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Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

In research, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,005 of 21,541 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#1,224 of 2,661 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#8,497
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#482
of 2,253
Research works
319
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.3k
29.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
46.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences 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 #6,005 of 21,541 33.8%227
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,224 of 2,661 35.3%175

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences 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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 7.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 14.53× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.01× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 14.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, David Scrase, H. B. Whittington and W. A. Macfadyen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences.

  1. 1 David Scrase United Kingdom · #292,484 worldwide 3 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 H. B. Whittington United Kingdom · #499,782 worldwide 85 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 W. A. Macfadyen United Kingdom · #579,448 worldwide 48 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 O. M. B. Bulman United Kingdom · #844,911 worldwide 26 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 R. B. Rickards United Kingdom · #995,871 worldwide 59 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Holocene, Tectonics, Sea Level, Marine Sediments, Paleoproductivity, Paleoredox and Paleoclimatology.

▲ 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 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 Change47▲ 5.6×26 topics
  2. Holocene40▲ 77×3 topics
  3. Tectonics36▲ 68×3 topics
  4. Sea Level36▲ 79×2 topics
  5. Marine Sediments34▲ 132×2 topics
  6. Paleoproductivity34▲ 258×1 topic
  7. Paleoredox34▲ 258×1 topic
  8. Paleoclimatology30▲ 76×2 topics
  9. Glacial Cycles30▲ 86×1 topic
  10. Monsoon Dynamics30▲ 86×1 topic
  11. Biogeography30▲ 28×11 topics
  12. Sedimentation22▲ 90×2 topics
  13. Molecular Phylogeny19▲ 29×7 topics
  14. Plate Tectonics18▲ 26×3 topics
  15. Continental Margin18▲ 86×2 topics
  16. Crustal Structure18▲ 86×2 topics
  17. Fluvial Systems16▲ 114×1 topic
  18. Sequence Stratigraphy16▲ 114×1 topic
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis15▲ 13×9 topics
  20. Benthic Communities14▲ 51×2 topics
  21. Marine Biodiversity14▲ 51×2 topics
  22. Invasive Species13▲ 7.1×12 topics
  23. Evolution13▲ 14×5 topics
  24. Ecosystem Functioning12▲ 18×4 topics
  25. Mediterranean12▲ 36×5 topics
  26. Adaptive Radiation12▲ 91×2 topics
  27. Mammal Evolution11▲ 123×1 topic
  28. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis11▲ 123×1 topic
  29. Morphology11▲ 18×4 topics
  30. Deep-Sea Ecology11▲ 71×1 topic
  31. Estuarine Quality11▲ 71×1 topic
  32. Arctic11▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Cretaceous11▲ 144×2 topics
  34. Conservation11▲ 7.2×9 topics
  35. Petroleum11▲ 65×1 topic
  36. geology11▲ 125×1 topic
  37. Dinosaur11▲ 228×1 topic
  38. Paleontology11▲ 228×1 topic
  39. Geochronology10▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Zircon10▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Museums and Cultural Heritage, Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis, Children's Rights and Participation and Caribbean history, culture, and politics.

Museums and Cultural Her…1Museums and Cultural Heritage: 1 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 1 fractional worksChildren's Rights and Participation: 0 fractional worksCaribbean history, culture, and politics: 0 fractional worksHistorical Art and Culture Studies: 0 fractional worksConservation Techniques and Studies: 0 fractional worksColonialism, slavery, an…0Colonialism, slavery, and trade: 0 fractional worksParticipatory Visual Res…0Participatory Visual Research Methods: 0 fractional worksArchaeological Research …0Archaeological Research and Protection: 0 fractional worksGeographies of human-ani…0Geographies of human-animal interactions: 0 fractional works
MuseologyArcheologySociology and Political ScienceCultural Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 1 works
  2. 2 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 1 works
  3. 3 Children's Rights and Participation Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Caribbean history, culture, and politics Cultural Studies 0 works
  5. 5 Historical Art and Culture Studies Museology 0 works
  6. 6 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 0 works
  7. 7 Colonialism, slavery, and trade Anthropology 0 works
  8. 8 Participatory Visual Research Methods Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 0 works
  10. 10 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 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 available20.9%not open79.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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