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Virginia Museum of Natural History

In research, Virginia Museum of Natural History stands highest in Physical Sciences (#19,563 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#36,027
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,618
of 8,685
Research works
271
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Virginia Museum of Natural History 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 #19,563 of 21,541 9.2%167

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Virginia Museum of Natural History 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.89× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19.03× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.21× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 1.96× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 19.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Virginia Museum of Natural History?

Ranked on the composite score, Nancy D. Moncrief lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Virginia Museum of Natural History.

  1. 1 Nancy D. Moncrief United States · #1,486,948 worldwide 32 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Virginia Museum of Natural History

Which keywords describe research at Virginia Museum of Natural History?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Evolution, Biogeography, Invasive Species, Ecology, Climate Change, Groundwater and Adaptation.

▲ 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. Biodiversity76▲ 37×20 topics
  2. Evolution58▲ 72×12 topics
  3. Climate Change43▲ 5.9×30 topics
  4. Biogeography42▲ 47×17 topics
  5. Invasive Species40▲ 26×17 topics
  6. Ecology39▲ 71×5 topics
  7. Groundwater32▲ 141×3 topics
  8. Adaptation32▲ 40×4 topics
  9. Cavefish32▲ 1421×1 topic
  10. Subterranean32▲ 1421×1 topic
  11. Phylogeny30▲ 60×15 topics
  12. Molecular Phylogeny27▲ 49×9 topics
  13. Conservation27▲ 20×18 topics
  14. Population Dynamics25▲ 30×9 topics
  15. DNA Barcoding25▲ 58×9 topics
  16. Ecosystem Functioning24▲ 42×4 topics
  17. Phylogenetic Analysis22▲ 22×10 topics
  18. Taxonomy22▲ 53×10 topics
  19. Biodiversity Loss15▲ 85×3 topics
  20. Morphology14▲ 27×5 topics
  21. Conservation Biology13▲ 44×3 topics
  22. Habitat Fragmentation13▲ 16×5 topics
  23. Phylogenetic Relationships12▲ 52×3 topics
  24. Toxins12▲ 39×3 topics
  25. Speciation12▲ 119×2 topics
  26. Global Change11▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Benthic Communities10▲ 44×2 topics
  28. Marine Biodiversity10▲ 44×2 topics
  29. Ecosystem10▲ 26×3 topics
  30. Plate Tectonics10▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Deep-Sea Ecology10▲ 71×1 topic
  32. Estuarine Quality10▲ 71×1 topic
  33. Amphibian Declines9▲ 110×1 topic
  34. Chytridiomycosis9▲ 110×1 topic
  35. Community Ecology9▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Species Delimitation9▲ 57×3 topics
  37. Coleoptera8▲ 177×2 topics
  38. Biological Invasions8▲ 27×3 topics
  39. Aquatic Environment8▲ 37×2 topics
  40. Host-Parasite Interactions8▲ 71×1 topic

Which research topics does Virginia Museum of Natural History publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Subterranean biodiversit…2Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 2 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 1 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 1 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 1 fractional worksArchaeological Research and Protection: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…0Species Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 0 fractional worksCollembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 0 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 0 fractional works
PaleontologyDemographyOceanographySpace and Planetary Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 2 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 1 works
  3. 3 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 1 works
  4. 4 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 1 works
  5. 5 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 1 works
  6. 6 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  7. 7 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 0 works
  8. 8 Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  9. 9 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available66.3%not open33.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.4%domestic only43.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Virginia Museum of Natural History's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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