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Observatoire Volcanologique de Goma

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Research works
95
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
776
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Observatoire Volcanologique de Goma 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: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21.88× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.57× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 21.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Observatoire Volcanologique de Goma?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Plate Tectonics, Vulnerability, Cenozoic Evolution, Rifting, Geodetic Measurements, Climate Change, Social Capital and Disaster.

▲ 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 24 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Plate Tectonics5▲ 106×3 topics
  2. Vulnerability4▲ 59×3 topics
  3. Cenozoic Evolution4▲ 336×1 topic
  4. Rifting4▲ 336×1 topic
  5. Climate Change4▲ 4.4×20 topics
  6. Geodetic Measurements3▲ 86×2 topics
  7. Social Capital3▲ 16×3 topics
  8. Disaster2▲ 173×1 topic
  9. Resilience2▲ 17×1 topic
  10. Earthquakes2▲ 143×1 topic
  11. Subduction2▲ 112×1 topic
  12. Remote Sensing2▲ 6.0×12 topics
  13. Sustainability2▲ 2.8×9 topics
  14. Public Health2▲ 3.7×8 topics
  15. Resettlement2▲ 58×3 topics
  16. Adaptation1▲ 17×2 topics
  17. Water Quality1▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Environmental Refugees1▲ 209×1 topic
  19. Migration1▲ 13×1 topic
  20. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.5×5 topics
  21. Infectious Diseases1▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 9.7×3 topics
  23. Land Use Change1▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services1▲ 9.1×3 topics

Which research topics does Observatoire Volcanologique de Goma publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geological and Geophysical Studies, Disaster Management and Resilience, earthquake and tectonic studies and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration.

Geological and Geophysic…4Geological and Geophysical Studies: 4 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 2 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 2 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptati…1Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 1 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and…1Earthquake Detection and Analysis: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…1Disaster Response and Management: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 1 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 1 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 1 fractional worksFecal contamination and water quality: 1 fractional works
GeologySociology and Political ScienceGeophysicsEmergency Medical Services3 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 4 works
  2. 2 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 2 works
  4. 4 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  6. 6 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  7. 7 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  8. 8 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Fecal contamination and water quality Water Science and Technology 1 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 available63.0%not open37.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.4%domestic only46.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Observatoire Volcanologique de Goma's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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