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GeoInformation (United Kingdom)

In research, GeoInformation (United Kingdom) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,674 of 12,888 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,868 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,175
of 28,054 · #12,185 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#476
of 1,094
Research works
931
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is GeoInformation (United Kingdom) 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 #7,674 of 12,888 15.6%165 #7959
Environmental ScienceField #2,868 of 3,551 17.5%62 #3907

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where GeoInformation (United Kingdom) 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 GeoInformation (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 34.4 works8.9×
← 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: 0.75× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.90× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.00× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.09× its world share, 62 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.71× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.17× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at GeoInformation (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Biomass Estimation, Hydrological Modeling, Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Machine Learning, Sustainability and Aboveground Biomass.

▲ 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 Sensing38▲ 13×32 topics
  2. Climate Change34▲ 5.2×65 topics
  3. Machine Learning19▲ 2.3×36 topics
  4. Sustainability16▲ 2.6×41 topics
  5. Biomass Estimation13▲ 35×3 topics
  6. Hydrological Modeling11▲ 20×5 topics
  7. Deep Learning11▲ 1.32×37 topics
  8. Terrestrial Laser Scanning11▲ 35×2 topics
  9. Environmental Impact9▲ 2.1×29 topics
  10. Sustainable Development8▲ 2.0×25 topics
  11. Aboveground Biomass7▲ 34×2 topics
  12. Biodiversity7▲ 3.9×15 topics
  13. Cultural Heritage7▲ 5.3×9 topics
  14. Forest Carbon Stocks7▲ 45×1 topic
  15. Global Change7▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Lidar Remote Sensing7▲ 45×1 topic
  17. Land Use Change7▲ 9.1×7 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services6▲ 6.6×11 topics
  19. Climate6▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Phenology6▲ 38×1 topic
  21. Sea Level Rise6▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Vegetation Monitoring6▲ 38×1 topic
  23. Global Warming6▲ 5.6×10 topics
  24. Satellite Imagery6▲ 17×4 topics
  25. Citizen Science5▲ 22×3 topics
  26. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 5.4×7 topics
  27. Data Assimilation5▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Risk Perception4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  29. GIS4▲ 25×5 topics
  30. Model Evaluation4▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Water Resources4▲ 6.9×8 topics
  32. 3D Reconstruction4▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Geodetic Measurements4▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Point Clouds4▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Sediment Transport4▲ 10×6 topics
  36. Geological Mapping4▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Photogrammetry4▲ 25×1 topic
  38. UAV4▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Disaster Management4▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Flood Risk4▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does GeoInformation (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 7 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 6 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 4 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 4 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 4 fractional worksGeographic Information Systems Studies: 3 fractional worksGNSS positioning and int…3GNSS positioning and interference: 3 fractional worksHungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies: 2 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringEcologyGeologyOceanography4 others

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

  1. 1 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 6 works
  3. 3 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 4 works
  4. 4 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 4 works
  5. 5 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  6. 6 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 3 works
  7. 7 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 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 available71.1%not open28.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors69.3%domestic only30.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has GeoInformation (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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