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Serviço Geológico do Brasil - CPRM

In research, Serviço Geológico do Brasil - CPRM stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,775 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Geophysics is 47.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,192
of 28,054 · #21,306 all time
Rank in Brazil
#386
of 714
Research works
819
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.8k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Serviço Geológico do Brasil - CPRM known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #9,775 of 12,888 15.4%124 #12363

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Serviço Geológico do Brasil - CPRM 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Serviço Geológico do Brasil - CPRM specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 47.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 24.7 works48×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 55.5 works24×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.86× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23.89× its world share, 56 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.54× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 23.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Serviço Geológico do Brasil - CPRM?

Ranked on the composite score, Francisco Lages Correia Filho, Waldir Duarte Costa Filho and Robério Bôto de Aguiar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Serviço Geológico do Brasil - CPRM.

  1. 1 Francisco Lages Correia Filho Brazil · #267,669 worldwide 1 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Waldir Duarte Costa Filho Brazil · #518,778 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Robério Bôto de Aguiar Brazil · #539,324 worldwide 2 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Marcelo Esteves Almeida Brazil · #679,680 worldwide 48 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Nélson Joaquim Reis Brazil · #781,418 worldwide 38 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Francisco Fernando Noronha Marcuzzo Brazil · #848,224 worldwide 25 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Roberto Gusmão de Oliveira Brazil · #1,042,803 worldwide 21 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Evandro Luiz Klein Brazil · #1,066,946 worldwide 73 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Roberto Eduardo Kirchheim Brazil · #1,195,683 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Marcelo Eduardo Dantas Brazil · #1,252,361 worldwide 3 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Serviço Geológico do Brasil - CPRM

Which keywords describe research at Serviço Geológico do Brasil - CPRM?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Geological Mapping, Support Vector Machines, Machine Learning, Hyperspectral Imaging, Compositional Data Analysis, Mineral Prospectivity 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 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 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. Remote Sensing36▲ 20×16 topics
  2. Machine Learning25▲ 5.1×14 topics
  3. Geological Mapping22▲ 179×2 topics
  4. Support Vector Machines21▲ 44×3 topics
  5. Hyperspectral Imaging20▲ 48×2 topics
  6. Compositional Data Analysis20▲ 199×1 topic
  7. Mineral Prospectivity20▲ 199×1 topic
  8. Tectonics17▲ 94×3 topics
  9. Plate Tectonics15▲ 64×3 topics
  10. Geochronology13▲ 125×1 topic
  11. Zircon13▲ 125×1 topic
  12. Climate Change11▲ 2.9×31 topics
  13. Sustainable Development11▲ 4.7×8 topics
  14. Biodiversity7▲ 6.3×10 topics
  15. Environmental Conservation7▲ 46×1 topic
  16. Hydrographic Basins7▲ 206×1 topic
  17. Environmental Impacts5▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Geodetic Measurements5▲ 32×2 topics
  19. Subduction5▲ 48×3 topics
  20. Geochemistry5▲ 55×4 topics
  21. Marine Sediments5▲ 55×2 topics
  22. Earthquakes5▲ 57×1 topic
  23. Ecosystem Services5▲ 8.4×5 topics
  24. Plate Boundaries5▲ 57×1 topic
  25. Electrical Resistivity Tomography4▲ 115×1 topic
  26. Magnetotelluric Imaging4▲ 115×1 topic
  27. Paleoproductivity4▲ 107×1 topic
  28. Paleoredox4▲ 107×1 topic
  29. Geoheritage4▲ 420×1 topic
  30. Geotourism4▲ 420×1 topic
  31. Sedimentation4▲ 49×2 topics
  32. Fluvial Systems4▲ 100×1 topic
  33. Rare Earth Elements4▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Sequence Stratigraphy4▲ 100×1 topic
  35. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 10×5 topics
  36. Evolution3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  37. GIS-based Modeling3▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 7.4×4 topics
  39. Water Resources3▲ 8.8×4 topics
  40. Manganese Oxides3▲ 68×1 topic

Which research topics does Serviço Geológico do Brasil - CPRM publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geography and Environmental Studies and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Geochemistry and Geologi…20Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 20 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…13Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 13 fractional worksGeography and Environmen…7Geography and Environmental Studies: 7 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 5 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 4 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 4 fractional worksGeotourism and Geoheritage Conservation: 4 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 4 fractional worksGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis: 3 fractional worksFish biology, ecology, and behavior: 3 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceGeophysicsWater Science and TechnologyPaleontology4 others

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

  1. 1 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 20 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 13 works
  3. 3 Geography and Environmental Studies Water Science and Technology 7 works
  4. 4 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 5 works
  5. 5 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 4 works
  6. 6 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 4 works
  7. 7 Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation Geology 4 works
  8. 8 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 4 works
  9. 9 Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 3 works
  10. 10 Fish biology, ecology, and behavior Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 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 available64.3%not open35.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.4%domestic only71.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Serviço Geológico do Brasil - CPRM's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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