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Geology, Energy and Minerals Science Center

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Research works
36
fractional, all time
Citations
351
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Geology, Energy and Minerals Science Center 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 2.44× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.35× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.04× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.43× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.00× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.22× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsSocial Sciences: 0.48× 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, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Geology, Energy and Minerals Science Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Shale Gas, Pore Structure, Remote Sensing, Gas Permeability, Mudstones, Support Vector Machines, Hydraulic Fracturing and Natural Gas.

▲ 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Shale Gas4▲ 132×2 topics
  2. Pore Structure3▲ 103×2 topics
  3. Machine Learning3▲ 3.3×5 topics
  4. Remote Sensing3▲ 8.2×4 topics
  5. Gas Permeability2▲ 99×1 topic
  6. Mudstones2▲ 130×1 topic
  7. Hydraulic Fracturing2▲ 84×2 topics
  8. Support Vector Machines2▲ 29×3 topics
  9. Natural Gas2▲ 91×2 topics
  10. Geological Mapping2▲ 98×2 topics
  11. Climate Change2▲ 2.9×9 topics
  12. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 116×1 topic
  13. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 116×1 topic
  14. CO2 Sequestration2▲ 40×3 topics
  15. Emissions2▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Atmospheric2▲ 134×1 topic
  17. Methane2▲ 134×1 topic
  18. Microbial Communities2▲ 15×4 topics
  19. Sustainability2▲ 2.6×5 topics
  20. Environmental Impact1▲ 3.0×6 topics
  21. Health Effects1▲ 8.3×8 topics
  22. Rare Earth Elements1▲ 36×3 topics
  23. Reactive Transport1▲ 94×2 topics
  24. Anaerobic1▲ 62×1 topic
  25. Methane Oxidation1▲ 53×1 topic
  26. Environmental Impacts1▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does Geology, Energy and Minerals Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Hydrocarbon exploration …2Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 2 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 2 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 1 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 1 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…1Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 1 fractional worksCoal Properties and Utilization: 1 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 1 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and Analysis: 1 fractional worksCoal and Its By-products: 1 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsArtificial IntelligenceGlobal and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  4. 4 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Coal Properties and Utilization Ocean Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 Coal and Its By-products Geochemistry and Petrology 1 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 available47.2%not open52.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.0%domestic only82.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Geology, Energy and Minerals Science Center's research output changed?

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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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