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Ministry of Natural Resources

In research, Ministry of Natural Resources stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,795 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,186 of 3,551 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,274 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Ecology — Oceanography is 26.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,398
of 28,054 · #12,935 all time
Rank in Rwanda
#2
of 17
Research works
772
▲ 479% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
6.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Natural 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 #3,795 of 12,888 22.8%360 #8897
Environmental ScienceField #1,186 of 3,551 25.7%147 #2605
EngineeringField #4,274 of 6,636 24.3%73 —
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #817 of 1,209 18.5%87 #2162

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Natural 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#8,897 #3,795
  2. Environmental Science#2,605 #1,186
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#2,162 #817
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 Ministry of Natural Resources specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 26.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 33.6 works26×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 87.5 works12×
  3. EcologySubfield · 34.2 works9.5×
← 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: 1.38× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.17× its world share, 88 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.07× its world share, 73 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.47× its world share, 147 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Natural Resources?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Ecosystem Services, Land Use Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Global Warming, Urbanization and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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. Climate Change70▲ 5.7×63 topics
  2. Remote Sensing48▲ 8.5×34 topics
  3. Machine Learning25▲ 1.68×34 topics
  4. Ecosystem Services25▲ 14×8 topics
  5. Sustainability24▲ 2.2×33 topics
  6. Land Use Change24▲ 17×8 topics
  7. Environmental Impact22▲ 2.8×36 topics
  8. Biodiversity Conservation18▲ 11×8 topics
  9. Global Warming16▲ 8.7×9 topics
  10. Urbanization15▲ 7.8×8 topics
  11. Harmful Algal Blooms13▲ 37×3 topics
  12. Eutrophication13▲ 27×4 topics
  13. Nutrient Limitation12▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Hyperspectral Imaging12▲ 9.0×5 topics
  15. Ocean Acidification11▲ 34×3 topics
  16. Environmental Policy11▲ 12×3 topics
  17. Global Impact11▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Social-Ecological Systems11▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Coastal Protection11▲ 37×2 topics
  20. Human-Nature Interactions11▲ 26×1 topic
  21. Plate Tectonics11▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Spatial Dynamics11▲ 26×1 topic
  23. Support Vector Machines11▲ 7.3×5 topics
  24. Water Quality10▲ 5.7×12 topics
  25. Dissolved Organic Matter10▲ 54×1 topic
  26. Oceanic Carbon Cycle10▲ 54×1 topic
  27. Ocean Circulation10▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Ecosystem Resilience9▲ 14×5 topics
  29. Benthic Communities9▲ 34×2 topics
  30. Marine Biodiversity9▲ 34×2 topics
  31. Tectonics9▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Pollution9▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Data Assimilation9▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Aquaculture9▲ 7.3×8 topics
  35. Climate Change Impacts9▲ 16×4 topics
  36. Sea-Level Rise9▲ 17×5 topics
  37. Environmental Impacts9▲ 6.9×9 topics
  38. Microbial Ecology8▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Global Change8▲ 6.9×7 topics
  40. Marine Environment8▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Natural Resources publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 11 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 10 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…7Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 7 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…7Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 7 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 6 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 6 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmosp…5Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 5 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosyste…5Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 5 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…5Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 5 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…4Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 4 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeOceanographyArtificial IntelligenceEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  2. 2 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 10 works
  3. 3 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  4. 4 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 7 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 6 works
  6. 6 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 6 works
  7. 7 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 5 works
  8. 8 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 5 works
  9. 9 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 5 works
  10. 10 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 4 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 available44.5%not open55.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors89.6%domestic only10.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Natural Resources's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 479% higher 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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