COMPARISON OF RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION BEHAVIOR OF TWO GEOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCE FACULTIES: PATTERNS BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL PROGRAMS

This paper will compare and contrast the publication patterns and the use of reference sources between the faculty researchers at the University of Utah Department of Geology & Geophysics and the University of California, Irvine Department of Earth System Science. Citation analysis will bring to light differences and commonalities held between two earth science departments with very different emphases and longevities. The University of Utah was founded in 1850 and presumably the geology department began sometime shortly thereafter. On the other hand, the University of California, Irvine's Earth System Science program began in 1989, with a less traditional emphasis in atmospheric chemistry and climate change.