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Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center

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Research works
45
▲ 644% vs 2013–17
Citations
344
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics 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: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 29.01× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.21× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.62× 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, 29.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Tectonics, Plate Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon, Holocene and Paleoclimatology.

▲ 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. Climate Change10▲ 8.1×29 topics
  2. Remote Sensing6▲ 13×11 topics
  3. Tectonics6▲ 81×3 topics
  4. Plate Tectonics5▲ 50×3 topics
  5. Geochronology4▲ 97×1 topic
  6. Zircon4▲ 97×1 topic
  7. Holocene4▲ 56×3 topics
  8. Paleoclimatology4▲ 65×2 topics
  9. Subduction4▲ 81×2 topics
  10. Sea Level4▲ 57×2 topics
  11. Glacial Cycles4▲ 73×1 topic
  12. Monsoon Dynamics4▲ 73×1 topic
  13. GIS-based Modeling3▲ 75×2 topics
  14. Hazard3▲ 105×1 topic
  15. Landslide3▲ 105×1 topic
  16. Ecosystem Services2▲ 15×3 topics
  17. Environmental Impact2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  18. Population Dynamics2▲ 17×5 topics
  19. Conservation2▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Earthquakes2▲ 66×1 topic
  21. Plate Boundaries2▲ 66×1 topic
  22. Biodiversity2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  23. Cultural Heritage2▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Evolution2▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Phylogenetic Relationships2▲ 53×2 topics
  26. Cycads2▲ 926×1 topic
  27. Plant-derived Neurotoxins2▲ 926×1 topic
  28. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Geological Mapping2▲ 45×2 topics
  30. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 58×1 topic
  31. Water Quality2▲ 9.9×6 topics
  32. Traditional Irrigation2▲ 323×1 topic
  33. Water Sustainability2▲ 323×1 topic
  34. Continental Margin2▲ 57×2 topics
  35. Crustal Structure2▲ 57×2 topics
  36. Seismicity2▲ 96×2 topics
  37. Arctic2▲ 34×3 topics
  38. Groundwater2▲ 41×3 topics
  39. Hydrogeology2▲ 82×3 topics
  40. Sediment Transport2▲ 20×5 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, earthquake and tectonic studies and Landslides and related hazards.

Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 2 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 2 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 1 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 1 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 1 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 1 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…1Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 1 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 1 fractional worksCollagen: Extraction and Characterization: 0 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 0 fractional works
GeophysicsAtmospheric ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeology4 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  2. 2 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  3. 3 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 1 works
  4. 4 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  5. 5 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 1 works
  6. 6 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 1 works
  9. 9 Collagen: Extraction and Characterization Biomaterials 0 works
  10. 10 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 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 available35.7%not open64.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 644% higher than in 2013–2017.

20152020
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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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