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Soil Science Society of America

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World rank, all time
#25,291
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,411
of 8,685
Research works
247
▼ 79% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.4k
34.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
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: 8.90× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.47× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Soil Science Society of America?

Ranked on the composite score, Susan V. Fisk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Soil Science Society of America.

  1. 1 Susan V. Fisk United States · #1,477,066 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Soil Science Society of America

Which keywords describe research at Soil Science Society of America?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Food Security, Soil Fertility, Microbial Communities, Nitrogen Cycle, Soil Carbon Sequestration and Agricultural Development.

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

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change6▲ 9.5×13 topics
  2. Sustainable Development4▲ 9.7×6 topics
  3. Food Security3▲ 23×4 topics
  4. Soil Fertility3▲ 51×3 topics
  5. Microbial Communities2▲ 21×2 topics
  6. Agricultural Development2▲ 51×1 topic
  7. Nitrogen Cycle2▲ 138×1 topic
  8. Remote Sensing2▲ 6.9×8 topics
  9. Russian Agriculture2▲ 872×1 topic
  10. Soil Carbon Sequestration2▲ 115×1 topic
  11. Agricultural Education1▲ 345×1 topic
  12. School Gardens1▲ 345×1 topic
  13. Ecological Statistics1▲ 433×1 topic
  14. Meta-Analysis1▲ 8.4×1 topic
  15. Machine Learning1▲ 1.35×3 topics
  16. Sustainability1▲ 1.95×5 topics
  17. Corporate Social Responsibility1▲ 27×1 topic
  18. Financial Performance1▲ 7.2×1 topic
  19. Nuclear Fuel1▲ 250×1 topic
  20. Radiation Protection1▲ 250×1 topic
  21. Soil Properties1▲ 25×3 topics

Which research topics does Soil Science Society of America publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Development and Policies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Diverse Educational Innovations Studies and Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science.

Agricultural Development and Policies: 2 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 2 fractional worksDiverse Educational Inno…1Diverse Educational Innovations Studies: 1 fractional worksAgriculture, Soil, Plant…1Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science: 1 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 1 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 1 fractional worksSoil Geostatistics and M…1Soil Geostatistics and Mapping: 1 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 1 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies: 0 fractional worksIndigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture: 0 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSoil ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Development and Policies Agronomy and Crop Science 2 works
  2. 2 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 2 works
  3. 3 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  4. 4 Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  5. 5 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  6. 6 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 1 works
  7. 7 Soil Geostatistics and Mapping Environmental Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  9. 9 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 0 works
  10. 10 Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture Plant Science 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 available33.4%not open66.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Soil Science Society of America's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% lower 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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