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National Minerals Information Center

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Research works
14
▲ 513% vs 2013–17
Citations
203
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: National Minerals Information Center 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: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.60× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.58× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.73× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which research topics does National Minerals Information Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Extraction and Separation Processes, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Metal Extraction and Bioleaching and Mining and Resource Management.

Extraction and Separatio…4Extraction and Separation Processes: 4 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bioleaching: 1 fractional worksMining and Resource Management: 1 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…1Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 1 fractional worksMining Techniques and Economics: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 0 fractional worksMinerals Flotation and Separation Techniques: 0 fractional worksIndian Economic and Social Development: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringBuilding and Construction6 others

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

  1. 1 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Mining and Resource Management Building and Construction 1 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 Mining Techniques and Economics Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  9. 9 Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques Water Science and Technology 0 works
  10. 10 Indian Economic and Social Development Economics and Econometrics 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 available73.3%not open26.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Minerals Information Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 513% higher than in 2013–2017.

2020
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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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