 his
month, in-cites presents a listing of the top 20 institutions
which, as of the most recent bimonthly update of Essential
Science Indicators
(January 1995-December 2005), attracted the highest total
citations to their papers published in Thomson
Scientific-indexed Geosciences journals. These institutions
are the top 20 out of a pool of 351 institutions comprising
the top 1% ranked by total citation count in this field.
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The Geosciences field includes journals that cover the following
topics:
geochemistry
geophysics
geotechnics
economic geology
petrochemistry
mineralogy
meteorology and atmospheric sciences
hydrology
oceanography
petroleum geology
volcanology
seismology
climatology
paleontology
remote sensing
geodesy
geological, petroleum and mining engineering
The top 20 institutions in Geosciences are a representation of
universities and government agencies throughout the world.
NASA leads the way on this list, with 5,408 papers cited a total of
93,527 times to date, almost 19,000 more citations than the next
institution on the list. NASA is engaged in a wide variety of
research, as evidenced by its most-cited papers. Highly cited topics
include volatile organic compound emissions, stratosphere-troposphere
exchange, global climatology, and past life on Mars.
NOAA, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, ranks
at #2, with 4,290 papers cited a total of 74,571 times to date. Among
NOAA’s highly cited papers are research on global sea floor
topography, marine gravity, global monthly precipitation, climate
oscillations, and terrestrial biospheric sinks.
Coming in at #3 is NCAR, the National Center for Atmospheric
Research. NCAR’s record in Geosciences  includes
2,714 papers cited a total of 57,438 times to date. NCAR’s highly
cited research includes
papers on El Niño, climate modeling, climate changes related to the
North Atlantic Oscillation, and the influence of clouds on various
climate parameters. Several of NCAR’s researchers have been singled
out by Essential Science Indicators as highly cited, including James
Hurrell, Eugenia
Kalnay, and Alex
Guenther.
Carbon dioxide terrestrial sinks, volatile organic compound
emissions, monsoons, and the change in the northern high latitude
environment are topics that helped to rank the University of Colorado
at #5, with 3,217 papers cited a total of 51,305 times to date.
Rounding out the top 5 is the University of Washington, with 2,741
papers cited a total of 50,535 times to date. Radiocarbon age
calibration, Pacific interdecadal climate oscillation and its effects
on the salmon  population,
arctic oscillation, and chemical mass transfer in magmatic processes
are among this institution’s heavily cited topics. Several papers by
in-cites interviewee Minze
Stuiver appear among the top papers for the University of
Washington.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) ranks at #6, with 3,970 papers
cited a total of 48,543 times
to date. Not surprisingly, the USGS’s top papers are largely
concerned with terrestrial matters rather than atmospheric ones, with
such topics as global teleseismic earthquake relocation, deep mantle
circulation, seismic velocities in the earth, global crust models, and
stress and seismic hazards. Ross
Stein and Bernard
Chouet both spoke with Special Topics about their particular areas
of expertise—earthquakes and volcanoes,  respectively.
The first non-US entity comes in at #7—the Max Planck Society,
with 2,655 papers cited a total of 45,462 times to date. The interests
at Max Planck vary from mantle geochemistry to atmospheric aerosols to
El Niño.
Rounding out the top 10 are Caltech with 2,826 papers cited a total
of 44,671 times to date, Columbia University with 2,201 papers cited a
total of 40,835 times to date, and the University of California, San
Diego with 2,181 papers cited a total of 35,792 times to date.
Other European institutions on this list include the Russian
Academy of Sciences (12,003 papers with 30,543 total citations), the
University of Cambridge (2,010 papers with 27,264 total citations),
and ETH Zurich
(2,163 papers with 25,879 total citations).
Two institutions on the list hail from Australia: Australian
National University and CSIRO. Australian National University ranks at
#15, with 1,734 papers cited a total of 26,466 times to date. The
most-cited paper from this institution is "The composition of the
Earth" (McDonough W.F. and Sun S.S., Chem. Geol. 120[3-4]:
223-53, 1 March 1995), with 869 citations to date. Last year, in-cites
spoke with William
McDonough about his highly cited paper. CSIRO ranks at #20, with
1,769 papers cited a total of 24,147 times to date.
The top 20 institutions in Geosciences are listed in the table below:
The Most-Cited Institutions in
Geosciences,
1995-2005 |
| Rank |
Institution |
Papers |
Citations |
Citations
Per Paper |
| 1 |
NASA |
5,408
|
93,527
|
17.29
|
| 2 |
NOAA |
4,290
|
74,571
|
17.38
|
| 3 |
NATL CTR
ATMOSPHER RES |
2,714
|
57,438
|
21.16
|
| 4 |
UNIV
COLORADO |
3,217
|
51,305
|
15.95
|
| 5 |
UNIV
WASHINGTON |
2,741
|
50,535
|
18.44
|
| 6 |
US GEOL
SURVEY |
3,970
|
48,543
|
12.23
|
| 7 |
MAX PLANCK
SOCIETY |
2,655
|
45,462
|
17.12
|
| 8 |
CALTECH |
2,826
|
44,671
|
15.81
|
| 9 |
COLUMBIA
UNIV |
2,201
|
40,835
|
18.55
|
| 10 |
UNIV CALIF
SAN DIEGO |
2,181
|
35,792
|
16.41
|
| 11 |
WOODS HOLE
OCEANOG INST |
2,044
|
35,060
|
17.15
|
| 12 |
MIT |
1,899
|
33,140
|
17.45
|
| 13 |
RUSSIAN
ACAD SCI |
12,003
|
30,543
|
2.54
|
| 14 |
UNIV
CAMBRIDGE |
2,010
|
27,264
|
13.56
|
| 15 |
AUSTRALIAN
NATL UNIV |
1,734
|
26,466
|
15.26
|
| 16 |
ETH ZURICH |
2,163
|
25,879
|
11.96
|
| 17 |
HARVARD
UNIV |
1,129
|
25,602
|
22.68
|
| 18 |
UNIV
MARYLAND |
1,550
|
24,718
|
15.95
|
| 19 |
PRINCETON
UNIV |
1,208
|
24,210
|
20.04
|
| 20 |
CSIRO |
1,769
|
24,147
|
13.65
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SOURCE:
Essential Science Indicators
Web product.
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