U.S. Salinity Laboratory
In research, U.S. Salinity Laboratory stands highest in Environmental Science (#860 of 6,208 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,373 of 21,541 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,335 of 6,031 worldwide), over all time.
- World rank, all time
- #6,524 of 42,892
- Rank in United States
- #1,500 of 8,685
- Research works
- 994 ▼ 26% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 102k 102.8 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 32.1% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 16% world 28%
What is U.S. Salinity Laboratory known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental ScienceField | #860 of 6,208 | 43.0% | 339 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #4,373 of 21,541 | 41.1% | 617 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #1,335 of 6,031 | 38.8% | 318 | |
| Environmental EngineeringSubfield | #192 of 738 | 48.2% | 142 | |
| EngineeringField | #5,051 of 11,412 | 42.1% | 159 | |
| Plant ScienceSubfield | #1,416 of 2,837 | 38.5% | 218 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #7,502 of 14,347 | 37.9% | 350 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where U.S. Salinity Laboratory 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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Environmental Science 8.6×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6.5×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 2.6×
- Nursing 2.3×
- Veterinary 1.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.1×
- Chemistry 0.7×
- Chemical Engineering 0.5×
- Decision Sciences 0.4×
- Engineering 0.4×
- Energy 0.4×
- Materials Science 0.3×
- Social Sciences 0.2×
- Computer Science 0.2×
- Medicine 0.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at U.S. Salinity Laboratory?
Ranked on the composite score, Martinus Th. van Genuchten, Michael C. Shannon and Dennis L. Corwin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is U.S. Salinity Laboratory.
- 1 Martinus Th. van Genuchten United States · #2,790 worldwide 5.1k citations · 67 works
- 2 Michael C. Shannon United States · #53,469 worldwide 282 citations · 38 works
- 3 Dennis L. Corwin United States · #82,809 worldwide 483 citations · 26 works
- 4 Sabine Goldberg United States · #85,203 worldwide 414 citations · 28 works
- 5 Scott M. Lesch United States · #124,485 worldwide 396 citations · 21 works
- 6 L. A. Richards United States · #154,333 worldwide 200 citations · 23 works
- 7 Donald L. Suarez United States · #177,429 worldwide 274 citations · 35 works
- 8 J. D. Rhoades United States · #197,792 worldwide 152 citations · 23 works
- 9 Glenn J. Hoffman United States · #289,632 worldwide 130 citations · 22 works
- 10 Scott A. Bradford United States · #322,567 worldwide 104 citations · 26 works
Which keywords describe research at U.S. Salinity Laboratory?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Environmental Impact, Climate Change, Microbial Communities, Antibiotics, Resistance Genes, Soil Moisture and Gene Expression.
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Ecosystem Resilience
- Toxicity
- Genetic Diversity
- Geostatistics
- Drought
- Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
- Soil Properties
- Salt Tolerance
- Wastewater Treatment
- Plant Responses
- Data Assimilation
- Validation
- Health Effects
- Hydrological Modeling
- Satellite Observations
- Soil Moisture
- Resistance Genes
- Microbial Communities
- Remote Sensing
- Climate Change
- Environmental Impact
- Antibiotics
- Machine Learning
- Gene Expression
- Antioxidants
- Drought Resistance
- Water Scarcity
- Abiotic Stress
- Global Monitoring
- Signal Transduction
- Reactive Oxygen Species
- Soil Hydraulic Properties
- Spatial Interpolation
- Digital Soil Mapping
- Evapotranspiration
- Global Distribution
- Soil Fertility
- Biochar
- Heavy Metals
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
- Climate Change5▲ 4.5×22 topics
- Remote Sensing5▲ 10×9 topics
- Environmental Impact4▲ 6.3×7 topics
- Microbial Communities4▲ 22×5 topics
- Antibiotics3▲ 92×1 topic
- Resistance Genes3▲ 146×1 topic
- Machine Learning3▲ 2.1×7 topics
- Soil Moisture3▲ 96×3 topics
- Gene Expression2▲ 10×4 topics
- Satellite Observations2▲ 55×2 topics
- Antioxidants2▲ 11×3 topics
- Hydrological Modeling2▲ 20×3 topics
- Drought Resistance2▲ 46×2 topics
- Health Effects2▲ 7.6×5 topics
- Water Scarcity2▲ 58×2 topics
- Validation2▲ 49×2 topics
- Abiotic Stress2▲ 57×2 topics
- Data Assimilation2▲ 26×1 topic
- Global Monitoring2▲ 179×1 topic
- Plant Responses2▲ 52×2 topics
- Signal Transduction2▲ 28×2 topics
- Wastewater Treatment2▲ 17×2 topics
- Reactive Oxygen Species2▲ 9.5×1 topic
- Salt Tolerance2▲ 79×1 topic
- Soil Hydraulic Properties1▲ 110×1 topic
- Soil Properties1▲ 21×2 topics
- Spatial Interpolation1▲ 89×2 topics
- Unsaturated Soil Mechanics1▲ 110×1 topic
- Digital Soil Mapping1▲ 163×1 topic
- Drought1▲ 34×2 topics
- Evapotranspiration1▲ 41×2 topics
- Geostatistics1▲ 163×1 topic
- Global Distribution1▲ 53×2 topics
- Genetic Diversity1▲ 7.0×4 topics
- Soil Fertility1▲ 13×3 topics
- Toxicity1▲ 7.0×4 topics
- Biochar1▲ 17×3 topics
- Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 19×1 topic
- Heavy Metals1▲ 12×2 topics
- Life Cycle Assessment1▲ 11×2 topics
Which research topics does U.S. Salinity Laboratory publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance and Soil and Unsaturated Flow.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 3 works
- 2 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Environmental Engineering 2 works
- 3 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 2 works
- 4 Soil and Unsaturated Flow Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
- 5 Soil Geostatistics and Mapping Environmental Engineering 1 works
- 6 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
- 7 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
- 8 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 1 works
- 9 Cuban History and Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
- 10 Growth and nutrition in plants Plant Science 1 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has U.S. Salinity Laboratory's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 26% lower than in 2013–2017.
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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