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First Quantum Minerals (Canada)

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Research works
54
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
29.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: First Quantum Minerals (Canada) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.01× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.65× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13.96× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.16× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.42× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at First Quantum Minerals (Canada)?

Ranked on the composite score, Chris Wijns lead among researchers whose main affiliation is First Quantum Minerals (Canada).

  1. 1 Chris Wijns Canada · #1,419,916 worldwide 39 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at First Quantum Minerals (Canada)

Which keywords describe research at First Quantum Minerals (Canada)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impacts, Remote Sensing, Rock Mechanics, Geological Mapping, Support Vector Machines, Sustainable Development, Machine Learning and Compositional Data Analysis.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Environmental Impacts5▲ 44×3 topics
  2. Machine Learning5▲ 4.3×5 topics
  3. Remote Sensing4▲ 7.5×4 topics
  4. Rock Mechanics4▲ 71×3 topics
  5. Sustainable Development4▲ 6.7×3 topics
  6. Geological Mapping4▲ 79×2 topics
  7. Support Vector Machines4▲ 26×2 topics
  8. Compositional Data Analysis4▲ 95×1 topic
  9. Mineral Prospectivity4▲ 95×1 topic
  10. Plate Tectonics3▲ 28×3 topics
  11. Rheological Properties3▲ 36×2 topics
  12. Cemented Paste Backfill3▲ 974×1 topic
  13. Tailings Dams3▲ 974×1 topic
  14. Acoustic Emission3▲ 115×1 topic
  15. Environmental Impact3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  16. Fracture3▲ 55×1 topic
  17. Electrical Resistivity Tomography3▲ 153×1 topic
  18. Magnetotelluric Imaging3▲ 153×1 topic
  19. Tectonics3▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Thermodynamic Modeling3▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Geochronology2▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Zircon2▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Geochemistry2▲ 60×2 topics
  24. Electrical Properties2▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Ground-Penetrating Radar2▲ 78×1 topic
  26. Metal Recovery2▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Sedimentology2▲ 78×1 topic
  28. Water Treatment2▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Flotation2▲ 99×1 topic
  30. Nanobubbles2▲ 99×1 topic
  31. Coal Seam2▲ 49×2 topics
  32. Remediation2▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria2▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Rare Earth Elements2▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Tomography2▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Geophysical Imaging1▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Metallurgy1▲ 37×2 topics
  38. Microbial Communities1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  39. Recycling1▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Circular Economy1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does First Quantum Minerals (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation and Occupational Health and Safety Research.

Geochemistry and Geologi…0Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 0 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…0Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 0 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…0Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 0 fractional worksOccupational Health and …0Occupational Health and Safety Research: 0 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Public Health: 0 fractional worksLignin and Wood Chemistry0Lignin and Wood Chemistry: 0 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 0 fractional worksRecycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production: 0 fractional worksMaterials Engineering an…0Materials Engineering and Processing: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceGeophysicsPharmacologyRadiological and Ultrasound Technology5 others

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

  1. 1 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  3. 3 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 0 works
  4. 4 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 0 works
  5. 5 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Lignin and Wood Chemistry Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 0 works
  9. 9 Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production Building and Construction 0 works
  10. 10 Materials Engineering and Processing Mechanical Engineering 0 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 available42.2%not open57.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.7%domestic only47.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has First Quantum Minerals (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower 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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