| # | Institutions | Citations | Articles | R-Rank |
|---|
| 1 | Durham University | 3,660 | 99 | 68 |
| 2 | National Center for Scientific Research | 3,596 | 158 | 547 |
| 3 | University of Leicester | 3,586 | 90 | 83 |
| 4 | British Geological Survey | 3,105 | 181 | 9 |
| 5 | University of Oslo | 2,799 | 86 | 183 |
| 6 | University of Oxford | 2,586 | 71 | 682 |
| 7 | Royal Holloway, University of London | 2,353 | 104 | 30 |
| 8 | University of Cambridge | 2,209 | 94 | 734 |
| 9 | United States Geological Survey | 2,116 | 63 | 69 |
| 10 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 2,077 | 79 | 1.0K |
| 18 | Geological Survey of Canada | 1,497 | 57 | 39 |
| 19 | Royal Holloway University of London | 1,438 | 51 | 23 |
| 29 | Istanbul Technical University | 989 | 19 | 100 |
| 31 | Miami University | 960 | 17 | 79 |
| 32 | BP | 944 | 44 | 5 |
| 38 | Geological Survey of Norway | 884 | 43 | 21 |
| 41 | British Antarctic Survey | 858 | 43 | 79 |
| 45 | Jackson School of Geosciences | 816 | 26 | 40 |
| 54 | Freiberg University of Mining and Technology | 701 | 17 | 42 |
| 64 | Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland | 633 | 25 | 23 |
| 65 | Royal Museum for Central Africa | 624 | 8 | 12 |
| 75 | Montpellier 2 University | 572 | 10 | 70 |
| 86 | New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science | 514 | 23 | 6 |
| 87 | Bedford Institute of Oceanography | 508 | 19 | 67 |
| 89 | Instituto Geológico y Minero de España | 505 | 21 | 2 |
| 91 | National Oceanography Centre | 497 | 18 | 62 |
| 97 | Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences | 466 | 13 | 63 |
| 99 | GNS Science | 456 | 29 | 45 |
