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United States Coast Guard

In research, United States Coast Guard stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,068 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#5,563 of 9,532 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,849 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,352
of 22,385 · #9,792 all time
Rank in United States
#2,198
of 3,332
Research works
1.3k
▲ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.6k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
United States Coast Guard

What is United States Coast Guard 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,068 of 17,446 2.9%865
EngineeringField #5,563 of 9,532 3.4%422
Social SciencesDomain #9,849 of 14,833 5.6%294
Environmental ScienceField #3,815 of 5,407 1.8%284
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #642 of 850 3.6%195
Social SciencesField #7,481 of 9,330 7.2%143
PollutionSubfield #558 of 585 0.8%169

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where United States Coast Guard 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does United States Coast Guard work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research at United States Coast Guard is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (21%), Social Sciences (18%), Medicine (11%).

Physical Sciences: 46 fractional works · 41.3% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 21.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 9.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 27.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 18.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 26 fractional works · 23.5% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUnited StatesCoast Guard112fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences41%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences28%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2421.1%
    2. Environmental Science119.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences75.8%
    4. Computer Science43.3%
    5. Energy00.4%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2118.4%
    2. Psychology43.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting32.3%
    4. Decision Sciences21.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    1. Medicine1311.4%
    2. Health Professions87.4%
    3. Dentistry43.6%
    4. Veterinary10.6%
    5. Nursing10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
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: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.73× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.41× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.97× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.49× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.79× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.40× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry7.49×4 works
  2. Veterinary4.40×1 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.73×6 works
  4. Health Professions2.79×8 works
  5. Environmental Science1.97×11 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.80×2 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.77×1 works
  8. Social Sciences1.46×21 works
  9. Engineering1.41×24 works
  10. Psychology1.11×4 works
  11. Nursing0.97×0 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.72×3 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.61×2 works
  15. Medicine0.60×13 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×3 works
  17. Neuroscience0.51×1 works
  18. Energy0.49×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×2 works
  20. Computer Science0.43×4 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.26×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.19×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at United States Coast Guard?

Ranked on the quality score, William W. Whitson, Brian Tetreault and Roy L. Glass lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United States Coast Guard.

  1. 1 William W. Whitson United States · #2,840,326 worldwide 283 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Brian Tetreault United States · #3,194,674 worldwide 212 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Roy L. Glass United States · #3,209,355 worldwide 102 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Floyd M. Soule United States · #3,388,240 worldwide 122 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Chih-Wu Su United States · #3,730,191 worldwide 103 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Kenneth R. Bitting United States · #3,740,374 worldwide 252 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Ungs Tj United States · #3,889,834 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Martin J. Moynihan United States · #4,034,962 worldwide 34 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Philip A. McGillivary United States · #4,372,613 worldwide 691 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Joseph M. Bishop United States · #4,479,023 worldwide 101 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at United States Coast Guard

What are the most cited papers from United States Coast Guard?

The most cited paper from United States Coast Guard is "Engineering away our natural defenses: an analysis of shoreline hardening in the US" (Rachel K. Gittman, Fredrick Joel Fodrie, Alyssa M. Popowich et al., 2015), with 372 citations. Next come "Substance Use and Mental Health Trends Among U.S. Military Active Duty Personnel: Key Findings From the 2008 DoD Health Behavior Survey" (293) and "Assessing Readiness for E-Learning" (250).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Engineering away our natural defenses: an analysis of shoreline hardening in the US Rachel K. Gittman, Fredrick Joel Fodrie, Alyssa M. Popowich et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 31 Jul 2015 372
2 Substance Use and Mental Health Trends Among U.S. Military Active Duty Personnel: Key Findings From the 2008 DoD Health Behavior Survey Robert M. Bray, Michael R. Pemberton, Marian E. Lane et al. · Military Medicine Open access Jun 2010 293
3 Assessing Readiness for E-Learning Ryan Watkins, Doug Leigh, Don Triner · Performance Improvement Quarterly 22 Oct 2008 250
4 PROTECT: a deployed game theoretic system to protect the ports of the United States Eric Shieh, Bo An, Rong Yang et al. 4 Jun 2012 211
5 Oil Spill Source Identification by Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography Richard B. Gaines, Glenn S. Frysinger, Martha S. Hendrick-Smith et al. · Environmental Science & Technology 30 Apr 1999 198
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at United States Coast Guard?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maritime Transportation, Risk Assessment, Human Factors, Collision Avoidance, Path Planning, Autonomous Ships, Unmanned Surface Vehicles and Climate 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-now 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. Maritime Transportation9▲ 148×2 topics
  2. Climate Change8▲ 2.7×32 topics
  3. Risk Assessment8▲ 11×6 topics
  4. Human Factors8▲ 84×2 topics
  5. Collision Avoidance7▲ 37×3 topics
  6. Path Planning7▲ 52×2 topics
  7. Autonomous Ships7▲ 205×1 topic
  8. Unmanned Surface Vehicles7▲ 205×1 topic
  9. Public Health6▲ 3.5×18 topics
  10. Epidemiology5▲ 1.17×28 topics
  11. Environmental Impact5▲ 2.7×15 topics
  12. International Law5▲ 13×4 topics
  13. Risk Perception3▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Global Trade3▲ 15×4 topics
  15. Mental Health3▲ 2.1×7 topics
  16. Terrorism3▲ 61×2 topics
  17. Maritime Security3▲ 302×1 topic
  18. Piracy3▲ 302×1 topic
  19. Resilience3▲ 5.3×6 topics
  20. Shipping3▲ 53×2 topics
  21. Infectious Diseases3▲ 7.1×5 topics
  22. International Relations2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  23. Fuel Consumption2▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Geopolitics2▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Safety Climate2▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Occupational Safety2▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Accident Prevention2▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Air Quality2▲ 9.0×1 topic
  29. Emissions2▲ 8.6×1 topic
  30. Natural Gas2▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Safety Culture2▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Vulnerability2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  33. Arctic2▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Bayesian Networks2▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Fault Tree Analysis2▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Oil and Gas2▲ 44×2 topics
  37. Resource Allocation2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  38. Risk Analysis2▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Corrosion2▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Disaster Response2▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does United States Coast Guard publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Maritime Navigation and Safety, Maritime Security and History, Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency and Occupational Health and Safety Research.

Maritime Navigation and …7Maritime Navigation and Safety: 7 fractional worksMaritime Security and Hi…3Maritime Security and History: 3 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emiss…2Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 2 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 2 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 2 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 2 fractional worksInternational Maritime Law Issues: 1 fractional worksEuropean Criminal Justice and Data Protection: 1 fractional worksDefense, Military, and Policy Studies: 1 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringTransportationEnvironmental EngineeringRadiological and Ultrasound Technology6 others

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

  1. 1 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Maritime Security and History Transportation 3 works
  3. 3 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 works
  5. 5 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 2 works
  6. 6 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  8. 8 International Maritime Law Issues Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  9. 9 European Criminal Justice and Data Protection Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Defense, Military, and Policy Studies Economics and Econometrics 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.

openly available28.4%not open71.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has United States Coast Guard's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% 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 United States Coast Guard as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%United States Coast Guard0.00059% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of United States Coast Guard over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025United States Coast Guard8.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.0% in 2010.

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