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Southern California Earthquake Center

In research, Southern California Earthquake Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,357 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Geophysics is 110.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,961
of 28,054 · #9,332 all time
Rank in United States
#1,630
of 4,192
Research works
466
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
45.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
34.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Southern California Earthquake Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,357 of 12,888 35.9%69 #5629

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southern California Earthquake Center 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).

What does Southern California Earthquake Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 110.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 29.5 works111×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 43.4 works36×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36.24× its world share, 43 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.00× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 36.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southern California Earthquake Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Christine Goulet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern California Earthquake Center.

  1. 1 Christine Goulet United States · #1,602,462 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Southern California Earthquake Center

Which keywords describe research at Southern California Earthquake Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Geodetic Measurements, Subduction, Earthquakes, Plate Boundaries, Tomography, Plate Tectonics, Climate Change and Crystal Structure Prediction.

▲ 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. Geodetic Measurements11▲ 133×2 topics
  2. Earthquakes11▲ 247×1 topic
  3. Plate Boundaries11▲ 247×1 topic
  4. Subduction11▲ 194×2 topics
  5. Climate Change10▲ 5.0×31 topics
  6. Tomography10▲ 70×2 topics
  7. Plate Tectonics9▲ 81×3 topics
  8. Machine Learning6▲ 2.2×8 topics
  9. Crystal Structure Prediction5▲ 150×1 topic
  10. Mantle Dynamics5▲ 150×1 topic
  11. Tectonics5▲ 54×3 topics
  12. Paleoclimatology4▲ 72×2 topics
  13. Seismic Noise4▲ 121×1 topic
  14. Surface Wave4▲ 121×1 topic
  15. Holocene4▲ 46×2 topics
  16. Sea Level4▲ 55×2 topics
  17. Geochronology4▲ 77×1 topic
  18. Glacial Cycles4▲ 79×1 topic
  19. Monsoon Dynamics4▲ 79×1 topic
  20. Zircon4▲ 77×1 topic
  21. Citizen Science4▲ 50×2 topics
  22. Convolutional Neural Network4▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Earthquake Detection4▲ 240×1 topic
  24. Seismic Signals4▲ 240×1 topic
  25. Global Warming3▲ 9.5×7 topics
  26. Ionospheric Anomalies3▲ 101×1 topic
  27. Seismic Electromagnetics3▲ 101×1 topic
  28. Remote Sensing2▲ 2.6×8 topics
  29. Full-Waveform Tomography2▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Microbial Ecology2▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Seismic Waveform Inversion2▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Biogeography2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  33. Eutrophication2▲ 20×3 topics
  34. Ground Motion2▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Harmful Algal Blooms2▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Seismic Engineering2▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Dissolved Organic Matter2▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Marine Microbes2▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Microbial Biogeography2▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Oceanic Carbon Cycle2▲ 47×1 topic

Which research topics does Southern California Earthquake Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Seismic Waves and Analysis and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

earthquake and tectonic …11earthquake and tectonic studies: 11 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics…5High-pressure geophysics and materials: 5 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis4Seismic Waves and Analysis: 4 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 4 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 4 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquak…4Seismology and Earthquake Studies: 4 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 3 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 2 fractional worksSeismic Performance and Analysis: 2 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 2 fractional works
GeophysicsAtmospheric ScienceArtificial IntelligenceCivil and Structural Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 11 works
  2. 2 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 5 works
  3. 3 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 4 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 4 works
  6. 6 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  7. 7 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  8. 8 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 2 works
  9. 9 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 2 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 available45.6%not open54.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.6%domestic only64.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southern California Earthquake Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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