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Rio Tinto (Australia)

In research, Rio Tinto (Australia) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,611 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,835
of 22,385 · #11,469 all time
Rank in Australia
#143
of 270
Research works
609
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.5k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Rio Tinto (Australia)

What is Rio Tinto (Australia) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #7,611 of 10,670 5.2%83 #6866

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rio Tinto (Australia) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Rio Tinto (Australia) work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Rio Tinto (Australia) is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (24%), Environmental Science (13%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 92 fractional works · 52.6% of its workEngineering: 42 fractional works · 24.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 8.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 13.4% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 22.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 13.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRio Tinto(Australia)175fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences53%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences23%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4224.0%
    2. Environmental Science2313.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences95.2%
    4. Computer Science73.9%
    5. Chemical Engineering42.2%
    6. Materials Science42.1%
    7. Mathematics10.8%
    8. Energy10.6%
    9. Chemistry00.3%
    1. Social Sciences2011.3%
    2. Decision Sciences94.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting42.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities42.1%
    5. Psychology21.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology169.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.0%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    1. Medicine116.2%
    2. Health Professions74.0%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
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: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.71× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 6.32× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.34× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.60× its world share, 42 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.70× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.53× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.05× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering6.32×4 works
  2. Decision Sciences5.05×8 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.34×9 works
  4. Environmental Science2.70×24 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.71×16 works
  6. Engineering1.60×42 works
  7. Health Professions1.53×7 works
  8. Veterinary1.40×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.04×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.89×20 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.77×4 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.74×4 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.68×6 works
  14. Energy0.65×1 works
  15. Mathematics0.65×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.60×4 works
  17. Nursing0.58×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.51×7 works
  19. Dentistry0.47×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.45×2 works
  21. Medicine0.32×11 works
  22. Psychology0.32×2 works
  23. Neuroscience0.23×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.16×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rio Tinto (Australia)?

Ranked on the quality score, Shawan Dogramaci, J. F. Corson and Alan F. Kobussen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rio Tinto (Australia).

  1. 1 Shawan Dogramaci Australia · #1,780,069 worldwide 2.4k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 J. F. Corson Australia · #2,226,637 worldwide 210 citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Alan F. Kobussen Australia · #2,617,712 worldwide 645 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Hilke J. Dalstra Australia · #2,711,031 worldwide 411 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 A. T. Culwick Australia · #3,085,957 worldwide 213 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 H. Fairbairn Australia · #3,118,917 worldwide 519 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Palitha Welgama Australia · #3,243,969 worldwide 332 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Theo Aravanis Australia · #3,295,561 worldwide 256 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 George Vibert Douglas Australia · #3,627,997 worldwide 23 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Andre van As Australia · #3,682,840 worldwide 252 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Rio Tinto (Australia)

What are the most cited papers from Rio Tinto (Australia)?

The most cited paper from Rio Tinto (Australia) is "Improvement of Quality in Publication of Experimental Thermophysical Property Data: Challenges, Assessment Tools, Global Implementation, and Online Support" (Robert D. Chirico et al., 2013), with 306 citations. Next come "Estimation of evaporative loss based on the stable isotope composition of water using Hydrocalculator" (292) and "Primary carbonatite melt from deeply subducted oceanic crust" (289).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Improvement of Quality in Publication of Experimental Thermophysical Property Data: Challenges, Assessment Tools, Global Implementation, and Online Support Robert D. Chirico et al. · Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 6 Sep 2013 306
2 Estimation of evaporative loss based on the stable isotope composition of water using Hydrocalculator Grzegorz Skrzypek, Adam Mydłowski, Shawan Dogramaci et al. · Journal of Hydrology Open access 14 Feb 2015 292
3 Primary carbonatite melt from deeply subducted oceanic crust Michael J. Walter, Galina P. Bulanova, Lora S. Armstrong et al. · Nature Open access Jul 2008 289
4 Zircon Compositions as a Pathfinder for Porphyry Cu ± Mo ± Au Deposits Yongjun Lu, Robert R. Loucks, Marco L. Fiorentini et al. Book chapter 2016 238
5 Discovery of fairy circles in Australia supports self-organization theory Stephan Getzin, Hezi Yizhaq, Bronwyn Bell et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 14 Mar 2016 215
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rio Tinto (Australia)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Evolution, Climate Change, Healthcare Access, Optimization, Legal Theory, Metal Recovery and Environmental Impacts.

▲ 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-now 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 Learning14▲ 2.4×23 topics
  2. Climate Change10▲ 2.2×31 topics
  3. Sustainable Development7▲ 2.7×10 topics
  4. Sustainability7▲ 1.69×20 topics
  5. Public Health6▲ 2.5×10 topics
  6. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.1×17 topics
  7. Energy Efficiency6▲ 3.6×7 topics
  8. Evolution6▲ 12×5 topics
  9. Optimization6▲ 7.3×10 topics
  10. Healthcare Access6▲ 12×3 topics
  11. Legal Theory5▲ 45×3 topics
  12. Remote Sensing5▲ 2.5×10 topics
  13. Environmental Impacts5▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Metal Recovery5▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Biodiversity5▲ 3.7×9 topics
  16. Human Rights5▲ 2.8×7 topics
  17. Toxins5▲ 26×2 topics
  18. Waste Management4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  19. Hemostasis4▲ 25×2 topics
  20. Social Justice4▲ 4.2×4 topics
  21. Constitutional Law4▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Envenoming4▲ 187×1 topic
  23. Snake Venom4▲ 187×1 topic
  24. Civil Rights4▲ 35×1 topic
  25. Judicial Activism4▲ 53×1 topic
  26. Social Determinants4▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Metallurgy3▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Natural Language Processing3▲ 8.0×2 topics
  29. Rock Mechanics3▲ 19×4 topics
  30. Text Mining3▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Uncertainty3▲ 40×2 topics
  32. Circular Economy3▲ 6.7×4 topics
  33. Judicialization3▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Medication3▲ 64×1 topic
  35. Stochastic Optimization3▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Comminution3▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Mineral Liberation Analysis3▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Open Pit Mining3▲ 121×1 topic
  39. Production Scheduling3▲ 121×1 topic
  40. Carbon Capture3▲ 35×2 topics

Which research topics does Rio Tinto (Australia) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies, Brazilian Legal Issues, Public Health in Brazil and Mineral Processing and Grinding.

Venomous Animal Envenoma…4Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies: 4 fractional worksBrazilian Legal Issues4Brazilian Legal Issues: 4 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 3 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 3 fractional worksMining Techniques and Economics: 3 fractional worksIon channel regulation and function: 3 fractional worksMolten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes: 3 fractional worksExtraction and Separatio…2Extraction and Separation Processes: 2 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 2 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 2 fractional works
GeneticsLawSociology and Political ScienceMechanical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies Genetics 4 works
  2. 2 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 4 works
  3. 3 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Mining Techniques and Economics Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Ion channel regulation and function Molecular Biology 3 works
  7. 7 Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 3 works
  8. 8 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 2 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 available50.5%not open49.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.6%domestic only61.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rio Tinto (Australia)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Rio Tinto (Australia) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Rio Tinto (Australia)0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rio Tinto (Australia) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Rio Tinto (Australia)5.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.4% in 2013.

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