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The Clorox (United States)

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Research works
55
▼ 49% vs 2018-21
Citations
968
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
The Clorox (United States)

Not ranked overall: The Clorox (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does The Clorox (United States) work in?

In all years, 42% of research at The Clorox (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Chemistry (14%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 42.0% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 14.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 11.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 9.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 22.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.0% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 21.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 12.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 14.0% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 8.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKThe Clorox(United States)55fractional works, all years
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences21%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Chemistry814.3%
    2. Engineering611.3%
    3. Environmental Science59.3%
    4. Materials Science24.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.6%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.8%
    7. Computer Science00.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences611.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology47.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.7%
    5. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting712.1%
    2. Social Sciences23.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities12.4%
    4. Decision Sciences11.8%
    5. Psychology00.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    1. Medicine58.6%
    2. Veterinary34.7%
    3. Nursing00.7%
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: 2.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 4.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 169.79× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 8.98× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 169.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary169.79×1 works
  2. Arts and Humanities8.98×1 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics8.76×0 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology6.44×0 works
  5. Chemistry4.13×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.05×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.02×1 works
  8. Medicine0.48×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.30×0 works

Who are the top researchers at The Clorox (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, David R. Scheuing lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Clorox (United States).

  1. 1 David R. Scheuing United States · #2,018,240 worldwide 745 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at The Clorox (United States)

What are the most cited papers from The Clorox (United States)?

The most cited paper from The Clorox (United States) is "“You are what you eat”: Diet modifies cuticular hydrocarbons and nestmate recognition in the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile" (Dangsheng Liang, Jules Silverman, 2000), with 384 citations. Next come "Surfactants as Antimicrobials: A Brief Overview of Microbial Interfacial Chemistry and Surfactant Antimicrobial Activity" (209) and "Spatiotemporal patterns of intraspecific aggression in the invasive Argentine ant" (146).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 “You are what you eat”: Diet modifies cuticular hydrocarbons and nestmate recognition in the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile Dangsheng Liang, Jules Silverman · Die Naturwissenschaften 24 Jul 2000 384
2 Surfactants as Antimicrobials: A Brief Overview of Microbial Interfacial Chemistry and Surfactant Antimicrobial Activity Nancy A. Falk · Journal of Surfactants and Detergents Open access 4 Jun 2019 209
3 Spatiotemporal patterns of intraspecific aggression in the invasive Argentine ant Andrew V. Suarez, David A. Holway, Dangsheng Liang et al. · Animal Behaviour Nov 2002 146
4 Sensory characteristics of peach-flavored yogurt drinks containing prebiotics and synbiotics Nancy J. Gonzalez, Koushik Adhikari, Martin F. Sancho‐Madriz · LWT Open access 14 Jun 2010 124
5 Glucose aversion in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica Jules Silverman, Donald N Bieman · Journal of Insect Physiology Nov 1993 112
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Clorox (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ionic Liquids, Self-Assembly, Micelles, Surfactants, Viscoelasticity, Adsorption, Leadership and Microemulsions.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Ionic Liquids5▲ 28×4 topics
  2. Self-Assembly4▲ 17×3 topics
  3. Micelles4▲ 79×2 topics
  4. Surfactants3▲ 48×3 topics
  5. Viscoelasticity3▲ 47×2 topics
  6. Adsorption3▲ 22×2 topics
  7. Leadership3▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Microemulsions3▲ 120×1 topic
  9. Wormlike micelles3▲ 120×1 topic
  10. Biomedical Applications2▲ 4.3×3 topics
  11. ARRIVE Guidelines2▲ 267×1 topic
  12. Animal Research Reporting2▲ 267×1 topic
  13. Employee Engagement2▲ 42×3 topics
  14. Dyeing2▲ 144×1 topic
  15. Microbiota2▲ 15×2 topics
  16. Performance Measurement2▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Textiles2▲ 144×1 topic
  18. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  19. Bacterial Contamination2▲ 100×2 topics
  20. Genomics2▲ 9.0×1 topic
  21. Social Insects2▲ 59×1 topic
  22. Gut Microbiota2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  23. Immune System2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  24. Pest Management2▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Cockroaches2▲ 245×1 topic
  26. Pathogens2▲ 245×1 topic
  27. Change Management1▲ 79×2 topics
  28. Competitive Advantage1▲ 59×2 topics
  29. Hydrogen Bonding1▲ 9.8×3 topics
  30. Infection1▲ 8.7×2 topics
  31. SWOT Analysis1▲ 545×1 topic
  32. Strategic Planning1▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Vibrational Spectroscopy1▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Honey Bees1▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Liquid Chromatography1▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Neonicotinoids1▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Business Models1▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Chiral Separation1▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Consumer Perception1▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Gas Chromatography1▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does The Clorox (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Animal testing and alternatives, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies and Literacy, Media, and Education.

Animal testing and alter…1Animal testing and alternatives: 1 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional worksLanguage, Communication, and Linguistic Studies: 1 fractional worksLiteracy, Media, and Edu…1Literacy, Media, and Education: 1 fractional worksMedical Device Steriliza…0Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection: 0 fractional worksInfection Control in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksAntimicrobial agents and applications: 0 fractional worksAdvancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery: 0 fractional worksContact Dermatitis and Allergies: 0 fractional worksAluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals: 0 fractional works
Small AnimalsLanguage and LinguisticsCommunicationLiterature and Literary Theory6 others

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

  1. 1 Animal testing and alternatives Small Animals 1 works
  2. 2 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 1 works
  3. 3 Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies Communication 1 works
  4. 4 Literacy, Media, and Education Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  5. 5 Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection Microbiology 0 works
  6. 6 Infection Control in Healthcare Infectious Diseases 0 works
  7. 7 Antimicrobial agents and applications Organic Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery Pharmaceutical Science 0 works
  9. 9 Contact Dermatitis and Allergies Dermatology 0 works
  10. 10 Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals Plant Science 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 available16.8%not open83.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Clorox (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is The Clorox (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000042% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%The Clorox (United States)0.000017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of The Clorox (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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