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W.M. Keck Science Center

kecksci.claremont.eduROR OpenAlex
Research works
77
▼ 79% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
23.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
W.M. Keck Science Center

Not ranked overall: W.M. Keck Science Center is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does W.M. Keck Science Center work in?

In all years, 44% of research at W.M. Keck Science Center is in Physical Sciences, 39% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Physics and Astronomy (13%), Medicine (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 43.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 13.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 39.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 19.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 12.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 8.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 9.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKW.M. Keck ScienceCenter77fractional works, all years
Life Sciences39%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy1013.0%
    2. Engineering67.3%
    3. Environmental Science57.0%
    4. Chemistry56.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences33.6%
    6. Materials Science33.3%
    7. Computer Science22.4%
    8. Energy00.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1519.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences78.5%
    3. Neuroscience78.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology11.0%
    1. Medicine79.5%
    2. Health Professions22.0%
    1. Social Sciences22.8%
    2. Psychology11.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
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: 4.49× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.76× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 12.37× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 7.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksMedicinePsychology: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 12.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience12.37×1 works
  2. Chemistry7.20×0 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.49×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.76×0 works
  5. Environmental Science1.26×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.98×0 works
  7. Psychology0.82×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.71×0 works
  9. Medicine0.62×0 works
  10. Engineering0.20×0 works

Who are the top researchers at W.M. Keck Science Center?

Ranked on the quality score, David Sadava lead among researchers whose main affiliation is W.M. Keck Science Center.

  1. 1 David Sadava United States · #2,002,537 worldwide 1.7k citations · 131 works
All ranked researchers at W.M. Keck Science Center

What are the most cited papers from W.M. Keck Science Center?

The most cited paper from W.M. Keck Science Center is "The level and tempo of children???s physical activities: an observational study" (Robert C. Bailey, Jodi Olson, Sara L. Pepper et al., 1995), with 994 citations. Next come "PARASITE (RIBEIROIA ONDATRAE) INFECTION LINKED TO AMPHIBIAN MALFORMATIONS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES" (232) and "DExD/H-box proteins and their partners: helping RNA helicases unwind" (219).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The level and tempo of children???s physical activities: an observational study Robert C. Bailey, Jodi Olson, Sara L. Pepper et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise Open access Jul 1995 994
2 PARASITE (RIBEIROIA ONDATRAE) INFECTION LINKED TO AMPHIBIAN MALFORMATIONS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Pieter T. J. Johnson, Kevin B. Lunde, Earl Michael Thurman et al. · Ecological Monographs Open access May 2002 232
3 DExD/H-box proteins and their partners: helping RNA helicases unwind Ayaka M. Silverman, Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert, Ren-Jang Lin · Gene Jul 2003 219
4 Brain estrogens rapidly strengthen auditory encoding and guide song preference in a songbird Luke Remage‐Healey, Melissa J. Coleman, Randi K Oyama et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 2 Feb 2010 203
5 The time-delayed inverted pendulum: Implications for human balance control JOHN G. MILTON, Juan Luis Cabrera, Toru Ohira et al. · Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science Jun 2009 187
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at W.M. Keck Science Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Invasive Species, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Conservation, Habitat Fragmentation, Global Change, Synchronization and Cerebellum.

▲ 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 Change6▲ 2.8×19 topics
  2. Biodiversity4▲ 6.4×9 topics
  3. Invasive Species4▲ 8.1×8 topics
  4. Conservation3▲ 9.2×9 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 13×4 topics
  6. Global Change3▲ 11×4 topics
  7. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.7×6 topics
  8. Synchronization2▲ 18×4 topics
  9. Catalysis2▲ 3.4×11 topics
  10. Cerebellum2▲ 39×2 topics
  11. Motor Control2▲ 27×2 topics
  12. Cancer Therapy2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  13. Ecosystem Services2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  14. Gravitational Waves2▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Nucleosynthesis2▲ 23×2 topics
  16. Ecosystem2▲ 16×3 topics
  17. Gene Expression2▲ 3.7×8 topics
  18. Supernovae2▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Cortical Networks2▲ 26×1 topic
  20. Gamma-Ray Bursts2▲ 62×1 topic
  21. Green Chemistry2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  22. Muscle Strength2▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Neuronal Oscillations2▲ 20×1 topic
  24. Neutron Stars2▲ 62×1 topic
  25. Feedback Control1▲ 8.8×1 topic
  26. Genetic Variation1▲ 5.8×5 topics
  27. Metabolic Regulation1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  28. Parkinson's Disease1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  29. Plant-Animal Interactions1▲ 17×1 topic
  30. Pollinator Decline1▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Sensorimotor Learning1▲ 73×1 topic
  32. 3D Printing1▲ 8.9×2 topics
  33. Biological Applications1▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Community Ecology1▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Fall Risk1▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Fluid Dynamics1▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Functional Connectivity1▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Gait Speed1▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Nonlinear Dynamics1▲ 6.6×4 topics
  40. Functional Diversity1▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does W.M. Keck Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Viral Infections and Vectors, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments.

Animal Disease Managemen…0Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…0Viral Infections and Vectors: 0 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Dise…0Vector-Borne Animal Diseases: 0 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mech…0Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 0 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 0 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 0 fractional worksAnimal Vocal Communicati…0Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 0 fractional worksEvaluation of Teaching Practices: 0 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 0 fractional worksEducational Assessment a…0Educational Assessment and Pedagogy: 0 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceInfectious DiseasesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNeurology4 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 0 works
  3. 3 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  4. 4 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 0 works
  5. 5 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 0 works
  6. 6 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  7. 7 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Evaluation of Teaching Practices Education 0 works
  9. 9 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 Educational Assessment and Pedagogy Education 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 available28.7%not open71.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.9%domestic only66.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has W.M. Keck Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 79% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is W.M. Keck Science Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000013% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%W.M. Keck Science Center0.000016% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of W.M. Keck Science Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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