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Polar Scientific

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Research works
49
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
663
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
43%
world 18%
Polar Scientific

Not ranked overall: Polar Scientific is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Polar Scientific work in?

In all years, 77% of research at Polar Scientific is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (25%), Engineering (24%), Environmental Science (19%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 77.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 25.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 13.1% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 24.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 9.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 19.1% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 15.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 9.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPolar Scientific49fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences16%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1325.4%
    2. Engineering1224.2%
    3. Environmental Science919.1%
    4. Computer Science24.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy12.3%
    6. Materials Science11.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Social Sciences612.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    3. Psychology11.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine12.5%
    2. Health Professions11.5%
    3. Dentistry00.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
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: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.13× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.25× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 6.45× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry6.45×0 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.13×1 works
  3. Environmental Science5.25×3 works
  4. Social Sciences2.44×3 works
  5. Health Professions0.94×0 works
  6. Engineering0.74×1 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.73×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.66×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.36×0 works
  11. Psychology0.29×0 works
  12. Medicine0.26×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.24×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Polar Scientific?

Ranked on the quality score, Teresa Dillon and Christian Shepherd lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Polar Scientific.

  1. 1 Teresa Dillon United Kingdom · #3,241,949 worldwide 592 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Christian Shepherd United Kingdom · #4,658,003 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Polar Scientific

What are the most cited papers from Polar Scientific?

The most cited paper from Polar Scientific is "‘Disruptive technologies’, ‘pedagogical innovation’: What’s new? Findings from an in-depth study of students’ use and perception of technology" (Gráìnne Conole, Maarten F. de Laat, Teresa Dillon et al., 2008), with 450 citations. Next come "A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum" (399) and "Dispersion Relations, Power Laws, and Energy Loss for Waves in the Marginal Ice Zone" (147).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ‘Disruptive technologies’, ‘pedagogical innovation’: What’s new? Findings from an in-depth study of students’ use and perception of technology Gráìnne Conole, Maarten F. de Laat, Teresa Dillon et al. · Computers & Education 9 Jan 2008 450
2 A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum Michael J. Bentley et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews Open access 22 Jul 2014 399
3 Dispersion Relations, Power Laws, and Energy Loss for Waves in the Marginal Ice Zone Michael Howard Meylan, Luke George Bennetts, Johannes E. M. Mosig et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans Open access 26 Mar 2018 147
4 Overview of the Arctic Sea State and Boundary Layer Physics Program Jim Thomson et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans Open access 17 Apr 2018 145
5 Thin ice and storms: Sea ice deformation from buoy arrays deployed during N‐ICE 2015 Polona Itkin, Gunnar Spreen, Bin Cheng et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans Open access 17 Mar 2017 145
All 65 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Polar Scientific?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Arctic, Remote Sensing, Oil and Gas, Governance, Ocean Circulation, Northern Sea Route and Shipping.

▲ 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 Change16▲ 13×21 topics
  2. Arctic8▲ 162×4 topics
  3. Remote Sensing6▲ 11×8 topics
  4. Sustainability4▲ 5.1×4 topics
  5. Oil and Gas4▲ 265×2 topics
  6. Governance4▲ 29×2 topics
  7. Northern Sea Route4▲ 398×1 topic
  8. Ocean Circulation4▲ 56×2 topics
  9. Shipping4▲ 236×1 topic
  10. Biodiversity3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  11. Decline3▲ 250×1 topic
  12. Permafrost3▲ 152×2 topics
  13. Sea Ice3▲ 250×1 topic
  14. Ecology3▲ 29×2 topics
  15. Biogeography3▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Antarctic3▲ 465×1 topic
  17. Microorganisms3▲ 335×1 topic
  18. Tectonics2▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Hydrology2▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Plate Tectonics2▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Risk Assessment2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  22. Data Assimilation1▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Sea Level Rise1▲ 23×3 topics
  24. Biomechanics1▲ 8.4×2 topics
  25. Design1▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Glacier1▲ 60×1 topic
  27. Water Availability1▲ 60×1 topic
  28. Anaerobic1▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Geochronology1▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Methane Oxidation1▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Virtual Reality1▲ 6.5×2 topics
  32. Zircon1▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Continental Margin1▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Crustal Structure1▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Digital Media Technology1▲ 72×1 topic
  36. Extravehicular Activity1▲ 132×1 topic
  37. Fabric Defect Detection1▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Machine Vision1▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Solar System Abundances1▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Space Suit1▲ 132×1 topic

Which research topics does Polar Scientific publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Arctic and Russian Policy Studies, Polar Research and Ecology, Marine and fisheries research and Cryospheric studies and observations.

Arctic and Russian Polic…2Arctic and Russian Policy Studies: 2 fractional worksPolar Research and Ecology: 1 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 0 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 0 fractional worksFood Industry and Aquatic Biology: 0 fractional worksReproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species: 0 fractional worksWinter Sports Injuries and Performance: 0 fractional worksMining Techniques and Economics: 0 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Polar Research and Ecology Ecology 1 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  5. 5 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 0 works
  6. 6 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 0 works
  7. 7 Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species Physiology 0 works
  8. 8 Winter Sports Injuries and Performance Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Mining Techniques and Economics Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 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 available40.6%not open59.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.2%domestic only56.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Polar Scientific's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher 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 Polar Scientific as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000042% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Polar Scientific0.000068% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Polar Scientific over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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