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Geological Studies and Exploration

Geological Studies and Exploration is a research topic within Geology. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 11.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the geological evolution, tectonic history, and petroleum potential of the Arctic region, focusing on topics such as sedimentary basins, crustal structure, seismic stratigraphy, and igneous provinces. It covers a wide range of geological phenomena including paleogeography, continental margins, and tectonic models for the evolution of the Arctic.

  • Arctic
  • geology
  • tectonics
  • petroleum
  • sedimentary basins
  • crustal structure
  • seismic stratigraphy
  • igneous province
  • paleogeography
  • continental margin
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+70%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Geological Studies and Exploration research?

By volume, Russia and China publish the most (2.4k and 811 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 2.4k works
  2. 2 China 811 works
  3. 3 United States 659 works
  4. 4 Canada 94 works
  5. 5 Germany 90 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 88 works
  7. 7 Ukraine 86 works
  8. 8 Azerbaijan 73 works
  9. 9 France 69 works
  10. 10 Norway 64 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Russia: 54.6%China: 18.1%United States: 14.7%Canada: 2.1%6 others listed: 10.5%55%largest
Russia2,448 · 54.6%China811 · 18.1%United States659 · 14.7%Canada94 · 2.1%6 others listed470 · 10.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Geological Studies and Exploration research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Lomonosov Moscow State University publishes the most Geological Studies and Exploration research, followed by Geological Institute and Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 163 works
  2. 2 Geological InstituteRussia 115 works
  3. 3 Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentChina 96 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 81 works
  5. 5 Institute of Petroleum Geology and GeophysicsRussia 76 works
  6. 6 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 59 works
  7. 7 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 51 works
  8. 8 Sinopec (China)China 51 works
  9. 9 Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 51 works
  10. 10 V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and MineralogyRussia 44 works

Who are the leading researchers in Geological Studies and Exploration?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Geological Studies and Exploration include Brian F. Windley, M. Santosh and V. Vorobyev.

  1. 1 Brian F. Windley United Kingdom 3.9k citations
  2. 2 M. Santosh China 3.8k citations
  3. 3 V. Vorobyev Switzerland 3.5k citations
  4. 4 Hai Cheng China 2.9k citations
  5. 5 William L. Griffin Australia 2.8k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Geological Studies and Exploration research done?

The largest centres of Geological Studies and Exploration research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Novosibirsk (Russia) and Saint Petersburg (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Syktyvkar, Yakutsk and Tyumen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 911 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 388 works
  3. 3 Novosibirsk Russia 225 works
  4. 4 Saint Petersburg Russia 180 works
  5. 5 Irkutsk Russia 109 works
  6. 6 Vladivostok Russia 97 works
  7. 7 Yekaterinburg Russia 77 works
  8. 8 Yakutsk Russia 70 works
  9. 9 Baku Azerbaijan 70 works
  10. 10 Dushanbe Tajikistan 62 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SyktyvkarRU · 52.9 works130×
  2. YakutskRU · 70.1 works98×
  3. TyumenRU · 51.8 works60×
  4. VladivostokRU · 96.8 works58×
  5. IrkutskRU · 108.9 works57×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Geological Studies and Exploration than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Geological Studies and Exploration?

Among universities, judged by research, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Saint Petersburg Mining University and University of Oslo score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 12.26%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Lomonosov Moscow State University: 163, 2.4%Saint Petersburg Mining University: 24, 16.1%University of Oslo: 13, 38.6%Ufa State Petroleum Technological University: 23, 11.3%Kazan Federal University: 34, 5.2%China University of Geosciences: 26, 22.5%St Petersburg University: 26, 4.2%Novosibirsk State University: 27, 3.8%Moscow State University: 59, 1.6%China University of Petroleum, Beijing: 42, 16.9%University of OsloSaint Petersburg Min…Ufa State Petroleum …Lomonosov Moscow Sta…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 60.32.4%37.5×163 +112.5%
2 Saint Petersburg Mining UniversityRussia 60.216.1%82.0×24 +1317.4%
3 University of OsloNorway 57.538.6%5.3×13 +82.8%
4 Ufa State Petroleum Technological UniversityRussia 55.911.3%64.9×23 +2122.4%
5 Kazan Federal UniversityRussia 54.85.2%24.9×34 +537.1%
6 China University of GeosciencesChina 52.622.5%11.0×26 -42.7%
7 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 52.24.2%10.7×26 +199.0%
8 Novosibirsk State UniversityRussia 52.13.8%37.7×27 +317.1%
9 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 51.71.6%43.5×59 -14.5%
10 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 50.816.9%21.4×42 -41.1%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Geological Studies and Exploration research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 70% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Geological Studies and Exploration.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.