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Southern Research Station

In research, Southern Research Station stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,688 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#7,448 of 12,888 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,730 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change — Insect Science is 38.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,279
of 28,054 · #8,905 all time
Rank in United States
#1,673
of 4,192
Research works
2.5k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
80k
32.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Southern Research Station 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,688 of 3,551 18.9%153 #1017
Physical SciencesDomain #7,448 of 12,888 17.0%213 #7193
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,730 of 3,409 20.7%75 #1388
Life SciencesDomain #6,737 of 7,800 21.0%97 #5983

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southern Research Station 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Environmental Science#1,017 #1,688
  2. Physical Sciences#7,193 #7,448
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,388 #2,730
  4. Life Sciences#5,983 #6,737
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Southern Research Station specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 38.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 35.1 works38×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 25.6 works33×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 52.2 works21×
  4. EcologySubfield · 40.1 works16×
  5. Environmental ScienceField · 153.1 works9.5×
← 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: 4.86× its world share, 75 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.31× its world share, 27 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.49× its world share, 153 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.28× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southern Research Station?

Ranked on the composite score, H. Ken Cordell, Daniel R. Miller and James M. Vose lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern Research Station.

  1. 1 H. Ken Cordell United States · #103,645 worldwide 286 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Daniel R. Miller United States · #113,660 worldwide 175 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 James M. Vose United States · #148,515 worldwide 581 citations · 65 works
  4. 4 John Schelhas United States · #157,022 worldwide 233 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Thomas P. Holmes United States · #179,065 worldwide 239 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Kier D. Klepzig United States · #180,523 worldwide 202 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 A. D. Wilson United States · #234,009 worldwide 170 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Michael D. Ulyshen United States · #234,681 worldwide 224 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 D. Evan Mercer United States · #243,882 worldwide 193 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Joseph J. O’Brien United States · #254,788 worldwide 190 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Southern Research Station

Which keywords describe research at Southern Research Station?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Resilience, Remote Sensing, Biodiversity Conservation, Conservation and Biological Invasions.

▲ 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. Climate Change94▲ 11×56 topics
  2. Invasive Species43▲ 31×17 topics
  3. Biodiversity31▲ 13×20 topics
  4. Remote Sensing29▲ 7.3×18 topics
  5. Ecosystem Resilience29▲ 60×5 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation27▲ 22×10 topics
  7. Conservation25▲ 18×17 topics
  8. Biological Invasions22▲ 77×2 topics
  9. Biological Control21▲ 44×10 topics
  10. Soil Properties20▲ 36×5 topics
  11. Global Warming19▲ 14×9 topics
  12. Biomass Estimation19▲ 38×3 topics
  13. Global Change19▲ 22×6 topics
  14. Forest Fires19▲ 131×1 topic
  15. Wildfire Activity19▲ 131×1 topic
  16. Habitat Fragmentation18▲ 25×5 topics
  17. Aboveground Biomass17▲ 57×2 topics
  18. Ecosystem17▲ 47×4 topics
  19. Seismic Noise16▲ 101×1 topic
  20. Tomography16▲ 27×1 topic
  21. Land Use Change14▲ 14×6 topics
  22. Climate Change Impacts13▲ 35×5 topics
  23. Forest Carbon Sequestration13▲ 184×1 topic
  24. Sustainable Forest Management13▲ 184×1 topic
  25. Climate Change Impact12▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Economic Impacts12▲ 54×2 topics
  27. Ecosystem Services12▲ 9.5×9 topics
  28. Allometric Models12▲ 72×2 topics
  29. Bark Beetles12▲ 181×1 topic
  30. Forest Pests12▲ 181×1 topic
  31. Tropical Forests12▲ 102×2 topics
  32. Carbon Stocks12▲ 131×1 topic
  33. Tree Allometry12▲ 131×1 topic
  34. Gut Microbiota11▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Species Richness11▲ 53×2 topics
  36. Honey Bees11▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Neonicotinoids11▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Community Ecology11▲ 39×2 topics
  39. Population Dynamics11▲ 13×10 topics
  40. Functional Diversity10▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does Southern Research Station publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fire effects on ecosystems, Seismic Waves and Analysis, Forest Management and Policy and Forest Insect Ecology and Management.

Fire effects on ecosystems19Fire effects on ecosystems: 19 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis16Seismic Waves and Analysis: 16 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 13 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 12 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 12 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 11 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 10 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…9Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 9 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 9 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 9 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeGeophysicsEcologyNature and Landscape Conservation3 others

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

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 19 works
  2. 2 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 16 works
  3. 3 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  4. 4 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 12 works
  5. 5 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 12 works
  6. 6 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 11 works
  7. 7 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 10 works
  8. 8 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 9 works
  9. 9 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  10. 10 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 9 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 available42.0%not open58.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southern Research Station's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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