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Tiburon Associates (United States)

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World rank, all time
#27,551
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,758
of 7,310
Research works
143
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
45k
312.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Tiburon Associates (United States)

Which fields of science does Tiburon Associates (United States) work in?

In all years, 49% of research at Tiburon Associates (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (18%), Medicine (11%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%).

Physical Sciences: 71 fractional works · 49.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 17.7% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 10.3% of its workOceanography: 11 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 14 fractional works · 10.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 14 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFiltration and Separation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 26.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 12.3% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 11.0% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 12.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTiburonAssociates…143fractional works, all years
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences26%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2517.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1510.3%
    3. Mathematics1410.0%
    4. Engineering53.6%
    5. Computer Science53.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy31.9%
    7. Chemistry21.7%
    8. Materials Science10.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Social Sciences128.1%
    2. Decision Sciences85.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities85.6%
    4. Psychology53.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.6%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting21.4%
    1. Medicine1611.0%
    2. Health Professions21.2%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology117.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.7%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20.49× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 4.72× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 9.71× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 20.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.49×2 works
  2. Arts and Humanities9.71×1 works
  3. Environmental Science4.72×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.03×0 works
  5. Neuroscience0.72×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.55×0 works
  7. Psychology0.38×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×0 works
  10. Medicine0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tiburon Associates (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, R. C. Edgar, Maxwell W. Layard and Maurice E. LeVois lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tiburon Associates (United States).

  1. 1 R. C. Edgar United States · #9,967 worldwide 152k citations · 171 works
  2. 2 Maxwell W. Layard United States · #1,952,650 worldwide 1.9k citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Maurice E. LeVois United States · #4,203,781 worldwide 344 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Tom Trabin United States · #4,318,923 worldwide 74 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Michael E. Cavanagh United States · #4,342,258 worldwide 31 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 James S. Simon United States · #4,537,601 worldwide 40 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Tiburon Associates (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Tiburon Associates (United States)?

The most cited paper from Tiburon Associates (United States) is "Search and clustering orders of magnitude faster than BLAST" (R. C. Edgar, 2010), with 22,013 citations. Next come "UPARSE: highly accurate OTU sequences from microbial amplicon reads" (17,573) and "Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome" (12,195).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Search and clustering orders of magnitude faster than BLAST R. C. Edgar · Bioinformatics Open access 12 Aug 2010 22,013
2 UPARSE: highly accurate OTU sequences from microbial amplicon reads R. C. Edgar · Nature Methods 18 Aug 2013 17,573
3 Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome Curtis Huttenhower et al. · Nature Open access248 authors Jun 2012 12,195
4 Defining the core Arabidopsis thaliana root microbiome Derek S. Lundberg, Sarah L. Lebeis, Sur Herrera Paredes et al. · Nature Open access 31 Jul 2012 3,001
5 A framework for human microbiome research Barbara A. Methé et al. · Nature Open access248 authors Jun 2012 2,794
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tiburon Associates (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Bayesian Methods, Quality Assessment, Biomarkers, Eutrophication, Principal Component Analysis, Benthic Communities and Marine Biodiversity.

▲ 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. Climate Change17▲ 4.5×23 topics
  2. Bayesian Methods6▲ 76×2 topics
  3. Quality Assessment6▲ 23×4 topics
  4. Biomarkers6▲ 6.9×3 topics
  5. Eutrophication6▲ 26×3 topics
  6. Benthic Communities5▲ 43×2 topics
  7. Marine Biodiversity5▲ 43×2 topics
  8. Principal Component Analysis5▲ 26×3 topics
  9. Adaptive Designs5▲ 147×1 topic
  10. False Discovery Rate5▲ 147×1 topic
  11. Harmful Algal Blooms5▲ 35×3 topics
  12. Fisheries Sustainability5▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Religion5▲ 5.6×7 topics
  14. Global Warming4▲ 8.7×3 topics
  15. Meta-Analysis4▲ 5.7×4 topics
  16. Regression Analysis4▲ 53×2 topics
  17. Ecosystem Management4▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Biogeography4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  19. Nutrient Limitation4▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Dissolved Organic Matter4▲ 47×1 topic
  21. Oceanic Carbon Cycle4▲ 47×1 topic
  22. Fish Population Dynamics4▲ 45×1 topic
  23. Marine Fisheries4▲ 45×1 topic
  24. Trophic Cascades4▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Conservation4▲ 5.3×7 topics
  26. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Ecosystem Services4▲ 7.3×3 topics
  28. Ocean Acidification4▲ 30×3 topics
  29. Deep-Sea Ecology3▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Estuarine Quality3▲ 47×1 topic
  31. Multicollinearity3▲ 65×1 topic
  32. Outlier Detection3▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Diagnostic Accuracy3▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Health3▲ 5.7×4 topics
  35. Coastal Protection3▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Neuroscience3▲ 6.5×6 topics
  37. Evidence Synthesis3▲ 84×1 topic
  38. PRISMA Statement3▲ 84×1 topic
  39. Publication Bias3▲ 37×2 topics
  40. Spirituality3▲ 23×3 topics

Which research topics does Tiburon Associates (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Posthumanist Ethics and Activism and Diverse Musicological Studies.

earthquake and tectonic …0earthquake and tectonic studies: 0 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics…0High-pressure geophysics and materials: 0 fractional worksPosthumanist Ethics and Activism: 0 fractional worksDiverse Musicological Studies: 0 fractional worksMusicology and Musical A…0Musicology and Musical Analysis: 0 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 0 fractional worksEcocriticism and Environmental Literature: 0 fractional worksTheater, Performance, an…0Theater, Performance, and Music History: 0 fractional worksClimate Change and Geoengineering: 0 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 0 fractional works
GeophysicsCultural StudiesMusicNature and Landscape Conservation2 others

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

  1. 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 0 works
  2. 2 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 0 works
  3. 3 Posthumanist Ethics and Activism Cultural Studies 0 works
  4. 4 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 0 works
  5. 5 Musicology and Musical Analysis Music 0 works
  6. 6 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  7. 7 Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  8. 8 Theater, Performance, and Music History Music 0 works
  9. 9 Climate Change and Geoengineering Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 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 available17.7%not open82.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.8%domestic only93.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tiburon Associates (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Tiburon Associates (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000027% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Tiburon Associates (United States)0.000035% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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