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GNS Science

In research, GNS Science stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,507 of 10,670 worldwide), Geophysics (#54 of 225 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#278 of 1,088 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Atmospheric Science (Geophysics is 82.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,892
of 22,385 · #2,381 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#12
of 61
Research works
4.2k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
135k
32.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
GNS Science

What is GNS Science known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,507 of 10,670 11.6%316 #1584
GeophysicsSubfield #54 of 225 14.5%100 #83
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #278 of 1,088 14.4%153 #235
Environmental ScienceField #973 of 3,334 8.0%66 #940

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where GNS Science 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#1,584 #1,507
  2. Geophysics#83 #54
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#235 #278
  4. Environmental Science#940 #973
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does GNS Science work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at GNS Science is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (43%), Environmental Science (18%), Engineering (14%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 345 fractional works · 88.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 169 fractional works · 43.2% of its workGeophysics: 113 fractional works · 28.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 27 fractional works · 7.0% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPaleontology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 70 fractional works · 17.9% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 54 fractional works · 13.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 6.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 23 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGNS Science392fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences7%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences16943.2%
    2. Environmental Science7017.9%
    3. Engineering5413.8%
    4. Computer Science256.3%
    5. Materials Science123.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy61.7%
    7. Energy61.5%
    8. Chemistry20.6%
    9. Mathematics10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences194.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities30.8%
    3. Decision Sciences20.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    5. Psychology10.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences92.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology61.6%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine20.6%
    2. Health Professions20.5%
    3. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does GNS Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 82.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 113.1 works83×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 169.1 works28×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 27.4 works16×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 27.53× its world share, 169 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.58× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 54 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.61× its world share, 70 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.86× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 27.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences27.53×169 works
  2. Environmental Science3.61×70 works
  3. Energy1.58×6 works
  4. Engineering0.92×54 works
  5. Materials Science0.86×12 works
  6. Computer Science0.81×25 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.74×6 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.55×2 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×9 works
  10. Social Sciences0.38×19 works
  11. Chemistry0.37×2 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.34×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×6 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.28×3 works
  15. Health Professions0.21×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  17. Nursing0.12×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×1 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.06×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  22. Psychology0.05×1 works
  23. Medicine0.03×2 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at GNS Science?

Ranked on the quality score, Werner F. Giggenbach, Donna Eberhart‐Phillips and Ian James Hamling lead among researchers whose main affiliation is GNS Science.

  1. 1 Werner F. Giggenbach New Zealand · #44,115 worldwide 12k citations · 90 works
  2. 2 Donna Eberhart‐Phillips New Zealand · #105,801 worldwide 10k citations · 150 works
  3. 3 Ian James Hamling New Zealand · #111,839 worldwide 4.6k citations · 162 works
  4. 4 Laura M. Wallace New Zealand · #124,787 worldwide 12k citations · 387 works
  5. 5 Hannu Seebeck New Zealand · #173,104 worldwide 1.9k citations · 63 works
  6. 6 David J. A. Barrell New Zealand · #174,124 worldwide 5.5k citations · 104 works
  7. 7 Matthew C. Gerstenberger New Zealand · #176,773 worldwide 4.1k citations · 128 works
  8. 8 Yoshihiro Kaneko New Zealand · #186,781 worldwide 4.7k citations · 173 works
  9. 9 Sally Potter New Zealand · #194,003 worldwide 1.9k citations · 71 works
  10. 10 Graham Sloane Leonard New Zealand · #200,172 worldwide 4.5k citations · 147 works
All ranked researchers at GNS Science

What are the most cited papers from GNS Science?

The most cited paper from GNS Science is "The HITRAN2012 molecular spectroscopic database" (Laurence S. Rothman et al., 2013), with 3,368 citations. Next come "Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity" (1,303) and "The magnetotelluric phase tensor" (1,193).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The HITRAN2012 molecular spectroscopic database Laurence S. Rothman et al. · Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 12 Jul 2013 3,368
2 Asgard archaea illuminate the origin of eukaryotic cellular complexity Katarzyna Zaremba-Niedźwiedzka, Eva Fernández Cáceres, Jimmy H. W. Saw et al. · Nature Open access 10 Jan 2017 1,303
3 The magnetotelluric phase tensor T. Grant Caldwell, Hugh M. Bibby, Colin Brown · Geophysical Journal International Open access 27 Jul 2004 1,193
4 The isotopic geochemistry of speleothems—I. The calculation of the effects of different modes of formation on the isotopic composition of speleothems and their applicability as palaeoclimatic indicators Chris H. Hendy · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Aug 1971 1,112
5 Initial reference models in local earthquake tomography Edi Kissling, W. L. Ellsworth, Donna Eberhart‐Phillips et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 10 Oct 1994 1,090
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at GNS Science?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Subduction, Geodetic Measurements, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Plate Boundaries, Climate Change, Tectonics and Remote Sensing.

▲ 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. Climate Change50▲ 4.7×51 topics
  2. Subduction45▲ 155×3 topics
  3. Geodetic Measurements45▲ 109×2 topics
  4. Plate Tectonics44▲ 74×3 topics
  5. Earthquakes43▲ 191×1 topic
  6. Plate Boundaries43▲ 191×1 topic
  7. Remote Sensing32▲ 6.8×17 topics
  8. Tectonics30▲ 64×3 topics
  9. Geochronology26▲ 96×1 topic
  10. Thermodynamic Modeling26▲ 59×2 topics
  11. Zircon26▲ 96×1 topic
  12. Tomography25▲ 36×3 topics
  13. Machine Learning24▲ 1.88×15 topics
  14. Holocene16▲ 38×3 topics
  15. Paleoclimatology16▲ 51×2 topics
  16. Sea Level16▲ 45×2 topics
  17. Glacial Cycles16▲ 63×1 topic
  18. Monsoon Dynamics16▲ 63×1 topic
  19. Citizen Science15▲ 37×3 topics
  20. Superconductivity14▲ 20×5 topics
  21. Crystal Structure Prediction13▲ 68×1 topic
  22. Earthquake Detection13▲ 154×1 topic
  23. Mantle Dynamics13▲ 68×1 topic
  24. Seismic Signals13▲ 154×1 topic
  25. Seismic Noise12▲ 65×1 topic
  26. Surface Wave12▲ 65×1 topic
  27. GIS-based Modeling12▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Risk Assessment12▲ 4.4×4 topics
  29. Hazard11▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Landslide11▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Geological Mapping10▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Support Vector Machines10▲ 8.0×3 topics
  33. Hyperspectral Imaging9▲ 8.8×2 topics
  34. Ionospheric Anomalies9▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Seismic Electromagnetics9▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Compositional Data Analysis9▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Mineral Prospectivity9▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Sea Level Rise9▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Vulnerability8▲ 8.8×7 topics
  40. Shale Gas8▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does GNS Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Seismology and Earthquake Studies.

earthquake and tectonic …43earthquake and tectonic studies: 43 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…26Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 26 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…16Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 16 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquake Studies: 13 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 13 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis12Seismic Waves and Analysis: 12 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 11 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 9 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 9 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 6 fractional works
GeophysicsAtmospheric ScienceArtificial IntelligenceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law1 others

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

  1. 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 43 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 26 works
  3. 3 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 16 works
  4. 4 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 13 works
  5. 5 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 13 works
  6. 6 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 12 works
  7. 7 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 11 works
  8. 8 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 9 works
  9. 9 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  10. 10 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 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 available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.4%domestic only64.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has GNS Science's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is GNS Science as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%GNS Science0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of GNS Science over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%GNS Science12.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.5% in 2010.

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