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Tennessee Valley Authority

In research, Tennessee Valley Authority stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,575 of 21,541 worldwide), Environmental Science (#2,759 of 6,208 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,629 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,402
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,712
of 8,685
Research works
1.4k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Tennessee Valley 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,575 of 21,541 13.2%997
Environmental ScienceField #2,759 of 6,208 14.4%401
EngineeringField #5,629 of 11,412 12.9%388
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,021 of 6,031 16.8%195
Life SciencesDomain #11,670 of 14,347 16.0%228

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tennessee Valley 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 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: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.21× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.48× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.99× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 2.71× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.16× 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, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tennessee Valley Authority?

Ranked on the composite score, S. E. Allen, J. F. Meagher and Frank Johnson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tennessee Valley Authority.

  1. 1 S. E. Allen United States · #200,352 worldwide 421 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 J. F. Meagher United States · #265,206 worldwide 144 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Frank Johnson United States · #369,575 worldwide 96 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 J. J. Mortvedt United States · #465,415 worldwide 91 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 A. W. Frazier United States · #620,723 worldwide 43 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Stefan Hetzel United States · #778,955 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 R. E. Farmer United States · #872,185 worldwide 44 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Elizabeth M. Bailey United States · #1,172,960 worldwide 63 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Charles F. Bowman United States · #1,340,431 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 J. M. Kelly United States · #1,393,743 worldwide 46 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Tennessee Valley Authority

Which keywords describe research at Tennessee Valley Authority?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Wavelet Transform, Smart Grid, Distributed Generation, Financial Crisis, Income Distribution and Security.

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

All 9 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 5.1×19 topics
  2. Invasive Species2▲ 16×8 topics
  3. Machine Learning2▲ 1.93×5 topics
  4. Wavelet Transform1▲ 23×3 topics
  5. Distributed Generation1▲ 58×3 topics
  6. Smart Grid1▲ 12×4 topics
  7. Financial Crisis1▲ 40×1 topic
  8. Income Distribution1▲ 135×1 topic
  9. Security1▲ 6.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Tennessee Valley Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic Theory and Policy, Smart Grid Security and Resilience, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Economic Theory and Policy: 1 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 1 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…1Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…1Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksPower Systems Fault Detection: 1 fractional worksHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications: 0 fractional worksPancreatic function and …0Pancreatic function and diabetes: 0 fractional worksMachine Fault Diagnosis Techniques: 0 fractional worksPower System Optimization and Stability: 0 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 0 fractional works
General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceControl and Systems EngineeringNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary Change4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 works
  2. 2 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  4. 4 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  5. 5 Power Systems Fault Detection Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications Molecular Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Power System Optimization and Stability Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 0 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 available14.1%not open85.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.9%domestic only96.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tennessee Valley Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower 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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