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Botswana Geoscience Institute

In research, Botswana Geoscience Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,800 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,680
of 22,385 · #9,465 all time
Rank in Botswana
#3
of 8
Research works
366
▲ 70% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Botswana Geoscience Institute

What is Botswana Geoscience Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #9,800 of 17,446 6.5%142

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Botswana Geoscience Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Botswana Geoscience Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research at Botswana Geoscience Institute is in Social Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Social Sciences (15%), Medicine (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 55 fractional works · 38.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 15.4% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 8.0% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 7.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 41 fractional works · 28.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 16.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 10.9% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 32 fractional works · 21.8% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 7.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 9.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBotswanaGeoscience…145fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences38%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2215.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance149.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting117.9%
    4. Psychology31.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities31.9%
    6. Decision Sciences21.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2316.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences117.4%
    3. Neuroscience42.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology31.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Engineering117.4%
    2. Computer Science106.9%
    3. Environmental Science42.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences42.5%
    5. Materials Science10.6%
    6. Chemistry10.5%
    7. Energy00.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine149.8%
    2. Health Professions21.4%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.56× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.00× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.65× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.44× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.48× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.48×14 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.00×23 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.44×11 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.81×3 works
  5. Neuroscience1.65×4 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.59×4 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.56×11 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.56×2 works
  9. Social Sciences1.22×22 works
  10. Computer Science0.89×10 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×0 works
  12. Dentistry0.68×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.65×3 works
  14. Psychology0.63×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.59×4 works
  16. Health Professions0.54×2 works
  17. Medicine0.51×14 works
  18. Engineering0.50×11 works
  19. Veterinary0.42×0 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.38×0 works
  21. Nursing0.35×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.34×1 works
  23. Energy0.30×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.18×1 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Botswana Geoscience Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Onkgopotse Ntibinyane, Aftab Alam and Motsamai Kwadiba lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Botswana Geoscience Institute.

  1. 1 Onkgopotse Ntibinyane Botswana · #4,182,232 worldwide 213 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Aftab Alam Botswana · #4,279,402 worldwide 35 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Motsamai Kwadiba Botswana · #4,282,673 worldwide 227 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Botswana Geoscience Institute

What are the most cited papers from Botswana Geoscience Institute?

The most cited paper from Botswana Geoscience Institute is "Identification and assembly of genomes and genetic elements in complex metagenomic samples without using reference genomes" (H Bjørn Nielsen et al., 2014), with 1,332 citations. Next come "TGS-GapCloser: A fast and accurate gap closer for large genomes with low coverage of error-prone long reads" (518) and "Draft genome of the living fossil Ginkgo biloba" (287).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Identification and assembly of genomes and genetic elements in complex metagenomic samples without using reference genomes H Bjørn Nielsen et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access 6 Jul 2014 1,332
2 TGS-GapCloser: A fast and accurate gap closer for large genomes with low coverage of error-prone long reads Mengyang Xu, Lidong Guo, Shengqiang Gu et al. · GigaScience Open access Sep 2020 518
3 Draft genome of the living fossil Ginkgo biloba Rui Guan et al. · GigaScience Open access 21 Nov 2016 287
4 Single-cell spatial transcriptome reveals cell-type organization in the macaque cortex Ao Chen et al. · Cell Open access115 authors 12 Jul 2023 223
5 The trans-omics landscape of COVID-19 Peng Wu et al. · Nature Communications Open access 27 Jul 2021 138
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Botswana Geoscience Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teaching Methods, RNA-Seq, Pedagogy, Student Competencies, Gene Expression, Entrepreneurship, Energy Consumption and Investment.

▲ 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-now 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. Sustainability7▲ 1.93×14 topics
  2. Teaching Methods7▲ 29×2 topics
  3. Gene Expression7▲ 7.2×11 topics
  4. Deep Learning6▲ 1.30×19 topics
  5. Pedagogy6▲ 8.7×1 topic
  6. RNA-Seq6▲ 37×2 topics
  7. Student Competencies6▲ 67×1 topic
  8. Globalization6▲ 2.2×10 topics
  9. Machine Learning6▲ 1.28×15 topics
  10. Entrepreneurship6▲ 11×4 topics
  11. Renewable Energy6▲ 2.8×8 topics
  12. Economic Development5▲ 4.5×4 topics
  13. Energy Consumption5▲ 16×3 topics
  14. Investment4▲ 26×3 topics
  15. Irrigation4▲ 147×1 topic
  16. Water Efficiency4▲ 147×1 topic
  17. Industrial Enterprises4▲ 78×1 topic
  18. Innovation Economics4▲ 78×1 topic
  19. Data Integration4▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Consumer Behavior4▲ 4.0×6 topics
  21. Single-Cell4▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Transcriptomics4▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Supply Chain Management3▲ 2.6×7 topics
  24. Economic Growth3▲ 2.8×6 topics
  25. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 7.1×6 topics
  26. Social Capital3▲ 4.3×6 topics
  27. Quality Assessment3▲ 10×2 topics
  28. genome annotation3▲ 29×1 topic
  29. sequence alignment3▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Urbanization2▲ 3.9×2 topics
  31. Poverty Alleviation2▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Image Segmentation2▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Stock Market2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  34. Transfer Learning2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  35. Convolutional Neural Network2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  36. Bioinformatics2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  37. Land Tenure2▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Normalization2▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Brain Tumor2▲ 16×1 topic
  40. MRI2▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Botswana Geoscience Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Engineering and Agricultural Innovations, Economic and Industrial Development and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Education, Innovation an…6Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 6 fractional worksEngineering and Agricultural Innovations: 4 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 4 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 4 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 3 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection an…2Brain Tumor Detection and Classification: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 1 fractional worksGene expression and cancer classification: 1 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 1 fractional works
EducationAquatic ScienceEconomics and EconometricsMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 6 works
  2. 2 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 4 works
  3. 3 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  4. 4 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Gene expression and cancer classification Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 1 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 available58.0%not open42.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.1%domestic only54.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Botswana Geoscience Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 70% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Botswana Geoscience Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00057% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Botswana Geoscience Institute0.00071% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Botswana Geoscience Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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