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Georgian National Museum

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World rank, all time
#28,433
of 34,923
Rank in Georgia
#20
of 30
Research works
172
▲ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Georgian National Museum

Which fields of science does Georgian National Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Georgian National Museum is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (25%), Social Sciences (17%), Medicine (16%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 31 fractional works · 50.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 25.5% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 15.5% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 17.3% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 21.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 15.1% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 18.6% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 16.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGeorgian NationalMuseum62fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences50%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities1625.5%
    2. Social Sciences1117.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.4%
    4. Decision Sciences11.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    6. Psychology11.0%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences915.1%
    2. Environmental Science12.0%
    3. Engineering11.5%
    4. Computer Science11.1%
    5. Energy00.7%
    6. Materials Science00.4%
    7. Mathematics00.4%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Medicine1016.0%
    2. Health Professions11.5%
    3. Dentistry00.6%
    4. Nursing00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
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: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.61× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 8.83× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences9.61×9 works
  2. Arts and Humanities8.83×16 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.81×1 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.57×2 works
  5. Social Sciences1.36×11 works
  6. Dentistry1.28×0 works
  7. Nursing0.98×0 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.87×0 works
  9. Medicine0.83×10 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.82×2 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×3 works
  12. Energy0.78×0 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.57×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.41×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.35×0 works
  18. Psychology0.34×1 works
  19. Neuroscience0.29×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.15×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.12×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.12×0 works
  23. Engineering0.10×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Georgian National Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, David Lordkipanidze, Abesalom Vekua and Maia Bukhsianidze lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Georgian National Museum.

  1. 1 David Lordkipanidze Georgia · #43,553 worldwide 8.8k citations · 168 works
  2. 2 Abesalom Vekua Georgia · #238,650 worldwide 4.2k citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Maia Bukhsianidze Georgia · #422,076 worldwide 1.5k citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Ann Margvelashvili Georgia · #455,310 worldwide 1.4k citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Tengiz Meshveliani Georgia · #577,127 worldwide 1.4k citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Médéa Nioradzé Georgia · #580,528 worldwide 2.7k citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Nino Jakeli Georgia · #635,801 worldwide 1.4k citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Eliso Kvavadze Georgia · #894,557 worldwide 3.1k citations · 96 works
  9. 9 Mindia Jalabadze Georgia · #1,304,928 worldwide 559 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Ana Mgeladze Georgia · #1,792,290 worldwide 441 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Georgian National Museum

What are the most cited papers from Georgian National Museum?

The most cited paper from Georgian National Museum is "Earliest Pleistocene Hominid Cranial Remains from Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia: Taxonomy, Geological Setting, and Age" (Leo Gabunia, Abesalom Vekua, David Lordkipanidze et al., 2000), with 709 citations. Next come "Postcranial evidence from early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia" (613) and "Upper Palaeolithic genomes reveal deep roots of modern Eurasians" (463).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Earliest Pleistocene Hominid Cranial Remains from Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia: Taxonomy, Geological Setting, and Age Leo Gabunia, Abesalom Vekua, David Lordkipanidze et al. · Science 12 May 2000 709
2 Postcranial evidence from early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia David Lordkipanidze, Tea Jashashvili, Abesalom Vekua et al. · Nature Sep 2007 613
3 Upper Palaeolithic genomes reveal deep roots of modern Eurasians Eppie R. Jones et al. · Nature Communications Open access 16 Nov 2015 463
4 A Complete Skull from Dmanisi, Georgia, and the Evolutionary Biology of Early Homo David Lordkipanidze, Marcia S. Ponce de León, Ann Margvelashvili et al. · Science 17 Oct 2013 445
5 The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes Pablo Librado et al. · Nature Open access163 authors 20 Oct 2021 424
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Georgian National Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mediterranean, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Interaction, Holocene, Bronze Age, Central Asia, Agricultural Origins and Radiocarbon Dating.

▲ 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-now 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. Mediterranean6▲ 106×4 topics
  2. Cultural Exchange4▲ 53×4 topics
  3. Cultural Interaction4▲ 251×2 topics
  4. Holocene4▲ 57×3 topics
  5. Bronze Age4▲ 156×2 topics
  6. Central Asia4▲ 86×2 topics
  7. Agricultural Origins4▲ 181×1 topic
  8. Radiocarbon Dating4▲ 181×1 topic
  9. Eurasian Exchange4▲ 285×1 topic
  10. Silk Roads4▲ 285×1 topic
  11. Archaeology3▲ 36×4 topics
  12. Black Sea3▲ 120×2 topics
  13. Sea Level3▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Sedimentation3▲ 77×2 topics
  15. Caspian Sea3▲ 151×1 topic
  16. paleoceanography3▲ 151×1 topic
  17. Babylonian2▲ 368×1 topic
  18. Mesopotamia2▲ 368×1 topic
  19. Archaeological Finds2▲ 240×1 topic
  20. Corded Ware Culture2▲ 240×1 topic
  21. Byzantium2▲ 150×1 topic
  22. Eastern Mediterranean2▲ 150×1 topic
  23. Pottery Production2▲ 152×1 topic
  24. Roman Economy2▲ 74×1 topic
  25. Conservation2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  26. Etymology2▲ 55×2 topics
  27. Linguistics2▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Geoarchaeology2▲ 72×2 topics
  29. Late Antiquity2▲ 48×2 topics
  30. Cultural Heritage1▲ 4.3×5 topics
  31. Hominin Genetics1▲ 95×1 topic
  32. Paleolithic Archaeology1▲ 95×1 topic
  33. Palestine1▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Maritime Archaeology1▲ 105×1 topic
  35. Population Dynamics1▲ 7.3×7 topics
  36. Sea-Level Change1▲ 105×1 topic
  37. Urban Development1▲ 5.7×4 topics
  38. Ancient DNA1▲ 32×3 topics
  39. Financial Markets1▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Occupation1▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does Georgian National Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Eurasian Exchange Networks, Marine and environmental studies and Ancient Near East History.

Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 4 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks: 4 fractional worksMarine and environmental…3Marine and environmental studies: 3 fractional worksAncient Near East History2Ancient Near East History: 2 fractional worksAncient and Medieval Archaeology Studies: 2 fractional worksAncient Mediterranean Archaeology and History: 2 fractional worksByzantine Studies and Hi…2Byzantine Studies and History: 2 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 1 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 1 fractional worksLinguistics and language evolution: 1 fractional works
PaleontologyAnthropologyOceanographyArcheology2 others

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

  1. 1 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 4 works
  2. 2 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 4 works
  3. 3 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 3 works
  4. 4 Ancient Near East History Archeology 2 works
  5. 5 Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies Archeology 2 works
  6. 6 Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Archeology 2 works
  7. 7 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 2 works
  8. 8 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 1 works
  9. 9 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 1 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 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 available54.7%not open45.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.4%domestic only59.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Georgian National Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Georgian National Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Georgian National Museum0.00031% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Georgian National Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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