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African Wildlife Foundation

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World rank, all time
#27,821
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,968
of 8,685
Research works
186
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
24.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

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: 3.08× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.09× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.02× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.78× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 11.00× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 11.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at African Wildlife Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Lawrence J. Niles lead among researchers whose main affiliation is African Wildlife Foundation.

  1. 1 Lawrence J. Niles United States · #1,462,481 worldwide 43 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at African Wildlife Foundation

Which keywords describe research at African Wildlife Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Habitat Selection, Conservation, Invasive Species, Trophic Cascades and Animal Movement.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Change15▲ 11×34 topics
  2. Biodiversity9▲ 23×15 topics
  3. Population Dynamics8▲ 62×9 topics
  4. Habitat Selection7▲ 173×2 topics
  5. Conservation6▲ 25×12 topics
  6. Invasive Species5▲ 22×13 topics
  7. Trophic Cascades4▲ 88×2 topics
  8. Animal Movement4▲ 148×1 topic
  9. Occupancy Rates4▲ 148×1 topic
  10. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 32×4 topics
  11. Conservation Biology3▲ 64×3 topics
  12. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Evolution3▲ 21×8 topics
  14. Avian Ecology3▲ 236×1 topic
  15. Biodiversity Loss3▲ 100×3 topics
  16. Migration Patterns3▲ 195×1 topic
  17. Molecular Phylogeny3▲ 32×7 topics
  18. Public Health2▲ 3.0×12 topics
  19. DNA Barcoding2▲ 26×6 topics
  20. Genetic Diversity2▲ 9.7×6 topics
  21. Genetic Structure2▲ 53×4 topics
  22. Global Change2▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Amphibian Declines2▲ 152×1 topic
  24. Chytridiomycosis2▲ 152×1 topic
  25. Taxonomy2▲ 25×5 topics
  26. Acoustic Communication2▲ 62×3 topics
  27. Bats2▲ 92×2 topics
  28. Ecosystem2▲ 29×3 topics
  29. Model Evaluation2▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Ecological Niche2▲ 48×1 topic
  31. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Biogeography1▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Sea-Level Rise1▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Ecosystem Services1▲ 6.7×5 topics
  35. Phylogeny1▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Species Richness1▲ 40×2 topics
  37. Genomic Analysis1▲ 9.6×3 topics
  38. Lepidoptera1▲ 122×1 topic
  39. Molecular Phylogenetics1▲ 122×1 topic
  40. Pathogen Transmission1▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does African Wildlife Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Avian ecology and behavior, Amphibian and Reptile Biology and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…4Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 4 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 3 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 1 fractional worksBayesian Modeling and Causal Inference: 1 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 1 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional works
EcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcological ModelingGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 4 works
  2. 2 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 3 works
  3. 3 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  5. 5 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  9. 9 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  10. 10 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 1 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 available57.8%not open42.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.2%domestic only49.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has African Wildlife Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher 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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