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Washington Geological Survey

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Research works
19
fractional, all time
Citations
40
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Washington Geological Survey is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21.54× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.53× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyVeterinary: 12.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinarySocial Sciences: 0.22× 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, 21.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which research topics does Washington Geological Survey publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: American Environmental and Regional History, Water Quality and Resources Studies, Karst Systems and Hydrogeology and Mining Techniques and Economics.

American Environmental a…1American Environmental and Regional History: 1 fractional worksWater Quality and Resour…1Water Quality and Resources Studies: 1 fractional worksKarst Systems and Hydrog…1Karst Systems and Hydrogeology: 1 fractional worksMining Techniques and Ec…1Mining Techniques and Economics: 1 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 0 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 0 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…0Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 0 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 0 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 0 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 0 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawWater Science and TechnologyEarth-Surface ProcessesControl and Systems Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  2. 2 Water Quality and Resources Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  3. 3 Karst Systems and Hydrogeology Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  4. 4 Mining Techniques and Economics Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 0 works
  7. 7 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 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 available20.0%not open80.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Washington Geological Survey's research output changed?

2020
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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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