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Preservation Virginia

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Research works
18
▲ 134% vs 2018-21
Citations
171
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Preservation Virginia

Not ranked overall: Preservation Virginia 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 Preservation Virginia work in?

In all years, 40% of research at Preservation Virginia is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Arts and Humanities (18%), Social Sciences (16%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 7 fractional works · 40.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 18.1% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 11.0% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 15.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 28.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 15.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 27.0% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 23.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKPreservationVirginia18fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences40%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities318.1%
    2. Social Sciences315.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.8%
    5. Psychology00.6%
    1. Environmental Science315.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences28.4%
    3. Engineering13.0%
    4. Computer Science00.9%
    5. Materials Science00.7%
    1. Medicine423.5%
    2. Health Professions13.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences02.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
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: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.64× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 2.90× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.07×0 works
  2. Social Sciences2.90×2 works
  3. Environmental Science1.64×0 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.48×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.47×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×0 works
  7. Medicine0.91×1 works
  8. Materials Science0.80×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.45×0 works
  10. Engineering0.21×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Preservation Virginia?

The most cited paper from Preservation Virginia is "Adverse effects from environmental mercury loads on breeding common loons" (David C. Evers, Lucas J. Savoy, Christopher R. DeSorbo et al., 2007), with 398 citations. Next come "Common Loon Eggs as Indicators of Methylmercury Availability in North America" (164) and "MORTALITY OF COMMON LOONS IN NEW ENGLAND, 1987 TO 2000" (60).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Adverse effects from environmental mercury loads on breeding common loons David C. Evers, Lucas J. Savoy, Christopher R. DeSorbo et al. · Ecotoxicology Oct 2007 398
2 Common Loon Eggs as Indicators of Methylmercury Availability in North America David C. Evers, Kate M. Taylor, Ágnes Major et al. · Ecotoxicology Feb 2003 164
3 MORTALITY OF COMMON LOONS IN NEW ENGLAND, 1987 TO 2000 Inga F. Sidor, Mark A. Pokras, Andrew R. Major et al. · Journal of Wildlife Diseases Open access Apr 2003 60
4 Effects of high heel wear and increased weight on the knee during walking Matthew R. Titchenal, Jessica L. Asay, Julien Favre et al. · Journal of Orthopaedic Research® Open access 22 Dec 2014 39
5 The effect on knee-joint load of instruction in analgesic use compared with neuromuscular exercise in patients with knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a randomized, single-blind, controlled trial (the EXERPHARMA trial) Brian Clausen, Anders Holsgaard‐Larsen, Jens Søndergaard et al. · Trials Open access 15 Nov 2014 34
All 41 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Preservation Virginia publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gender and Technology in Education, Education Systems and Policy, Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Gender and Technology in Education: 0 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural …0Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies: 0 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…0Species Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 0 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 0 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient …0Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 0 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells Research: 0 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery0Foot and Ankle Surgery: 0 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 0 fractional works
Gender StudiesEducationAnthropologyEcological Modeling6 others

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

  1. 1 Gender and Technology in Education Gender Studies 0 works
  2. 2 Education Systems and Policy Education 0 works
  3. 3 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 0 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  5. 5 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  6. 6 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 0 works
  7. 7 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 0 works
  8. 8 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 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 available41.8%not open58.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Preservation Virginia's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 134% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Preservation Virginia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000021% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Preservation Virginia0.000034% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Preservation Virginia over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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