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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

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World rank, all time
#37,522
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,907
of 8,685
Research works
216
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
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: 7.53× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.27× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.70× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.98× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× 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, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul W. Collins, Eugene V. Coan and Matthew L. Gimmel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

  1. 1 Paul W. Collins United States · #151,243 worldwide 285 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Eugene V. Coan United States · #1,110,791 worldwide 25 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Matthew L. Gimmel United States · #1,370,874 worldwide 19 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

Which keywords describe research at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Taxonomy, Biogeography, Biodiversity, DNA Barcoding, Coleoptera, Phylogeny, Invasive Species 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. Taxonomy8▲ 210×9 topics
  2. Biogeography8▲ 100×12 topics
  3. Biodiversity8▲ 32×12 topics
  4. DNA Barcoding7▲ 130×8 topics
  5. Coleoptera6▲ 1001×2 topics
  6. Phylogeny6▲ 127×8 topics
  7. Invasive Species5▲ 41×12 topics
  8. Conservation5▲ 39×7 topics
  9. Evolution5▲ 67×4 topics
  10. Climate Change5▲ 6.0×11 topics
  11. Diversification4▲ 344×2 topics
  12. Morphology4▲ 77×4 topics
  13. Speciation4▲ 287×1 topic
  14. beetles4▲ 875×1 topic
  15. Neotropical Region3▲ 714×2 topics
  16. Biological Invasions3▲ 112×3 topics
  17. Host Plants3▲ 801×2 topics
  18. Cerambycidae3▲ 1234×1 topic
  19. Distribution3▲ 382×1 topic
  20. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 51×7 topics
  21. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 39×4 topics
  22. Bark Beetles2▲ 338×1 topic
  23. Forest Pests2▲ 338×1 topic
  24. Migration2▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Ecology2▲ 32×4 topics
  26. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 16×8 topics
  27. Population Dynamics2▲ 19×5 topics
  28. Benthic Communities1▲ 73×2 topics
  29. Culture1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  30. History1▲ 5.7×3 topics
  31. Marine Biodiversity1▲ 73×2 topics
  32. Cryptic Species1▲ 166×2 topics
  33. Freshwater1▲ 78×2 topics
  34. Politics1▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Fisheries1▲ 88×2 topics
  36. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Crayfish1▲ 316×1 topic
  38. Deep-Sea Ecology1▲ 106×1 topic
  39. Invasion1▲ 316×1 topic
  40. Phylogenetics1▲ 73×2 topics

Which research topics does Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies, Forest Insect Ecology and Management and African history and culture analysis.

Coleoptera Taxonomy and …4Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 4 fractional worksColeoptera: Cerambycidae studies: 3 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 2 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 1 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 1 fractional worksCrustacean biology and ecology: 1 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 1 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 1 fractional worksMarine Ecology and Invasive Species: 1 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcologyPolitical Science and International RelationsOceanography4 others

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

  1. 1 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  2. 2 Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  3. 3 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 2 works
  4. 4 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  5. 5 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 1 works
  6. 6 Crustacean biology and ecology Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  9. 9 Marine Ecology and Invasive Species Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 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 available49.9%not open50.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.4%domestic only78.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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