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Centre de Géomatique du Québec

In research, Centre de Géomatique du Québec stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,697 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,594
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#373
of 718
Research works
329
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.5k
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Centre de Géomatique du Québec

What is Centre de Géomatique du Québec 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 #10,697 of 17,446 7.9%214

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre de Géomatique du Québec 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 Centre de Géomatique du Québec work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Centre de Géomatique du Québec is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (27%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 64.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 27.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 14.9% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 15.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCentre deGéomatique du…56fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences65%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences18%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1527.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences814.9%
    3. Engineering611.5%
    4. Computer Science47.8%
    5. Energy11.2%
    6. Materials Science11.2%
    7. Chemistry00.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences610.1%
    2. Decision Sciences22.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.7%
    5. Psychology00.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences712.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.5%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Health Professions11.1%
    2. Medicine11.0%
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: 2.59× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.50× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.50× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.00× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences9.50×8 works
  2. Environmental Science5.50×15 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.00×2 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.59×7 works
  5. Energy1.31×1 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.26×2 works
  7. Computer Science1.00×4 works
  8. Social Sciences0.80×6 works
  9. Engineering0.77×6 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.42×1 works
  13. Materials Science0.34×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.27×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.14×0 works
  16. Psychology0.14×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.10×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  20. Medicine0.05×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Centre de Géomatique du Québec?

Ranked on the quality score, Patrick Ménard and Yannick Duguay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre de Géomatique du Québec.

  1. 1 Patrick Ménard Canada · #750,891 worldwide 1.4k citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Yannick Duguay Canada · #3,007,283 worldwide 1.2k citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Centre de Géomatique du Québec

What are the most cited papers from Centre de Géomatique du Québec?

The most cited paper from Centre de Géomatique du Québec is "Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate" (Christian Beer et al., 2010), with 2,991 citations. Next come "TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access" (2,168) and "Finer resolution observation and monitoring of global land cover: first mapping results with Landsat TM and ETM+ data" (1,731).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate Christian Beer et al. · Science Open access 5 Jul 2010 2,991
2 TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access Jens Kattge et al. · Global Change Biology Open access729 authors 31 Dec 2019 2,168
3 Finer resolution observation and monitoring of global land cover: first mapping results with Landsat TM and ETM+ data Peng Gong et al. · International Journal of Remote Sensing Open access 21 Dec 2012 1,731
4 Global patterns of land-atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide, latent heat, and sensible heat derived from eddy covariance, satellite, and meteorological observations Martin Jung et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 5 Aug 2011 1,517
5 Observed increase in local cooling effect of deforestation at higher latitudes Xuhui Lee et al. · Nature Open access Nov 2011 752
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Which keywords describe research at Centre de Géomatique du Québec?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainability, Global Warming, Ecosystem Services, Invasive Species and Biomass Estimation.

▲ 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. Climate Change11▲ 7.5×38 topics
  2. Remote Sensing5▲ 7.3×17 topics
  3. Sustainability4▲ 3.2×16 topics
  4. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 17×8 topics
  5. Machine Learning3▲ 1.62×11 topics
  6. Global Warming3▲ 11×6 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services2▲ 12×7 topics
  8. Invasive Species2▲ 11×8 topics
  9. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.4×13 topics
  10. Sustainable Development2▲ 2.5×8 topics
  11. Biodiversity2▲ 4.9×13 topics
  12. Biomass Estimation2▲ 24×3 topics
  13. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 22×5 topics
  14. Aboveground Biomass2▲ 34×2 topics
  15. Geological Mapping2▲ 36×2 topics
  16. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Community Engagement2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  18. Land Use Change2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  19. Soil Properties2▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Tectonics2▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Territorial Governance2▲ 23×3 topics
  22. Adaptation1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  23. Agroecology1▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Biological Invasions1▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Climate Change Impacts1▲ 20×4 topics
  26. Conservation1▲ 6.1×9 topics
  27. Local Development1▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Global Change1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  29. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Plate Tectonics1▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Citizen Science1▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Data Integration1▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Diversity1▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Geochronology1▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Social Impact Assessment1▲ 56×2 topics
  36. Zircon1▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Agricultural Development1▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Climate Change Impact1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  39. Forest Fires1▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Livestock Farming1▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Centre de Géomatique du Québec publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Fire effects on ecosystems, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Geological and Geochemic…1Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 1 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems1Fire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 1 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…1Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 1 fractional worksscientometrics and bibli…1scientometrics and bibliometrics research: 1 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 1 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 1 fractional worksForest Management and Po…1Forest Management and Policy: 1 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksData Management and Algorithms: 1 fractional works
GeophysicsGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsArtificial Intelligence5 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  2. 2 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  3. 3 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  4. 4 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  6. 6 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  7. 7 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Data Management and Algorithms Signal Processing 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.7%domestic only72.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centre de Géomatique du Québec's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Centre de Géomatique du Québec as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Centre de Géomatique du Québec0.00033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Centre de Géomatique du Québec over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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