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Rocscience (Canada)

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Research works
64
▲ 1275% vs 2013–17
Citations
584
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Rocscience (Canada) 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.

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.45× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.27× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.26× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× 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: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rocscience (Canada)?

Ranked on the composite score, Sina Javankhoshdel and Thamer Yacoub lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rocscience (Canada).

  1. 1 Sina Javankhoshdel Canada · #1,021,169 worldwide 62 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Thamer Yacoub Canada · #1,300,497 worldwide 48 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Rocscience (Canada)

Which keywords describe research at Rocscience (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Soil Properties, Slope Stability Analysis, Spatial Variability, Remote Sensing, GIS-based Modeling, Risk Assessment, Hazard and Landslide.

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

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Soil Properties5▲ 102×2 topics
  2. Remote Sensing5▲ 14×5 topics
  3. Slope Stability Analysis5▲ 446×1 topic
  4. Spatial Variability5▲ 280×1 topic
  5. GIS-based Modeling5▲ 191×2 topics
  6. Risk Assessment4▲ 22×2 topics
  7. Hazard4▲ 192×1 topic
  8. Landslide4▲ 192×1 topic
  9. Rock Mechanics3▲ 91×2 topics
  10. Numerical Analysis2▲ 160×2 topics
  11. Acoustic Emission2▲ 119×1 topic
  12. Fracture2▲ 74×1 topic
  13. Geosynthetics2▲ 147×1 topic
  14. Soil Reinforcement2▲ 114×1 topic
  15. Embankment Dams1▲ 263×1 topic
  16. Internal Erosion1▲ 263×1 topic
  17. Data Integration1▲ 28×2 topics
  18. Liquefaction1▲ 52×2 topics
  19. Tunnel1▲ 52×2 topics
  20. Machine Learning1◆ 1.12×3 topics
  21. Soil Hydraulic Properties1▲ 122×1 topic
  22. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics1▲ 122×1 topic
  23. Analysis1▲ 37×1 topic
  24. CO2 Sequestration1▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Seismic1▲ 58×1 topic

Which research topics does Rocscience (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis, Landslides and related hazards, Rock Mechanics and Modeling and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization.

Geotechnical Engineering…5Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 5 fractional worksLandslides and related h…4Landslides and related hazards: 4 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Modeling: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 2 fractional worksDam Engineering and Safety: 1 fractional worksSoil and Unsaturated Flow1Soil and Unsaturated Flow: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 1 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 1 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 1 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawMechanics of MaterialsCivil and Structural Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 5 works
  2. 2 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  3. 3 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Soil and Unsaturated Flow Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 1 works
  9. 9 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 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 available38.9%not open61.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rocscience (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1275% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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