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Rocky Mountain Research (United States)

In research, Rocky Mountain Research (United States) stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,477 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,888 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Environmental Science — Global and Planetary Change is 27.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,036
of 28,054 · #9,047 all time
Rank in United States
#1,636
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
59k
43.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Rocky Mountain Research (United States) 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 #1,477 of 3,551 28.9%103 #900
Physical SciencesDomain #7,888 of 12,888 27.6%124 #7462

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rocky Mountain Research (United States) 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).

What does Rocky Mountain Research (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 27.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 38.2 works28×
  2. EcologySubfield · 27.8 works20×
  3. Environmental ScienceField · 103.0 works11×
← 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: 2.98× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.61× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.47× its world share, 103 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rocky Mountain Research (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, William M. Block, Peter M. Brown and John R. Squires lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rocky Mountain Research (United States).

  1. 1 William M. Block United States · #164,082 worldwide 188 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Peter M. Brown United States · #197,009 worldwide 217 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 John R. Squires United States · #198,824 worldwide 194 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Robert E. Keane United States · #294,190 worldwide 386 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Joseph L. Ganey United States · #739,853 worldwide 60 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Alan E. Watson United States · #829,507 worldwide 86 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Rocky Mountain Research (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Rocky Mountain Research (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Resilience, Invasive Species, 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 Change70▲ 14×53 topics
  2. Remote Sensing31▲ 14×16 topics
  3. Biodiversity29▲ 21×14 topics
  4. Ecosystem Resilience29▲ 109×4 topics
  5. Invasive Species26▲ 34×13 topics
  6. Soil Properties25▲ 80×5 topics
  7. Forest Fires24▲ 297×1 topic
  8. Wildfire Activity24▲ 297×1 topic
  9. Conservation20▲ 26×14 topics
  10. Ecosystem17▲ 89×3 topics
  11. Habitat Fragmentation13▲ 34×5 topics
  12. Global Change13▲ 28×5 topics
  13. Biological Invasions10▲ 65×2 topics
  14. Population Dynamics10▲ 22×10 topics
  15. Biomass Estimation10▲ 36×3 topics
  16. Resilience10▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Biodiversity Conservation9▲ 14×8 topics
  18. Sagebrush9▲ 321×1 topic
  19. Wildlife Habitat9▲ 321×1 topic
  20. Conservation Biology9▲ 46×4 topics
  21. Species Richness9▲ 74×2 topics
  22. Aboveground Biomass8▲ 50×2 topics
  23. Community Ecology8▲ 53×1 topic
  24. Functional Diversity8▲ 81×1 topic
  25. Model Evaluation8▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Ecological Niche7▲ 66×1 topic
  27. Habitat Selection7▲ 52×2 topics
  28. Species Distribution Modeling7▲ 66×1 topic
  29. Trophic Cascades6▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Animal Movement6▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Occupancy Rates6▲ 63×1 topic
  32. Ecosystem Services5▲ 7.8×6 topics
  33. Ecosystem Functioning5▲ 15×5 topics
  34. Global Warming5▲ 6.8×9 topics
  35. Tropical Forests5▲ 76×2 topics
  36. Allometric Models5▲ 52×2 topics
  37. Drought5▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Evapotranspiration5▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Carbon Stocks5▲ 95×1 topic
  40. Tree Allometry5▲ 95×1 topic

Which research topics does Rocky Mountain Research (United States) publish most on?

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

Fire effects on ecosystems24Fire effects on ecosystems: 24 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife M…9Rangeland and Wildlife Management: 9 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…8Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 8 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 7 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 6 fractional worksForest ecology and manag…5Forest ecology and management: 5 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 5 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 3 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 3 fractional worksFire dynamics and safety research: 3 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyNature and Landscape ConservationEcological Modeling2 others

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

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 24 works
  2. 2 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 9 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 7 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 6 works
  6. 6 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
  7. 7 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  8. 8 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  10. 10 Fire dynamics and safety research Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 3 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 available41.9%not open58.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rocky Mountain Research (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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