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Waste Management (United States)

In research, Waste Management (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,380 of 21,541 worldwide), Environmental Science (#4,421 of 6,208 worldwide) and Engineering (#9,760 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,171
of 42,892
Rank in ??
#308
of 1,041
Research works
527
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.3k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Waste Management (United States) 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 #11,380 of 21,541 13.5%408
Environmental ScienceField #4,421 of 6,208 15.0%168
EngineeringField #9,760 of 11,412 13.9%147

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Waste Management (United States) 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: 1.48× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.38× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.25× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.03× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.49× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Waste Management (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Terry R. Johnson and I. M. Mohamed lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Waste Management (United States).

  1. 1 Terry R. Johnson ?? · #689,795 worldwide 73 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 I. M. Mohamed ?? · #948,494 worldwide 32 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Waste Management (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Waste Management (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Waste Management, Recycling, Health Effects, Environmental Impacts, Toxicity, Municipal Solid Waste and Radionuclides.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Environmental Impact5▲ 7.0×14 topics
  2. Waste Management4▲ 21×4 topics
  3. Health Effects3▲ 13×8 topics
  4. Recycling3▲ 21×3 topics
  5. Environmental Impacts3▲ 24×3 topics
  6. Toxicity2▲ 14×5 topics
  7. Sustainability2▲ 2.4×8 topics
  8. Municipal Solid Waste2▲ 91×2 topics
  9. Radionuclides2▲ 129×2 topics
  10. Renewable Energy2▲ 3.3×5 topics
  11. Adsorption2▲ 20×3 topics
  12. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 15×3 topics
  13. Cloud Computing2▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Metal Recovery2▲ 19×2 topics
  15. Developing Countries1▲ 37×1 topic
  16. E-Waste1▲ 38×1 topic
  17. Exposure Pathways1▲ 88×2 topics
  18. Finite Element Analysis1▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Global Distribution1▲ 54×2 topics
  20. Hazardous Substances1▲ 38×1 topic
  21. Landfill1▲ 81×1 topic
  22. Soil Contamination1▲ 135×2 topics
  23. Ionizing Radiation1▲ 46×2 topics
  24. Nuclear Fuel1▲ 193×1 topic
  25. Radiation Protection1▲ 193×1 topic
  26. Reactive Transport1▲ 63×2 topics
  27. Wastewater Treatment1▲ 14×6 topics
  28. Actinides1▲ 55×2 topics
  29. Bioremediation1▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Nuclear Graphite1▲ 140×1 topic
  31. Oxidation Behavior1▲ 49×1 topic
  32. Extraction1▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Food Security1▲ 5.0×4 topics
  34. Fukushima Daiichi1▲ 188×1 topic
  35. nuclear accident1▲ 188×1 topic
  36. Bioaccumulation1▲ 28×3 topics
  37. Digital Forensics1▲ 50×1 topic
  38. Information Security1▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Internet of Things1▲ 2.8×1 topic
  40. Policy Compliance1▲ 64×1 topic

Which research topics does Waste Management (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Municipal Solid Waste Management, Nuclear and radioactivity studies and Radioactive contamination and transfer.

Recycling and Waste Mana…1Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksMunicipal Solid Waste Ma…1Municipal Solid Waste Management: 1 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 1 fractional worksRadioactive contaminatio…1Radioactive contamination and transfer: 1 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear techno…1Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 1 fractional worksDigital and Cyber Forensics: 1 fractional worksRadioactive element chemistry and processing: 1 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Se…1Information and Cyber Security: 1 fractional worksHealthcare and Environmental Waste Management: 1 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 1 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityGlobal and Planetary ChangeMaterials Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Municipal Solid Waste Management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  4. 4 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  5. 5 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 1 works
  6. 6 Digital and Cyber Forensics Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 1 works
  8. 8 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 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 available28.9%not open71.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Waste Management (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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