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CRC for Spatial information

In research, CRC for Spatial information stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,360 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,316
of 22,385 · #6,488 all time
Rank in Australia
#133
of 270
Research works
819
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
CRC for Spatial information

What is CRC for Spatial information 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 #5,360 of 10,670 16.0%77 #3028

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where CRC for Spatial information 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 CRC for Spatial information work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at CRC for Spatial information is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (22%), Engineering (19%), Social Sciences (15%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 99 fractional works · 62.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 35 fractional works · 21.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 31 fractional works · 19.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 13 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 9.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 25.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 15.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCRC for Spatialinformation159fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences26%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3521.9%
    2. Engineering3119.3%
    3. Computer Science159.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences138.3%
    5. Mathematics21.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    7. Energy10.6%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    9. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Social Sciences2415.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance64.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting31.8%
    4. Decision Sciences31.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities31.6%
    6. Psychology21.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences53.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine53.2%
    2. Health Professions31.9%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
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: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.23× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.30× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.29× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.40× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.86× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.30×13 works
  2. Environmental Science4.40×35 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.86×6 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.73×3 works
  5. Engineering1.29×31 works
  6. Computer Science1.23×15 works
  7. Social Sciences1.20×24 works
  8. Mathematics1.03×2 works
  9. Health Professions0.74×3 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.72×6 works
  11. Energy0.68×1 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.57×3 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.56×3 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.54×1 works
  15. Psychology0.48×2 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×4 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.42×2 works
  18. Neuroscience0.26×1 works
  19. Veterinary0.22×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  21. Medicine0.16×5 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at CRC for Spatial information?

Ranked on the quality score, Markus Konkol, Peter Woodgate and R.J. Fontein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CRC for Spatial information.

  1. 1 Markus Konkol Australia · #1,440,817 worldwide 1.4k citations · 117 works
  2. 2 Peter Woodgate Australia · #2,318,890 worldwide 1.1k citations · 26 works
  3. 3 R.J. Fontein Australia · #3,091,850 worldwide 24 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Kevin D. Pomfret Australia · #3,416,629 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Kim Lowell Australia · #4,935,674 worldwide 2k citations · 128 works
All ranked researchers at CRC for Spatial information

What are the most cited papers from CRC for Spatial information?

The most cited paper from CRC for Spatial information is "Remote sensing of soil salinity: potentials and constraints" (Graciela Isabel Metternicht, J. A. Zinck, 2003), with 1,113 citations. Next come "Land cover changes and their biogeophysical effects on climate" (793) and "Expansion of the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) knowledge base and resources" (744).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Remote sensing of soil salinity: potentials and constraints Graciela Isabel Metternicht, J. A. Zinck · Remote Sensing of Environment 25 Mar 2003 1,113
2 Land cover changes and their biogeophysical effects on climate Rezaul Mahmood, Roger A. Pielke, Kenneth G. Hubbard et al. · International Journal of Climatology 21 Jun 2013 793
3 Expansion of the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) knowledge base and resources Sebastian Köhler et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 25 Oct 2018 744
4 Testing the performance of spatial interpolation techniques for mapping soil properties Todd P. Robinson, Graciela Isabel Metternicht · Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 16 Dec 2005 599
5 Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Model: Current Developments and Applications Kyle R. Douglas‐Mankin, Raghavan Srinivasan, Jeffrey G. Arnold · Transactions of the ASABE Open access 2010 555
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at CRC for Spatial information?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Sustainability, Urban Development, Land Use Change, Energy Simulation, Deep Learning and Terrestrial Laser Scanning.

▲ 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 Sensing19▲ 9.8×25 topics
  2. Climate Change18▲ 4.1×48 topics
  3. Sustainability13▲ 3.2×30 topics
  4. Deep Learning12▲ 2.1×34 topics
  5. Machine Learning10▲ 1.83×30 topics
  6. Urban Development8▲ 14×8 topics
  7. Land Use Change7▲ 15×6 topics
  8. Energy Simulation6▲ 46×2 topics
  9. Terrestrial Laser Scanning6▲ 30×2 topics
  10. BIM-GIS Integration5▲ 265×1 topic
  11. CityGML5▲ 265×1 topic
  12. Biomass Estimation5▲ 22×3 topics
  13. Citizen Science5▲ 32×3 topics
  14. Urbanization5▲ 7.9×8 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 7.7×7 topics
  16. Geospatial Crowdsourcing4▲ 141×1 topic
  17. Volunteered Geographic Information4▲ 141×1 topic
  18. Social-Ecological Systems4▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services4▲ 6.7×10 topics
  20. Environmental Policy4▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Global Warming4▲ 5.5×9 topics
  22. Cultural Heritage4▲ 4.3×7 topics
  23. Risk Management4▲ 4.6×4 topics
  24. Data Integration3▲ 12×2 topics
  25. GIS-based Modeling3▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 8.9×5 topics
  27. Aboveground Biomass3▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Urban Heat Island3▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Vulnerability3▲ 8.6×6 topics
  31. Forest Carbon Stocks3▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Lidar Remote Sensing3▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Water Resources3▲ 7.9×7 topics
  34. Global Impact3▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Spatial Dynamics3▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Climate Change Adaptation3▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Soil Properties3▲ 10×4 topics
  38. 3D Reconstruction3▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Geological Mapping3▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Point Clouds3▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does CRC for Spatial information publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications, Geographic Information Systems Studies, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications: 5 fractional worksGeographic Information Systems Studies: 4 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR…3Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 3 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…3Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 3 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 3 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 2 fractional worksGeological Modeling and …2Geological Modeling and Analysis: 2 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Cla…2Remote-Sensing Image Classification: 2 fractional worksRemote Sensing and Land …2Remote Sensing and Land Use: 2 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agricu…2Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 2 fractional works
Building and ConstructionGeography, Planning and DevelopmentEnvironmental EngineeringGlobal and Planetary Change5 others

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

  1. 1 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications Building and Construction 5 works
  2. 2 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 4 works
  3. 3 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 3 works
  6. 6 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 2 works
  7. 7 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 2 works
  8. 8 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 2 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing and Land Use Atmospheric Science 2 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 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 available47.2%not open52.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.7%domestic only58.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has CRC for Spatial information's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% 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 CRC for Spatial information as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00050% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%CRC for Spatial information0.00095% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of CRC for Spatial information 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 counting10%20%30%CRC for Spatial information14.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.3% in 2010.

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