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Karst Systems and Hydrogeology

Karst Systems and Hydrogeology is a research topic within Earth-Surface Processes. Science Explorer counts 8.1k research works in it since 1950. 17.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the hydrogeological characteristics, geohazards, and environmental impacts associated with karst landscapes. It covers topics such as groundwater modeling, cave hydrogeology, rocky desertification, sinkhole hazards, and geochemical processes in karst aquifers.

  • Karst
  • Groundwater
  • Hydrogeology
  • Geohazards
  • Modeling
  • Cave
  • Aquifer
  • Rocky Desertification
  • Sinkhole
  • Geochemistry
Research works
8.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+15%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Karst Systems and Hydrogeology research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (440 and 141 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 440 works
  2. 2 United States 141 works
  3. 3 France 98 works
  4. 4 Italy 86 works
  5. 5 Spain 61 works
  6. 6 Germany 44 works
  7. 7 Brazil 42 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 36 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 35 works
  10. 10 Morocco 32 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.

China: 43.3%United States: 13.9%France: 9.7%Italy: 8.5%6 others listed: 24.6%43%largest
China440 · 43.3%United States141 · 13.9%France98 · 9.7%Italy86 · 8.5%6 others listed249 · 24.6%

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

Which institutions lead Karst Systems and Hydrogeology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Guizhou Normal University publishes the most Karst Systems and Hydrogeology research, followed by Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and China University of Geosciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Guizhou Normal UniversityChina 22 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Geological SciencesChina 18 works
  3. 3 China University of GeosciencesChina 18 works
  4. 4 Guizhou UniversityChina 14 works
  5. 5 Eötvös Loránd UniversityHungary 13 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 12 works
  7. 7 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 11 works
  8. 8 China Geological SurveyChina 10 works
  9. 9 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 10 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Karst Systems and Hydrogeology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Karst Systems and Hydrogeology include Hai Cheng, R. Lawrence Edwards and Sandy P. Harrison.

  1. 1 Hai Cheng China 2.9k citations
  2. 2 R. Lawrence Edwards United States 2k citations
  3. 3 Sandy P. Harrison United Kingdom 1.4k citations

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

Where is Karst Systems and Hydrogeology research done?

The largest centres of Karst Systems and Hydrogeology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Guiyang (China), Wuhan (China) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Guiyang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 118 works
  2. 2 Guiyang China 57 works
  3. 3 Wuhan China 26 works
  4. 4 Paris France 24 works
  5. 5 Chengdu China 17 works
  6. 6 Budapest Hungary 17 works
  7. 7 Rome Italy 17 works
  8. 8 Madrid Spain 15 works
  9. 9 Zagreb Croatia 15 works
  10. 10 Chongqing China 15 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GuiyangCN · 56.9 works30×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Karst Systems and Hydrogeology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Karst Systems and Hydrogeology?

Among universities, judged by research, Guizhou University, China University of Geosciences and Guizhou Normal University 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 21.6286%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Guizhou University: 14, 43.2%China University of Geosciences: 18, 32.3%Guizhou Normal University: 22, 31.3%Eötvös Loránd University: 13, 10.3%China University of Geosciences (Beijing): 11, 16.1%China University of Mining and Technology: 8, 14.4%Universitas Gadjah Mada: 10, 3.8%Guizhou UniversityChina University of …Guizhou Normal Unive…Eötvös Loránd Univer…
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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 Guizhou UniversityChina 69.643.2%18.8×14 -5.8%
2 China University of GeosciencesChina 68.032.3%27.4×18 -12.2%
3 Guizhou Normal UniversityChina 65.931.3%150.4×22 -69.6%
4 Eötvös Loránd UniversityHungary 57.910.3%33.6×13 +334.8%
5 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 43.816.1%25.3×11 -8.8%
6 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 35.114.4%7.5×8 +118.0%
7 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 25.63.8%7.4×10 —

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 Karst Systems and Hydrogeology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Karst Systems and Hydrogeology.

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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.