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Upstate Freshwater Institute

In research, Upstate Freshwater Institute stands highest in Environmental Science (#4,276 of 6,208 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#20,091 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography and Water Science and Technology — Environmental Chemistry is 114.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#38,974
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#8,169
of 8,685
Research works
160
▼ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.7k
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Upstate Freshwater Institute 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
Environmental ScienceField #4,276 of 6,208 39.9%121
Physical SciencesDomain #20,091 of 21,541 38.9%152

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Upstate Freshwater Institute 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 Upstate Freshwater Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Chemistry takes 114.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 43.7 works115×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 21.4 works38×
  3. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 27.2 works37×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 121.2 works17×
← 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.

Who are the top researchers at Upstate Freshwater Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Steven W. Effler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Upstate Freshwater Institute.

  1. 1 Steven W. Effler United States · #941,681 worldwide 130 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Upstate Freshwater Institute

Which keywords describe research at Upstate Freshwater Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Eutrophication, Water Quality, Harmful Algal Blooms, Cyanobacteria, Nutrient Control, Invasive Species and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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 Change75▲ 18×17 topics
  2. Eutrophication62▲ 266×5 topics
  3. Water Quality58▲ 87×11 topics
  4. Harmful Algal Blooms47▲ 281×2 topics
  5. Cyanobacteria29▲ 329×1 topic
  6. Nutrient Control29▲ 488×1 topic
  7. Invasive Species24▲ 26×3 topics
  8. Environmental Impact22▲ 10×6 topics
  9. Global Warming18▲ 31×3 topics
  10. Dissolved Organic Matter18▲ 201×1 topic
  11. Oceanic Carbon Cycle18▲ 201×1 topic
  12. Freshwater Biodiversity17▲ 126×2 topics
  13. Multivariate Statistical Techniques17▲ 293×1 topic
  14. Water Quality Index17▲ 293×1 topic
  15. Fisheries Sustainability16▲ 80×2 topics
  16. Habitat Fragmentation16▲ 34×2 topics
  17. Conservation Challenges16▲ 141×1 topic
  18. Flow Regulation16▲ 141×1 topic
  19. Hyporheic Zone14▲ 291×1 topic
  20. Nutrient Cycling14▲ 115×1 topic
  21. Environmental Impacts9▲ 26×4 topics
  22. Biodiversity Loss9▲ 84×2 topics
  23. Sediment Transport8▲ 31×4 topics
  24. Ecosystem Engineering8▲ 134×1 topic
  25. Freshwater Mussels8▲ 191×1 topic
  26. Water Resources8▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Land Use Change7▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Machine Learning7▲ 1.93×6 topics
  29. Monitoring6▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Remote Sensing6▲ 3.5×7 topics
  31. Hydrological Modeling6▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Global Hydrology5▲ 55×1 topic
  33. Model Evaluation5▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Groundwater5▲ 39×2 topics
  35. Groundwater Flow5▲ 83×1 topic
  36. Transport Modeling5▲ 83×1 topic
  37. Emissions4▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Bioaccumulation4▲ 19×3 topics
  39. UV-VIS Spectroscopy3▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Wastewater3▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Upstate Freshwater Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine and coastal ecosystems, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics and Poisoning and overdose treatments.

Marine and coastal ecosy…0Marine and coastal ecosystems: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…0Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 0 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and P…0Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics: 0 fractional works
OceanographyEcologyEnvironmental Chemistry

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

  1. 1 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 0 works
  2. 2 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 0 works
  3. 3 Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  4. 4 Poisoning and overdose treatments Emergency Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 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 available22.0%not open78.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.2%domestic only96.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Upstate Freshwater Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% lower 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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