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International Cartographic Association

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Research works
42
▲ 239% vs 2013–17
Citations
701
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: International Cartographic Association is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.97× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.64× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.34× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at International Cartographic Association?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Citizen Science, Geospatial Crowdsourcing, Volunteered Geographic Information, Remote Sensing, Cultural Heritage, Geodesy, Map Projections and Photogrammetry.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 30 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Citizen Science8▲ 195×2 topics
  2. Geospatial Crowdsourcing8▲ 682×1 topic
  3. Volunteered Geographic Information8▲ 682×1 topic
  4. Remote Sensing4▲ 8.6×9 topics
  5. Cultural Heritage3▲ 17×5 topics
  6. Geodesy2▲ 287×1 topic
  7. Map Projections2▲ 659×1 topic
  8. Climate Change2▲ 2.2×10 topics
  9. Globalization2▲ 2.9×7 topics
  10. Machine Learning2▲ 2.2×7 topics
  11. Sustainability2▲ 2.6×5 topics
  12. Photogrammetry2▲ 109×1 topic
  13. UAV2▲ 109×1 topic
  14. Colonialism1▲ 6.8×4 topics
  15. Migration1▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Cultural Impact1▲ 43×2 topics
  17. Economic Development1▲ 4.7×4 topics
  18. Identity1▲ 4.2×5 topics
  19. Innovation1▲ 3.4×2 topics
  20. Public Policy1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  21. Education1▲ 2.1×3 topics
  22. Satellite Imagery1▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Shrinking Cities1▲ 124×1 topic
  24. Territorial Governance1▲ 19×3 topics
  25. Urban Decline1▲ 124×1 topic
  26. Adaptation1▲ 8.2×1 topic
  27. Digital Epidemiology1▲ 139×1 topic
  28. Disease Surveillance1▲ 139×1 topic
  29. Livestock Farming1▲ 43×1 topic
  30. Monetary Policy1▲ 8.6×2 topics

Which research topics does International Cartographic Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geographic Information Systems Studies, Urbanization and City Planning, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis.

Geographic Information S…2Geographic Information Systems Studies: 2 fractional worksUrbanization and City Planning: 1 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksMedieval and Early Modern Justice: 0 fractional worksSocial Development and E…0Social Development and Education Research: 0 fractional worksCross-Border Cooperation and Integration: 0 fractional worksCultural Identity and Heritage: 0 fractional worksMigration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography: 0 fractional worksHistory and Developments in Astronomy: 0 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentUrban StudiesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsHistory and Philosophy of Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  2. 2 Urbanization and City Planning Urban Studies 1 works
  3. 3 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  5. 5 Medieval and Early Modern Justice Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  6. 6 Social Development and Education Research Education 0 works
  7. 7 Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 0 works
  9. 9 Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography Demography 0 works
  10. 10 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available48.7%not open51.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.8%domestic only60.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has International Cartographic Association's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 239% higher 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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