Question 1

What is Sphere Institute known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Sphere Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,636 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Global and Planetary Change is 15.3× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Sphere Institute rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Sphere Institute ranks #16,160 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#21,805 all time), and #2,336 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Sphere Institute?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Robert C. Getts, Richard Heede and Jessica Bowers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sphere Institute.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Sphere Institute?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Sphere Institute is "DECLINING MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA*" (Philip W. Mote, Alan F. Hamlet, Martyn Clark et al., 2005), with 1,541 citations. Next come "Eliassen-Palm Cross Sections for the Troposphere" (993) and "Tracing anthropogenic carbon dioxide and methane emissions to fossil fuel and cement producers, 1854–2010" (822).

Question 5

Which research topics does Sphere Institute publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Sphere Institute?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Remote Sensing, Data Assimilation, Ocean Circulation, Hydrological Modeling, Hydrological Cycle and Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Sphere Institute work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Sphere Institute is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (34%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (21%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Sphere Institute's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% lower than in 2018-2021.