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Botswana Geoscience Institute

In research, Botswana Geoscience Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#18,032 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,704
of 28,054 · #24,389 all time
Rank in Botswana
#4
of 8
Research works
366
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

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 #18,032 of 21,541 8.0%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 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: 1.03× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.81× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.75× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.66× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.01× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.38× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Botswana Geoscience Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: RNA-Seq, Gene Expression, Teaching Methods, Entrepreneurship, Student Competencies, Consumer Behavior, Pedagogy and Data Integration.

▲ 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. Gene Expression5▲ 7.1×10 topics
  2. RNA-Seq5▲ 39×2 topics
  3. Machine Learning5▲ 1.26×13 topics
  4. Deep Learning4◆ 1.02×13 topics
  5. Sustainability4▲ 1.43×12 topics
  6. Globalization4▲ 1.62×10 topics
  7. Teaching Methods4▲ 22×2 topics
  8. Consumer Behavior4▲ 5.0×6 topics
  9. Entrepreneurship4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management3▲ 3.1×7 topics
  11. Pedagogy3▲ 5.9×1 topic
  12. Student Competencies3▲ 57×1 topic
  13. Economic Growth3▲ 3.3×6 topics
  14. Social Capital3▲ 5.0×5 topics
  15. Data Integration3▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Economic Development3▲ 2.8×4 topics
  17. Single-Cell3▲ 53×1 topic
  18. Transcriptomics3▲ 53×1 topic
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 7.4×6 topics
  20. Quality Assessment2▲ 11×2 topics
  21. genome annotation2▲ 30×1 topic
  22. sequence alignment2▲ 30×1 topic
  23. Urbanization2▲ 4.7×2 topics
  24. Energy Consumption2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  25. Poverty Alleviation2▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Governance2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  27. Stock Market2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  28. Investment2▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Land Tenure2▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Financial Markets2▲ 10×1 topic
  31. business impact2▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Normalization1▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Quality Control1▲ 6.3×2 topics
  34. Bioinformatics1▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Customer Experience1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  36. Financial Development1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  37. ICT1▲ 8.8×1 topic
  38. Industrial Enterprises1▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Innovation Economics1▲ 57×1 topic
  40. financial access1▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Botswana Geoscience Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts.

Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 3 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…2Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts2COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 2 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 1 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…1Economic Growth and Development: 1 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 1 fractional worksGene expression and cancer classification: 1 fractional worksCustomer Service Quality and Loyalty: 1 fractional works
EducationMolecular BiologyEconomics and EconometricsUrban Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 3 works
  2. 2 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 1 works
  6. 6 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 1 works
  9. 9 Gene expression and cancer classification Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Customer Service Quality and Loyalty Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Botswana Geoscience Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% higher 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.