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Sterling Research Group

In research, Sterling Research Group stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,313 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#5,396 of 9,532 worldwide) and Chemistry (#1,758 of 2,902 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,713
of 22,385 · #5,881 all time
Rank in United States
#1,789
of 3,332
Research works
1.6k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Sterling Research Group

What is Sterling Research Group 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,313 of 17,446 11.8%769
EngineeringField #5,396 of 9,532 11.9%254
ChemistryField #1,758 of 2,902 15.7%137
Social SciencesDomain #11,525 of 14,833 7.3%392
Health SciencesDomain #13,292 of 16,688 8.6%216
MedicineField #11,739 of 14,558 8.2%180
Life SciencesDomain #9,239 of 11,023 7.5%176
Social SciencesField #8,609 of 9,330 8.0%134

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sterling Research Group 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 Sterling Research Group work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Sterling Research Group is in Physical Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (16%), Social Sciences (13%), Medicine (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 40.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 15.6% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 8.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 34.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 12.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 7.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 15.1% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 10.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSterling ResearchGroup109fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences35%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1715.6%
    2. Engineering98.1%
    3. Computer Science87.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy33.0%
    5. Chemistry22.1%
    6. Mathematics21.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.3%
    8. Materials Science11.2%
    1. Social Sciences1412.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting87.6%
    3. Psychology65.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities32.9%
    6. Decision Sciences11.2%
    1. Medicine1311.8%
    2. Health Professions33.1%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences54.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.61× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.11× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.36× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.54× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.14× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.35× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 13 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.35× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.27× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science3.14×17 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.35×8 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.27×5 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.11×1 works
  5. Psychology1.78×6 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.61×2 works
  7. Chemistry1.36×2 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.35×3 works
  9. Mathematics1.32×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.27×1 works
  11. Health Professions1.20×3 works
  12. Social Sciences1.01×14 works
  13. Arts and Humanities1.00×3 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.94×5 works
  15. Computer Science0.93×8 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.82×1 works
  17. Medicine0.61×13 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×3 works
  19. Engineering0.54×9 works
  20. Dentistry0.38×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.34×1 works
  22. Neuroscience0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sterling Research Group?

Ranked on the quality score, Eli M. Roth, P.D. Goodell and Deborah Miller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sterling Research Group.

  1. 1 Eli M. Roth United States · #1,366,110 worldwide 3.7k citations · 92 works
  2. 2 P.D. Goodell United States · #1,729,318 worldwide 1.1k citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Deborah Miller United States · #1,940,837 worldwide 2.2k citations · 29 works
  4. 4 F. Raymond Salemme United States · #2,720,613 worldwide 1.6k citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Amanda M. Gillum United States · #3,541,670 worldwide 3.4k citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Mark Kessel United States · #3,750,011 worldwide 289 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 R. H. Kane United States · #3,994,383 worldwide 514 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 David L. Ladd United States · #4,038,506 worldwide 1.1k citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Marc Jacob United States · #4,108,650 worldwide 243 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Brand Fortner United States · #4,301,734 worldwide 209 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Sterling Research Group

What are the most cited papers from Sterling Research Group?

The most cited paper from Sterling Research Group is "Climate Clubs: Overcoming Free-riding in International Climate Policy" (William D. Nordhaus, 2015), with 1,374 citations. Next come "Adsorption Studies on Clay Minerals. II. A Formulation of the Thermodynamics of Exchange Adsorption" (849) and "Spectral Signatures of Hydrated Proton Vibrations in Water Clusters" (799).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Climate Clubs: Overcoming Free-riding in International Climate Policy William D. Nordhaus · American Economic Review Open access 27 Mar 2015 1,374
2 Adsorption Studies on Clay Minerals. II. A Formulation of the Thermodynamics of Exchange Adsorption George L. Gaines, Henry Carrison Thomas · The Journal of Chemical Physics Apr 1953 849
3 Spectral Signatures of Hydrated Proton Vibrations in Water Clusters Jeffrey M. Headrick, Eric G. Diken, R. Walters et al. · Science 16 Jun 2005 799
4 Agmatine: an Endogenous Clonidine-Displacing Substance in the Brain Gen Lin Li, S. Regunathan, Colin James Barrow et al. · Science 18 Feb 1994 753
5 A 52-Week Placebo-Controlled Trial of Evolocumab in Hyperlipidemia Dirk Jacobus Blom, Tomas Hala, Michael A. Bolognese et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 29 Mar 2014 730
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sterling Research Group?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Ecological Niche, Species Distribution Modeling, Avian Ecology, Migration Patterns, Big Data and Conservation.

▲ 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. Climate Change12▲ 4.0×11 topics
  2. Biodiversity8▲ 9.6×5 topics
  3. Big Data5▲ 4.7×8 topics
  4. Ecological Niche4▲ 68×1 topic
  5. Species Distribution Modeling4▲ 68×1 topic
  6. Machine Learning4▲ 1.18×16 topics
  7. Sustainable Development4▲ 2.5×11 topics
  8. Avian Ecology4▲ 161×1 topic
  9. Migration Patterns4▲ 136×1 topic
  10. Sustainability4▲ 1.47×8 topics
  11. Conservation3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  12. Globalization3▲ 1.59×7 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management3▲ 2.9×6 topics
  14. Invasive Species3▲ 6.0×3 topics
  15. Financial Performance3▲ 4.5×5 topics
  16. Distributed Systems2▲ 13×4 topics
  17. Entrepreneurship2▲ 5.4×6 topics
  18. Cloud Computing2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  19. Security2▲ 3.1×5 topics
  20. Monetary Policy2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  21. Social Impact2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  22. Ecosystem2▲ 17×1 topic
  23. Regional Development2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  24. Sagebrush2▲ 127×1 topic
  25. Shareholder Value2▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Central Asia2▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Conflict2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  28. Habitat Connectivity2▲ 86×1 topic
  29. International Law2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  30. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  31. MapReduce2▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Road Ecology2▲ 86×1 topic
  33. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 5.1×3 topics
  34. Virtualization2▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Afghanistan2▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Pakistan2▲ 58×1 topic
  38. Data Assimilation1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  39. Avian Malaria1▲ 130×1 topic
  40. Cyperus1▲ 101×1 topic

Which research topics does Sterling Research Group publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Species Distribution and Climate Change, Avian ecology and behavior, Rangeland and Wildlife Management and Cloud Computing and Resource Management.

Species Distribution and…4Species Distribution and Climate Change: 4 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 4 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 2 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 2 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 2 fractional worksBird parasitology and diseases: 1 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 1 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 1 fractional worksAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research: 1 fractional works
Ecological ModelingEcologyInformation SystemsPolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 4 works
  2. 2 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 4 works
  3. 3 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 2 works
  4. 4 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 2 works
  5. 5 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Bird parasitology and diseases Parasitology 1 works
  8. 8 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 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 available19.7%not open80.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sterling Research Group's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower 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 Sterling Research Group as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Sterling Research Group0.00073% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sterling Research Group over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Sterling Research Group4.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.0% in 2000.

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