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Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources

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Research works
36
▼ 81% vs 2013–17
Citations
260
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
7%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources 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: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21.83× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.53× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceSocial Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 21.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Tectonics, Holocene, Glacial Cycles, Paleoclimatology, Remote Sensing, Community Resilience and Geochronology.

▲ 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. Climate Change6▲ 6.0×6 topics
  2. Tectonics5▲ 83×3 topics
  3. Holocene4▲ 75×2 topics
  4. Glacial Cycles4▲ 105×1 topic
  5. Paleoclimatology4▲ 91×1 topic
  6. Remote Sensing4▲ 10.0×3 topics
  7. Community Resilience4▲ 100×2 topics
  8. Geochronology4▲ 110×1 topic
  9. Zircon4▲ 110×1 topic
  10. Cultural Heritage4▲ 23×2 topics
  11. Geochemistry4▲ 143×4 topics
  12. Traditional Irrigation4▲ 764×1 topic
  13. Water Sustainability4▲ 764×1 topic
  14. Machine Learning3▲ 3.7×3 topics
  15. Geological Mapping2▲ 71×2 topics
  16. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 87×1 topic
  17. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 87×1 topic
  18. Gemstones2▲ 392×1 topic
  19. Petrology2▲ 392×1 topic
  20. Phylogeny2▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Antioxidant2▲ 6.8×1 topic
  22. Cyperus2▲ 234×1 topic
  23. Agricultural Origins1▲ 102×1 topic
  24. Radiocarbon Dating1▲ 102×1 topic
  25. Water Quality1▲ 8.4×4 topics
  26. Earthquakes1▲ 44×1 topic
  27. GIS-based Modeling1▲ 41×2 topics
  28. Shale Gas1▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Subduction1▲ 34×1 topic
  30. Biological Control1▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Groundwater1▲ 36×3 topics
  32. Pore Structure1▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Conservation1▲ 5.8×4 topics
  34. Fungal Symbiosis1▲ 194×1 topic
  35. Hazard1▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Hydrogeology1▲ 69×2 topics
  37. Landslide1▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Migration1▲ 9.0×1 topic
  39. Mycoviruses1▲ 194×1 topic
  40. Rural Transformation1▲ 126×1 topic

Which research topics does Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Fire effects on ecosystems and Archaeology and Natural History.

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 1 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems1Fire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional worksArchaeology and Natural …1Archaeology and Natural History: 1 fractional worksLandslides and related h…1Landslides and related hazards: 1 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 0 fractional worksKarst Systems and Hydrogeology: 0 fractional worksMining and Gasification Technologies: 0 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 0 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 0 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceArtificial IntelligenceGlobal and Planetary ChangeAnthropology6 others

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

  1. 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  3. 3 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 1 works
  5. 5 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  6. 6 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Karst Systems and Hydrogeology Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  8. 8 Mining and Gasification Technologies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 0 works
  10. 10 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 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 available7.4%not open92.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors0.3%domestic only99.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 81% 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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