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Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Geophysics and Gravity Measurements is a research topic within Oceanography. Science Explorer counts 54k research works in it since 1950. 19.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the global variability and change in sea level, with an emphasis on utilizing GRACE and other satellite measurements to understand factors such as groundwater depletion, polar ice sheet mass loss, and the impact of climate change. The papers also explore the use of hydrological and geodetic modeling to assess land water storage and its contribution to sea level rise.

  • GRACE
  • sea level rise
  • groundwater depletion
  • climate change
  • satellite measurements
  • polar ice sheets
  • hydrological modeling
  • geodetic measurements
  • mass variability
  • land water storage
Research works
54k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
10k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+12%
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Which countries lead Geophysics and Gravity Measurements research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (4.7k and 1.8k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 4.7k works
  2. 2 China 1.8k works
  3. 3 India 395 works
  4. 4 Russia 380 works
  5. 5 Germany 349 works
  6. 6 Spain 308 works
  7. 7 France 266 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 213 works
  9. 9 Italy 208 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 206 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 53.5%China: 20.4%India: 4.5%Russia: 4.3%6 others listed: 17.4%53%largest
United States4,748 · 53.5%China1,810 · 20.4%India395 · 4.5%Russia380 · 4.3%6 others listed1,549 · 17.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Geophysics and Gravity Measurements research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of California, Berkeley publishes the most Geophysics and Gravity Measurements research, followed by Purdue University West Lafayette and Michigan State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 629 works
  2. 2 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 346 works
  3. 3 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 278 works
  4. 4 Washington State University Tri-CitiesUnited States 169 works
  5. 5 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 162 works
  6. 6 Washington State UniversityUnited States 156 works
  7. 7 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 154 works
  8. 8 Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryUnited States 143 works
  9. 9 Wuhan UniversityChina 122 works
  10. 10 University of California, DavisUnited States 121 works

Who are the leading researchers in Geophysics and Gravity Measurements?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Geophysics and Gravity Measurements include M. Morii, E. L. Wright and M. Martı́nez.

  1. 1 M. Morii United Kingdom 9.6k citations
  2. 2 E. L. Wright United States 9.3k citations
  3. 3 M. Martı́nez United Kingdom 8.6k citations
  4. 4 Saul A. Teukolsky United States 8.4k citations
  5. 5 R. W. L. Jones United Kingdom 8.3k citations
  6. 6 Licia Verde Spain 8.2k citations
  7. 7 Y. Makida Japan 8.1k citations
  8. 8 David N. Spergel United States 7.9k citations
  9. 9 C. L. Bennett United States 7.4k citations
  10. 10 J. Chudoba France 7.4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Geophysics and Gravity Measurements research done?

The largest centres of Geophysics and Gravity Measurements research in 2022–2025 are Berkeley (United States), Beijing (China), West Lafayette (United States) and East Lansing (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Richland, Ellicott City and Hiram.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Berkeley United States 732 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 540 works
  3. 3 West Lafayette United States 346 works
  4. 4 East Lansing United States 279 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 252 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 195 works
  7. 7 Madrid Spain 183 works
  8. 8 Washington D.C. United States 174 works
  9. 9 Richland United States 169 works
  10. 10 Los Angeles United States 161 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RichlandUS · 169.1 works489×
  2. Ellicott CityUS · 23.7 works458×
  3. HiramUS · 32.0 works255×
  4. BillericaUS · 91.8 works175×
  5. MoscowUS · 93.5 works76×
  6. PullmanUS · 155.6 works55×
  7. BerkeleyUS · 732.0 works54×
  8. LivermoreUS · 145.0 works52×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Geophysics and Gravity Measurements than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Geophysics and Gravity Measurements?

Among universities, judged by research, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wuhan University and PLA Information Engineering University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%25%50%75%mean 44.45%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences: 12, 70.4%Wuhan University: 122, 60.1%PLA Information Engineering University: 14, 48.8%Technische Universität Berlin: 13, 54.7%Naval University of Engineering: 16, 45.2%Michigan State University: 278, 0.3%University of Lahore: 12, 53.3%University of California, Berkeley: 630, 0.3%China University of Mining and Technology: 18, 58.5%Chang'an University: 13, 52.9%Wrocław University o…Wuhan UniversityTechnische Universit…PLA Information Engi…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Wrocław University of Environmental and Life SciencesPoland 72.070.4%15.3×12 +147.8%
2 Wuhan UniversityChina 70.460.1%9.5×122 +63.0%
3 PLA Information Engineering UniversityChina 52.548.8%12.4×14 +15.9%
4 Technische Universität BerlinGermany 52.554.7%3.6×13 +424.8%
5 Naval University of EngineeringChina 52.045.2%9.8×16 +33.3%
6 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 51.70.3%36.9×278 +75.6%
7 University of LahorePakistan 50.653.3%6.2×12 —
8 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 50.50.3%70.3×630 -13.4%
9 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 49.658.5%2.2×18 +205.8%
10 Chang'an UniversityChina 48.552.9%3.2×13 +278.5%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Geophysics and Gravity Measurements research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.