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Rio Tinto (United Kingdom)

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Research works
78
▼ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
20.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Rio Tinto (United Kingdom) 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: 3.50× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 5.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.37× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.63× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rio Tinto (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the composite score, Phillip Crowson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rio Tinto (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Phillip Crowson United Kingdom · #1,209,218 worldwide 24 citations · 78 works
All ranked researchers at Rio Tinto (United Kingdom)

Which keywords describe research at Rio Tinto (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Plate Tectonics, Environmental Impact, Optimization, Open Pit Mining, Production Scheduling, Mining Industry, Social License to Operate and Tectonics.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact6▲ 5.8×8 topics
  2. Plate Tectonics6▲ 34×3 topics
  3. Machine Learning6▲ 3.3×8 topics
  4. Optimization5▲ 12×4 topics
  5. Sustainable Development5▲ 5.2×3 topics
  6. Open Pit Mining5▲ 558×1 topic
  7. Production Scheduling5▲ 558×1 topic
  8. Mining Industry4▲ 416×1 topic
  9. Social License to Operate4▲ 416×1 topic
  10. Tectonics4▲ 32×3 topics
  11. Geochronology4▲ 47×1 topic
  12. Zircon4▲ 47×1 topic
  13. Geological Mapping3▲ 42×2 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency3▲ 4.3×3 topics
  15. Water Treatment3▲ 27×2 topics
  16. Flotation2▲ 90×1 topic
  17. Geochemistry2▲ 45×4 topics
  18. Nanobubbles2▲ 90×1 topic
  19. Remote Sensing2▲ 2.7×3 topics
  20. Comminution2▲ 89×1 topic
  21. Mineral Liberation Analysis2▲ 89×1 topic
  22. Multiphase Flow2▲ 28×4 topics
  23. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 35×1 topic
  24. Educational Technology2▲ 3.8×2 topics
  25. Metal Recovery2▲ 19×3 topics
  26. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 35×1 topic
  27. Remediation2▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Subduction2▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Geodetic Measurements2▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Porous Media2▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Earthquakes2▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Environmental Sustainability2▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Plate Boundaries2▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Environmental Impacts2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  35. Surfactants2▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Content Validity2▲ 128×1 topic
  37. Health Research2▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Lithium-ion Batteries2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  39. Metallurgy1▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Rock Mechanics1▲ 17×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Mining Techniques and Economics, Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties, Metallurgy and Material Forming and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties.

Mining Techniques and Ec…1Mining Techniques and Economics: 1 fractional worksAluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties: 1 fractional worksMetallurgy and Material Forming: 0 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 0 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Archaeology Studies: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…0Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 0 fractional worksSoybean genetics and cultivation: 0 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 0 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …0Advancements in Battery Materials: 0 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringAerospace EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsMechanical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Mining Techniques and Economics Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Metallurgy and Material Forming Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  4. 4 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 0 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Soybean genetics and cultivation Plant Science 0 works
  9. 9 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available26.0%not open74.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.4%domestic only65.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% lower 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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