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Philadelphia Water Department

water.phila.govROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#36,874
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,788
of 8,685
Research works
135
▼ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
14.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 2.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.07× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 13.84× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceSocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 13.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Philadelphia Water Department?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Water Quality, Sustainability, Water Resources, Climate Change Impact, Sustainable Drainage Systems, Urban Stormwater Management and Hydrological Modeling.

▲ 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 Change23▲ 6.4×20 topics
  2. Water Quality17▲ 30×7 topics
  3. Sustainability14▲ 5.8×12 topics
  4. Water Resources11▲ 36×6 topics
  5. Climate Change Impact10▲ 38×2 topics
  6. Environmental Impact9▲ 5.1×8 topics
  7. Sustainable Drainage Systems9▲ 421×1 topic
  8. Urban Stormwater Management9▲ 421×1 topic
  9. Hydrological Modeling9▲ 33×3 topics
  10. Remote Sensing9▲ 5.8×8 topics
  11. Urbanization8▲ 19×5 topics
  12. Renewable Energy7▲ 5.5×16 topics
  13. Leak Detection7▲ 200×1 topic
  14. Water Distribution Networks7▲ 200×1 topic
  15. Health Effects6▲ 8.0×6 topics
  16. System Dynamics6▲ 69×2 topics
  17. Water Treatment6▲ 39×3 topics
  18. Microbial Ecology6▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Monitoring6▲ 37×3 topics
  20. Volatile Organic Compounds6▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Microbial Community6▲ 45×3 topics
  22. Disinfection By-Products6▲ 195×1 topic
  23. Drinking Water6▲ 116×1 topic
  24. Reservoir Operation5▲ 117×1 topic
  25. Sediment Transport5▲ 24×3 topics
  26. Water Demand5▲ 117×1 topic
  27. Land Use Change5▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Bioreactors5▲ 123×2 topics
  29. Flood Risk5▲ 69×2 topics
  30. Life Cycle Assessment4▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Risk Perception4▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Global Hydrology4▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Model Evaluation4▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Flood Inundation Modeling4▲ 68×1 topic
  35. Surface Water Mapping4▲ 68×1 topic
  36. Odor Control4▲ 243×1 topic
  37. Sulfur Cycle4▲ 243×1 topic
  38. Sustainability Assessment4▲ 27×3 topics
  39. Multivariate Statistical Techniques3▲ 67×1 topic
  40. Principal Component Analysis3▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Philadelphia Water Department publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban Stormwater Management Solutions, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal.

Urban Stormwater Managem…1Urban Stormwater Management Solutions: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…0Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksConstructed Wetlands for…0Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: 0 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and…0Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal: 0 fractional worksWater Treatment and Disinfection: 0 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 0 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and…0Wastewater Treatment and Reuse: 0 fractional worksClimate Change and Sustainable Development: 0 fractional worksHydrology and Drought Analysis: 0 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitiga…0Urban Heat Island Mitigation: 0 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringPollution1 others

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

  1. 1 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  3. 3 Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 0 works
  5. 5 Water Treatment and Disinfection Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  6. 6 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  7. 7 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Climate Change and Sustainable Development Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 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 available19.0%not open81.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Philadelphia Water Department's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% 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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