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BHP (Australia)

In research, BHP (Australia) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,425 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,951
of 28,054 · #10,598 all time
Rank in Australia
#354
of 391
Research works
993
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is BHP (Australia) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #11,425 of 12,888 11.6%69 #6470

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where BHP (Australia) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3.14× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.28× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.51× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.47× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.61× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at BHP (Australia)?

Ranked on the composite score, W. Y. D. Yuen, D. N. Hyder and Kathy Ehrig lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BHP (Australia).

  1. 1 W. Y. D. Yuen · #722,782 worldwide 55 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 D. N. Hyder · #786,666 worldwide 55 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Kathy Ehrig · #981,575 worldwide 139 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Duncan Seddon · #1,136,316 worldwide 42 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at BHP (Australia)

Which keywords describe research at BHP (Australia)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metallurgy, Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, Metal Recovery, Food Security, Databases, Thermochemical and Policy.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Metallurgy10▲ 160×2 topics
  2. Sustainability10▲ 3.9×13 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency8▲ 7.9×8 topics
  4. Machine Learning7▲ 2.1×11 topics
  5. Metal Recovery6▲ 31×3 topics
  6. Food Security5▲ 9.5×4 topics
  7. Databases5▲ 176×1 topic
  8. Thermochemical5▲ 176×1 topic
  9. Climate Change5▲ 1.88×14 topics
  10. Policy5▲ 22×4 topics
  11. Microbial Communities5▲ 11×2 topics
  12. Agriculture5▲ 12×2 topics
  13. Bioleaching5▲ 146×1 topic
  14. Microbial Ecology5▲ 27×2 topics
  15. Sulfide Minerals5▲ 146×1 topic
  16. Plate Tectonics5▲ 29×3 topics
  17. Tectonics4▲ 35×3 topics
  18. Technology4▲ 7.5×4 topics
  19. Development4▲ 11×3 topics
  20. India4▲ 51×3 topics
  21. Rural Development4▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Economic Analysis4▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Production4▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Geological Mapping4▲ 42×2 topics
  25. Iron Oxides4▲ 192×1 topic
  26. Reduction Kinetics4▲ 192×1 topic
  27. Optimization3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  28. Electrical Properties3▲ 32×4 topics
  29. Geochronology3▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Zircon3▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Circular Economy3▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Strategic Planning3▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Nanobubbles3▲ 89×1 topic
  34. Support Vector Machines3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  35. Water Treatment3▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Comminution2▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Mineral Liberation Analysis2▲ 68×1 topic
  38. Rock Mechanics2▲ 24×3 topics
  39. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does BHP (Australia) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics, Metal Extraction and Bioleaching, Iron and Steelmaking Processes and Agricultural Economics and Practices.

Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 5 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bioleaching: 5 fractional worksIron and Steelmaking Pro…4Iron and Steelmaking Processes: 4 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…4Agricultural Economics and Practices: 4 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 3 fractional worksMinerals Flotation and Separation Techniques: 3 fractional worksMineral Processing and G…2Mineral Processing and Grinding: 2 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksMining Techniques and Economics: 2 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Modeling: 2 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesGeophysics4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Metallurgical Processes and ThermodynamicsMechanical Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Metal Extraction and BioleachingBiomedical Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Iron and Steelmaking ProcessesMechanical Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Economics and PracticesGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGeophysics 3 works
  6. 6 Minerals Flotation and Separation TechniquesWater Science and Technology 3 works
  7. 7 Mineral Processing and GrindingMechanical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Geochemistry and Geologic MappingArtificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Mining Techniques and EconomicsControl and Systems Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Rock Mechanics and ModelingMechanics of Materials 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available22.9%not open77.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.3%domestic only74.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has BHP (Australia)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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