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Council for Geoscience

In research, Council for Geoscience stands highest in Earth and Planetary Sciences (#919 of 2,224 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,794 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences is 25.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#16,545
of 34,923
Rank in South Africa
#67
of 126
Research works
638
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.8k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Council for Geoscience

What is Council for Geoscience 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
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #919 of 2,224 7.9%242
Physical SciencesDomain #8,794 of 17,446 6.7%465

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Council for Geoscience 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 Council for Geoscience work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Council for Geoscience is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (39%), Engineering (20%), Environmental Science (17%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 89.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24 fractional works · 39.4% of its workGeophysics: 11 fractional works · 18.4% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 20.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 17.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 9.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKCouncil forGeoscience61fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences7%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2439.4%
    2. Engineering1220.4%
    3. Environmental Science1117.3%
    4. Computer Science69.9%
    5. Materials Science10.9%
    6. Energy00.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences34.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    3. Decision Sciences00.5%
    4. Psychology00.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
    1. Health Professions00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Council for Geoscience specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 25.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 24.1 works25×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.28× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25.12× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.36× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.48× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 25.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences25.12×24 works
  2. Environmental Science3.48×11 works
  3. Engineering1.36×12 works
  4. Computer Science1.28×6 works
  5. Energy0.79×0 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.56×0 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.40×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.37×3 works
  10. Materials Science0.27×1 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.25×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.21×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×0 works
  14. Psychology0.10×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Council for Geoscience?

Ranked on the quality score, Johann Neveling, Hayley C. Cawthra and Luc Chevallier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Council for Geoscience.

  1. 1 Johann Neveling South Africa · #796,829 worldwide 2k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Hayley C. Cawthra South Africa · #1,218,760 worldwide 2.2k citations · 254 works
  3. 3 Luc Chevallier South Africa · #1,456,713 worldwide 2.4k citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Robert James Thomas South Africa · #1,502,111 worldwide 3.1k citations · 91 works
  5. 5 Robin E Harmer South Africa · #1,597,197 worldwide 2.1k citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Greg A. Botha South Africa · #1,639,037 worldwide 1.3k citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Robert J. Thomas South Africa · #1,664,857 worldwide 6.5k citations · 225 works
  8. 8 M. R. Johnson South Africa · #1,848,646 worldwide 600 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 P.H. Macey South Africa · #2,022,684 worldwide 2.3k citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Taufeeq Dhansay South Africa · #2,196,305 worldwide 294 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Council for Geoscience

What are the most cited papers from Council for Geoscience?

The most cited paper from Council for Geoscience is "MPI‐DING reference glasses for in situ microanalysis: New reference values for element concentrations and isotope ratios" (Klaus Peter Jochum et al., 2006), with 1,118 citations. Next come "Orogen styles in the East African Orogen: A review of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian tectonic evolution" (811) and "Fire As an Engineering Tool of Early Modern Humans" (590).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MPI‐DING reference glasses for in situ microanalysis: New reference values for element concentrations and isotope ratios Klaus Peter Jochum et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems Open access Feb 2006 1,118
2 Orogen styles in the East African Orogen: A review of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian tectonic evolution Harald Fritz, Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, Kamal Ahmed Ali et al. · Journal of African Earth Sciences Open access 3 Jul 2013 811
3 Fire As an Engineering Tool of Early Modern Humans Kyle S. Brown, Curtis W. Marean, Andy I.R. Herries et al. · Science 14 Aug 2009 590
4 Hydrothermal venting of greenhouse gases triggering Early Jurassic global warming Henrik Hovland Svensen, Sverre Planke, Luc Chevallier et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters 14 Feb 2007 488
5 Estimation of the Maximum Earthquake Magnitude, m max Andrzej Kijko · Pure and Applied Geophysics 9 Jun 2004 442
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Which keywords describe research at Council for Geoscience?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Plate Tectonics, Machine Learning, Support Vector Machines, Tectonics, Geological Mapping, Compositional Data Analysis and Mineral Prospectivity.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing10▲ 13×12 topics
  2. Machine Learning9▲ 4.4×6 topics
  3. Plate Tectonics7▲ 74×3 topics
  4. Support Vector Machines6▲ 32×2 topics
  5. Tectonics6▲ 85×3 topics
  6. Geological Mapping6▲ 117×2 topics
  7. Compositional Data Analysis5▲ 135×1 topic
  8. Mineral Prospectivity5▲ 135×1 topic
  9. Climate Change4▲ 2.5×15 topics
  10. Geochronology4▲ 97×1 topic
  11. Zircon4▲ 97×1 topic
  12. Environmental Impact3▲ 3.2×10 topics
  13. Environmental Impacts3▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Subduction3▲ 65×2 topics
  15. Geochemistry3▲ 72×4 topics
  16. Earthquakes3▲ 76×1 topic
  17. Plate Boundaries3▲ 76×1 topic
  18. Holocene2▲ 35×3 topics
  19. Continental Margin2▲ 63×2 topics
  20. Crustal Structure2▲ 63×2 topics
  21. Sedimentation2▲ 64×2 topics
  22. Tomography2▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Cenozoic Evolution2▲ 97×1 topic
  24. Mineralogy2▲ 109×2 topics
  25. Rifting2▲ 97×1 topic
  26. Fluvial Systems2▲ 114×1 topic
  27. Rare Earth Elements2▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Sea Level2▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Sequence Stratigraphy2▲ 114×1 topic
  30. Glacial Cycles2▲ 46×1 topic
  31. Paleoclimatology2▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Remediation2▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Hominin Genetics2▲ 128×1 topic
  34. Paleolithic Archaeology2▲ 128×1 topic
  35. Soil Properties2▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Metal Removal2▲ 175×1 topic
  37. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria2▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Seismic Noise2▲ 52×1 topic
  39. Surface Wave2▲ 52×1 topic
  40. CO2 Sequestration1▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Council for Geoscience publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

Geochemistry and Geologi…5Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 5 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 4 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 3 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 2 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 2 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 2 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 2 fractional worksMine drainage and remediation techniques: 2 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 2 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceGeophysicsGeologyEarth-Surface Processes4 others

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

  1. 1 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 4 works
  3. 3 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 3 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 2 works
  5. 5 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 2 works
  6. 6 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  7. 7 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 2 works
  8. 8 Mine drainage and remediation techniques Environmental Chemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  10. 10 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 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 available45.0%not open55.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.3%domestic only73.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Council for Geoscience's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% 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 Council for Geoscience as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Council for Geoscience0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Council for Geoscience 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.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2022Council for Geoscience2.4% in 202220102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.3% in 2009.

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