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San Diego Natural History Museum

In research, San Diego Natural History Museum stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,927 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,301
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,220
of 8,685
Research works
354
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.8k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is San Diego Natural History Museum known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #16,927 of 21,541 16.2%191

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where San Diego Natural History Museum 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).

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: 5.63× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.85× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.41× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.37× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at San Diego Natural History Museum?

Ranked on the composite score, E. F. MacPike, Laurence M. Huey and Laurence Monroe Klauber lead among researchers whose main affiliation is San Diego Natural History Museum.

  1. 1 E. F. MacPike United States · #863,015 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Laurence M. Huey United States · #1,140,162 worldwide 16 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Laurence Monroe Klauber United States · #1,439,596 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 A. W. Anthony United States · #1,471,811 worldwide 18 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Reid Moran United States · #1,494,754 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at San Diego Natural History Museum

Which keywords describe research at San Diego Natural History Museum?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Biogeography, Habitat Fragmentation, Phylogenetic Analysis and Conservation.

▲ 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 Change18▲ 14×19 topics
  2. Population Dynamics11▲ 89×7 topics
  3. Biodiversity10▲ 30×15 topics
  4. Conservation Biology10▲ 194×4 topics
  5. Biogeography8▲ 66×16 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation8▲ 74×4 topics
  7. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 49×6 topics
  8. Conservation7▲ 33×12 topics
  9. Molecular Phylogeny6▲ 79×6 topics
  10. Invasive Species6▲ 27×12 topics
  11. Phylogeny5▲ 75×11 topics
  12. Biodiversity Loss5▲ 203×2 topics
  13. Amphibian Declines5▲ 430×1 topic
  14. Chytridiomycosis5▲ 430×1 topic
  15. Evolution4▲ 37×10 topics
  16. Ecological Niche4▲ 140×1 topic
  17. Species Distribution Modeling4▲ 140×1 topic
  18. Taxonomy4▲ 64×10 topics
  19. Adaptive Radiation3▲ 190×2 topics
  20. Global Change3▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Antioxidant2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  22. Ecosystem Services2▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Ecology2▲ 31×6 topics
  24. Mammal Evolution2▲ 229×1 topic
  25. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis2▲ 229×1 topic
  26. Habitat Selection2▲ 59×2 topics
  27. Plant-Animal Interactions2▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Pollinator Decline2▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Predator-Prey Interactions2▲ 54×2 topics
  30. Acoustic Communication2▲ 69×3 topics
  31. Adaptive Evolution2▲ 67×2 topics
  32. Medicinal Plants2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  33. Cyperus2▲ 276×1 topic
  34. DNA Barcoding2▲ 21×5 topics
  35. Fisheries2▲ 89×2 topics
  36. Genetic Structure2▲ 46×3 topics
  37. Morphology2▲ 19×4 topics
  38. essential oil2▲ 276×1 topic
  39. Reproductive Strategies2▲ 86×2 topics
  40. Trophic Cascades2▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does San Diego Natural History Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Evolution and Paleontology Studies and Plant and animal studies.

Amphibian and Reptile Bi…5Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 5 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 4 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…1Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 1 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksPaleontology and Evolutionary Biology: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcological ModelingPaleontologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2 others

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

  1. 1 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 4 works
  3. 3 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 2 works
  4. 4 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  5. 5 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 2 works
  6. 6 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  8. 8 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  9. 9 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology Paleontology 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 available38.3%not open61.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has San Diego Natural History Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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