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Water Institute of the Gulf

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Research works
100
▲ 119% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3k
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Water Institute of the Gulf 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17.64× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.19× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 17.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Water Institute of the Gulf?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, Ecosystem Services, Coastal Protection, Global Carbon Budget, Sediment Transport, Carbon Sequestration and Mangrove Forests.

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

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change13▲ 14×28 topics
  2. Ecosystem Services6▲ 48×4 topics
  3. Sea-Level Rise6▲ 163×3 topics
  4. Coastal Protection4▲ 213×2 topics
  5. Global Carbon Budget4▲ 184×2 topics
  6. Sediment Transport4▲ 77×4 topics
  7. Carbon Sequestration4▲ 163×1 topic
  8. Mangrove Forests4▲ 337×1 topic
  9. Remote Sensing3▲ 7.9×9 topics
  10. Sustainability3▲ 3.4×4 topics
  11. Land Use Change3▲ 26×4 topics
  12. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 63×2 topics
  13. Urbanization2▲ 17×2 topics
  14. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Social-Ecological Systems2▲ 47×3 topics
  16. Water Quality2▲ 15×6 topics
  17. Coastal Dynamics2▲ 194×1 topic
  18. Global Warming2▲ 14×5 topics
  19. Shoreline Change2▲ 194×1 topic
  20. Ecosystem-Based Management2▲ 151×1 topic
  21. Global Impact2▲ 29×1 topic
  22. Marine Spatial Planning2▲ 151×1 topic
  23. Spatial Dynamics2▲ 53×1 topic
  24. Environmental Impact Assessment1▲ 59×2 topics
  25. Fluvial Systems1▲ 169×1 topic
  26. Sedimentation1▲ 78×1 topic
  27. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Aeolian Processes1▲ 196×1 topic
  29. Water Resources1▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Wind Erosion1▲ 196×1 topic
  31. Sea Level Rise1▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Biodiversity Offsets1▲ 395×1 topic
  33. Eutrophication1▲ 31×3 topics
  34. No Net Loss1▲ 395×1 topic

Which research topics does Water Institute of the Gulf publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Land Use and Ecosystem Services and Coastal and Marine Management.

Coastal wetland ecosyste…4Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 4 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynamics: 2 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…2Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 2 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Manag…2Coastal and Marine Management: 2 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 1 fractional worksAeolian processes and effects: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Conservati…1Environmental Conservation and Management: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 1 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 1 fractional works
EcologyEarth-Surface ProcessesGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law3 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 4 works
  2. 2 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 2 works
  3. 3 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  4. 4 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  5. 5 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  6. 6 Aeolian processes and effects Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  7. 7 Environmental Conservation and Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  9. 9 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 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 available47.5%not open52.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Water Institute of the Gulf's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 119% 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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