Processing and Analysis and French Urban and Social Studies.

Dam Engineering and Safety5Dam Engineering and Safety: 5 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 1 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and Analysis: 1 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …1French Urban and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cultural Studies: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 0 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 0 fractional worksSynthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds: 0 fractional worksContemporary art, education, critique: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringOcean EngineeringAnalytical ChemistrySociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 1 works
  4. 4 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 0 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 0 works
  8. 8 Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds Organic Chemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Contemporary art, education, critique Cultural Studies 0 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 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 available43.8%not open56.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.8%domestic only63.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Past Global Changes's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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