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Arizona Game and Fish Department

In research, Arizona Game and Fish Department stands highest in Environmental Science (#5,004 of 6,208 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#21,029 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 12.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#39,270
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#8,222
of 8,685
Research works
308
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.6k
21.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Arizona Game and Fish Department 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 #5,004 of 6,208 12.2%194
Physical SciencesDomain #21,029 of 21,541 12.0%207

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arizona Game and Fish Department 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Arizona Game and Fish Department specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 12.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 26.9 works13×
← 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: 2.82× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 12.95× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 4.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 12.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Arizona Game and Fish Department?

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

▲ 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▲ 14×15 topics
  2. Population Dynamics10▲ 97×6 topics
  3. Invasive Species10▲ 57×9 topics
  4. Biodiversity9▲ 28×11 topics
  5. Habitat Selection9▲ 281×2 topics
  6. Trophic Cascades8▲ 210×2 topics
  7. Animal Movement7▲ 334×1 topic
  8. Occupancy Rates7▲ 334×1 topic
  9. Conservation6▲ 36×7 topics
  10. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 53×4 topics
  11. Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 113×2 topics
  12. Conservation Biology4▲ 81×3 topics
  13. Freshwater Biodiversity4▲ 137×2 topics
  14. Conservation Challenges3▲ 168×1 topic
  15. Ecosystem3▲ 73×3 topics
  16. Flow Regulation3▲ 168×1 topic
  17. Resilience3▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Sagebrush3▲ 440×1 topic
  19. Wildlife Habitat3▲ 440×1 topic
  20. Genetic Diversity3▲ 15×5 topics
  21. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 21×5 topics
  22. Model Evaluation2▲ 48×2 topics
  23. Ecosystem Engineering2▲ 203×2 topics
  24. Ecological Niche2▲ 78×1 topic
  25. Geomorphological Effects2▲ 124×2 topics
  26. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 78×1 topic
  27. Biodiversity Loss2▲ 85×2 topics
  28. Species Richness2▲ 64×2 topics
  29. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 25×5 topics
  30. Conservation Genetics2▲ 98×2 topics
  31. African Swine Fever1▲ 114×1 topic
  32. Avian Ecology1▲ 146×1 topic
  33. Bats1▲ 91×1 topic
  34. Beaver Dams1▲ 344×1 topic
  35. Biogeography1▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Foot-and-Mouth Disease1▲ 114×1 topic
  37. Genetic Structure1▲ 45×3 topics
  38. Habitat Restoration1▲ 344×1 topic
  39. Migration Patterns1▲ 121×1 topic
  40. Population Genetics1▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Arizona Game and Fish Department publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Rangeland and Wildlife Management and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…7Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 7 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…3Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 3 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife M…3Rangeland and Wildlife Management: 3 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 1 fractional worksEcology and biodiversity studies: 1 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional works
EcologyNature and Landscape ConservationEcological ModelingEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 7 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  3. 3 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 3 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  5. 5 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  6. 6 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Ecology and biodiversity studies Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  9. 9 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 1 works
  10. 10 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 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 available33.4%not open66.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Arizona Game and Fish Department's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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