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Publications
18 164
Citations
946 517
h-index
338
Top-3 journals

Nature
(464 publications)

Journal of Wildlife Management
(276 publications)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
(252 publications)
Top-3 organizations

University of Arizona
(584 publications)

Colorado State University
(541 publications)

University of Washington
(493 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
(126 publications)

University of Alberta
(124 publications)

ETH Zurich
(101 publications)
Most cited in 5 years
from 3 chars
Publications found: 0
Since 1888
Total publications
18164
Total citations
946517
Citations per publication
52.11
Average publications per year
131.62
Average authors per publication
5.94
h-index
338
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.
Top-30
Fields of science
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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 4071, 22.41%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
4071 publications, 22.41%
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Ecology
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Ecology, 3170, 17.45%
Ecology
3170 publications, 17.45%
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Aquatic Science
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Aquatic Science, 2056, 11.32%
Aquatic Science
2056 publications, 11.32%
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Geochemistry and Petrology
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Geochemistry and Petrology, 1985, 10.93%
Geochemistry and Petrology
1985 publications, 10.93%
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Water Science and Technology
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Water Science and Technology, 1893, 10.42%
Water Science and Technology
1893 publications, 10.42%
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Geophysics
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Geophysics, 1541, 8.48%
Geophysics
1541 publications, 8.48%
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Environmental Chemistry
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Environmental Chemistry, 1443, 7.94%
Environmental Chemistry
1443 publications, 7.94%
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Nature and Landscape Conservation
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Nature and Landscape Conservation, 1436, 7.91%
Nature and Landscape Conservation
1436 publications, 7.91%
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Geology
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Geology, 1135, 6.25%
Geology
1135 publications, 6.25%
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Pollution
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Pollution, 1106, 6.09%
Pollution
1106 publications, 6.09%
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General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1062, 5.85%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
1062 publications, 5.85%
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Multidisciplinary
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Multidisciplinary, 1045, 5.75%
Multidisciplinary
1045 publications, 5.75%
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General Environmental Science
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General Environmental Science, 1032, 5.68%
General Environmental Science
1032 publications, 5.68%
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Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
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Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), 985, 5.42%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
985 publications, 5.42%
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Earth-Surface Processes
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Earth-Surface Processes, 956, 5.26%
Earth-Surface Processes
956 publications, 5.26%
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Animal Science and Zoology
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Animal Science and Zoology, 934, 5.14%
Animal Science and Zoology
934 publications, 5.14%
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General Medicine
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General Medicine, 933, 5.14%
General Medicine
933 publications, 5.14%
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Oceanography
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Oceanography, 848, 4.67%
Oceanography
848 publications, 4.67%
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Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
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Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 753, 4.15%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
753 publications, 4.15%
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Space and Planetary Science
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Space and Planetary Science, 725, 3.99%
Space and Planetary Science
725 publications, 3.99%
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Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 619, 3.41%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
619 publications, 3.41%
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Global and Planetary Change
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Global and Planetary Change, 591, 3.25%
Global and Planetary Change
591 publications, 3.25%
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Environmental Engineering
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Environmental Engineering, 514, 2.83%
Environmental Engineering
514 publications, 2.83%
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Forestry
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Forestry, 514, 2.83%
Forestry
514 publications, 2.83%
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Soil Science
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Soil Science, 485, 2.67%
Soil Science
485 publications, 2.67%
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Atmospheric Science
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Atmospheric Science, 451, 2.48%
Atmospheric Science
451 publications, 2.48%
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Geography, Planning and Development
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Geography, Planning and Development, 410, 2.26%
Geography, Planning and Development
410 publications, 2.26%
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Genetics
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Genetics, 409, 2.25%
Genetics
409 publications, 2.25%
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Waste Management and Disposal
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Waste Management and Disposal, 373, 2.05%
Waste Management and Disposal
373 publications, 2.05%
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Paleontology
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Paleontology, 354, 1.95%
Paleontology
354 publications, 1.95%
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Journals
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Nature
464 publications, 2.55%
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Journal of Wildlife Management
276 publications, 1.52%
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Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
252 publications, 1.39%
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Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
220 publications, 1.21%
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Journal of Hydrology
217 publications, 1.19%
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Applied Geochemistry
200 publications, 1.1%
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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
197 publications, 1.08%
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PLoS ONE
191 publications, 1.05%
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
189 publications, 1.04%
