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Geoscience Australia

In research, Geoscience Australia stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,056 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#941 of 1,209 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,283 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, Geochemistry and Petrology and Geology — Forestry is 116.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,580
of 28,054 · #5,140 all time
Rank in Australia
#143
of 391
Research works
1.9k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
50k
26.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Geoscience Australia 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 #5,056 of 12,888 14.9%297 #3312
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #941 of 1,209 16.6%115 #812
EngineeringField #5,283 of 6,636 9.8%107 #5143
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #447 of 458 2.4%68 #1298

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Geoscience Australia 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#3,312 #5,056
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#812 #941
  3. Engineering#5,143 #5,283
  4. Mechanics of Materials#1,298 #447
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Geoscience Australia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 116.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 49.3 works116×
  2. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 22.9 works55×
  3. GeologySubfield · 26.6 works48×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 37.9 works33×
  5. GeophysicsSubfield · 40.4 works28×
  6. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 67.7 works23×
  7. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 115.0 works18×
← 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: 2.66× its world share, 52 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17.96× its world share, 115 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.74× its world share, 107 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.80× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 18.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Geoscience Australia?

Ranked on the composite score, R. J. Korsch, Christopher J. Boreham and Jin Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Geoscience Australia.

  1. 1 R. J. Korsch · #68,766 worldwide 581 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Christopher J. Boreham · #100,586 worldwide 273 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Jin Li · #116,713 worldwide 313 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Rachel Przeslawski · #134,846 worldwide 242 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Graham A. Logan · #162,909 worldwide 327 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Scott Nichol · #184,634 worldwide 224 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 D.C. Champion · #186,229 worldwide 365 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 P.E. O’Brien · #209,303 worldwide 143 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Andrew Jones · #238,727 worldwide 169 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Leo Lymburner · #261,806 worldwide 586 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Geoscience Australia

Which keywords describe research at Geoscience Australia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change Impacts, Grazing Management, Perennial Pastures, Molecular Dynamics, Mechanical Properties, Nanocomposites, Thermal Properties and Carbon Nanotubes.

▲ 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 Change Impacts51▲ 106×4 topics
  2. Grazing Management49▲ 3325×1 topic
  3. Perennial Pastures49▲ 3325×1 topic
  4. Molecular Dynamics49▲ 73×2 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties49▲ 12×3 topics
  6. Nanocomposites49▲ 15×3 topics
  7. Thermal Properties49▲ 96×3 topics
  8. Carbon Nanotubes49▲ 35×1 topic
  9. Graphene49▲ 17×1 topic
  10. Geological Mapping40▲ 118×2 topics
  11. Aboriginal Astronomy36▲ 3843×1 topic
  12. Australian Indigenous Languages36▲ 3843×1 topic
  13. Remote Sensing36▲ 7.2×20 topics
  14. Plate Tectonics35▲ 57×3 topics
  15. Machine Learning31▲ 2.3×16 topics
  16. Continental Margin25▲ 99×2 topics
  17. Crustal Structure25▲ 99×2 topics
  18. Climate Change24▲ 2.2×34 topics
  19. Tectonics23▲ 47×3 topics
  20. Support Vector Machines22▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Hyperspectral Imaging21▲ 19×3 topics
  22. GIS-based Modeling21▲ 61×2 topics
  23. Compositional Data Analysis21▲ 76×1 topic
  24. Mineral Prospectivity21▲ 76×1 topic
  25. Shale Gas20▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Data Integration19▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Stochastic Modeling19▲ 131×2 topics
  28. Geological Modeling19▲ 304×1 topic
  29. Uncertainty Analysis19▲ 304×1 topic
  30. Cenozoic Evolution19▲ 125×1 topic
  31. Rifting19▲ 125×1 topic
  32. Pore Structure18▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Gas Permeability17▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Mudstones17▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Geodetic Measurements16▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Thermodynamic Modeling12▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Geochronology12▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Zircon12▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Subduction10▲ 34×3 topics
  40. Earthquakes10▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Geoscience Australia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pasture and Agricultural Systems, Railway Systems and Materials Science, Australian Indigenous Culture and History and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Pasture and Agricultural…49Pasture and Agricultural Systems: 49 fractional worksRailway Systems and Materials Science: 49 fractional worksAustralian Indigenous Culture and History: 36 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 21 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 19 fractional worksGeological and Geophysic…19Geological and Geophysical Studies: 19 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 17 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 12 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 10 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 6 fractional works
ForestryMechanics of MaterialsAnthropologyArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Pasture and Agricultural SystemsForestry 49 works
  2. 2 Railway Systems and Materials ScienceMechanics of Materials 49 works
  3. 3 Australian Indigenous Culture and HistoryAnthropology 36 works
  4. 4 Geochemistry and Geologic MappingArtificial Intelligence 21 works
  5. 5 Geological Modeling and AnalysisGeochemistry and Petrology 19 works
  6. 6 Geological and Geophysical StudiesGeology 19 works
  7. 7 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisMechanics of Materials 17 works
  8. 8 Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGeophysics 12 works
  9. 9 earthquake and tectonic studiesGeophysics 10 works
  10. 10 Geological Studies and ExplorationGeology 6 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 available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.8%domestic only63.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Geoscience Australia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower 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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