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Geological Survey of Slovenia

In research, Geological Survey of Slovenia stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,393 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 19.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,947
of 28,054 · #17,781 all time
Rank in Slovenia
#17
of 51
Research works
577
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Geological Survey of Slovenia 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 #7,393 of 12,888 12.8%82 #9847

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Geological Survey of Slovenia 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 Geological Survey of Slovenia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 19.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 28.6 works19×
← 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: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19.34× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.65× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 19.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Geological Survey of Slovenia?

Ranked on the composite score, Mateja Jemec Auflič, Marko Komac and Robert Šajn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Geological Survey of Slovenia.

  1. 1 Mateja Jemec Auflič Slovenia · #507,412 worldwide 89 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Marko Komac Slovenia · #837,735 worldwide 68 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Robert Šajn Slovenia · #852,623 worldwide 68 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Boris Kruk Slovenia · #919,068 worldwide 3 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Miloš Bavec Slovenia · #938,675 worldwide 27 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Tea Kolar‐Jurkovšek Slovenia · #955,143 worldwide 66 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Mateja Gosar Slovenia · #988,081 worldwide 45 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Bogdan Jurkovšek Slovenia · #1,282,126 worldwide 46 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Miloš Miler Slovenia · #1,307,233 worldwide 17 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Luka Gale Slovenia · #1,369,182 worldwide 17 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Geological Survey of Slovenia

Which keywords describe research at Geological Survey of Slovenia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Toxicity, Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Heavy Metals, Remediation, Pollution, Contamination and Health Risk.

▲ 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. Climate Change12▲ 4.9×19 topics
  2. Toxicity12▲ 29×7 topics
  3. Remote Sensing11▲ 9.4×12 topics
  4. Heavy Metals10▲ 45×4 topics
  5. Pollution9▲ 50×3 topics
  6. Remediation9▲ 133×2 topics
  7. Contamination9▲ 104×3 topics
  8. Health Risk9▲ 150×1 topic
  9. Soil9▲ 150×1 topic
  10. Alpine orogeny6▲ 1247×1 topic
  11. Carpathian-Pannonian region6▲ 1247×1 topic
  12. Holocene6▲ 60×3 topics
  13. Tectonic Evolution6▲ 318×2 topics
  14. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.7×14 topics
  15. Sea Level5▲ 58×2 topics
  16. Hydrology4▲ 37×3 topics
  17. Geological Mapping4▲ 55×2 topics
  18. Environmental Impacts4▲ 16×5 topics
  19. Compositional Data Analysis4▲ 62×1 topic
  20. Mineral Prospectivity4▲ 62×1 topic
  21. Water Quality4▲ 10×7 topics
  22. Geochemistry4▲ 64×4 topics
  23. Health Effects4▲ 6.4×7 topics
  24. Groundwater4▲ 45×5 topics
  25. Wetlands4▲ 116×2 topics
  26. GIS-based Modeling3▲ 42×2 topics
  27. Glacial Cycles3▲ 54×1 topic
  28. Monsoon Dynamics3▲ 54×1 topic
  29. Paleoclimatology3▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Mediterranean3▲ 38×4 topics
  31. Biomonitoring3▲ 43×3 topics
  32. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Sedimentation3▲ 59×2 topics
  34. Hazard3▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Landslide3▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Methane Emissions3▲ 58×2 topics
  37. Paleoproductivity3▲ 107×1 topic
  38. Paleoredox3▲ 107×1 topic
  39. Carbon3▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Peatlands3▲ 159×1 topic

Which research topics does Geological Survey of Slovenia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Heavy metals in environment, Geological Formations and Processes Exploration, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Heavy metals in environm…9Heavy metals in environment: 9 fractional worksGeological Formations and Processes Exploration: 6 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 4 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 3 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 3 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratig…3Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 3 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 3 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 2 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon Measurements: 2 fractional worksMarine and environmental studies: 2 fractional works
PollutionGeophysicsArtificial IntelligenceAtmospheric Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 9 works
  2. 2 Geological Formations and Processes Exploration Geophysics 6 works
  3. 3 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  5. 5 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  6. 6 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 3 works
  7. 7 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 3 works
  8. 8 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 2 works
  9. 9 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 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 available64.6%not open35.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.3%domestic only72.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Geological Survey of Slovenia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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