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Colombian Geological Survey

In research, Colombian Geological Survey stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,381 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Geophysics is 94.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,867
of 22,385 · #11,748 all time
Rank in Colombia
#127
of 169
Research works
810
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Colombian Geological Survey

What is Colombian Geological Survey known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #8,381 of 10,670 6.3%102 #6940

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Colombian Geological Survey 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 Colombian Geological Survey work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Colombian Geological Survey is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (38%), Engineering (14%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 111 fractional works · 73.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 57 fractional works · 38.0% of its workGeophysics: 50 fractional works · 32.9% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 13.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 9.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKColombianGeological Survey150fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences13%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5738.0%
    2. Engineering2113.9%
    3. Environmental Science149.1%
    4. Computer Science85.4%
    5. Energy74.3%
    6. Materials Science21.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    8. Chemistry10.6%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences106.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities31.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.0%
    5. Psychology21.0%
    6. Decision Sciences11.0%
    1. Medicine95.8%
    2. Health Professions32.2%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences74.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Colombian Geological Survey specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 94.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 49.6 works94×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 57.2 works24×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24.23× its world share, 57 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.71× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.83× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 24.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences24.23×57 works
  2. Energy4.71×6 works
  3. Environmental Science1.83×14 works
  4. Decision Sciences0.99×1 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.92×7 works
  6. Engineering0.92×21 works
  7. Health Professions0.83×3 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×2 works
  9. Computer Science0.70×8 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.65×3 works
  11. Social Sciences0.53×10 works
  12. Materials Science0.41×2 works
  13. Chemistry0.38×1 works
  14. Psychology0.33×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.32×2 works
  16. Medicine0.30×9 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.29×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×2 works
  19. Mathematics0.02×0 works
  20. Nursing0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Colombian Geological Survey?

Ranked on the quality score, Germán Bayona, Esteban Poveda and Carolina Ayala lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Colombian Geological Survey.

  1. 1 Germán Bayona Colombia · #1,545,703 worldwide 4.3k citations · 158 works
  2. 2 Esteban Poveda Colombia · #1,709,867 worldwide 392 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Carolina Ayala Colombia · #1,801,645 worldwide 978 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Servicio Geológico Colombiano SGC Colombia · #1,954,214 worldwide 485 citations · 133 works
  5. 5 Patricia Pedraza Colombia · #2,308,395 worldwide 241 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Viviana Dionicio Colombia · #2,460,672 worldwide 309 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Héctor Mora‐Páez Colombia · #2,490,457 worldwide 1.2k citations · 78 works
  8. 8 Hans Diederix Colombia · #2,633,049 worldwide 454 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Maria Clara Zuluaga Colombia · #2,667,833 worldwide 258 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Diego Armando Ramírez Colombia · #2,706,149 worldwide 728 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Colombian Geological Survey

What are the most cited papers from Colombian Geological Survey?

The most cited paper from Colombian Geological Survey is "Historically unprecedented global glacier decline in the early 21st century" (Michael Zemp et al., 2015), with 833 citations. Next come "Middle Miocene closure of the Central American Seaway" (690) and "Andean tectonics as a cause for changing drainage patterns in Miocene northern South America" (689).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Historically unprecedented global glacier decline in the early 21st century Michael Zemp et al. · Journal of Glaciology Open access 2015 833
2 Middle Miocene closure of the Central American Seaway Camilo Montes, A. Cardona, Carlos Alberto Jaramillo et al. · Science 9 Apr 2015 690
3 Andean tectonics as a cause for changing drainage patterns in Miocene northern South America Carina Hoorn, Javier Guerrero, Gustavo A. Sarmiento et al. · Geology 1995 689
4 Wide plate margin deformation, southern Central America and northwestern South America, CASA GPS observations R. Trenkamp, James N. Kellogg, Jeffrey Todd Freymueller et al. · Journal of South American Earth Sciences Jun 2002 483
5 Neogene stratigraphy, paleoceanography and paleobiogeography in northwest South America and the evolution of the Panama seaway Hermann Duque-Caro · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology Apr 1990 432
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Colombian Geological Survey?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Subduction, Tectonic Evolution, Andean Geodynamics, Caribbean Plate Boundary, Plate Tectonics, Climate Change, Geodetic Measurements and Earthquakes.

▲ 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. Subduction37▲ 326×3 topics
  2. Tectonic Evolution30▲ 844×2 topics
  3. Andean Geodynamics28▲ 2392×1 topic
  4. Caribbean Plate Boundary28▲ 2392×1 topic
  5. Climate Change12▲ 2.9×32 topics
  6. Machine Learning11▲ 2.3×15 topics
  7. Plate Tectonics8▲ 33×3 topics
  8. Geodetic Measurements7▲ 45×2 topics
  9. Sustainable Development7▲ 3.0×12 topics
  10. Earthquakes7▲ 80×1 topic
  11. Plate Boundaries7▲ 80×1 topic
  12. Renewable Energy7▲ 3.1×8 topics
  13. Remote Sensing6▲ 3.5×11 topics
  14. Tectonics6▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Geochronology6▲ 61×1 topic
  16. Zircon6▲ 61×1 topic
  17. Geographic Information Systems5▲ 33×2 topics
  18. Geological Mapping5▲ 44×2 topics
  19. Sustainability5▲ 1.40×15 topics
  20. Ecosystem Approach5▲ 312×1 topic
  21. Environmental Impact Assessment5▲ 46×1 topic
  22. Support Vector Machines5▲ 10×3 topics
  23. Compositional Data Analysis4▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Mineral Prospectivity4▲ 48×1 topic
  25. Optimization4▲ 6.1×2 topics
  26. Data Assimilation4▲ 16×1 topic
  27. Ensemble Kalman Filter4▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Tomography4▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Public Policy3▲ 4.8×10 topics
  30. Latin America3▲ 11×7 topics
  31. Predictive Maintenance3▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Artificial Lift Systems3▲ 66×1 topic
  33. Fault Diagnosis3▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  35. Biogeography2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  36. Seismic Noise2▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Surface Wave2▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Environmental Health2▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Resource Management2▲ 8.2×1 topic
  40. Water Governance2▲ 150×1 topic

Which research topics does Colombian Geological Survey publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and Environmental and Ecological Studies.

Geological and Tectonic …28Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America: 28 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 7 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 6 fractional worksEnvironmental and Ecological Studies: 5 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…4Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 4 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 4 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 3 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 2 fractional worksWater Resource Management and Quality: 2 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide: 2 fractional works
GeophysicsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentArtificial IntelligenceOcean Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 28 works
  2. 2 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 7 works
  3. 3 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 6 works
  4. 4 Environmental and Ecological Studies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  9. 9 Water Resource Management and Quality Water Science and Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide Geophysics 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 available60.0%not open40.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.0%domestic only73.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Colombian Geological Survey's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Colombian Geological Survey as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00050% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Colombian Geological Survey0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Colombian Geological Survey over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Colombian Geological Survey7.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.1% in 2019.

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