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Alberta Environment and Protected Areas

In research, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,031 of 5,407 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,452 of 17,446 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#8,118 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science (Environmental Science is 9.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,026
of 22,385 · #13,102 all time
Rank in Canada
#288
of 305
Research works
897
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
25.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas

What is Alberta Environment and Protected Areas known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Environmental ScienceField #2,031 of 5,407 7.8%428
Physical SciencesDomain #8,452 of 17,446 7.8%633
Life SciencesDomain #8,118 of 11,023 9.8%160

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alberta Environment and Protected Areas sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Alberta Environment and Protected Areas work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Alberta Environment and Protected Areas is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (47%), Engineering (10%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 59 fractional works · 73.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 38 fractional works · 47.2% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 11.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 10.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAlbertaEnvironment and…81fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3847.2%
    2. Engineering810.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences68.1%
    4. Computer Science22.1%
    5. Energy21.9%
    6. Materials Science11.6%
    7. Chemistry11.0%
    8. Mathematics00.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences45.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Medicine44.4%
    2. Health Professions33.5%
    3. Veterinary10.8%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences34.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    4. Decision Sciences10.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    6. Psychology10.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Alberta Environment and Protected Areas specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 38.1 works9.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.07× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.14× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.06× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.51× its world share, 38 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.01× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science9.51×38 works
  2. Veterinary6.01×1 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.14×6 works
  4. Energy2.06×2 works
  5. Health Professions1.31×3 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.07×4 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.91×1 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.89×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×3 works
  10. Engineering0.69×8 works
  11. Chemistry0.61×1 works
  12. Nursing0.55×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.48×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.47×1 works
  15. Mathematics0.35×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.32×3 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.27×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.26×1 works
  20. Psychology0.24×1 works
  21. Medicine0.23×4 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.16×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.14×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.14×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alberta Environment and Protected Areas?

Ranked on the quality score, Dave Hervieux, William David. Wishart and Ron W. Zurawell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alberta Environment and Protected Areas.

  1. 1 Dave Hervieux Canada · #541,214 worldwide 1.3k citations · 47 works
  2. 2 William David. Wishart Canada · #885,328 worldwide 1.4k citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Ron W. Zurawell Canada · #999,809 worldwide 1.5k citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Kirby G. Smith Canada · #1,526,404 worldwide 1k citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Yan K. Lau Canada · #1,736,047 worldwide 773 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 John Paczkowski Canada · #1,900,177 worldwide 485 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Yayne-abeba Aklilu Canada · #2,211,013 worldwide 660 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Hyung‐Il Eum Canada · #2,438,419 worldwide 1.5k citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Nadine Taube Canada · #2,625,743 worldwide 170 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 L. E. Lillie Canada · #2,717,742 worldwide 681 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Alberta Environment and Protected Areas

What are the most cited papers from Alberta Environment and Protected Areas?

The most cited paper from Alberta Environment and Protected Areas is "Ecological Dynamics Across the Arctic Associated with Recent Climate Change" (Eric Post et al., 2009), with 1,276 citations. Next come "Tipping Toward Sustainability: Emerging Pathways of Transformation" (993) and "Undesirable evolutionary consequences of trophy hunting" (853).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ecological Dynamics Across the Arctic Associated with Recent Climate Change Eric Post et al. · Science 10 Sep 2009 1,276
2 Tipping Toward Sustainability: Emerging Pathways of Transformation Frances R. Westley, Per G Olsson, Carl Folke et al. · AMBIO Open access 5 Oct 2011 993
3 Undesirable evolutionary consequences of trophy hunting David W. Coltman, P. N. O'Donoghue, Jon T. Jorgenson et al. · Nature Dec 2003 853
4 Dynamics of Gross Nitrogen Transformations in an Old‐Growth Forest: The Carbon Connection Stephen C. Hart, G. E. Nason, David D. Myrold et al. · Ecology Jun 1994 739
5 Streamflow requirements for cottonwood seedling recruitment—An integrative model John M. Mahoney, Stewart B. Rood · Wetlands Dec 1998 710
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alberta Environment and Protected Areas?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Invasive Species, Water Resources, Land Use Change, Water Quality, Model Evaluation and Hydrological Modeling.

▲ 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-now 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 Change22▲ 10×39 topics
  2. Remote Sensing8▲ 8.1×15 topics
  3. Invasive Species6▲ 17×9 topics
  4. Water Resources5▲ 28×4 topics
  5. Land Use Change5▲ 21×5 topics
  6. Water Quality5▲ 16×7 topics
  7. Model Evaluation5▲ 47×2 topics
  8. Environmental Impact5▲ 3.3×15 topics
  9. Hydrological Modeling5▲ 24×3 topics
  10. Sediment Transport4▲ 35×2 topics
  11. Hydrology4▲ 42×4 topics
  12. Biodiversity4▲ 6.4×11 topics
  13. Global Hydrology4▲ 69×1 topic
  14. Uncertainty Assessment4▲ 69×1 topic
  15. Population Dynamics4▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Habitat Selection3▲ 54×2 topics
  17. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 24×4 topics
  18. Animal Movement3▲ 68×1 topic
  19. Natural Gas3▲ 38×3 topics
  20. Occupancy Rates3▲ 68×1 topic
  21. Trophic Cascades3▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Ocean Circulation2▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Global Warming2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  25. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 47×2 topics
  26. Soil Properties2▲ 17×4 topics
  27. Carbon Dioxide2▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Conservation2▲ 6.4×7 topics
  29. Conservation Challenges2▲ 60×1 topic
  30. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Flow Regulation2▲ 60×1 topic
  32. Emissions2▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Greenhouse Gas Emissions2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  34. Groundwater2▲ 27×3 topics
  35. Hydraulic Fracturing2▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Methane2▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Shale Gas2▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Climate Modeling2▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Extreme Events2▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Methane Emissions2▲ 41×2 topics

Which research topics does Alberta Environment and Protected Areas publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 4 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 3 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…2Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…2Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 2 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 2 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems1Fire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional worksOil Spill Detection and Mitigation: 1 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 1 fractional worksGroundwater and Isotope Geochemistry: 1 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyEcologyNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 4 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 3 works
  3. 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  6. 6 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  7. 7 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation Pollution 1 works
  9. 9 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry Geochemistry and Petrology 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 available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alberta Environment and Protected Areas's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Alberta Environment and Protected Areas as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Alberta Environment and Protected Areas0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Alberta Environment and Protected Areas 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, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%Alberta Environment and Protected Areas14.2% in 2022all institutions10.0% in 2022200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.7% in 1997.

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