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Southwest Watershed Research Center

In research, Southwest Watershed Research Center stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,675 of 6,208 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,429 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,599
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,188
of 8,685
Research works
431
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
42.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Southwest Watershed Research Center 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 #2,675 of 6,208 31.1%233
Physical SciencesDomain #9,429 of 21,541 30.4%334

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

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: 2.84× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.67× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 13.33× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsNursing: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southwest Watershed Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, M. A. Nearing, Russell L. Scott and Susan Moran lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southwest Watershed Research Center.

  1. 1 M. A. Nearing United States · #64,648 worldwide 565 citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Russell L. Scott United States · #151,935 worldwide 505 citations · 89 works
  3. 3 Susan Moran United States · #243,230 worldwide 107 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Kenneth G. Renard United States · #286,298 worldwide 229 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 David C. Goodrich United States · #413,842 worldwide 233 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 D. C. Goodrich United States · #582,053 worldwide 91 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Leonard J. Lane United States · #625,574 worldwide 149 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 J. R. Simanton United States · #684,014 worldwide 97 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 William E. Emmerich United States · #806,967 worldwide 109 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Roger E. Smith United States · #810,430 worldwide 109 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Southwest Watershed Research Center

Which keywords describe research at Southwest Watershed Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Ecosystem Resilience, Drought, Evapotranspiration, Land Use Change, Carbon Balance and Tree Mortality.

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

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change14▲ 19×27 topics
  2. Remote Sensing5▲ 15×10 topics
  3. Ecosystem Resilience5▲ 117×4 topics
  4. Drought4▲ 157×2 topics
  5. Evapotranspiration4▲ 191×2 topics
  6. Land Use Change4▲ 46×3 topics
  7. Carbon Balance4▲ 271×1 topic
  8. Tree Mortality4▲ 271×1 topic
  9. Sediment Transport3▲ 76×3 topics
  10. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 49×5 topics
  11. Biodiversity3▲ 13×6 topics
  12. Model Evaluation3▲ 73×2 topics
  13. Water Resources2▲ 36×3 topics
  14. Global Warming2▲ 20×5 topics
  15. Invasive Species2▲ 19×5 topics
  16. Conservation2▲ 18×4 topics
  17. Global Hydrology2▲ 120×1 topic
  18. Uncertainty Assessment2▲ 120×1 topic
  19. Ecosystem2▲ 66×2 topics
  20. Global Change2▲ 28×4 topics
  21. Agricultural Sustainability2▲ 46×1 topic
  22. Extreme Events2▲ 64×2 topics
  23. Soil Degradation2▲ 98×2 topics
  24. Soil Erosion2▲ 138×1 topic
  25. Machine Learning1▲ 1.57×4 topics
  26. Hydrology1▲ 37×4 topics
  27. Sagebrush1▲ 319×1 topic
  28. Wildlife Habitat1▲ 319×1 topic
  29. Biomass Estimation1▲ 28×3 topics
  30. Soil Properties1▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Geomorphological Effects1▲ 102×2 topics
  32. Water Quality1▲ 10.0×4 topics
  33. Sea Level Rise1▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does Southwest Watershed Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil erosion and sediment transport and Rangeland and Wildlife Management.

Plant Water Relations an…4Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 4 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 2 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 2 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 1 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 1 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 1 fractional worksTree-ring climate responses: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeWater Science and TechnologySoil ScienceEcology1 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  2. 2 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  3. 3 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 2 works
  4. 4 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 1 works
  8. 8 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 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 available30.3%not open69.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southwest Watershed Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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