Also curious whether the massive throughout at such institutions matters. Are 50% of dissertations awarded at the institutions?

Ozark Plateau delivering in a similar manner.

I manually added you, now its my fault if updates don't come through.

Here's to a scientifically interesting 2025.

Finally, Pauline Delorme's (2018) delta experiments showing grain-size controlled slope breaks give a powerful tool for looking at delta profiles.

journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...

Baresch, Crifo, and Boyce (2018) looked at the efficiency of looping networks on angiosperm leaf networks.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Some of my favorite papers:

Wong and Parker (2006). I really dug into this paper for the first time because it is one of the few that directly estimates the exponent in bed material transport. Can it vary significantly from 1.5? Apparently so!
ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Most represented universities (3 each):
Arkansas, Caltech, Indiana, LSU, Texas, Utrecht, William and Mary.

Location of the first author?
Netherlands and France: 6 times
China and UK: 7 times
USA: 54 times

My most frequently read journals changed quite a bit this year:

4 reads: AAPG Bull. Nature Comms, Sci. Reports, GRL, EPSL.
5 reads: Sedimentology, Earth-Science Reviews
6 reads: Journal of Sedimentary Research

The age distribution of the papers is always weighted toward younger papers. This year the median age was 4.5 years old. This median age has been remarkably consistent over time.

In 2024, I downloaded and digested 114 papers, about 25% lower than my average since 2020. :(

What is it?

those look very nice.

May explain why there are 10 "engineer" jobs for every "scientist" job though.

Scientists define reality, including what the world is and problems associated with it. Engineers address these problems, and look for helpful solutions... that's what I'm toying with. This definition clearly has little to do with your particular degree or job title.