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Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation

Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation is a research topic within Geology. Science Explorer counts 5k research works in it since 1950. 10.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the assessment, conservation, and promotion of geotourism, geoheritage, and geodiversity. It explores the sustainable management of natural and cultural landscapes, the establishment of global geoparks, and the integration of geodiversity into ecosystem service decisions. The research emphasizes the importance of balancing tourism development with the preservation of geological and geomorphological sites.

  • Geotourism
  • Geoheritage
  • Geodiversity
  • Geoconservation
  • Geomorphosites
  • Sustainable Tourism
  • Cultural Landscape
  • Global Geoparks Network
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Biodiversity
Research works
5k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
536
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+33%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
22% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation

Which countries lead Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation research?

By volume, Brazil and Indonesia publish the most (224 and 142 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 224 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 142 works
  3. 3 United States 121 works
  4. 4 France 104 works
  5. 5 Italy 98 works
  6. 6 India 82 works
  7. 7 Spain 76 works
  8. 8 China 75 works
  9. 9 Portugal 54 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 54 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.

Brazil: 21.7%Indonesia: 13.7%United States: 11.8%France: 10.1%6 others listed: 42.7%22%largest
Brazil224 · 21.7%Indonesia142 · 13.7%United States121 · 11.8%France104 · 10.1%6 others listed440 · 42.7%

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

Which institutions lead Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation research, followed by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 38 works
  2. 2 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 20 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 15 works
  4. 4 University of MinhoPortugal 13 works
  5. 5 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e VulcanologiaItaly 12 works
  6. 6 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece 11 works
  7. 7 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 11 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrazil 10 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrazil 10 works
  10. 10 University of CoimbraPortugal 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation include Robert A. Holt and Hai Cheng.

  1. 1 Robert A. Holt Canada 156k citations
  2. 2 Hai Cheng China 81k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation?

The most cited paper in Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation is "Inventory and Quantitative Assessment of Geosites and Geodiversity Sites: a Review" (José Brilha, 2015), with 1,449 citations. Next come "Magma mixing: a mechanism for triggering acid explosive eruptions" (810) and "African magmatism and tectonics" (647).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Inventory and Quantitative Assessment of Geosites and Geodiversity Sites: a Review José Brilha · Geoheritage Open access 14 Jan 2015 1,449
2 Magma mixing: a mechanism for triggering acid explosive eruptions Stephen R. J. Sparks, Haraldur Sigurdsson, L. Wilson · Nature Open access May 1977 810
3 African magmatism and tectonics Paul M. Clifford · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Apr 1971 647
4 Journal of volcanology and geothermal research R. S. J. Sparks · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors 1976 636
5 Geomorphosites: Concepts, methods and examples of geomorphological survey Mario Panizza · Chinese Science Bulletin 2001 577
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Where is Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation research done?

The largest centres of Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Madrid (Spain), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and São Paulo (Brazil).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 34 works
  2. 2 MadridSpain 28 works
  3. 3 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 26 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 25 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 23 works
  6. 6 RomeItaly 23 works
  7. 7 JakartaIndonesia 20 works
  8. 8 BandungIndonesia 17 works
  9. 9 LondonUnited Kingdom 17 works
  10. 10 YogyakartaIndonesia 15 works
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Where is the best place to study Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation?

Among universities, judged by research, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Minho and Universidade de São Paulo score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%25%50%mean 18.8%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →National and Kapodis…University of MinhoUniversity of CoimbraUniversidade de São …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece 85.458.8%15.1×12 +183.4%
2University of MinhoPortugal 75.933.7%24.3×13 +39.7%
3Universidade de São PauloBrazil 52.36.6%4.8×15 +67.9%
4University of CoimbraPortugal 50.522.2%13.8×10 +12.5%
5University of WrocławPoland 40.926.4%28.5×9 +11.9%
6Southern Federal UniversityRussia 40.711.6%36.8×10 +59.9%
7Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrazil 37.54.6%18.6×10 +27.2%
8Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrazil 31.92.0%16.1×10 +71.7%
9Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 31.914.2%5.9×9 +95.1%
10Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 27.07.9%6.7×10 +161.2%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation, country by country

Is Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0055% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation0.0074% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation10.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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