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Southern Nevada Water Authority

In research, Southern Nevada Water Authority stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,480 of 5,407 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,268 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science (Environmental Science is 11.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#18,311
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,808
of 7,310
Research works
194
▲ 92% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
70.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.17×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Southern Nevada Water Authority

What is Southern Nevada Water Authority 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,480 of 5,407 22.6%128
Physical SciencesDomain #6,268 of 17,446 20.7%166

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southern Nevada Water Authority 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Southern Nevada Water Authority work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Southern Nevada Water Authority is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (56%), Medicine (12%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 71.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 56.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 15.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 15.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 9.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 14.5% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 12.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 11.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKSouthern NevadaWater Authority43fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2456.0%
    2. Engineering49.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences24.3%
    4. Energy01.0%
    5. Chemistry00.8%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Medicine512.1%
    2. Nursing11.4%
    3. Dentistry01.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology49.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Social Sciences11.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Southern Nevada Water Authority specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 23.9 works11×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.72× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.77× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.76× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.28× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 2.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science11.28×24 works
  2. Nursing2.84×1 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.77×0 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.76×2 works
  5. Dentistry2.14×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.72×4 works
  7. Energy1.13×0 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.74×0 works
  9. Medicine0.63×5 works
  10. Engineering0.62×4 works
  11. Chemistry0.50×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.12×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Southern Nevada Water Authority?

Ranked on the quality score, Daniel W. Gerrity, Eric C. Wert and Rebecca A. Trenholm lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern Nevada Water Authority.

  1. 1 Daniel W. Gerrity United States · #154,894 worldwide 5.8k citations · 121 works
  2. 2 Eric C. Wert United States · #224,964 worldwide 8.2k citations · 84 works
  3. 3 Rebecca A. Trenholm United States · #298,472 worldwide 4.6k citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Eric Dickenson United States · #368,778 worldwide 6.1k citations · 128 works
  5. 5 Mark J. Benotti United States · #432,998 worldwide 4.7k citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Douglas B. Mawhinney United States · #451,611 worldwide 4k citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Brett J. Vanderford United States · #619,419 worldwide 6.8k citations · 74 works
  8. 8 Katherine C. Crank United States · #662,344 worldwide 780 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Caitlin M. Glover United States · #1,023,810 worldwide 1.1k citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Aleksey N. Pisarenko United States · #1,339,171 worldwide 1.6k citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Southern Nevada Water Authority

What are the most cited papers from Southern Nevada Water Authority?

The most cited paper from Southern Nevada Water Authority is "Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in U.S. Drinking Water" (Mark J. Benotti, Rebecca A. Trenholm, Brett J. Vanderford et al., 2008), with 1,683 citations. Next come "Fate of Endocrine-Disruptor, Pharmaceutical, and Personal Care Product Chemicals during Simulated Drinking Water Treatment Processes" (1,556) and "Occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in South Korean surface, drinking, and waste waters" (1,387).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in U.S. Drinking Water Mark J. Benotti, Rebecca A. Trenholm, Brett J. Vanderford et al. · Environmental Science & Technology Open access 17 Dec 2008 1,683
2 Fate of Endocrine-Disruptor, Pharmaceutical, and Personal Care Product Chemicals during Simulated Drinking Water Treatment Processes Paul K. Westerhoff, Yeomin Yoon, Shane A. Snyder et al. · Environmental Science & Technology 4 Aug 2005 1,556
3 Occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in South Korean surface, drinking, and waste waters Sang D. Kim, Jaeweon Cho, In S. Kim et al. · Water Research 24 Aug 2006 1,387
4 Role of membranes and activated carbon in the removal of endocrine disruptors and pharmaceuticals Shane A. Snyder, Samer S. Adham, Adam M. Redding et al. · Desalination 2 Dec 2006 1,086
5 Effluent Organic Matter (EfOM) in Wastewater: Constituents, Effects, and Treatment Ho Kyong Shon, Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran, Shane A. Snyder · Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology Open access 25 Apr 2006 611
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Southern Nevada Water Authority?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Water Treatment, Microbial Ecology, Disinfection By-Products, Drinking Water, Climate Change, Water Quality and COVID-19.

▲ 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-now 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. Health Effects6▲ 25×6 topics
  2. Water Treatment6▲ 111×4 topics
  3. Climate Change6▲ 4.7×11 topics
  4. Microbial Ecology5▲ 65×3 topics
  5. Disinfection By-Products4▲ 489×1 topic
  6. Drinking Water4▲ 289×1 topic
  7. Water Quality4▲ 21×6 topics
  8. COVID-193▲ 6.1×5 topics
  9. Biosensors3▲ 14×3 topics
  10. SARS-CoV-23▲ 23×3 topics
  11. Sustainability3▲ 2.8×6 topics
  12. Pathogen Transport3▲ 527×1 topic
  13. Waterborne Disease3▲ 527×1 topic
  14. Water Resources3▲ 25×4 topics
  15. Diagnostics2▲ 72×1 topic
  16. wastewater surveillance2▲ 196×1 topic
  17. Global Distribution2▲ 75×2 topics
  18. Pathogenesis2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  19. Infection2▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Wastewater Treatment2▲ 19×5 topics
  21. Sustainability Assessment2▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Eutrophication2▲ 32×3 topics
  23. Vaccine2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  24. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Sediment Transport1▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Toxicity1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  27. Wastewater Reuse1▲ 163×1 topic
  28. Water Scarcity1▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Global Hydrology1▲ 44×1 topic
  30. Harmful Algal Blooms1▲ 36×3 topics
  31. Model Evaluation1▲ 23×1 topic
  32. Environmental Exposure1▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Groundwater Flow1▲ 110×1 topic
  34. Transport Modeling1▲ 110×1 topic
  35. Amoebae1▲ 325×1 topic
  36. Brominated Flame Retardants1▲ 70×1 topic
  37. Pharmaceuticals1▲ 37×2 topics
  38. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons1▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Reservoir Operation1▲ 79×1 topic
  40. Water Demand1▲ 79×1 topic

Which research topics does Southern Nevada Water Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Water Treatment and Disinfection, Fecal contamination and water quality, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse.

Water Treatment and Disi…4Water Treatment and Disinfection: 4 fractional worksFecal contamination and water quality: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 2 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Reuse: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksGroundwater flow and contamination studies: 1 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 1 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 1 fractional worksLegionella and Acanthamoeba research: 1 fractional worksPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research: 1 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisWater Science and TechnologyInfectious DiseasesIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Water Treatment and Disinfection Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  2. 2 Fecal contamination and water quality Water Science and Technology 3 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 2 works
  4. 4 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  6. 6 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  8. 8 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Legionella and Acanthamoeba research Endocrinology 1 works
  10. 10 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 1 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Southern Nevada Water Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 92% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Southern Nevada Water Authority as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Southern Nevada Water Authority0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Southern Nevada Water Authority over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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