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Guiana Space Centre

World rank, all time
#27,099
of 42,892
Rank in French Guiana
#4
of 5
Research works
136
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.4k
25.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

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: 1.84× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.72× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.39× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.08× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Guiana Space Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Healthcare Access, Ethnicity, Discrimination, Migration, Biodiversity and Curriculum Development.

▲ 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.3×19 topics
  2. Public Health3▲ 7.8×8 topics
  3. Healthcare Access2▲ 29×2 topics
  4. Ethnicity2▲ 20×2 topics
  5. Biodiversity2▲ 8.9×9 topics
  6. Discrimination2▲ 35×1 topic
  7. Migration2▲ 20×1 topic
  8. Curriculum Development1▲ 7.6×3 topics
  9. Character Education1▲ 10×2 topics
  10. Climate Change1▲ 1.78×15 topics
  11. Invasive Species1▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Biogeography1▲ 16×8 topics
  13. Taxonomy1▲ 31×6 topics
  14. Digital Learning1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity1▲ 8.5×6 topics

Which research topics does Guiana Space Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Migration, Identity, and Health, Health, Medicine and Society, Education and Character Development and Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods.

  1. 1 Migration, Identity, and Health Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Education and Character Development Education 1 works
  4. 4 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 1 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 0 works
  6. 6 Fish biology, ecology, and behavior Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  8. 8 Pancasila Values in Education Education 0 works
  9. 9 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  10. 10 Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology Ecology 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 available47.5%not open52.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors63.5%domestic only36.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Guiana Space Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.