Question 1

What is Geoscience Australia known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Geoscience Australia stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,928 of 10,670 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#496 of 1,088 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,929 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, Geochemistry and Petrology and Geology (Forestry is 106.2× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Geoscience Australia rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Geoscience Australia ranks #4,738 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#4,850 all time), and #80 of 270 in Australia.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Geoscience Australia?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, D.C. Champion, Leo Lymburner and Karol Czarnota lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Geoscience Australia.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Geoscience Australia?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Geoscience Australia is "Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes" (Shen‐Su Sun, W. F. McDonough, 1989), with 25,720 citations. Next come "An overview of adakite, tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite (TTG), and sanukitoid: relationships and some implications for crustal evolution" (2,785) and "Landsat-8: Science and product vision for terrestrial global change research" (2,682).

Question 5

Which research topics does Geoscience Australia publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Geoscience Australia?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Geoscience Australia work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Geoscience Australia is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (29%), Engineering (25%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Geoscience Australia's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% higher than in 2018-2021.