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Utah Geological Survey

In research, Utah Geological Survey stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,045 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences is 22.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,559
of 22,385 · #22,305 all time
Rank in United States
#3,044
of 3,332
Research works
373
▲ 83% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.2k
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Utah Geological Survey

What is Utah Geological Survey known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #10,045 of 10,670 3.8%91 #10463

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Utah Geological Survey 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 Utah Geological Survey work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Utah Geological Survey is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (35%), Environmental Science (27%), Engineering (15%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 99 fractional works · 88.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 39 fractional works · 35.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGeophysics: 9 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeology: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 27.0% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 15.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 7.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUtah GeologicalSurvey111fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences5%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3935.4%
    2. Environmental Science3027.0%
    3. Engineering1715.1%
    4. Computer Science97.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.2%
    6. Materials Science11.0%
    7. Chemistry10.6%
    8. Energy00.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences65.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Social Sciences43.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities21.6%
    3. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine10.5%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Utah Geological Survey specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 22.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 39.3 works23×
← 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: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.02× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22.57× its world share, 39 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.43× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 22.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.57×39 works
  2. Environmental Science5.43×30 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.11×6 works
  4. Computer Science1.02×9 works
  5. Engineering1.01×17 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.57×2 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.53×1 works
  8. Energy0.45×0 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.43×0 works
  10. Chemistry0.40×1 works
  11. Materials Science0.29×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.25×4 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.02×0 works
  16. Medicine0.02×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Utah Geological Survey?

Ranked on the quality score, Elliot Jagniecki, Christine A. Rumsey and M Allison lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Utah Geological Survey.

  1. 1 Elliot Jagniecki United States · #1,526,323 worldwide 792 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Christine A. Rumsey United States · #1,968,870 worldwide 757 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 M Allison United States · #2,576,760 worldwide 7 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 James I. Kirkland United States · #2,619,466 worldwide 2.8k citations · 128 works
  5. 5 Eugene Szymanski United States · #2,648,132 worldwide 182 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Susan S. Olig United States · #2,789,445 worldwide 539 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Rick Allis United States · #2,890,666 worldwide 550 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Donald D. DeBlieux United States · #3,242,814 worldwide 442 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Victor M. Heilweil United States · #3,322,049 worldwide 834 citations · 61 works
  10. 10 Michael D. Hylland United States · #3,447,202 worldwide 279 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Utah Geological Survey

What are the most cited papers from Utah Geological Survey?

The most cited paper from Utah Geological Survey is "What do we gain from simplicity versus complexity in species distribution models?" (Cory Merow, Mathew J. Smith, Thomas C. Edwards et al., 2014), with 695 citations. Next come "BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene" (457) and "Large divergence of satellite and Earth system model estimates of global terrestrial CO2 fertilization" (446).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 What do we gain from simplicity versus complexity in species distribution models? Cory Merow, Mathew J. Smith, Thomas C. Edwards et al. · Ecography Open access 16 Sep 2014 695
2 BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene María Dornelas et al. · Global Ecology and Biogeography Open access270 authors Jul 2018 457
3 Large divergence of satellite and Earth system model estimates of global terrestrial CO2 fertilization William Kolby Smith, Sasha C. Reed, Cory C. Cleveland et al. · Nature Climate Change 4 Dec 2015 446
4 Model for Estimating Soil Water, Plant, and Atmospheric Interrelations: I. Description and Sensitivity M. N. Nimah, Ronald J. Hanks · Soil Science Society of America Journal Jul 1973 413
5 A spatially distributed energy balance snowmelt model for application in mountain basins Danny G. Marks, James B. Domingo, Dave Susong et al. · Hydrological Processes Sep 1999 398
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Utah Geological Survey?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Geological Mapping, Holocene, Sea Level, Tectonics, Glacial Cycles and Paleoclimatology.

▲ 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. Climate Change24▲ 7.8×28 topics
  2. Remote Sensing13▲ 9.5×13 topics
  3. Geological Mapping10▲ 116×2 topics
  4. Holocene9▲ 76×2 topics
  5. Sea Level9▲ 91×2 topics
  6. Machine Learning9▲ 2.4×6 topics
  7. Tectonics9▲ 67×3 topics
  8. Glacial Cycles9▲ 121×1 topic
  9. Paleoclimatology9▲ 95×1 topic
  10. Shale Gas8▲ 61×2 topics
  11. Support Vector Machines8▲ 21×3 topics
  12. Pore Structure7▲ 53×2 topics
  13. Compositional Data Analysis7▲ 102×1 topic
  14. Gas Permeability7▲ 66×1 topic
  15. Mineral Prospectivity7▲ 102×1 topic
  16. Mudstones7▲ 88×1 topic
  17. Water Quality7▲ 15×7 topics
  18. GIS-based Modeling6▲ 63×2 topics
  19. Invasive Species5▲ 10×8 topics
  20. Continental Margin5▲ 75×2 topics
  21. Crustal Structure5▲ 75×2 topics
  22. Sediment Transport4▲ 25×4 topics
  23. Arctic4▲ 35×3 topics
  24. Biodiversity4▲ 5.0×8 topics
  25. Cultural Heritage4▲ 7.0×4 topics
  26. Groundwater4▲ 40×4 topics
  27. Plate Tectonics4▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Sedimentation4▲ 63×2 topics
  29. Petroleum4▲ 71×2 topics
  30. Reactive Transport4▲ 56×2 topics
  31. Conservation3▲ 7.1×8 topics
  32. geology3▲ 132×1 topic
  33. sedimentary basins3▲ 132×1 topic
  34. Fluvial Systems3▲ 107×1 topic
  35. Sequence Stratigraphy3▲ 107×1 topic
  36. Ecosystem Services3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  37. Land Use Change3▲ 9.0×3 topics
  38. Biogeography3▲ 9.5×5 topics
  39. Data Integration3▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Geological Modeling3▲ 177×1 topic

Which research topics does Utah Geological Survey publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Geology and Paleoclimato…9Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 9 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 7 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 7 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 3 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 3 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 3 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 3 fractional worksArchaeology and Natural History: 3 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 2 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 2 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceArtificial IntelligenceMechanics of MaterialsGeology6 others

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

  1. 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 9 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  3. 3 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 7 works
  4. 4 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 3 works
  5. 5 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 3 works
  6. 6 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  7. 7 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 3 works
  8. 8 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 3 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  10. 10 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 2 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Utah Geological Survey's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 83% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Utah Geological Survey as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Utah Geological Survey0.00072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Utah Geological Survey over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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