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Lithuanian Geological Survey

In research, Lithuanian Geological Survey stands highest in Physical Sciences (#15,633 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#32,666
of 34,923
Rank in Lithuania
#47
of 49
Research works
163
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Lithuanian Geological Survey

What is Lithuanian Geological Survey 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
Physical SciencesDomain #15,633 of 17,446 4.6%128

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lithuanian Geological Survey 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 fields of science does Lithuanian Geological Survey work in?

In all years, 79% of research at Lithuanian Geological Survey is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (27%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 128 fractional works · 78.9% of its workEngineering: 56 fractional works · 34.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 7.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 43 fractional works · 26.7% of its workGeophysics: 14 fractional works · 8.5% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 14.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLithuanianGeological Survey163fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences79%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences15%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5634.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4326.7%
    3. Environmental Science137.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy74.3%
    5. Computer Science63.5%
    6. Materials Science20.9%
    7. Chemistry10.9%
    8. Mathematics00.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Social Sciences148.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities53.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.1%
    4. Decision Sciences10.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    6. Psychology00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine32.1%
    2. Health Professions21.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemistry: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.98× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.53× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.02× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 2.07× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 13.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.98×2 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.02×1 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.03×1 works
  4. Social Sciences2.07×3 works
  5. Energy1.53×0 works
  6. Engineering1.01×2 works
  7. Environmental Science0.83×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.81×1 works
  9. Chemistry0.60×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.53×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.27×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×0 works
  14. Medicine0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lithuanian Geological Survey?

Ranked on the quality score, J. Matuzas, Boris Levitas and Rimantė Guobytė lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lithuanian Geological Survey.

  1. 1 J. Matuzas Lithuania · #2,753,439 worldwide 542 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Boris Levitas Lithuania · #3,722,119 worldwide 599 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Rimantė Guobytė Lithuania · #4,148,047 worldwide 217 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Aldona Damušytė Lithuania · #4,871,459 worldwide 336 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 David B. Ratcliffe Lithuania · #4,878,051 worldwide 67 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Alma Grigienė Lithuania · #5,102,569 worldwide 156 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Vincas Vainauskas Lithuania · #5,195,790 worldwide 4 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Albertas Bitinas Lithuania · #5,914,795 worldwide 1.1k citations · 100 works
  9. 9 Jonas Satkūnas Lithuania · #6,646,008 worldwide 629 citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at Lithuanian Geological Survey

What are the most cited papers from Lithuanian Geological Survey?

The most cited paper from Lithuanian Geological Survey is "The Last Deglaciation of the Southeastern Sector of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet" (VINCENT R. RINTERKNECHT, Peter U. Clark, GRANT M. RAISBECK et al., 2006), with 269 citations. Next come "Late Vendian–Early Palæozoic tectonic evolution of the Baltic Basin: regional tectonic implications from subsidence analysis" (241) and "Re-Os ages for Archean molybdenite and pyrite, Kuittila-Kivisuo, Finland and Proterozoic molybdenite, Kabeliai, Lithuania: testing the chronometer in a metamorphic and metasomatic setting" (227).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Last Deglaciation of the Southeastern Sector of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet VINCENT R. RINTERKNECHT, Peter U. Clark, GRANT M. RAISBECK et al. · Science 9 Mar 2006 269
2 Late Vendian–Early Palæozoic tectonic evolution of the Baltic Basin: regional tectonic implications from subsidence analysis Paweł Poprawa, Saulius Šliaupa, Randell Alexander Stephenson et al. · Tectonophysics Dec 1999 241
3 Re-Os ages for Archean molybdenite and pyrite, Kuittila-Kivisuo, Finland and Proterozoic molybdenite, Kabeliai, Lithuania: testing the chronometer in a metamorphic and metasomatic setting Holly J. Stein, Krister Sundblad, R. J. Markey et al. · Mineralium Deposita 20 May 1998 227
4 Considerations regarding the definition of a geochemical baseline of elements in the surficial materials in areas differing in basic geology Reijo Salminen, Virgilija Gregorauskien≐ · Applied Geochemistry Jun 2000 206
5 UWB Radar for Human Being Detection Alexander Georgievic Yarovoy, L.P. Ligthart, J. Matuzas et al. · IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine Nov 2006 186
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lithuanian Geological Survey?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Holocene, Environmental Impact, Sea Level, Climate Change, Tectonic Evolution, Sedimentation, Alpine orogeny and Carpathian-Pannonian region.

▲ 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 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 Change16▲ 3.7×15 topics
  2. Environmental Impact14▲ 6.3×11 topics
  3. Holocene13▲ 48×3 topics
  4. Sea Level12▲ 54×2 topics
  5. Tectonic Evolution9▲ 172×2 topics
  6. Sedimentation9▲ 70×2 topics
  7. Alpine orogeny8▲ 622×1 topic
  8. Carpathian-Pannonian region8▲ 622×1 topic
  9. Infrastructure8▲ 43×3 topics
  10. Laser Scanning8▲ 191×2 topics
  11. Monitoring8▲ 38×2 topics
  12. Geodetic7▲ 957×1 topic
  13. Leveling7▲ 957×1 topic
  14. Remote Sensing7▲ 4.0×10 topics
  15. Mediterranean7▲ 41×3 topics
  16. Black Sea6▲ 105×1 topic
  17. paleoceanography6▲ 119×1 topic
  18. Dielectric Properties6▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Breast Cancer Detection6▲ 91×1 topic
  20. Glacial Cycles6▲ 35×1 topic
  21. Microwave Imaging6▲ 203×1 topic
  22. Paleoclimatology6▲ 30×1 topic
  23. Geodetic Measurements6▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Geodesy5▲ 141×1 topic
  25. Map Projections5▲ 325×1 topic
  26. Sea Level Rise5▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Water Quality5▲ 6.9×7 topics
  28. Tectonics5▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Nonlinear Optics4▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Urban Development4▲ 7.3×2 topics
  32. BIM-GIS Integration4▲ 172×1 topic
  33. CityGML4▲ 172×1 topic
  34. Frequency Conversion4▲ 23×2 topics
  35. GRACE4▲ 48×1 topic
  36. groundwater depletion4▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Doppler Radar4▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Groundwater4▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Photonic Crystals3▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Channel Modeling3▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Lithuanian Geological Survey publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies, Economic and Industrial Development and Economic Systems and Logistics Management.

Education, Innovation an…1Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 1 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, …1Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial …1Economic and Industrial Development: 1 fractional worksEconomic Systems and Log…0Economic Systems and Logistics Management: 0 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 0 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 0 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…0Religion, Society, and Development: 0 fractional worksMarine and environmental studies: 0 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 0 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 0 fractional works
EducationPolitical Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance6 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 1 works
  2. 2 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  3. 3 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Economic Systems and Logistics Management General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0 works
  5. 5 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  6. 6 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 0 works
  7. 7 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 0 works
  9. 9 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  10. 10 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.3%domestic only76.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lithuanian Geological Survey's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Lithuanian Geological Survey as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000054% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Lithuanian Geological Survey0.000033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lithuanian Geological Survey over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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