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Croatian Geological Survey

In research, Croatian Geological Survey stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,687 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 27.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,145
of 28,054 · #15,216 all time
Rank in Croatia
#14
of 80
Research works
690
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.8k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Croatian Geological Survey known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,687 of 12,888 18.1%97 #8589

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Croatian 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Croatian Geological Survey specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 27.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 49.7 works28×
← 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: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 27.53× its world share, 50 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.50× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.45× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 27.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Croatian Geological Survey?

Ranked on the composite score, Josip Halamić, Lidija Galović and Lara Wacha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Croatian Geological Survey.

  1. 1 Josip Halamić Croatia · #302,992 worldwide 89 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Lidija Galović Croatia · #407,472 worldwide 39 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Lara Wacha Croatia · #464,554 worldwide 85 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 B. Vršnak Croatia · #473,211 worldwide 225 citations · 97 works
  5. 5 Dubravko Matičec Croatia · #587,286 worldwide 32 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Željka Brkić Croatia · #608,443 worldwide 11 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Ivan Dragičević Croatia · #664,314 worldwide 3 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Mladen Kuhta Croatia · #696,813 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Zoran Peh Croatia · #727,059 worldwide 40 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Andrej Stroj Croatia · #803,533 worldwide 8 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Croatian Geological Survey

Which keywords describe research at Croatian Geological Survey?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Holocene, Climate Change, Sea Level, Mediterranean, Tectonic Evolution, Alpine orogeny and Carpathian-Pannonian region.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing20▲ 14×16 topics
  2. Climate Change18▲ 5.8×22 topics
  3. Holocene17▲ 129×3 topics
  4. Sea Level13▲ 117×2 topics
  5. Mediterranean12▲ 116×4 topics
  6. Alpine orogeny9▲ 1461×1 topic
  7. Carpathian-Pannonian region9▲ 1461×1 topic
  8. Tectonic Evolution9▲ 372×2 topics
  9. Sedimentation9▲ 138×2 topics
  10. Groundwater9▲ 92×3 topics
  11. Machine Learning8▲ 2.2×12 topics
  12. Black Sea8▲ 167×1 topic
  13. paleoceanography8▲ 222×1 topic
  14. Paleoclimatology6▲ 63×2 topics
  15. Water Quality6▲ 13×7 topics
  16. Geochemistry6▲ 80×4 topics
  17. Glacial Cycles5▲ 69×1 topic
  18. Monsoon Dynamics5▲ 69×1 topic
  19. Support Vector Machines5▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Risk Assessment5▲ 6.6×3 topics
  21. GIS-based Modeling5▲ 49×2 topics
  22. Geoarchaeology5▲ 116×2 topics
  23. Hazard5▲ 57×1 topic
  24. Landslide5▲ 57×1 topic
  25. Isotopes4▲ 125×1 topic
  26. Stable4▲ 145×1 topic
  27. Geological Mapping4▲ 46×2 topics
  28. Hyperspectral Imaging4▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Maritime Archaeology4▲ 195×1 topic
  30. Sea-Level Change4▲ 195×1 topic
  31. Compositional Data Analysis4▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Mineral Prospectivity4▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Cultural Heritage4▲ 6.5×2 topics
  34. Terrestrial Laser Scanning4▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Geohazards4▲ 61×2 topics
  36. Hydrogeology4▲ 139×1 topic
  37. Karst4▲ 430×1 topic
  38. Tectonics4▲ 25×3 topics
  39. Photogrammetry3▲ 45×1 topic
  40. UAV3▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Croatian Geological Survey publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geological Formations and Processes Exploration, Marine and environmental studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Landslides and related hazards.

Geological Formations and Processes Exploration: 9 fractional worksMarine and environmental studies: 8 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 5 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 5 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 4 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 4 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…4Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 4 fractional worksKarst Systems and Hydrogeology: 4 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 3 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 3 fractional works
GeophysicsOceanographyAtmospheric ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law6 others

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

  1. 1 Geological Formations and Processes Exploration Geophysics 9 works
  2. 2 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 8 works
  3. 3 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 5 works
  4. 4 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 5 works
  5. 5 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 4 works
  6. 6 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 4 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  8. 8 Karst Systems and Hydrogeology Earth-Surface Processes 4 works
  9. 9 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 3 works
  10. 10 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 3 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 available66.7%not open33.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.9%domestic only77.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Croatian Geological Survey's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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.

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