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WestRock (United States)

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Research works
11
▲ 168% vs 2018-21
Citations
88
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
77%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
WestRock (United States)

Not ranked overall: WestRock (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does WestRock (United States) work in?

In all years, 69% of research at WestRock (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (38%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (17%), Environmental Science (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 68.9% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 37.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 15.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 12.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 9.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 20.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 17.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 9.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKWestRock (UnitedStates)11fractional works, all years
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences9%

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 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering437.6%
    2. Environmental Science112.9%
    3. Chemistry110.6%
    4. Materials Science17.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences217.4%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics03.0%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting16.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities03.3%
    1. Medicine01.3%
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: 1.65× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemistry: 11.69× its world share, 1 worksChemistryEngineering: 1.98× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.48× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.88× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceArts and Humanities: 1.97× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 11.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry11.69×1 works
  2. Environmental Science4.48×1 works
  3. Materials Science3.88×1 works
  4. Engineering1.98×2 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.97×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.65×0 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.81×0 works

Who are the top researchers at WestRock (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, PETER W. HART lead among researchers whose main affiliation is WestRock (United States).

  1. 1 PETER W. HART United States · #6,863,725 worldwide 1.1k citations · 139 works
All ranked researchers at WestRock (United States)

What are the most cited papers from WestRock (United States)?

The most cited paper from WestRock (United States) is "Insights into the Potential of Hardwood Kraft Lignin to Be a Green Platform Material for Emergence of the Biorefinery" (Juliana Marangon Jardim, PETER W. HART, Lucian A. Lucia et al., 2020), with 84 citations. Next come "The Effect of the Kraft Pulping Process, Wood Species, and pH on Lignin Recovery from Black Liquor" (61) and "Stock Price Reaction to Data Breaches" (38).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Insights into the Potential of Hardwood Kraft Lignin to Be a Green Platform Material for Emergence of the Biorefinery Juliana Marangon Jardim, PETER W. HART, Lucian A. Lucia et al. · Polymers Open access 11 Aug 2020 84
2 The Effect of the Kraft Pulping Process, Wood Species, and pH on Lignin Recovery from Black Liquor Juliana Marangon Jardim, PETER W. HART, Lucian A. Lucia et al. · Fibers Open access 9 Feb 2022 61
3 Stock Price Reaction to Data Breaches Mark S. Johnson, Min Jung Kang, Tolani Lawson · Journal of Finance Issues Open access 31 Dec 2017 38
4 Integrated cost optimization in a two-stage, automotive supply chain Sherif A. Masoud, Scott Jennings Mason · Computers & Operations Research 26 Sep 2015 34
5 Integrating a Biorefinery into an Operating Kraft Mill Mark Johnson, PETER W. HART · BioResources Open access 13 Sep 2016 18
All 25 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume in 2022-now: History and advancements in chemistry, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques and Material Properties and Processing.

History and advancements…1History and advancements in chemistry: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and Sustainability: 1 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…1Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksMaterial Properties and …0Material Properties and Processing: 0 fractional worksLignin and Wood Chemistry: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Cellulose Research Studies: 0 fractional worksStructural Engineering a…0Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 0 fractional worksIndustrial Engineering and Technologies: 0 fractional worksMusicology and Musical Analysis: 0 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Physical and Theoretical ChemistryEnvironmental EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringMechanics of Materials6 others

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

  1. 1 History and advancements in chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 1 works
  2. 2 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Material Properties and Processing Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  5. 5 Lignin and Wood Chemistry Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced Cellulose Research Studies Biomaterials 0 works
  7. 7 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Industrial Engineering and Technologies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Musicology and Musical Analysis Music 0 works
  10. 10 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 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 available76.6%not open23.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.2%domestic only76.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 168% higher than in 2018-2021.

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