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Hydrogeology Journal
186 publications, 1.02%
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Hydrological Processes
186 publications, 1.02%
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Science of the Total Environment
182 publications, 1%
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
181 publications, 1%
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Journal of Great Lakes Research
165 publications, 0.91%
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Icarus
156 publications, 0.86%
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Geophysical Research Letters
148 publications, 0.81%
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Journal of Mammalogy
147 publications, 0.81%
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Journal of Geophysical Research
147 publications, 0.81%
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Geophysical Journal International
137 publications, 0.75%
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Bulletin of Volcanology
129 publications, 0.71%
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Nature Geoscience
128 publications, 0.7%
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Earth and Planetary Science Letters
122 publications, 0.67%
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Biological Conservation
122 publications, 0.67%
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Environmental Science & Technology
122 publications, 0.67%
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Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
121 publications, 0.67%
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Wildlife Society Bulletin
119 publications, 0.66%
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Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
118 publications, 0.65%
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Ecological Applications
109 publications, 0.6%
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Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
106 publications, 0.58%
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Remote Sensing
106 publications, 0.58%
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Publishers
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Elsevier
4544 publications, 25.02%
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Wiley
3823 publications, 21.05%
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Springer Nature
3528 publications, 19.42%
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Oxford University Press
603 publications, 3.32%
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Taylor & Francis
506 publications, 2.79%
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Canadian Science Publishing
341 publications, 1.88%
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American Geophysical Union
240 publications, 1.32%
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MDPI
238 publications, 1.31%
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Copernicus
233 publications, 1.28%
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
210 publications, 1.16%
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
189 publications, 1.04%
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Geological Society of London
184 publications, 1.01%
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Wildlife Disease Association
181 publications, 1%
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Cambridge University Press
180 publications, 0.99%
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Humboldt Field Research Institute
171 publications, 0.94%
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Frontiers Media S.A.
159 publications, 0.88%
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
155 publications, 0.85%
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The Royal Society
155 publications, 0.85%
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University of Chicago Press
149 publications, 0.82%
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International Association for Great Lakes Research
141 publications, 0.78%
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CSIRO Publishing
136 publications, 0.75%
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Seismological Society of America (SSA)
116 publications, 0.64%
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IOP Publishing
110 publications, 0.61%
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
109 publications, 0.6%
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SAGE
106 publications, 0.58%
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
104 publications, 0.57%
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Inter-Research Science Center
71 publications, 0.39%
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Geological Society of America
52 publications, 0.29%
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Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
49 publications, 0.27%
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Wilson Ornithological Society
46 publications, 0.25%
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University of Arizona
584 publications, 3.22%
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Colorado State University
541 publications, 2.98%
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University of Washington
493 publications, 2.71%
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Oregon State University
462 publications, 2.54%
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University of Colorado Boulder
424 publications, 2.33%
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Cornell University
407 publications, 2.24%
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
392 publications, 2.16%
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California Institute of Technology
337 publications, 1.86%
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University of California, Davis
333 publications, 1.83%
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
330 publications, 1.82%
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University of California, Berkeley
328 publications, 1.81%
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University of Florida
328 publications, 1.81%
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Stanford University
320 publications, 1.76%
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University of Minnesota
299 publications, 1.65%
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Michigan State University
273 publications, 1.5%
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University of California, Santa Barbara
273 publications, 1.5%
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University of Maryland, College Park
266 publications, 1.46%
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Pennsylvania State University
263 publications, 1.45%
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Arizona State University
236 publications, 1.3%
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University of California, Santa Cruz
235 publications, 1.29%
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Virginia Tech
231 publications, 1.27%
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University of California, Los Angeles
231 publications, 1.27%
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Northern Arizona University
231 publications, 1.27%
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Utah State University
217 publications, 1.19%
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North Carolina State University
213 publications, 1.17%
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Columbia University
177 publications, 0.97%
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Goddard Space Flight Center
169 publications, 0.93%
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University of Texas at Austin
167 publications, 0.92%
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
164 publications, 0.9%
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography
