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TGS (United Kingdom)

In research, TGS (United Kingdom) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,113 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences is 27.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#20,015
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,010
of 1,844
Research works
248
▲ 59% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
TGS (United Kingdom)

What is TGS (United Kingdom) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #11,113 of 17,446 5.5%145

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where TGS (United Kingdom) 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 TGS (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at TGS (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (43%), Engineering (13%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 71.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 27 fractional works · 43.1% of its workGeophysics: 18 fractional works · 28.3% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 13.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.9% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKTGS (UnitedKingdom)63fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences12%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2743.1%
    2. Engineering813.4%
    3. Computer Science47.0%
    4. Environmental Science45.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.1%
    6. Mathematics00.5%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine711.1%
    2. Health Professions00.7%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Social Sciences46.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities12.2%
    3. Decision Sciences11.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    5. Psychology00.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does TGS (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 27.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 27.0 works27×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 27.49× its world share, 27 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.89× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 7 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 27.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences27.49×27 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.51×0 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.38×1 works
  4. Veterinary1.31×0 works
  5. Environmental Science1.16×4 works
  6. Computer Science0.90×4 works
  7. Engineering0.89×8 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.75×1 works
  9. Medicine0.58×7 works
  10. Social Sciences0.53×4 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.50×2 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×1 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.48×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.45×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.25×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.18×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  20. Energy0.13×0 works
  21. Psychology0.09×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at TGS (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Sang Suh, Jun Cai and Jun Cai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is TGS (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Sang Suh United Kingdom · #2,912,466 worldwide 301 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Jun Cai United Kingdom · #3,206,968 worldwide 479 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Jun Cai United Kingdom · #3,211,325 worldwide 718 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Manhong Guo United Kingdom · #3,213,810 worldwide 376 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Jean Ji United Kingdom · #3,524,475 worldwide 94 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Shuqian Dong United Kingdom · #3,620,600 worldwide 507 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 María Helena Sánchez Ortega United Kingdom · #3,782,802 worldwide 52 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Satyakee Sen United Kingdom · #3,803,320 worldwide 174 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Ian Deighton United Kingdom · #4,278,314 worldwide 293 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Chuck Mason United Kingdom · #4,393,826 worldwide 116 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at TGS (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from TGS (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from TGS (United Kingdom) is "Base-Catalyzed Aryl-B(OH) 2 Protodeboronation Revisited: From Concerted Proton Transfer to Liberation of a Transient Aryl Anion" (Paul Alan Cox, Marc Reid, Andrew G. Leach et al., 2017), with 329 citations. Next come "Carbon isotopes reveal soil organic matter dynamics following arid land shrub expansion" (148) and "Mesozoic–Cenozoic evolution of North Atlantic continental-slope basins: The Peniche basin, western Iberian margin" (124).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Base-Catalyzed Aryl-B(OH) 2 Protodeboronation Revisited: From Concerted Proton Transfer to Liberation of a Transient Aryl Anion Paul Alan Cox, Marc Reid, Andrew G. Leach et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society Open access 21 Aug 2017 329
2 Carbon isotopes reveal soil organic matter dynamics following arid land shrub expansion Sean L. Connin, Ross A. Virginia, C. Page Chamberlain · Oecologia 18 Apr 1997 148
3 Mesozoic–Cenozoic evolution of North Atlantic continental-slope basins: The Peniche basin, western Iberian margin Tiago M. Alves, C. Moita, Frode Eika Sandnes et al. · AAPG Bulletin 14 Dec 2005 124
4 Exposure and toxicity characterization of chemical emissions and chemicals in products: global recommendations and implementation in USEtox Peter Fantke, Weihsueh A. Chiu, Lesa L. Aylward et al. · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment Open access 5 Apr 2021 122
5 Subsalt imaging for exploration, production, and development: A review Jacques P. Leveille, Ian F. Jones, Zhengzheng Zhou et al. · Geophysics Sep 2011 121
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at TGS (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Geophysical Imaging, Full-Waveform Tomography, Seismic Waveform Inversion, Tomography, Seismic Noise, Surface Wave, Machine Learning and Marine Sediments.

▲ 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. Geophysical Imaging10▲ 301×2 topics
  2. Full-Waveform Tomography10▲ 374×1 topic
  3. Seismic Waveform Inversion10▲ 374×1 topic
  4. Machine Learning7▲ 3.4×13 topics
  5. Tomography6▲ 59×2 topics
  6. Seismic Noise6▲ 201×1 topic
  7. Surface Wave6▲ 201×1 topic
  8. Marine Sediments3▲ 85×2 topics
  9. Acoustic Techniques3▲ 156×1 topic
  10. Seafloor Mapping3▲ 156×1 topic
  11. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 36×1 topic
  12. Optimization2▲ 8.2×1 topic
  13. Plate Tectonics2▲ 24×3 topics
  14. Tectonics2▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Geological Mapping2▲ 41×2 topics
  16. Fluvial Systems2▲ 102×1 topic
  17. GIS-based Modeling2▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Sedimentation2▲ 51×1 topic
  19. Remote Sensing2▲ 2.3×6 topics
  20. Data Integration2▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Hydraulic Fracturing2▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Geological Modeling2▲ 161×1 topic
  23. Uncertainty Analysis2▲ 161×1 topic
  24. Cenozoic Evolution1▲ 65×1 topic
  25. Pharmacokinetics1▲ 8.3×3 topics
  26. Rifting1▲ 65×1 topic
  27. Cancer1▲ 1.52×4 topics
  28. Youth1▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Classification1▲ 4.3×3 topics
  30. Fracture Propagation1▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Quality of Life1▲ 1.30×4 topics
  32. Shale Gas Reservoirs1▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Medicinal Chemistry1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  34. Health Research1▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Heart Sound1▲ 99×1 topic
  36. Lung Sound1▲ 99×1 topic
  37. Methane Oxidation1▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Molecular Docking1▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Social Activity1▲ 95×1 topic
  40. Virtual Screening1▲ 18×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Seismic Waves and Analysis, Underwater Acoustics Research and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

Seismic Imaging and Inve…10Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 10 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 6 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 3 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 2 fractional worksGeological formations an…2Geological formations and processes: 2 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 2 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 1 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 1 fractional worksSocial and Behavioral Studies: 1 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 1 fractional works
GeophysicsOceanographyOcean EngineeringEarth-Surface Processes5 others

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

  1. 1 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 10 works
  2. 2 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 6 works
  3. 3 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 3 works
  4. 4 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 2 works
  6. 6 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 2 works
  7. 7 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 1 works
  8. 8 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Social and Behavioral Studies Health 1 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 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 available44.5%not open55.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.4%domestic only60.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is TGS (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%TGS (United Kingdom)0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of TGS (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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