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Rocky Mountain Research Station

In research, Rocky Mountain Research Station stands highest in Environmental Science (#871 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,659 of 12,888 worldwide) and Global and Planetary Change (#353 of 535 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 46.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,147
of 28,054 · #4,379 all time
Rank in United States
#1,089
of 4,192
Research works
2.2k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
99k
45.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Rocky Mountain Research Station known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Environmental ScienceField #871 of 3,551 28.9%188 #421
Physical SciencesDomain #5,659 of 12,888 28.0%216 #3151
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #353 of 535 28.8%68 #270

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rocky Mountain Research Station sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Environmental Science#421 #871
  2. Physical Sciences#3,151 #5,659
  3. Global and Planetary Change#270 #353
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Rocky Mountain Research Station specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 46.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 31.8 works47×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 68.1 works32×
  3. EcologySubfield · 49.6 works22×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 187.9 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 2.55× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.53× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 13.29× its world share, 188 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rocky Mountain Research Station?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael K. Schwartz, John M. Buffington and Daniel R. Williams lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rocky Mountain Research Station.

  1. 1 Michael K. Schwartz United States · #5,922 worldwide 932 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 John M. Buffington United States · #36,952 worldwide 593 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Daniel R. Williams United States · #67,612 worldwide 343 citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Andrew T. Hudak United States · #69,782 worldwide 511 citations · 58 works
  5. 5 Rosemary L. Pendleton United States · #83,268 worldwide 391 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Gretchen G. Moisen United States · #90,281 worldwide 327 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Samuel A. Cushman United States · #107,028 worldwide 561 citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Jeanne C. Chambers United States · #115,284 worldwide 312 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Michael K. Young United States · #153,269 worldwide 137 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Thomas C. Brown United States · #178,352 worldwide 259 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Rocky Mountain Research Station

Which keywords describe research at Rocky Mountain Research Station?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Resilience, Soil Properties, Forest Fires and Wildfire Activity.

▲ 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. Climate Change123▲ 16×59 topics
  2. Remote Sensing57▲ 16×21 topics
  3. Biodiversity55▲ 26×13 topics
  4. Invasive Species53▲ 44×14 topics
  5. Ecosystem Resilience51▲ 122×5 topics
  6. Soil Properties44▲ 88×3 topics
  7. Forest Fires41▲ 329×1 topic
  8. Wildfire Activity41▲ 329×1 topic
  9. Conservation38▲ 31×13 topics
  10. Ecosystem34▲ 113×2 topics
  11. Habitat Fragmentation27▲ 42×5 topics
  12. Global Change26▲ 35×4 topics
  13. Biological Invasions23▲ 93×2 topics
  14. Biomass Estimation20▲ 46×3 topics
  15. Resilience19▲ 14×3 topics
  16. Species Richness18▲ 100×2 topics
  17. Community Ecology18▲ 74×1 topic
  18. Functional Diversity18▲ 113×1 topic
  19. Biodiversity Conservation18▲ 17×8 topics
  20. Sagebrush17▲ 391×1 topic
  21. Wildlife Habitat17▲ 391×1 topic
  22. Aboveground Biomass16▲ 64×2 topics
  23. Model Evaluation16▲ 46×2 topics
  24. Conservation Biology16▲ 53×4 topics
  25. Population Dynamics14▲ 19×9 topics
  26. Ecological Niche13▲ 77×1 topic
  27. Species Distribution Modeling13▲ 77×1 topic
  28. Global Warming12▲ 10×10 topics
  29. Land Use Change11▲ 13×5 topics
  30. Ecosystem Services10▲ 9.1×7 topics
  31. DNA Barcoding9▲ 20×6 topics
  32. Ecosystem Functioning9▲ 17×5 topics
  33. Tropical Forests9▲ 86×2 topics
  34. Climate Change Impact9▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Drought9▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Evapotranspiration9▲ 39×2 topics
  37. Habitat Selection9▲ 41×2 topics
  38. Allometric Models8▲ 59×2 topics
  39. Carbon Stocks8▲ 107×1 topic
  40. Tree Allometry8▲ 107×1 topic

Which research topics does Rocky Mountain Research Station publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fire effects on ecosystems, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Rangeland and Wildlife Management and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Fire effects on ecosystems41Fire effects on ecosystems: 41 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…18Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 18 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife M…17Rangeland and Wildlife Management: 17 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…13Species Distribution and Climate Change: 13 fractional worksForest ecology and manag…8Forest ecology and management: 8 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…8Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 8 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 8 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 8 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 7 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 6 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationEcologyEcological Modeling1 others

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

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 41 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 18 works
  3. 3 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 17 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 13 works
  5. 5 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  6. 6 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  7. 7 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 8 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 8 works
  9. 9 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  10. 10 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 6 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rocky Mountain Research Station's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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