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• Share of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), United States of America (USA)
• Share of domestic institutions (310 total)

1. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) (7.14)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)2.87

   University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)4.27
2. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) (5.20)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)2.42

   University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)2.77
3. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (3.88)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)2.88

   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)1.00
4. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and University of California, Davis (UC Davis) (3.31)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)1.84

   University of California, Davis (UC Davis)1.47
5. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (2.93)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)1.70

   National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)1.23
6. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) (2.87)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)1.13

   Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO)1.73
7. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Utah State University (USU) (2.85)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)1.12

   Utah State University (USU)1.74
8. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) (2.60)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)1.34

   University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)1.25
9. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) (2.57)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)1.02

   University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)1.55
10. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Harvard University (2.52)
    U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)1.20

    Harvard University1.32

Top 10 international collaborators with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by Share*

• Share of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), United States of America (USA)
• Share of foreign institutions (590 total)

1. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (3.70)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)2.45

   French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)1.25
2. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Institute of Earth Physics of Paris (IPGP) (3.46)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)1.73

   Institute of Earth Physics of Paris (IPGP)1.73
3. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Paris Cité University (2.65)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)1.77

   Paris Cité University0.88
4. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and University of Bristol (UoB) (1.75)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)0.79

   University of Bristol (UoB)0.96
5. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (1.71)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)0.88

   Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres0.83
6. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (1.30)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

   Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)0.81
7. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and The University of British Columbia (UBC) (1.26)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

   The University of British Columbia (UBC)0.67
8. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and University of Oxford (1.14)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)0.68

   University of Oxford
9. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET+) (1.13)
   U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

   Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET+)0.69
10. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) (0.90)
    U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)0.68

    Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

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U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

• Astrogeology Science Center
• USGS Alaska Region
• USGS Central Midwest Water Science Center
• USGS Denver Federal Center (DFC)
• USGS Earth System Processes Division
• USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC)
• USGS Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center
• USGS Pacific Region
• USGS Southwest Region

Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

• Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (AKCFWRU)
• Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
• Center for Mineral Resources Science (CMRS)
• Centro de Recursos Hídricos para la Agricultura y la Minería (CRHIAM)
• Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• Expedition 302 Scientists
• Expedition 318 Scientists
• Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence (GSCE)
• Laboratory for Infectious Disease and the Environment (LIDE)
• Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
• Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit (MCWRU)
• NERP Environmental Decisions Group (EDG)
• National Science Foundation Ice Core Facility (NSF-ICF)
• New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (NE CASC)
• Northeast Climate Science Center (NE CSC)
• Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• Sensitive High Resolution Ion Micro Probe Reverse Geometry (SHRIMP RG)
• South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (SW CASC)
• St. Jude Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (SJCEIRR)
• USGS Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
• West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS)
• West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit