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Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society

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World rank, all time
#37,155
of 42,892
Rank in Germany
#1,774
of 2,077
Research works
124
▲ 136% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.95× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.72× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 5.59× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.64× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Globalization, Climate Change, Anthropocene, Ethics, History, Innovation and Global Warming.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Sustainability5▲ 4.7×23 topics
  2. Climate Change5▲ 4.2×16 topics
  3. Globalization5▲ 5.3×17 topics
  4. Anthropocene4▲ 142×3 topics
  5. Ethics3▲ 15×6 topics
  6. History3▲ 9.9×7 topics
  7. Innovation3▲ 6.4×5 topics
  8. Global Warming3▲ 14×4 topics
  9. Affect3▲ 147×2 topics
  10. Biopolitics2▲ 78×2 topics
  11. Emotion2▲ 26×2 topics
  12. Culture2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  13. Geography2▲ 150×1 topic
  14. Medicine2▲ 61×2 topics
  15. Multispecies Ethnography2▲ 189×1 topic
  16. Science2▲ 20×2 topics
  17. Society2▲ 23×4 topics
  18. Environmental Justice2▲ 33×4 topics
  19. Colonialism2▲ 8.8×7 topics
  20. Identity2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  21. Public Perception2▲ 33×4 topics
  22. Philosophy2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  23. Biography2▲ 179×1 topic
  24. Observations2▲ 189×1 topic
  25. Technology2▲ 6.9×2 topics
  26. Decolonization2▲ 41×4 topics
  27. Risk Perception2▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Urban Development2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  29. Conservation2▲ 7.4×6 topics
  30. Fossil Fuels2▲ 69×2 topics
  31. Environmental Attitudes1▲ 39×2 topics
  32. Historical Narratives1▲ 49×2 topics
  33. Media Coverage1▲ 98×1 topic
  34. Neoliberalism1▲ 7.9×6 topics
  35. Science Communication1▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Social Movements1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  37. Sustainable Development Goals1▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Governance1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  39. Health Disparities1▲ 9.6×3 topics
  40. Postcolonialism1▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geographies of human-animal interactions, History of Science and Medicine, Climate Change Communication and Perception and Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature.

Geographies of human-animal interactions: 2 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 2 fractional worksClimate Change Communication and Perception: 1 fractional worksEcocriticism and Environmental Literature: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…1Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and pu…1Zoonotic diseases and public health: 1 fractional worksWater Governance and Inf…1Water Governance and Infrastructure: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentHistory and Philosophy of ScienceSociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  2. 2 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  3. 3 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  6. 6 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  7. 7 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 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 available56.0%not open44.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.7%domestic only70.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 136% 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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