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U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station

In research, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station stands highest in Engineering (#6,021 of 11,412 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#13,253 of 21,541 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#4,827 of 6,208 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography and Civil and Structural Engineering — Earth-Surface Processes is 71.3× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#23,969
of 42,892
Rank in ??
#393
of 1,041
Research works
453
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
24.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station 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
EngineeringField #6,021 of 11,412 14.7%155
Physical SciencesDomain #13,253 of 21,541 14.0%422
Environmental ScienceField #4,827 of 6,208 13.4%124

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station 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).

What does U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth-Surface Processes takes 71.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 45.6 works71×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 30.7 works19×
  3. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 74.4 works17×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 107.9 works12×
  5. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 23.0 works10×
  6. EcologySubfield · 31.6 works8.2×
← less than its size predictsmore →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Who are the top researchers at U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station?

Ranked on the composite score, Bryant Mather, Ronald R. Copeland and Andrew C. Miller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station.

  1. 1 Bryant Mather ?? · #6,012 worldwide 1.2k citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Ronald R. Copeland ?? · #590,452 worldwide 78 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Andrew C. Miller ?? · #758,564 worldwide 101 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 E. L. Krinitzsky ?? · #872,656 worldwide 38 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Tom Dillon ?? · #996,512 worldwide 41 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 John P. Ahrens ?? · #1,137,915 worldwide 47 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Norman W. Scheffner ?? · #1,238,739 worldwide 22 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 H. Lee Butler ?? · #1,598,424 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station

Which keywords describe research at U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sediment Transport, Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Wave Modeling, Sea-Level Rise, Climate Change Impacts, Coastal Dynamics and Shoreline Change.

▲ 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 Change60▲ 5.0×44 topics
  2. Sediment Transport53▲ 71×5 topics
  3. Remote Sensing48▲ 9.7×24 topics
  4. Wave Modeling42▲ 152×2 topics
  5. Sea-Level Rise39▲ 82×2 topics
  6. Climate Change Impacts34▲ 54×4 topics
  7. Coastal Dynamics32▲ 210×1 topic
  8. Shoreline Change32▲ 210×1 topic
  9. Water Quality23▲ 12×14 topics
  10. Invasive Species20▲ 7.7×13 topics
  11. Environmental Impact19▲ 3.2×24 topics
  12. Machine Learning19▲ 1.98×15 topics
  13. Tropical Cyclones15▲ 53×2 topics
  14. Liquefaction13▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Tunnel13▲ 36×2 topics
  16. Global Carbon Budget12▲ 37×2 topics
  17. Eutrophication12▲ 17×5 topics
  18. Rogue Waves11▲ 35×2 topics
  19. Land Use Change11▲ 8.3×6 topics
  20. Habitat Fragmentation11▲ 8.1×3 topics
  21. Freshwater Biodiversity11▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Fisheries Sustainability10▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Ocean Waves10▲ 83×1 topic
  24. Wind Stress10▲ 83×1 topic
  25. Analysis10▲ 21×2 topics
  26. River Restoration10▲ 46×2 topics
  27. Pipeline10▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Earthquake10▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Seismic10▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Conservation Challenges9▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Flow Regulation9▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Coastal Protection9▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Fluvial Processes9▲ 57×1 topic
  34. Marine Sediments9▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Riparian Vegetation9▲ 57×1 topic
  36. Acoustic Techniques9▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Hydrological Modeling9▲ 9.5×4 topics
  38. Seafloor Mapping9▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Data Assimilation8▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Water Resources8▲ 8.2×5 topics

Which research topics does U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Landfill Environmental Impact Studies, Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics and Soil and Unsaturated Flow.

  1. 1 Landfill Environmental Impact Studies Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Soil and Unsaturated Flow Civil and Structural Engineering 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 available14.3%not open85.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.1%domestic only95.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher 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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