159 publications, 0.88%
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
126 publications, 0.69%
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University of Alberta
124 publications, 0.68%
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ETH Zurich
101 publications, 0.56%
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University of British Columbia
99 publications, 0.55%
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German Aerospace Center
95 publications, 0.52%
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Geological Survey of Canada
93 publications, 0.51%
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Australian National University
89 publications, 0.49%
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McGill University
89 publications, 0.49%
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University of Cambridge
80 publications, 0.44%
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University of Guelph
80 publications, 0.44%
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University of Oxford
72 publications, 0.4%
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University of Queensland
72 publications, 0.4%
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University of Bristol
71 publications, 0.39%
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GNS Science
70 publications, 0.39%
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University of Melbourne
70 publications, 0.39%
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University of Toronto
70 publications, 0.39%
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Simon Fraser University
68 publications, 0.37%
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Stockholm University
66 publications, 0.36%
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University of Copenhagen
66 publications, 0.36%
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Utrecht University
63 publications, 0.35%
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University of Leeds
62 publications, 0.34%
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University of Western Australia
61 publications, 0.34%
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Environment and Climate Change Canada
61 publications, 0.34%
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Natural Resources Canada
61 publications, 0.34%
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Imperial College London
59 publications, 0.32%
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University of Calgary
59 publications, 0.32%
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British Geological Survey
58 publications, 0.32%
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University of Waterloo
57 publications, 0.31%
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University of Tokyo
56 publications, 0.31%
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Aarhus University
55 publications, 0.3%
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Canada
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Canada, 1450, 7.98%
Canada
1450 publications, 7.98%
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United Kingdom
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United Kingdom, 1061, 5.84%
United Kingdom
1061 publications, 5.84%
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Germany
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Germany, 740, 4.07%
Germany
740 publications, 4.07%
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Australia
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Australia, 683, 3.76%
Australia
683 publications, 3.76%
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France
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France, 602, 3.31%
France
602 publications, 3.31%
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China
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China, 564, 3.11%
China
564 publications, 3.11%
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Italy
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Italy, 438, 2.41%
Italy
438 publications, 2.41%
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Spain
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Spain, 342, 1.88%
Spain
342 publications, 1.88%
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Japan
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Japan, 336, 1.85%
Japan
336 publications, 1.85%
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Switzerland
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Switzerland, 319, 1.76%
Switzerland
319 publications, 1.76%
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Netherlands
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Netherlands, 303, 1.67%
Netherlands
303 publications, 1.67%
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New Zealand
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New Zealand, 288, 1.59%
New Zealand
288 publications, 1.59%
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Sweden
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Sweden, 266, 1.46%
Sweden
266 publications, 1.46%
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Norway
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Norway, 219, 1.21%
Norway
219 publications, 1.21%
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Mexico
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Mexico, 182, 1%
Mexico
182 publications, 1%
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Russia
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Russia, 172, 0.95%
Russia
172 publications, 0.95%
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Denmark
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Denmark, 171, 0.94%
Denmark
171 publications, 0.94%
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South Africa
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South Africa, 155, 0.85%
South Africa
155 publications, 0.85%
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Brazil
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Brazil, 150, 0.83%
Brazil
150 publications, 0.83%
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Austria
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Austria, 124, 0.68%
Austria
124 publications, 0.68%
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Belgium
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Belgium, 115, 0.63%
Belgium
115 publications, 0.63%
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India
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India, 110, 0.61%
India
110 publications, 0.61%
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Finland
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Finland, 104, 0.57%
Finland
104 publications, 0.57%
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Chile
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Chile, 101, 0.56%
Chile
101 publications, 0.56%
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Argentina
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Argentina, 94, 0.52%
Argentina
94 publications, 0.52%
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Republic of Korea
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Republic of Korea, 88, 0.48%
Republic of Korea
88 publications, 0.48%
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Portugal
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Portugal, 87, 0.48%
Portugal
87 publications, 0.48%
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Israel
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Israel, 78, 0.43%
Israel
78 publications, 0.43%
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Czech Republic
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Czech Republic, 77, 0.42%
Czech Republic
77 publications, 0.42%
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- We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
- Statistics recalculated daily.
- Publications published earlier than 1888 are ignored in the statistics.
- The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
- Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.