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Mira Geoscience (Canada)

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Research works
52
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
548
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Mira Geoscience (Canada)

Not ranked overall: Mira Geoscience (Canada) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Mira Geoscience (Canada) work in?

In all years, 92% of research at Mira Geoscience (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (41%), Engineering (26%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 48 fractional works · 91.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22 fractional works · 41.4% of its workGeophysics: 12 fractional works · 22.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 26.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 9.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMira Geoscience(Canada)52fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences0%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2241.4%
    2. Engineering1426.1%
    3. Computer Science59.7%
    4. Environmental Science58.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy12.1%
    6. Chemistry11.7%
    7. Materials Science11.6%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Medicine00.4%
    1. Social Sciences00.2%
    2. Psychology00.2%
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: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 5.35× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19.41× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.21× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.29× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 19.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences19.41×3 works
  2. Chemistry5.35×1 works
  3. Environmental Science3.21×2 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.29×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.86×1 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.75×1 works
  7. Engineering0.89×1 works
  8. Computer Science0.87×1 works
  9. Medicine0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mira Geoscience (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, John McGaughey, Glenn Pears and Scott R. Napier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mira Geoscience (Canada).

  1. 1 John McGaughey Canada · #3,460,938 worldwide 179 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Glenn Pears Canada · #4,366,311 worldwide 251 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Scott R. Napier Canada · #4,869,443 worldwide 18 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Mira Geoscience (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Mira Geoscience (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Mira Geoscience (Canada) is "Three-Dimensional Modelling of Geological Surfaces Using Generalized Interpolation with Radial Basis Functions" (Michael J. Hillier, Ernst M. Schetselaar, Eric A de Kemp et al., 2014), with 199 citations. Next come "Constrained inversion of geologic surfaces— pushing the boundaries" (106) and "Joint inversion of gravity and magnetic data under lithologic constraints" (78).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Three-Dimensional Modelling of Geological Surfaces Using Generalized Interpolation with Radial Basis Functions Michael J. Hillier, Ernst M. Schetselaar, Eric A de Kemp et al. · Mathematical Geosciences 14 Jul 2014 199
2 Constrained inversion of geologic surfaces— pushing the boundaries Peter K. Fullagar, Glenn Pears, Bruce McMonnies · The Leading Edge 2008 106
3 Joint inversion of gravity and magnetic data under lithologic constraints Miguel Bosch, John McGaughey · The Leading Edge Aug 2001 78
4 3D geophysical inversion modeling of gravity data to test the 3D geologic model of the Bradys geothermal area, Nevada, USA Jeffrey B. Witter, Drew L. Siler, James E. Faulds et al. · Geothermal Energy Open access 11 Oct 2016 56
5 Spatial targeting using queries in a 3-D GIS environment with application to mineral exploration Kevin B. Sprague, Eric A de Kemp, Winston Wong et al. · Computers & Geosciences 20 Sep 2005 51
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mira Geoscience (Canada)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Geological Mapping, Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Magnetotelluric Imaging, Data Integration, Remote Sensing, GIS-based Modeling, Machine Learning and Geological Modeling.

▲ 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. Geological Mapping7▲ 145×2 topics
  2. Electrical Resistivity Tomography6▲ 368×1 topic
  3. Magnetotelluric Imaging6▲ 368×1 topic
  4. Machine Learning6▲ 5.1×9 topics
  5. Data Integration5▲ 43×2 topics
  6. Remote Sensing5▲ 8.8×7 topics
  7. GIS-based Modeling5▲ 124×2 topics
  8. Geological Modeling4▲ 358×1 topic
  9. Uncertainty Analysis4▲ 358×1 topic
  10. Non-Destructive Testing4▲ 64×2 topics
  11. Geophysical Surveys4▲ 103×2 topics
  12. Ground-Penetrating Radar4▲ 156×1 topic
  13. Sedimentology4▲ 156×1 topic
  14. Hyperspectral Imaging3▲ 20×2 topics
  15. Support Vector Machines3▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Compositional Data Analysis3▲ 76×1 topic
  17. Elastic Properties3▲ 60×2 topics
  18. Mineral Prospectivity3▲ 76×1 topic
  19. Geophysical Imaging3▲ 75×2 topics
  20. Inverse Problems3▲ 47×2 topics
  21. Full-Waveform Tomography3▲ 105×1 topic
  22. Seismic Waveform Inversion3▲ 105×1 topic
  23. Continental Margin2▲ 71×2 topics
  24. Crustal Structure2▲ 71×2 topics
  25. Plate Tectonics2▲ 20×3 topics
  26. Biomineralization2▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Mudstones2▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Pore Structure2▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Shale Gas2▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Tectonics2▲ 22×3 topics
  31. Tomography2▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Cenozoic Evolution2▲ 89×1 topic
  33. Geomagnetic Field2▲ 85×1 topic
  34. Magnetosome Formation2▲ 85×1 topic
  35. Optimization2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  36. Rifting2▲ 89×1 topic
  37. Seismic Noise2▲ 67×1 topic
  38. Surface Wave2▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Anaerobic1▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Microbial Communities1▲ 8.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Mira Geoscience (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses and Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research.

Geochemistry and Geologi…1Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 1 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …0Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 0 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemome…0Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 0 fractional worksSpectroscopy Techniques …0Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research: 0 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 0 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 0 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelect…0Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 0 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 0 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 0 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agricu…0Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceMechanics of MaterialsAnalytical ChemistryBiophysics6 others

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

  1. 1 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  2. 2 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  3. 3 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 0 works
  4. 4 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research Biophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 0 works
  6. 6 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 0 works
  7. 7 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 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 available44.9%not open55.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.3%domestic only55.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mira Geoscience (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% 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 Mira Geoscience (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000048% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Mira Geoscience (Canada)0.000039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mira Geoscience (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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