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Western Transportation Institute

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World rank, all time
#33,330
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,986
of 7,310
Research works
125
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
40.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Western Transportation Institute

Which fields of science does Western Transportation Institute work in?

In all years, 85% of research at Western Transportation Institute is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (42%), Environmental Science (32%), Materials Science (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 107 fractional works · 85.3% of its workEngineering: 53 fractional works · 42.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 27 fractional works · 21.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 40 fractional works · 31.9% of its workEcology: 23 fractional works · 18.5% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 6.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear Energy and Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWesternTransportation…125fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5342.0%
    2. Environmental Science4031.9%
    3. Materials Science86.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.3%
    5. Energy11.0%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.8%
    7. Computer Science10.6%
    8. Chemistry10.6%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Social Sciences75.9%
    2. Psychology32.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting21.2%
    4. Decision Sciences00.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Health Professions21.6%
    2. Medicine21.5%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.19× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.49× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× 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, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science6.49×5 works
  2. Engineering3.19×7 works
  3. Psychology0.94×0 works
  4. Health Professions0.93×0 works
  5. Social Sciences0.73×1 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×0 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.11×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.09×0 works
  12. Medicine0.06×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Western Transportation Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Anthony Paul Clevenger, Marcel Pieter Huijser and Yajun Liu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Transportation Institute.

  1. 1 Anthony Paul Clevenger United States · #536,572 worldwide 9k citations · 161 works
  2. 2 Marcel Pieter Huijser United States · #1,816,245 worldwide 2.4k citations · 124 works
  3. 3 Yajun Liu United States · #2,310,201 worldwide 1k citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Angela Kociolek United States · #2,556,665 worldwide 635 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Scott Jungwirth United States · #3,185,319 worldwide 327 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Rob Ament United States · #3,504,476 worldwide 722 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Robert J. Ament United States · #3,669,517 worldwide 453 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Natalie M. Villwock-Witte United States · #5,040,234 worldwide 57 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Christopher K Strong United States · #5,539,397 worldwide 314 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 David Alexander Veneziano United States · #5,913,094 worldwide 561 citations · 81 works
All ranked researchers at Western Transportation Institute

What are the most cited papers from Western Transportation Institute?

The most cited paper from Western Transportation Institute is "Durability of steel reinforced concrete in chloride environments: An overview" (Xianming Shi, Ning Xie, Keith Fortune et al., 2011), with 925 citations. Next come "Effect of nanoparticles on the anticorrosion and mechanical properties of epoxy coating" (731) and "Environmental challenges for the Belt and Road Initiative" (495).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Durability of steel reinforced concrete in chloride environments: An overview Xianming Shi, Ning Xie, Keith Fortune et al. · Construction and Building Materials 29 Dec 2011 925
2 Effect of nanoparticles on the anticorrosion and mechanical properties of epoxy coating Xianming Shi, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Zhiyong Suo et al. · Surface and Coatings Technology 9 Jul 2009 731
3 Environmental challenges for the Belt and Road Initiative Fernando Ascensão, Lenore Fahrig, Anthony Paul Clevenger et al. · Nature Sustainability 8 May 2018 495
4 Scaling‐up camera traps: monitoring the planet's biodiversity with networks of remote sensors Robin W. Steenweg, Mark Hebblewhite, Roland Kays et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 20 Dec 2016 464
5 Performance indices to identify attributes of highway crossing structures facilitating movement of large mammals Anthony Paul Clevenger, Nigel Waltho · Biological Conservation 5 Aug 2004 434
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Which keywords describe research at Western Transportation Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Population Dynamics, Water Quality, Habitat Connectivity, Road Ecology, Carbon Nanotubes, Habitat Selection and Freshwater Salinization.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact22▲ 14×7 topics
  2. Population Dynamics10▲ 25×5 topics
  3. Water Quality10▲ 18×4 topics
  4. Habitat Connectivity9▲ 651×1 topic
  5. Road Ecology9▲ 651×1 topic
  6. Carbon Nanotubes9▲ 20×3 topics
  7. Habitat Selection9▲ 76×2 topics
  8. Freshwater Salinization8▲ 283×1 topic
  9. Road Salt8▲ 283×1 topic
  10. Climate Change8▲ 2.5×15 topics
  11. Trophic Cascades8▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Animal Movement8▲ 104×1 topic
  13. Occupancy Rates8▲ 104×1 topic
  14. Deep Learning7▲ 2.8×5 topics
  15. Driver Behavior6▲ 86×2 topics
  16. Injury Severity6▲ 67×2 topics
  17. Corrosion6▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Reinforced Concrete6▲ 70×2 topics
  19. Chloride-induced6▲ 113×1 topic
  20. Road Safety6▲ 143×1 topic
  21. Structural Reliability6▲ 113×1 topic
  22. Traffic Accidents6▲ 125×1 topic
  23. Image Processing6▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Crack Detection5▲ 108×1 topic
  25. Pavement5▲ 108×1 topic
  26. Mechanical Properties5▲ 4.0×10 topics
  27. Microstructure5▲ 7.5×6 topics
  28. CO2 Sequestration4▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Conservation4▲ 7.2×6 topics
  30. Cementitious Materials4▲ 64×1 topic
  31. Geopolymer4▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Invasive Species4▲ 5.8×6 topics
  33. Finite Element Simulation4▲ 87×2 topics
  34. Nanomaterials4▲ 3.9×7 topics
  35. Crash Tests4▲ 323×1 topic
  36. Guardrail Systems4▲ 323×1 topic
  37. Intelligent Transportation Systems3▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Recycled Materials3▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Traffic Flow3▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Icing Mitigation3▲ 194×1 topic

Which research topics does Western Transportation Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Traffic and Road Safety and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 2 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 2 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksUrban and Freight Transport Logistics: 1 fractional worksTransportation Safety an…1Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis: 1 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 0 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 0 fractional worksEcology and biodiversity studies: 0 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 0 fractional works
EcologyCivil and Structural EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityBuilding and Construction1 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  2. 2 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  4. 4 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  5. 5 Urban and Freight Transport Logistics Building and Construction 1 works
  6. 6 Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 0 works
  8. 8 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Ecology and biodiversity studies Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 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 available20.5%not open79.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.3%domestic only69.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Western Transportation Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Western Transportation Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000061% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Western Transportation Institute0.000069% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Western Transportation Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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