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Sierra Club

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World rank, all time
#37,780
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,944
of 8,685
Research works
173
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
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: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.28× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.03× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 7.02× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.41× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 2.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.75× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.80× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sierra Club?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Climate Change, History, Social Justice, Biodiversity, Environmental Sustainability, France and Income Inequality.

▲ 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 17 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change2▲ 3.5×21 topics
  2. Economic Growth2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  3. Machine Learning2▲ 1.97×7 topics
  4. Sustainability2▲ 2.5×7 topics
  5. History2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  6. Social Justice1▲ 8.3×3 topics
  7. Sustainable Development1▲ 3.1×3 topics
  8. Biodiversity1▲ 5.7×8 topics
  9. Epidemiology1◆ 0.98×5 topics
  10. Inflammation1▲ 1.88×4 topics
  11. Environmental Sustainability1▲ 23×1 topic
  12. France1▲ 205×1 topic
  13. Income Inequality1▲ 26×1 topic
  14. Iterative Methods1▲ 96×2 topics
  15. Poverty Measurement1▲ 192×1 topic
  16. Sociopolitical1▲ 108×1 topic
  17. Sustainability Indicators1▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does Sierra Club publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: French Historical and Cultural Studies, Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, Income, Poverty, and Inequality and Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology.

French Historical and Cu…1French Historical and Cultural Studies: 1 fractional worksSustainable Development …1Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy: 1 fractional worksIncome, Poverty, and Inequality: 1 fractional worksHomotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology: 1 fractional worksPublic-Private Partnership Projects: 1 fractional worksValue Engineering and Management: 1 fractional worksLife Cycle Costing Analysis: 1 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring a…1Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 1 fractional worksIterative Methods for Nonlinear Equations: 0 fractional worksMatrix Theory and Algorithms: 0 fractional works
HistoryManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSociology and Political ScienceMathematical Physics5 others

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

  1. 1 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 1 works
  2. 2 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  3. 3 Income, Poverty, and Inequality Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology Mathematical Physics 1 works
  5. 5 Public-Private Partnership Projects Strategy and Management 1 works
  6. 6 Value Engineering and Management Strategy and Management 1 works
  7. 7 Life Cycle Costing Analysis Accounting 1 works
  8. 8 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Iterative Methods for Nonlinear Equations Numerical Analysis 0 works
  10. 10 Matrix Theory and Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.4%domestic only83.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sierra Club's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% 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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