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Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics

In research, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,394 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 18.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,426
of 28,054 · #13,231 all time
Rank in Czechia
#95
of 163
Research works
531
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics 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 #8,394 of 12,888 16.5%85 #7549

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics 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 Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 18.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 26.9 works18×
← 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: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.75× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.81× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17.97× its world share, 27 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.75× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.68× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.42× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.16× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 18.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics?

Ranked on the composite score, Giancarlo Dal Moro, Jan Klimeš and Ivana Sýkorová lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics.

  1. 1 Giancarlo Dal Moro Czechia · #289,940 worldwide 93 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Jan Klimeš Czechia · #517,734 worldwide 81 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Ivana Sýkorová Czechia · #595,767 worldwide 61 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Miloš René Czechia · #1,458,112 worldwide 47 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Martin Černý Czechia · #1,524,934 worldwide 47 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Zuzana Weishauptová Czechia · #1,555,916 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics

Which keywords describe research at Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Tissue Engineering, Risk Assessment, Tomography, GIS-based Modeling, Hazard, Landslide and Recycling.

▲ 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 Sensing8▲ 7.0×9 topics
  2. Climate Change6▲ 2.5×14 topics
  3. Tissue Engineering6▲ 10×7 topics
  4. Risk Assessment5▲ 8.4×3 topics
  5. Tomography5▲ 29×3 topics
  6. Mechanical Properties5▲ 5.3×9 topics
  7. GIS-based Modeling5▲ 58×2 topics
  8. Hazard5▲ 70×1 topic
  9. Landslide5▲ 70×1 topic
  10. Recycling5▲ 13×6 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications4▲ 4.0×11 topics
  12. Subduction4▲ 65×3 topics
  13. Plate Tectonics4▲ 29×2 topics
  14. Geodetic Measurements4▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Biomaterials4▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Earthquakes4▲ 75×1 topic
  17. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.5×12 topics
  18. Plate Boundaries4▲ 75×1 topic
  19. Extraction3▲ 27×3 topics
  20. Seismic Noise3▲ 74×1 topic
  21. Surface Wave3▲ 74×1 topic
  22. Tectonics3▲ 30×3 topics
  23. Characterization3▲ 25×4 topics
  24. Nanocomposites3▲ 3.9×10 topics
  25. Tectonic Evolution3▲ 142×3 topics
  26. Geochronology3▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Zircon3▲ 43×1 topic
  28. Renewable Fuels3▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Alpine orogeny2▲ 470×1 topic
  30. Biochar2▲ 16×2 topics
  31. CO2 Sequestration2▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Carpathian-Pannonian region2▲ 470×1 topic
  33. Crustal Deformation2▲ 209×2 topics
  34. Bioremediation2▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Pyrolysis2▲ 37×2 topics
  36. Biomass2▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Full-Waveform Tomography2▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Gasification2▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Regenerative Medicine2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  40. Seismic Waveform Inversion2▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Landslides and related hazards, earthquake and tectonic studies, Seismic Waves and Analysis and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Landslides and related hazards: 5 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 4 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis3Seismic Waves and Analysis: 3 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…3Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 3 fractional worksGeological Formations and Processes Exploration: 2 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 2 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Model…2Rock Mechanics and Modeling: 2 fractional worksCollagen: Extraction and Characterization: 2 fractional worksThermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes: 2 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and Applications: 2 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeophysicsMechanics of MaterialsBiomaterials2 others

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

  1. 1 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 5 works
  2. 2 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 4 works
  3. 3 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  5. 5 Geological Formations and Processes Exploration Geophysics 2 works
  6. 6 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  8. 8 Collagen: Extraction and Characterization Biomaterials 2 works
  9. 9 Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.6%domestic only75.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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