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Instituto Geológico

In research, Instituto Geológico stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,016 of 16,945 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#16,469 of 21,541 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#6,028 of 6,208 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,665
of 28,054 · #26,462 all time
Rank in Brazil
#424
of 714
Research works
887
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.7k
4.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Instituto Geológico known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #12,016 of 16,945 5.2%179
Physical SciencesDomain #16,469 of 21,541 3.1%635
Environmental ScienceField #6,028 of 6,208 2.8%188
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #2,585 of 2,661 5.4%180

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

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: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.37× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.81× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.69× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Geológico?

Ranked on the composite score, Rafael Guardado-Lacaba lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Geológico.

  1. 1 Rafael Guardado-Lacaba Brazil · #860,367 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Geológico

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Geológico?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Ethics, Sustainable Development, Religion, Education, Philosophy, Environmental Conservation and Hydrographic Basins.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing13▲ 13×14 topics
  2. Sustainable Development7▲ 5.4×8 topics
  3. Education7▲ 4.9×12 topics
  4. Climate Change6▲ 2.8×22 topics
  5. Ethics6▲ 15×5 topics
  6. Religion6▲ 15×5 topics
  7. Machine Learning6▲ 2.1×6 topics
  8. Environmental Conservation5▲ 63×1 topic
  9. Hydrographic Basins5▲ 277×1 topic
  10. Philosophy5▲ 14×2 topics
  11. Hyperspectral Imaging5▲ 22×3 topics
  12. Catholicism5▲ 156×2 topics
  13. Geological Mapping5▲ 71×2 topics
  14. Support Vector Machines5▲ 18×2 topics
  15. Compositional Data Analysis5▲ 83×1 topic
  16. Mineral Prospectivity5▲ 83×1 topic
  17. Theology4▲ 57×3 topics
  18. Sustainability4▲ 2.2×11 topics
  19. Latin America4▲ 27×3 topics
  20. Tectonics4▲ 43×3 topics
  21. Liberation4▲ 283×1 topic
  22. Social Dynamics4▲ 76×1 topic
  23. Plate Tectonics4▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Conservation3▲ 9.1×9 topics
  25. Subduction3▲ 52×3 topics
  26. Geochronology3▲ 55×1 topic
  27. Zircon3▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Innovation3▲ 3.1×9 topics
  29. Public Policy2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  30. Tectonic Evolution2▲ 129×3 topics
  31. Biogeography2▲ 9.5×5 topics
  32. Brazil2▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Evolution2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  34. Mediterranean2▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 13×6 topics
  36. Seismicity2▲ 59×2 topics
  37. Family Farming2▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  39. Phylogeny2▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Social Sciences2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituto Geológico publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geography and Environmental Studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Religious and Theological Studies and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Geography and Environmen…5Geography and Environmental Studies: 5 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 5 fractional worksReligious and Theological Studies: 4 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…3Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 3 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 2 fractional worksPhilosophical Thought and Analysis: 1 fractional worksGeological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America: 1 fractional worksReligion and Society in Latin America: 1 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide: 1 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceSociology and Political ScienceGeophysics2 others

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

  1. 1 Geography and Environmental Studies Water Science and Technology 5 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  3. 3 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  5. 5 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  6. 6 Philosophical Thought and Analysis General Social Sciences 1 works
  7. 7 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 1 works
  8. 8 Religion and Society in Latin America Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 1 works
  10. 10 Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide Geophysics 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 available66.3%not open33.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.4%domestic only70.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Geológico's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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