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Wallops Flight Facility

In research, Wallops Flight Facility stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,912 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#3,331 of 11,412 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#896 of 2,661 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#4,742
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#1,127
of 8,685
Research works
630
▼ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
24.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Wallops Flight Facility 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 #2,912 of 21,541 22.5%603
EngineeringField #3,331 of 11,412 25.9%208
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #896 of 2,661 23.1%217
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #952 of 1,730 29.3%149

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wallops Flight Facility 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24.85× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.71× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.37× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 5.85× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMedicineSocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 24.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wallops Flight Facility?

Ranked on the composite score, William Krabill, Robert N. Swift and Frank E. Hoge lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wallops Flight Facility.

  1. 1 William Krabill United States · #47,274 worldwide 303 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Robert N. Swift United States · #84,008 worldwide 311 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Frank E. Hoge United States · #134,609 worldwide 200 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Edward J. Walsh United States · #142,682 worldwide 151 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 F. J. Schmidlin United States · #448,733 worldwide 92 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 A. L. Torres United States · #513,143 worldwide 76 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 D. W. Hancock United States · #609,974 worldwide 70 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 C. Wayne Wright United States · #647,191 worldwide 98 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Larry F. Bliven United States · #701,670 worldwide 108 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 David B. Wolff United States · #802,578 worldwide 107 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Wallops Flight Facility

Which keywords describe research at Wallops Flight Facility?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Data Assimilation, Control Systems, Airborne Wind Energy, High Altitude Wind Power, Hydrological Modeling and Sea Level Rise.

▲ 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 Change86▲ 5.1×31 topics
  2. Remote Sensing75▲ 11×25 topics
  3. Data Assimilation56▲ 49×3 topics
  4. Control Systems42▲ 25×4 topics
  5. Airborne Wind Energy38▲ 578×1 topic
  6. High Altitude Wind Power38▲ 578×1 topic
  7. Hydrological Modeling38▲ 30×5 topics
  8. Sea Level Rise38▲ 47×3 topics
  9. Wave Modeling38▲ 97×2 topics
  10. Tropical Cyclones36▲ 93×2 topics
  11. Ocean Circulation35▲ 39×3 topics
  12. Satellite Observations34▲ 47×3 topics
  13. Ocean Waves29▲ 163×1 topic
  14. Wind Stress29▲ 163×1 topic
  15. Boundary Layer27▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Convective Parameterization25▲ 64×1 topic
  17. Ensemble Kalman Filter25▲ 34×1 topic
  18. Water Quality25▲ 9.3×3 topics
  19. Validation24▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Global Warming24▲ 10×6 topics
  21. Hydrology24▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Climate Change Impact24▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Oceanic Modeling23▲ 83×1 topic
  24. Tidal Analysis23▲ 83×1 topic
  25. Thermal Analysis23▲ 25×5 topics
  26. Ozone Depletion22▲ 61×1 topic
  27. Stratospheric Water Vapor22▲ 61×1 topic
  28. CubeSat22▲ 140×1 topic
  29. small satellite22▲ 140×1 topic
  30. Risk Assessment21▲ 5.7×9 topics
  31. Air Quality18▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Solar Wind18▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Emissions17▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Thermodynamic Modeling17▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Cryogenic Storage17▲ 74×1 topic
  36. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)17▲ 74×1 topic
  37. Shale Gas17▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Atmospheric17▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Methane17▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Glacier16▲ 58×1 topic

Which research topics does Wallops Flight Facility publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Cryospheric studies and observations and Spaceflight effects on biology.

Meteorological Phenomena…2Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 2 fractional worksPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis: 1 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 1 fractional worksSpaceflight effects on biology: 0 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 0 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity M…0Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 0 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 0 fractional worksAerospace Engineering and Energy Systems: 0 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 0 fractional worksSoil Moisture and Remote Sensing: 0 fractional works
Atmospheric SciencePhysiologyAstronomy and AstrophysicsOceanography3 others

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

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  2. 2 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 1 works
  3. 3 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 1 works
  4. 4 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 0 works
  5. 5 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 0 works
  7. 7 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Environmental Engineering 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wallops Flight Facility's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.