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Geological Survey Department

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World rank, all time
#33,076
of 34,923
Rank in Cyprus
#35
of 36
Research works
134
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
Geological Survey Department

Which fields of science does Geological Survey Department work in?

In all years, 82% of research at Geological Survey Department is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (48%), Engineering (13%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 111 fractional works · 82.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 64 fractional works · 47.9% of its workGeophysics: 29 fractional works · 21.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPaleontology: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeology: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 8.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 7.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 11.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGeological SurveyDepartment134fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences82%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences6447.9%
    2. Engineering1712.8%
    3. Environmental Science1410.5%
    4. Computer Science118.2%
    5. Chemistry10.9%
    6. Energy10.7%
    7. Materials Science10.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences75.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities64.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting21.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    1. Health Professions21.7%
    2. Medicine21.1%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25.14× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.73× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 3.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.36× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 25.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences25.14×8 works
  2. Nursing3.46×0 works
  3. Health Professions2.73×1 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.36×1 works
  5. Environmental Science2.16×2 works
  6. Mathematics0.72×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.64×2 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×0 works
  9. Engineering0.59×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.45×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.36×0 works
  13. Medicine0.36×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.22×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Geological Survey Department?

Ranked on the quality score, Andreas M. Zissimos, Sylvana Pilidou and J. B. Auden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Geological Survey Department.

  1. 1 Andreas M. Zissimos Cyprus · #400,434 worldwide 4k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Sylvana Pilidou Cyprus · #1,171,550 worldwide 971 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 J. B. Auden Cyprus · #2,274,122 worldwide 3.2k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Zomenia Zomeni Cyprus · #2,673,820 worldwide 283 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Iordanis Dimitriadis Cyprus · #3,192,955 worldwide 262 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Costas Xenophontos Cyprus · #3,220,482 worldwide 975 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Ioannis Panayides Cyprus · #3,350,862 worldwide 535 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Efthymios Tsiolakis Cyprus · #3,811,783 worldwide 319 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Vasilis Symeou Cyprus · #5,043,950 worldwide 130 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Geological Survey Department

What are the most cited papers from Geological Survey Department?

The most cited paper from Geological Survey Department is "Remote Sensing Sensors and Applications in Environmental Resources Mapping and Modelling" (Assefa Mekonnen Melesse, Qihao Weng, Prasad S. Thenkabail et al., 2007), with 306 citations. Next come "Melt‐induced seismic anisotropy and magma assisted rifting in Ethiopia: Evidence from surface waves" (215) and "Seismic refraction profiles between Cyprus and Israel and their interpretation" (193).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Remote Sensing Sensors and Applications in Environmental Resources Mapping and Modelling Assefa Mekonnen Melesse, Qihao Weng, Prasad S. Thenkabail et al. · Sensors Open access 11 Nov 2007 306
2 Melt‐induced seismic anisotropy and magma assisted rifting in Ethiopia: Evidence from surface waves I. D. Bastow, Sylvana Pilidou, J. M. Kendall et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems Open access Jun 2010 215
3 Seismic refraction profiles between Cyprus and Israel and their interpretation Jannis Makris, Zvi Ben Abraham, ALFRED BEHLE et al. · Geophysical Journal International Dec 1983 193
4 Model for the origin of the Troodos massif, Cyprus, and other mideast ophiolites Eldridge M. Moores, Paul T. Robinson, John Malpas et al. · Geology 1984 168
5 A high resolution map of soil types and physical properties for Cyprus: A digital soil mapping optimization Corrado Camera, Zomenia Zomeni, Jay Stratton Noller et al. · Geoderma Open access 29 Sep 2016 164
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Which keywords describe research at Geological Survey Department?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tectonics, Plate Tectonics, Remote Sensing, Geochronology, Zircon, Machine Learning, Holocene and Hyperspectral Imaging.

▲ 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. Tectonics19▲ 86×3 topics
  2. Plate Tectonics19▲ 64×3 topics
  3. Remote Sensing15▲ 10×17 topics
  4. Geochronology14▲ 108×1 topic
  5. Zircon14▲ 108×1 topic
  6. Machine Learning14▲ 4.7×11 topics
  7. Climate Change13▲ 3.6×20 topics
  8. Holocene11▲ 49×3 topics
  9. Hyperspectral Imaging10▲ 23×3 topics
  10. Geological Mapping10▲ 76×2 topics
  11. Support Vector Machines9▲ 24×2 topics
  12. Compositional Data Analysis9▲ 94×1 topic
  13. Mineral Prospectivity9▲ 94×1 topic
  14. Subduction9▲ 63×2 topics
  15. Sea Level8▲ 43×2 topics
  16. Geodetic Measurements8▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Earthquakes8▲ 72×1 topic
  18. Plate Boundaries8▲ 72×1 topic
  19. Glacial Cycles6▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Paleoclimatology6▲ 38×1 topic
  21. Sedimentation6▲ 60×2 topics
  22. Mediterranean6▲ 41×4 topics
  23. Paleoproductivity5▲ 83×1 topic
  24. Paleoredox5▲ 83×1 topic
  25. Fluvial Systems4▲ 75×1 topic
  26. Geochemistry4▲ 48×4 topics
  27. Sequence Stratigraphy4▲ 75×1 topic
  28. Risk Assessment4▲ 5.3×5 topics
  29. Continental Margin4▲ 43×2 topics
  30. Crustal Structure4▲ 43×2 topics
  31. Groundwater3▲ 27×3 topics
  32. Cenozoic Evolution3▲ 55×1 topic
  33. Coal Seam3▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Rifting3▲ 55×1 topic
  35. Tomography3▲ 7.4×2 topics
  36. Archaeology3▲ 13×5 topics
  37. Electrical Resistivity Tomography3▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Magnetotelluric Imaging3▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Maritime Archaeology3▲ 90×1 topic
  40. Sea-Level Change3▲ 90×1 topic

Which research topics does Geological Survey Department publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils and Historical Geography and Cartography.

Geological and Geochemic…1Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…1Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratig…1Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 1 fractional worksHistorical Geography and…1Historical Geography and Cartography: 1 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 1 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 1 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Arc…1Maritime and Coastal Archaeology: 1 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 0 fractional worksGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis: 0 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershed Analysis: 0 fractional works
GeophysicsAtmospheric SciencePaleontologyGeography, Planning and Development4 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  2. 2 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  3. 3 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 1 works
  4. 4 Historical Geography and Cartography Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 1 works
  8. 8 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 0 works
  10. 10 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.7%domestic only59.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Geological Survey Department's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Geological Survey Department as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000055% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Geological Survey Department0.000059% in 202519801990200020102020

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