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Washington Water Science Center

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Research works
24
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
633
25.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
36.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Washington Water Science Center 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.

Which keywords describe research at Washington Water Science Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sediment Transport, Land Use Change, Hydrological Modeling, Water Resources, Remote Sensing, Global Hydrology and Model Evaluation.

▲ 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change10▲ 15×19 topics
  2. Sediment Transport7▲ 174×2 topics
  3. Land Use Change6▲ 77×2 topics
  4. Hydrological Modeling5▲ 105×4 topics
  5. Water Resources4▲ 79×4 topics
  6. Remote Sensing4▲ 14×9 topics
  7. Global Hydrology4▲ 253×1 topic
  8. Model Evaluation4▲ 140×1 topic
  9. River Restoration4▲ 307×2 topics
  10. Fluvial Processes3▲ 408×1 topic
  11. Riparian Vegetation3▲ 408×1 topic
  12. Water Quality3▲ 25×5 topics
  13. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 89×2 topics
  14. Global Carbon Budget2▲ 104×2 topics
  15. Agricultural Sustainability2▲ 73×1 topic
  16. Soil Erosion2▲ 191×1 topic
  17. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 51×2 topics
  18. Conservation Challenges2▲ 88×1 topic
  19. Flow Regulation2▲ 88×1 topic
  20. Environmental Impact1▲ 4.2×6 topics
  21. Hydrology1▲ 50×3 topics
  22. Pesticides1▲ 56×3 topics
  23. Risk Assessment1▲ 9.9×3 topics
  24. Eutrophication1▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Hyporheic Zone1▲ 167×1 topic
  26. Nutrient Cycling1▲ 66×1 topic
  27. Toxicity1▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Bioaccumulation1▲ 42×3 topics
  29. Flood Risk1▲ 102×1 topic
  30. Surface Water Mapping1▲ 108×1 topic
  31. Pollution1▲ 32×3 topics

Which research topics does Washington Water Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and American Environmental and Regional History.

Hydrology and Watershed …1Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 1 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 0 fractional worksProperty Rights and Legal Doctrine: 0 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…0Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 0 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 0 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 0 fractional worksHydrological Forecasting Using AI: 0 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyEcologyNature and Landscape ConservationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law5 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  2. 2 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 1 works
  3. 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  4. 4 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  5. 5 Property Rights and Legal Doctrine Law 0 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  7. 7 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  9. 9 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 0 works
  10. 10 Hydrological Forecasting Using AI 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 available37.1%not open62.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Washington Water Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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