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Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

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Research works
71
▲ 89% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey 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: 2.21× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15.92× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.44× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.29× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 15.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey?

Ranked on the composite score, Chancey Juday lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey.

  1. 1 Chancey Juday United States · #344,110 worldwide 118 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

Which keywords describe research at Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Water Quality, Groundwater, Remote Sensing, Tectonics, Paleoclimatology, Glacial Cycles and Holocene.

▲ 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. Climate Change24▲ 13×21 topics
  2. Water Quality12▲ 42×6 topics
  3. Groundwater9▲ 147×5 topics
  4. Remote Sensing7▲ 9.1×8 topics
  5. Tectonics6▲ 51×3 topics
  6. Paleoclimatology6▲ 66×2 topics
  7. Glacial Cycles6▲ 74×1 topic
  8. Holocene6▲ 50×1 topic
  9. Groundwater Flow6▲ 216×1 topic
  10. Transport Modeling6▲ 216×1 topic
  11. Fluvial Systems5▲ 148×1 topic
  12. Isotopes5▲ 155×1 topic
  13. Sedimentation5▲ 85×1 topic
  14. Stable5▲ 227×1 topic
  15. Eutrophication4▲ 43×2 topics
  16. Monitoring4▲ 45×2 topics
  17. Hydrology4▲ 47×2 topics
  18. Sediment Transport4▲ 32×4 topics
  19. Environmental Impact4▲ 3.7×6 topics
  20. Hydrogeology4▲ 124×3 topics
  21. Chemical Analysis3▲ 60×2 topics
  22. Sea Level Rise3▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Sediment Analysis3▲ 572×1 topic
  24. Surface Water3▲ 572×1 topic
  25. Glacier3▲ 86×1 topic
  26. Water Availability3▲ 86×1 topic
  27. Hydraulic Fracturing3▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Hyporheic Zone2▲ 114×1 topic
  29. Nutrient Cycling2▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Ecosystem Services2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  31. Fracture Propagation2▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Invasive Species2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  33. Shale Gas Reservoirs2▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Cultural Heritage2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  35. Traditional Irrigation2▲ 254×1 topic
  36. Water Sustainability2▲ 254×1 topic
  37. Model Evaluation2▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Geochemistry2▲ 43×4 topics
  39. Cyanobacteria2▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Harmful Algal Blooms2▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Water Quality and Resources Studies, Groundwater flow and contamination studies, Geological formations and processes and Archaeology and Natural History.

Water Quality and Resources Studies: 1 fractional worksGroundwater flow and contamination studies: 1 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 0 fractional worksArchaeology and Natural History: 0 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 0 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 0 fractional worksEcology and Conservation Studies: 0 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 0 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 0 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 0 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyEnvironmental EngineeringEarth-Surface ProcessesAnthropology5 others

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

  1. 1 Water Quality and Resources Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  2. 2 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  4. 4 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 0 works
  5. 5 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 0 works
  6. 6 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 0 works
  7. 7 Ecology and Conservation Studies Plant Science 0 works
  8. 8 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean 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 available16.6%not open83.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 89% higher 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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