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U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

In research, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,110 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,938 of 3,551 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,283 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth-Surface Processes, Civil and Structural Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth-Surface Processes is 50.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,257
of 28,054 · #4,247 all time
Rank in United States
#838
of 4,192
Research works
3.4k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
63k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,110 of 12,888 12.4%504 #2893
Environmental ScienceField #1,938 of 3,551 16.3%135 #1477
EngineeringField #4,283 of 6,636 9.3%196 #2997
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #860 of 1,209 15.3%85 #1048
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #781 of 896 6.7%75 #665

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,893 #4,110
  2. Environmental Science#1,477 #1,938
  3. Engineering#2,997 #4,283
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,048 #860
  5. Civil and Structural Engineering#665 #781
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth-Surface Processes takes 50.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 35.2 works50×
  2. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 74.6 works11×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 85.4 works9.3×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 20.4 works7.9×
  5. EcologySubfield · 36.1 works7.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.28× its world share, 85 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.23× its world share, 196 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.65× its world share, 135 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.25× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Jane McKee Smith, Robert H. Kennedy and Judith C. Pennington lead among researchers whose main affiliation is U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.

  1. 1 Jane McKee Smith United States · #62,029 worldwide 269 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Robert H. Kennedy United States · #115,960 worldwide 215 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Judith C. Pennington United States · #191,264 worldwide 86 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Igor Linkov United States · #209,264 worldwide 541 citations · 142 works
  5. 5 Robert E. Jensen United States · #271,551 worldwide 120 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 C. Vincent United States · #284,728 worldwide 152 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Todd S. Bridges United States · #292,188 worldwide 136 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Zeki Demirbilek United States · #359,688 worldwide 166 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 Ernest R. Smith United States · #365,769 worldwide 48 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Carl F. Cerco United States · #374,254 worldwide 137 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

Which keywords describe research at U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Sediment Transport, Sea-Level Rise, Wave Modeling, 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 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 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 Change84▲ 5.3×62 topics
  2. Remote Sensing48▲ 6.6×25 topics
  3. Sediment Transport43▲ 46×5 topics
  4. Deep Learning35▲ 1.74×45 topics
  5. Sea-Level Rise34▲ 50×5 topics
  6. Machine Learning29▲ 1.50×50 topics
  7. Wave Modeling26▲ 89×2 topics
  8. Environmental Impact23▲ 2.3×33 topics
  9. Climate Change Impacts23▲ 33×2 topics
  10. Coastal Dynamics22▲ 128×1 topic
  11. Shoreline Change22▲ 128×1 topic
  12. Invasive Species19▲ 7.7×16 topics
  13. Global Carbon Budget16▲ 38×2 topics
  14. Convolutional Neural Networks16▲ 3.6×8 topics
  15. Defect Detection16▲ 20×3 topics
  16. Recycled Materials16▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Ecosystem Services15▲ 6.7×7 topics
  18. Image Processing15▲ 5.7×6 topics
  19. Rheology15▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Life Cycle Assessment14▲ 9.0×8 topics
  21. Global Warming14▲ 5.9×11 topics
  22. Hydrological Modeling14▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Crack Detection13▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Pavement13▲ 32×1 topic
  25. Tropical Cyclones13▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Health Effects13▲ 3.6×15 topics
  27. Land Use Change13▲ 7.1×5 topics
  28. Coastal Protection12▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Water Quality12▲ 5.2×9 topics
  30. Asphalt12▲ 62×1 topic
  31. Bitumen Modification12▲ 62×1 topic
  32. Carbon Sequestration11▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Mangrove Forests11▲ 55×1 topic
  34. Sea Level Rise11▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 7.6×4 topics
  36. Water Resources9▲ 6.5×7 topics
  37. Global Distribution9▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Aeolian Processes9▲ 79×1 topic
  39. Wind Erosion9▲ 79×1 topic
  40. Hydrology8▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

Coastal and Marine Dynam…22Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 22 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 14 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Perform…12Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 12 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosyste…11Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 11 fractional worksAeolian processes and effects: 9 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 8 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…7Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 7 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 6 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 6 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 6 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesCivil and Structural EngineeringEcologyAtmospheric Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 22 works
  2. 2 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 14 works
  3. 3 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 12 works
  4. 4 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 11 works
  5. 5 Aeolian processes and effects Earth-Surface Processes 9 works
  6. 6 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 8 works
  7. 7 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 6 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 6 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 available25.0%not open75.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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