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Mineral Resources

In research, Mineral Resources stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,849 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#2,894 of 6,636 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,880 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geology, Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Geology is 30.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,477
of 28,054 · #4,660 all time
Rank in Australia
#109
of 391
Research works
4.8k
▼ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
87k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Mineral Resources known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #3,849 of 12,888 13.5%441 #2922
EngineeringField #2,894 of 6,636 13.8%170 #2850
Environmental ScienceField #2,880 of 3,551 13.1%71 #3021
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,039 of 1,209 12.5%103 #902

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,922 #3,849
  2. Engineering#2,850 #2,894
  3. Environmental Science#3,021 #2,880
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#902 #1,039
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Mineral Resources specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geology takes 30.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeologySubfield · 20.4 works31×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 49.9 works29×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 103.0 works13×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.83× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.27× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13.35× its world share, 103 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.91× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.31× its world share, 170 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.88× its world share, 70 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.44× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mineral Resources?

Ranked on the composite score, L. P. Black, Leonid L Kuznetsov and H. J. Harrington lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mineral Resources.

  1. 1 L. P. Black Australia · #231,057 worldwide 551 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Leonid L Kuznetsov Australia · #263,820 worldwide 0 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 H. J. Harrington Australia · #375,526 worldwide 98 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 R. W. Page Australia · #453,083 worldwide 175 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Chris White Australia · #538,151 worldwide 9 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 A. H. G. Mitchell Australia · #694,352 worldwide 94 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Philip A. Symonds Australia · #711,121 worldwide 123 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Tatiana Ponomarenko Australia · #751,584 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 W. Valery Australia · #773,925 worldwide 60 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Michael Sexton Australia · #806,204 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Mineral Resources

Which keywords describe research at Mineral Resources?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Plate Tectonics, Geological Mapping, Machine Learning, Support Vector Machines, Hyperspectral Imaging, Tectonics and Compositional Data Analysis.

▲ 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. Machine Learning50▲ 3.1×26 topics
  2. Remote Sensing45▲ 7.4×28 topics
  3. Plate Tectonics40▲ 53×3 topics
  4. Environmental Impact34▲ 4.0×29 topics
  5. Geological Mapping32▲ 79×2 topics
  6. Support Vector Machines32▲ 20×4 topics
  7. Hyperspectral Imaging31▲ 22×4 topics
  8. Tectonics30▲ 51×3 topics
  9. Compositional Data Analysis29▲ 88×1 topic
  10. Mineral Prospectivity29▲ 88×1 topic
  11. Metal Recovery29▲ 29×3 topics
  12. Thermodynamic Modeling23▲ 42×3 topics
  13. Geochronology22▲ 66×1 topic
  14. Zircon22▲ 66×1 topic
  15. Energy Efficiency22▲ 4.7×15 topics
  16. Rare Earth Elements21▲ 29×3 topics
  17. Environmental Impacts20▲ 15×5 topics
  18. Microbial Communities19▲ 9.1×7 topics
  19. Continental Margin19▲ 61×2 topics
  20. Crustal Structure19▲ 61×2 topics
  21. Lithium-ion Batteries17▲ 8.1×4 topics
  22. Metallurgy16▲ 55×2 topics
  23. Circular Economy15▲ 11×4 topics
  24. Geochemistry15▲ 51×4 topics
  25. Pore Structure14▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Water Treatment14▲ 24×5 topics
  27. Comminution13▲ 80×1 topic
  28. Mineral Liberation Analysis13▲ 80×1 topic
  29. Electrical Properties13▲ 29×3 topics
  30. Flotation13▲ 89×1 topic
  31. Nanobubbles13▲ 89×1 topic
  32. Cenozoic Evolution13▲ 70×1 topic
  33. Microbial Ecology13▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Rifting13▲ 70×1 topic
  35. Shale Gas13▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Bioleaching12▲ 81×1 topic
  37. Sulfide Minerals12▲ 81×1 topic
  38. Sustainable Technology12▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Battery Recycling12▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Hydrometallurgical Processes12▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Mineral Resources publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Mineral Processing and Grinding and Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques.

Geochemistry and Geologi…29Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 29 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 22 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 13 fractional worksMinerals Flotation and Separation Techniques: 13 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 13 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bioleaching: 12 fractional worksExtraction and Separatio…12Extraction and Separation Processes: 12 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 11 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 7 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 7 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceGeophysicsMechanical EngineeringWater Science and Technology3 others

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

  1. 1 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 29 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 22 works
  3. 3 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 13 works
  4. 4 Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques Water Science and Technology 13 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 13 works
  6. 6 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 12 works
  7. 7 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 12 works
  8. 8 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 11 works
  9. 9 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 7 works
  10. 10 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 7 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 available27.1%not open72.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.3%domestic only57.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mineral Resources's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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