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Schmidt Ocean Institute

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Research works
22
fractional, all time
Citations
198
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Schmidt Ocean Institute

Not ranked overall: Schmidt Ocean Institute is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Schmidt Ocean Institute work in?

In all years, 90% of research at Schmidt Ocean Institute is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (53%), Environmental Science (15%), Engineering (14%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 90.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 53.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 45.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 15.0% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 11.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 14.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 9.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workALL ITS WORKSchmidt OceanInstitute22fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy1253.4%
    2. Environmental Science315.0%
    3. Engineering314.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences15.9%
    5. Computer Science00.8%
    6. Mathematics00.8%
    1. Social Sciences12.6%
    2. Decision Sciences01.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.5%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.1%
    3. Neuroscience00.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine01.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Schmidt Ocean Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical Sciences takes 2.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physical SciencesDomain · 20.1 works2.2×
← 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.

    What are the most cited papers from Schmidt Ocean Institute?

    The most cited paper from Schmidt Ocean Institute is "A study of asteroid pole-latitude distribution based on an extended set of shape models derived by the lightcurve inversion method" (J. Hanuš, Josef Ďurech, M. Brož et al., 2011), with 170 citations. Next come "Acceleration of the rotation of asteroid 1862 Apollo by radiation torques" (145) and "Spin rate distribution of small asteroids" (131).

    Most cited papers
    #PaperReleasedCitations
    1 A study of asteroid pole-latitude distribution based on an extended set of shape models derived by the lightcurve inversion method J. Hanuš, Josef Ďurech, M. Brož et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 19 Apr 2011 170
    2 Acceleration of the rotation of asteroid 1862 Apollo by radiation torques M. Kaasalainen, Josef Ďurech, Brian D. Warner et al. · Nature Mar 2007 145
    3 Spin rate distribution of small asteroids Petr Pravec et al. · Icarus Open access 5 Jun 2008 131
    4 Asteroids’ physical models from combined dense and sparse photometry and scaling of the YORP effect by the observed obliquity distribution J. Hanuš et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access120 authors 28 Jan 2013 85
    5 Asteroid models from combined sparse and dense photometric data Josef Ďurech, M. Kaasalainen, B. Warner et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 20 Nov 2008 71
    All 50 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

    Which keywords describe research at Schmidt Ocean Institute?

    By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Stable Isotopes, Trophic Position, Mars, Martian Surface, On-Orbit Performance and Radiometric Calibration.

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

    Size is fractional works in all years 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 12 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

    All 12 words, with their numbers
    1. Solar System Abundances6▲ 330×1 topic
    2. Terrestrial Planets6▲ 330×1 topic
    3. Stable Isotopes2▲ 245×1 topic
    4. Trophic Position2▲ 245×1 topic
    5. Mars2▲ 212×1 topic
    6. Martian Surface2▲ 212×1 topic
    7. On-Orbit Performance1▲ 283×1 topic
    8. Radiometric Calibration1▲ 283×1 topic
    9. Climate Change1▲ 1.78×4 topics
    10. Exoplanets1▲ 66×1 topic
    11. Stellar Astrophysics1▲ 66×1 topic
    12. Spectroscopy1▲ 14×2 topics

    Which research topics does Schmidt Ocean Institute publish most on?

    By volume: Astro and Planetary Science, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Planetary Science and Exploration and Calibration and Measurement Techniques.

    Astro and Planetary Scie…6Astro and Planetary Science: 6 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 2 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 2 fractional worksCalibration and Measurement Techniques: 1 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …1Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 1 fractional worksScientific Research and Discoveries: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 1 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 1 fractional worksAstronomical and nuclear sciences: 0 fractional works
    Astronomy and AstrophysicsEcologyAerospace EngineeringAtmospheric Science4 others

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

    1. 1 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
    2. 2 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 2 works
    3. 3 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
    4. 4 Calibration and Measurement Techniques Aerospace Engineering 1 works
    5. 5 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
    6. 6 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 1 works
    7. 7 Scientific Research and Discoveries Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
    8. 8 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 1 works
    9. 9 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 1 works
    10. 10 Astronomical and nuclear sciences Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 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 available51.0%not open49.0%

    World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

    World: 18% is written across borders.

    How has Schmidt Ocean Institute's research output changed?

    20102015
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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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